Thames and Hudson | How the World Is Made | sku-880483271

Thames and Hudson's How the World Is Made is a new English-language paperback in Religion & Religious Studies Books. ISBN: 9780500290378. SKU: sku-880483271. The book contains 341 illustrations, 334 in full colour, including both colour and black-and-white images.

More than 300 colour illustrations accompany its account of sacred geometry and the spiritual meanings assigned to geometrical figures and the numbers 1 through 12. John Michell describes regular shapes, how they are constructed, their natural symbolism, their combinations and their place in a universal order.

The book discusses how ancient peoples used principles of sacred geometry to build flourishing societies. It also recounts Galileo's description of the universe as a book written in mathematics and Socrates' idea of a pattern in the heavens that anyone can find within themselves. The Spectator praised the book's clarity, wit and illustrations.

Fortean Times described its 288 full-colour pages, thick paper, geometry instruction and philosophical commentary. Temenos Academy Review praised Michell's originality, while Gatekeeper Magazine recommended it to readers interested in sacred cosmology or landscape.