Homage to Pythagoras: Rediscovering Sacred Science

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Form · Number · Geometry · Architecture · Light · Color · Music · Poetry\n“All such disciplines, theories, and scientific investigations as truly invigorate the eye of the soul, and purify the intellect from blindness introduced by studies of a different kind, so as to enable it to perceive the true principles and causes of the universe, were unfolded by Pythagoras to the Greeks.” ―
Iamblichus,
Life of Pythagoras\nHomage to Pythagoras collects essential writings by authors at the leading edge of the sacred sciences today. Each chapter―scholarly homages to the Pythagorean perspective―confirms the continuing interest in Pythagoras’ philosophy as a living reality. These authors provide a major addition to the field of Pythagorean studies and traditional mathematics.
Review
“Some of the finest recent articles on Sacred Mathematics in the Pythagorean and Platonic traditions, which are still as vital and important as ever.” (
Ralph Abraham, author of Chaos, Gaia, Eros)\n“If they ever put together a new Library of Alexandria, Homage to Pythagoras should be required reading.” (
John Anthony West, author of The Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt)\n“With its testimony to number and pattern at the heart of nature and of the arts, the Pythagorean tradition will always be a guiding light to Western culture.” (
Joscelyn Godwin, author of The Golden Thread: The Ageless Wisdom of the Western Mystery Traditions)
Review
“If they ever put together a new Library of Alexandria, Homage to Pythagoras should be required reading.” -- John Anthony West, author of The Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt\n“With its testimony to number and pattern at the heart of nature and of the arts, the Pythagorean tradition will always be a guiding light to Western culture.”\n-- Joscelyn Godwin, author of The Golden Thread: The Ageless Wisdom of the Western Mystery Traditions
About the Author
Anne Macaulay (1921–1998) lived in Scotland where, for many years, she studied the origins of the alphabet, the history of the guitar, the figure of Apollo, and other mysteries surrounding Pythagoreanism. She settled in Balerno near Edinburgh and traveled widely, surveying megalithic sites around the world. In 1994, she was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the University of Edinburgh. Mrs. Macaulay lectured at RILKO (Research into Lost Knowledge Orga­nization) and was a trustee of the Salisbury Center in Edinburgh.\nChristopher Bamford is Editor in Chief Emeritus for SteinerBooks (Anthroposophic Press) and its imprints. A Fellow of the Lindisfarne Association, he has lectured, taught, and written widely on Western spiritual and esoteric traditions. He is the author of
The Voice of the Eagle: The Heart of Celtic Christianity (1990) and
An Endless Trace: The Passionate Pursuit of Wisdom in the West (2003). He has also translated and edited numerous books, including
Celtic Christianity: Ecology and Holiness (1982);
Homage to Pythagoras: Rediscovering Sacred Science; and
The Noble Traveller: The Life and Writings of O. V. de L. Milosz (all published by Lindisfarne Books). HarperSanFrancisco included an essay by Mr. Bamford in its anthology
Best Spiritual Writing 2000.\nKathleen Raine (1908–2003) graduated from Cambridge University in 1929. She became one of English literature's most remarkable twentyth-century practitioners. Although she considered herself primarily a poet, she was also a prolific writer of prose, an astute critic, and a distinguished scholar. Her poems and essays assert that true poetry is an expression of the spirit, the unfolding of a reality often hidden by the material appearance of things. Raine wrote a three-part autobiography (1973-1977), founded the magazine
Temenos in 1981 to articulate her views, and in 1990 established the Temenos Academy of Integral Studies, a teaching academy that stressed a multistranded universalist philosophy. A professor at Ca