The Secret Architecture of Our Nation's Capital: The Masons and the Building of Washington,, Teil 3Harper Collins, 26.03.2002 - 528 Seiten Today, there are more than twenty complete zodiacs in Washington, D.C., each one pointing to an extraordinary mystery. David Ovason, who has studied these astrological devices for ten years, now reveals why they have been placed in such abundance in the center of our nation's capital and explains their interconnections. His richly illustrated text tells the story of how Washington, from its foundation in 1791, was linked with the zodiac, with the meaning of certain stars, and with a hidden cosmological symbolism that he uncovers here for the first time. Fascinating and thoroughly researched, The Secret Architecture of Our Nation 's Capital is an engrossing book that raises provocative questions and otters complex insights into the meanings behind the mysterious symbols in Washington. |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Albert Pike American ancient Andrew Ellicott angels arcane symbolism architect architecture astrological astronomer called Cancer Capitol building Capricorn ceremony Christian constellation Constitution Avenue corn cornerstone cosmic degrees dome early Earth Ebenezer Sibly Egyptian Ellicott engraving esoteric esotericism Eye of Providence federal city Federal Triangle figure Freemasonry Garfield George Washington goddess Grand hermetic hieroglyphic horoscope idea image of Virgo important initiation interest Isis Jenkins Heights John L'Enfant later Library of Congress light linked Lodge lore marked Masonic symbolism Masonry means medieval Mercury modern Moon Mysteries National orientation original Pennsylvania Avenue perhaps planetary planets president Ptolemy pyramid recognized records Regulus represents rituals Rome Royal Arch sculpture seal secret seems Sibly sigil Sirius skies solar Spica spiritual star statuary statue stellar stone sunset Temple Thomas traced tradition United Venus Vinnie Virgin Virgo Virgoan Washington Monument White House zodiac zodiacal sign
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Seite 191 - Spacious avenues, that begin in nothing, and lead nowhere; streets, mile-long, that only want houses, roads and inhabitants; public buildings that need but a public to be complete; and ornaments of great thoroughfares, which only lack great thoroughfares to ornament - are its leading features.
Seite 395 - Rome ! Where tribunes rule, where dusky Davi bow, And what was Goose-Creek once is Tiber now ! This famed metropolis, where fancy sees Squares in morasses, obelisks in trees ; Which travelling fools and gazetteers adorn With shrines unbuilt and heroes yet unborn...
Seite 1 - In fancy now, beneath the twilight gloom, Come, let me lead thee o'er this
Seite 116 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other...
Seite 185 - ... of cassia, in her left an urn ; Time standing behind her, with his hands enfolded in the ringlets of her hair. The weeping virgin denotes the unfinished state of the temple : the broken column that one of the principal supporters of Masonry (HAB) had fallen ; the open book implies that his memory is recorded in every Mason's heart ; the sprig of cassia refers to the discovery of his remains ; the urn shews that his ashes have been carefully collected, and Time standing behind her implies that...
Seite 40 - General Taylor — His Affability — His Conversation — Invitation to the Authoress — Heat of the Weather in November. WASHINGTON would be a beautiful city if it were built ; but as it is not I can not say much about it. There is the Capitol, however, standing like the sun, from which are to radiate majestic beams of streets and avenues of enormous breadth and astonishing length ; but at present the execution limps and lingers sadly after the design. . . ' This noble metropolitan myth hovers...
Seite 53 - An Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States SECTION i.
Seite 332 - House; this line he crossed by another due east and west, and which passes through the same area. These lines were accurately measured, and made the basis on which the whole plan was executed. He ran all the lines by a transit instrument, and determined the acute angles by actual measurement, and left nothing to the uncertainty of the compass.
Seite 59 - The city itself is unlike any other that ever was seen, straggling out hither and thither, with a small house or two a quarter of a mile from any other; so that in making calls 'in the city...
Seite 289 - THE HERITAGE OF THE PAST IS THE SEED THAT BRINGS FORTH THE HARVEST OF THE FUTURE.
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