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Sacred geography of the ancient Greeks : astrological symbolism in art, architecture, and landscape
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Sacred geography of the ancient Greeks : astrological symbolism in art, architecture, and landscape

Author: Jean Richer
Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1994.
Series: SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Richer, Jean, 1915-
Sacred geography of the ancient Greeks.
Albany : State University of New York Press, c1994
(OCoLC)624471615
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jean Richer
ISBN: 079142023X 9780791420232 0791420248 9780791420249
OCLC Number: 30155876
Description: xli, 319 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: Ch. 1. Theory of Alignments --
Ch. 2. Interpretation of the Alignments. The Zodiacal Wheel Centered on Delphi. A Text of Plato's --
Ch. 3. The System Centered on Delos --
Ch. 4. An Anatolian System Centered on Sardis --
Ch. 5. The Constellations, Return to Delphi. Demeter, Artemis, and Athena --
Ch. 6. The World Axis and the Planetary Lines. Symbols of the Pole --
Ch. 7. The Zodiacal Division of Attica and the Mysteries: Agrae and Eleusis --
Ch. 8. Zodiacal Wheels as Keys to Decoding. The Gods and the Zodiac --
Ch. 9. The Cult of Zeus. Sardis, Delphi, and the Oasis of Siwa. A System Centered on Ammoneion --
Ch. 10. The Calendars of Heracles. Guardians of the Signs --
Ch. 11. The Astral Significance of Greek Myths and Heroes --
Ch. 12. The Revelation of the Lion of Julis --
Ch. 13. Fixed Symbols of the Signs, Directions, and Seasons. The Loves of Zeus --
Ch. 14. Double Symbols. Syncretic Forms. Fighting Animals, Dynamic Symbols of Seasonal Variations. The Calendar of Xanthus.
Series Title: SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions.
Other Titles: Géographie sacrée du monde grec.
Responsibility: Jean Richer ; translated by Christine Rhone.

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