Solon
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As an archetype, the pyramid shape is without doubt a sacred mountain. Triangular structures ( viewed full on) stretching skywards are often the central point of Hindu Temples. This triangular profile of the vimana refers to the cosmic mountain and axis mundi of Mt Meru, around which the universe is thought to spin.
Hindu philosophy lies behind architecture based on the form of a pyramid: a temple is a divine form that has descended from heaven and signifies the transition from One to the multiple.
The bindu ( imaginary point at the apex of construction) is directly above the cella, which is also known as the garbhagriha ( chamber of the embryo) and represents ' the womb of the sacred building'.
Obviously, there is much much more to hindu symbolism than this. Our point is to note some shared messages which pyramids across the globe signify.
In common with the pyramids of Egypt, we see a sacred mountain, a structure connected with birth/rebirth and also the womb of the earth mother. The plain facts are that pyramids represent not one idea, but rather the many.
Following this, it isn't really enough to offer one theory for the pyramids. We should at least be considering the pyramid as operating on many levels of the human psyche.
Therfore, there is room for a new synthesis to understand everything encoded in a pyramid.
Silbury hill in England, is an example of a pyramid where there are non supposed to be, most scholars now think Silbury is connected with Fertility, Ancestor worship and Sun Rituals, and as with the others, is a place where the spirit world and that of humans comes together.
Solon
Hindu philosophy lies behind architecture based on the form of a pyramid: a temple is a divine form that has descended from heaven and signifies the transition from One to the multiple.
The bindu ( imaginary point at the apex of construction) is directly above the cella, which is also known as the garbhagriha ( chamber of the embryo) and represents ' the womb of the sacred building'.
Obviously, there is much much more to hindu symbolism than this. Our point is to note some shared messages which pyramids across the globe signify.
In common with the pyramids of Egypt, we see a sacred mountain, a structure connected with birth/rebirth and also the womb of the earth mother. The plain facts are that pyramids represent not one idea, but rather the many.
Following this, it isn't really enough to offer one theory for the pyramids. We should at least be considering the pyramid as operating on many levels of the human psyche.
Therfore, there is room for a new synthesis to understand everything encoded in a pyramid.
Silbury hill in England, is an example of a pyramid where there are non supposed to be, most scholars now think Silbury is connected with Fertility, Ancestor worship and Sun Rituals, and as with the others, is a place where the spirit world and that of humans comes together.
Solon