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The John Michell Reader

Author : John Michell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 162055416X
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book The John Michell Reader written by John Michell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deepest thoughts and musings of a 1960s countercultural icon • Includes 108 of Michell’s most insightful, erudite, witty, and occasionally scathing essays on diverse topics ranging from sacred practices of the Stone Age to the evils of the metric system to the madness of modernity • Describes principles to live in tune with the divine order of the world and discover the “paradise of the philosophers” of ancient times. • Includes an introductory overview by Joscelyn Godwin of Michell’s entire career A countercultural icon of the 1960s, John Michell (1933-2009) was perhaps best known for his books on sacred geometry, Earth mysteries, and unusual phenomena. He was also beloved and reviled for his radical, idealistic, yet classically traditional views on a wide range of heretical topics, from sacred practices of the Stone Age to the evils of the metric system to the madness of modernity and the unfolding apocalypse. Carefully selecting 108 of Michell’s most insightful, erudite, witty, and occasionally scathing essays from his column in the monthly magazine The Oldie, esoteric scholar Joscelyn Godwin presents a colorful collection of Michell’s writings and rants that cover nearly every aspect of society, history, and traditional wisdom. In these short essays, Michell takes on agribusiness, Darwinism, superstition, Stonehenge, the insanity of modern society, UFOs, Jesus, fairies, the Grail legend, among many other topics. No matter how small the topic under consideration, Michell always takes a larger view on it, illuminating it with light from above. Godwin’s artful selection and ordering of essays reveals Michell’s overarching grand view of the world at large. We glimpse the heart of Michell as idealistic Platonist and radical traditionalist, absorb his common sense lessons for living in tune with the divine order, and are reminded that the elusive “paradise of the philosophers” of ancient times is still within reach for those with the strength of vision to see it.

Michellany

Author : John Michell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780956642806
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book Michellany written by John Michell and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Who Wrote Shakespeare?

Author : John Michell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500281130
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (811 download)

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Download or read book Who Wrote Shakespeare? written by John Michell and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprinted from 1st pbk. ed., published in 1999. Originally published in hardcover in 1996.

Confessions of a Radical Traditionalist

Author : John F. Michell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780971204447
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Confessions of a Radical Traditionalist written by John F. Michell and published by . This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging collection of colourful essays by,English author and philosopher John Michell. For,those readers only familiar with his better-known,writings on Earth Mysteries, unusual phenomena and,eccentric figures, much of the material here will,be a pleasant surprise. Divided into nine,sections, this collection of essays presents,Michell's thoughts on a wealth of heretical,topics, from Ancient echoes of a Golden Age to the,madness of modernity and the unfolding of the,Apocalypse.

The New View Over Atlantis

Author : John Michell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500273128
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (731 download)

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Download or read book The New View Over Atlantis written by John Michell and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to megalithic science, earth mysteries and the inner meaning of number and measure. It supports the theory that at one time, many thousands of years ago, there was a world-wide sophisticated civilization which Plato referred to as Atlantis.

The Sacred Center

Author : John Michell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1594779279
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book The Sacred Center written by John Michell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-03-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The symbolism and power behind sacred locations in ancient and modern times • Explains the need and role for ritual centers in modern society • Examines ancient territorial centers in ancient Egypt, Greece, Africa and Asia, and Iceland and the British Isles • Reveals the code of number and geometry behind the idealistic social structure of the ritual center, formed to imitate the heavenly order Symbols of ritual centers are among the most persistent elements of myth and belief between cultures widely separated in time and space. Every tribe and state had its “generation center,” a sacred area within its heartland where its legendary founders gave birth to its people and established their laws. Within the inner sanctum of the sanctuary was an altar or pillar, the omphalos or navel stone, that marked the midpoint of the home territory and represented the world-pole on which everything revolved. It was the focus of a perpetual cycle of rituals and festivals that passed with the seasons around the country and held its people under the spell of a golden age. In this book John Michell reveals the precise methods by which the ancients located the appropriate centers and adopted them as sanctuaries. The same principles of ritual geography in the siting of Akhenaten’s capital in Egypt and Megalopolis in classical Greece apply also to the traditional centers of small territories and islands. The rediscovery of these sites--such as the spot at the center of Ireland where the Celtic High Kings were installed--sheds new light on the ritualized order of prehistoric societies and the sacred, scientific code on which they were founded. These revelations from the distant past are of great significance in present times, for in them are the secrets of harmony on every scale, from the personal to the universal. Restoring the sacred center to its former place of prominence offers the possibility of a renaissance of human culture, ideally centered upon the image of a perfectly ordered Cosmos.

Twelve-Tribe Nations

Author : John Michell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1594777578
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Twelve-Tribe Nations written by John Michell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-10-24 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The symbolism and use of the number twelve in organizing ancient societies • Connects the zodiac, the twelve months of the year, and the political divisions of ancient nations • Explores the sacred geography of ancient landscapes in Europe and Israel Throughout the world--in countries as far apart as China, Ireland, Iceland, and Madagascar--there survive records and traditions of whole nations being divided into twelve tribes and twelve regions, each corresponding to one of the twelve signs of the zodiac and to one of the twelve months of the year. Best known are the twelve tribes of Israel under King Solomon, but there have been many others. Wherever they occur, they are associated with an ideal social order and a golden age of humanity. Exploring examples of these twelve-tribe societies, John Michell and Christine Rhone explain the blueprint for this organizational structure and look at the musical, mythological, and astronomical enchantments that kept these societies in harmony with the cosmos. They also examine the astrological landscapes of classical Greece, the aligned St. Michael sanctuaries of Europe, and the true site and function of the Temple in Jerusalem. They show that the sacred geography of these sites was part of an ancient code of knowledge that produced harmony between nature and humanity and is as relevant to our present and future as it was to our past.

