A guide to the history and practice of traditional European nature-based spirituality
Inhaltsverzeichnis
PREFACE
An Ever-Changing and Ever-Flowing Cosmos
PROLOGOS
Origins of the Way of the Eight Winds
PART I
Philosophical Viewpoints
1 Points of View
2 The Recovery of Ancient Wisdom
3 Unity
4 The Eternal Tradition
5 A History of Authenticity
6 On Spectacle
7 Divination and Chance
8 Human Personifications of the Divine
9 The Naming of Names
10 Ø rlö g and History
The Formation of the Modern World
11 The Eldritch World
PART II
Cosmic Principles
12 The Four Elements and the Cosmic Egg
13 The World, the Cosmos, and the Human Body
14 Temperament and the Divine Harmony
15 The Planetary Spheres and the Ogdoas
16 Myths of Coming into Being
17 At the Center of the World
The Omphalos and the Spindle
of Necessity
18 Time, Space, and Fate
19 Our Place on Earth
20 The Four Directions
21 The Eight Tides of the Day
22 The Winds
23 Specific Winds
24 The Right Place at the Right Time
25 Nature and the Eldritch
26 The Sacredness of Manifested Phenomena
27 Places of Spirit
28 Trees, Temenoi, and Places
of the Ancestral Spirits
29 Numinous Places in the Land
30 Feng Shui
31 Crossing the Borderlines
32 The Locus Terribilis and the Locus Amoenus
33 The Sacred and the Profane
Archaeology
PART III
Geomancy
34 Physical Elements of Geomancy
35 The Cosmic Axis
36 The Road Leads Us On
37 Stonehenge
38 The Crossroads
39 Labyrinths
40 Geomantic Protection
PART IV
Makings
41 The Spiritual Arts and Crafts
42 Sacred Geometry
43 Specific Geometric Forms
44 Spiritual Exercises
45 Tools and Techniques
PART V
Metaphorical Texts
46 The Labyrinth
Ariadne’ s Dancing Ground
47 Wayland’ s House
48 The Wayfarer’ s Legacy
EPILOGOS
Confluence
APPENDIX 1
Number Symbolism
APPENDIX 2
Musical Ratios
APPENDIX 3
The Tides of the Day
Glossary
Bibliography and Sources for Further Study
Index
