Math for mystics: from the Fibonacci sequence to luna's labyrinth to golden sections and other secrets of sacred geometry / Renna Shesso.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shesso, Renna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geometry--Miscellanea.

Mathematics--Miscellanea.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 193 p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Red Wheel/Weiser, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Much of math history comes to us from early astrologers who needed to be able to describe and record what they saw in the night sky. Whether you were the king's court astrologer or a farmer marking the best time for planting, timekeeping and numbers really mattered. Mistake a numerical pattern of petals and you could be poisoned. Lose the rhythm of a sacred dance or the meter of a ritually told story and the intricately woven threads that hold life together were spoiled. Ignore the celestial clock of equinoxes and solstices, and you'd risk being caught short of food for the winter. Shesso's friendly tone and clear grasp of the information make the math "go down easy" in this marvelous book.

Contents:

The circle of creation

Counting

The moon

Measurements

The days of the week

The magical squares

The knights tour and templar codes?

Shapes and numbers meditation

Pythagoras

Fibonacci, the golden ratio, and the pentacle

Venus pentacle

The geometric solids

Individual numbers

A tale in which Gods do math

Summing up.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-181) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9781609252748

1609252748

OCLC:

882770358