Trivium

Author : John MARTINEAU
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781907155185
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (551 download)

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Download or read book Trivium written by John MARTINEAU and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Treatise of Artificial Magnets

Author : John Michell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book A Treatise of Artificial Magnets written by John Michell and published by . This book was released on 1751 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Earth Spirit

Author : John Michell
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 9780500810118
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Earth Spirit written by John Michell and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1975 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how various ancient cultures worshipped the Earth and shows wells, sacred rocks, standing stones, and symbolic earthworks

Sciencia

Author : Matt Tweed
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802778992
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Sciencia written by Matt Tweed and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects six short illustrated volumes covering topics in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, evolution, and astronomy.

The View Over Atlantis

Author : John Michell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The View Over Atlantis written by John Michell and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Only the Devil Is Here

Author : Stephen Michell
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504063392
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Only the Devil Is Here written by Stephen Michell and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A gripping, cinematic supernatural thriller, shot through with unsettling imagery and startling insights into the nature of good and evil.” —David Demchuk, Sunburst Award–winning author of The Bone Mother Kidnapped from his foster home, six-year-old Evan desperately searches for a way to escape his brutally violent captor, Rook. Armed with supernatural abilities, Rook is no ordinary man, but then Evan is no ordinary boy. And it soon becomes clear that on their frantic journey through a world teeming with unimaginable horrors and unnatural predators, Rook is Evan’s only hope for survival . . . “With Only the Devil Is Here, Stephen Michell announces himself as a new and powerful presence on the literary horror scene. This is curt, violent, poetic storytelling, a Cormac McCarthyesque journey from darkness into even deeper darkness, suffused from moment one on with gothic nighttime awe and terror yet also shot through with the slimmest threads of hope—intimations of numinosity, if not of salvation.” —Gemma Files, Shirley Jackson Award–winning author of Spectral Evidence “Michell subtly upends expectations with a genuinely insightful examination of the essence of good and evil. By the novel’s end, Michell delivers an invigorating chase story, a suspenseful horror-action hybrid with memorably warped characters, and terrific B-movie cinematic flair.” —Publishers Weekly “How Rook acquired his superhuman strength and came to accept his unholy mission are just two of the many revelations Michell has in store for readers. Better still is the poignant father-son relationship that slowly builds between Rook and the orphaned Evan, who is also gifted with supernatural powers. A very promising debut from a new author to watch.” —Toronto Star

A Little Book of Coincidence

Author : John Martineau
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802713882
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book A Little Book of Coincidence written by John Martineau and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-04-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the orbital patterns of the planets and the mathematical patterns surrounding them.

Simulacra

Author : John Michell
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 9780500271599
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (715 download)

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Download or read book Simulacra written by John Michell and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Dimensions of Paradise

Author : John Michell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 159477773X
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book The Dimensions of Paradise written by John Michell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-01-07 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at the role of number as a bridge between Heaven and Earth • Reveals the numerical code by which the ancients maintained high standards of art and culture • Sets out the alchemical formulas for the fusion of elements and the numerical origins of various sacred names and numbers • Describes the rediscovery of knowledge associated with the Holy Grail, through which the influence of the Heavenly Order is made active on Earth The priests of ancient Egypt preserved a geometrical canon, a numerical code of harmonies and proportions, that they applied to music, art, statecraft, and all the institutions of their civilization. Plato, an initiate in the Egyptian mysteries, said it was the instrument by which the ancients maintained high, principled standards of civilization and culture over thousands of years. In The Dimensions of Paradise, John Michell describes the results of a lifetime’s research, demonstrating how the same numerical code underlies sacred structures from ancient times to the Christian era. In the measurements of Stonehenge, the foundation plan of Glastonbury, Plato’s ideal city, and the Heavenly City of the New Jerusalem described in the vision of Saint John lie the science and cosmology on which the ancient world order was founded. The central revelation of this book is a structure of geometry and number representing the essential order of the heavens and functioning as a map of paradise.

The New Jim Crow

Author : Michelle Alexander
Publisher : The New Press
ISBN 13 : 1620971941
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The New Jim Crow written by Michelle Alexander and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by Entertainment Weekly‚ Slate‚ Chronicle of Higher Education‚ Literary Hub, Book Riot‚ and Zora A tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller—"one of the most influential books of the past 20 years," according to the Chronicle of Higher Education—with a new preface by the author "It is in no small part thanks to Alexander's account that civil rights organizations such as Black Lives Matter have focused so much of their energy on the criminal justice system." —Adam Shatz, London Review of Books Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been adopted in campus-wide and community-wide reads; it helped inspire the creation of the Marshall Project and the new $100 million Art for Justice Fund; it has been the winner of numerous prizes, including the prestigious NAACP Image Award; and it has spent nearly 250 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Most important of all, it has spawned a whole generation of criminal justice reform activists and organizations motivated by Michelle Alexander's unforgettable argument that "we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it." As the Birmingham News proclaimed, it is "undoubtedly the most important book published in this century about the U.S." Now, ten years after it was first published, The New Press is proud to issue a tenth-anniversary edition with a new preface by Michelle Alexander that discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today.