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The temple : meeting place of heaven and earth / John M. Lundquist.

By: Lundquist, John M [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Thames and Hudson, [1993]Copyright date: ©1993Description: 96 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0500810400 (paperback); 9780500810408 (paperback).Subject(s): Religious architecture -- Comparative studiesDDC classification: 726.1
Contents:
Focus of the divine. The temple's many names -- The mountain -- The heavenly prototype -- Sacred geometry -- The mandala -- Ritual -- Ritual drama in the temple -- The house of life -- Secrecy -- The temple as place of burial -- Plates -- Themes. The temple's many forms -- The primordial mound -- The path inward -- The heavenly prototype -- The site of the foundation -- Sacred geometry -- The divine presence -- Mandalas -- Borobudur -- The temple of the Lord -- The way of the pilgrim -- The tree of life -- The living water -- The temple at work -- Life after death.
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General lending MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending 726.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00232942
Total holds: 0

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The idea of the temple-the holy precinct, the meeting of God and man-is central to all religions. John Lundquist follows it back into the darkness of prehistory, unveiling features that are common to ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian beiefs, Hinduism, Buddhism, Maya and Aztec cults, Islam, Judaism and Christianity; and showing examples that range from Angkor Wat to the biblical Temple of Solomon. The place of ritual and initiation, the mountain, the waters of generation, the pillar joining heaven, earth and the underworld, the path to the innermost sanctuary: these concepts are universal and eternal. They appear in sacred texts and works of art from every time and place, and in the subconscious minds of us all.

Focus of the divine. The temple's many names -- The mountain -- The heavenly prototype -- Sacred geometry -- The mandala -- Ritual -- Ritual drama in the temple -- The house of life -- Secrecy -- The temple as place of burial -- Plates -- Themes. The temple's many forms -- The primordial mound -- The path inward -- The heavenly prototype -- The site of the foundation -- Sacred geometry -- The divine presence -- Mandalas -- Borobudur -- The temple of the Lord -- The way of the pilgrim -- The tree of life -- The living water -- The temple at work -- Life after death.