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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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The Sky is Not the Limit,
By Tony Butcher "Tony Butcher, Author of “... (Surbiton, Surrey, UK) - See all my reviews
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This is a fantastic book. Coomaraswamy is brilliant and a master at unveiling the true meaning of a symbol both in myths and Fairy Stories. I particularly liked his essay on the Symbolism of the Dome. This shows how the architecture of great cathedrals of the middle ages as well as the temples in India are based upon the human physiology or should I say its transformation. The round rose window at the front of such building is synonomous with the sixth chakra or third eye, which is said to open when Cosmic Consciousness is gained. Similarly the opening or glass dome in the roof corresponds to the aperture open at birth and when leaving the body, and also when one has completed their spiritual evolution and has gained Unity Consciousness. The cave or building used for initiating one into Cosmic Consciousness has a round opening and takes place at noon in the summer solstice. Whereas the dome or cave with a hole in the roof is linkec to the pole star and corresponds to the opening of the seventh chakra. This final initiation takes place at midnight of the winter solstice.
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The Door in the Sky by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (Paperback - December 15, 1997)
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