http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/ Archaeoastronomy, sacred geometry, more! Tue, 14 May 2013 22:38:50 GMT Dan Washburn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7668 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7668 I just retired Mar 16th The book is called God's Secret Formula: Deciphering the Riddle of the Universe and the Prime Number Code by Peter Plichta (May 1997) Tue, 14 May 2013 14:35:41 GMT C G http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7667 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7667 Hi Dan, many belated congratulations on your retirement! When did that happen? Your paper sounds fascinating and I applaud your efforts to educate the rest of Mon, 13 May 2013 14:03:31 GMT Dan Washburn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7666 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7666 Hi, Chris Good to hear from you. I have finally retired so will have more time to correspond. I am currently working on a paper called 'Shi'ur Qomah in the Mon, 13 May 2013 06:13:24 GMT C G http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7665 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7665 Greetings sacredlandscapers, This 2010 textbook does not appear to be listed in our archives: "The Power of Stars: How Celestial Observations Have Shaped Thu, 24 May 2012 17:11:01 GMT C G http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7664 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7664 In case it is of interest: "The most accepted theory for explaining the strange scoring system [of tennis] is that it reflected Europeans' preoccupation with Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:31:01 GMT danw@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7663 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7663 Here is a quote from wikipedia on the higgs boson Particle physicists believe matter to be made from fundamental particles whose interactions are mediated by Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:31:25 GMT C G http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7662 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7662 I am reading a book by Julian Young about the history of philosophy entitled, "The Death of God and the Meaning of Life": Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:55:07 GMT evelyn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7661 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7661 I am clearing out old accounts. This is one of the groups I no longer use. I can't seem to get unscribed. Can someone do that for me? Evelyn Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:35:10 GMT danw@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7660 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7660 Hi, Chris Fascinating stuff. Back in those days we really had a command of facts and language! My gut feeling is that to reach the primum mobile level you Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:01:30 GMT C G http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7659 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7659 Hope you all won't mind me following up on an earlier discussion about the Cosmati Pavement of the Westminster Abbey. Part of me feels weird about trying to Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:15:27 GMT C G http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7658 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7658 Hi Dan and All, I was vaguely aware of the Pythagorean belief in the transmigration of souls but never made the connection between Orphism and Platonism, for Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:14:59 GMT danw@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7657 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7657 I wrote this in reply to Chris's earlier message, but it never came through to the group. Dan ... Subject: Re: [sl] lowest musical note in the universe From: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:22:44 GMT danw@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7656 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7656 Hi, Chris This is a great article. I had never thought about a shamanic background for orphism/greek mysticism -- pythagoras, plato, and plotinus always Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:47:19 GMT C G http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7655 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7655 From the article below: "The Orphics believed in reincarnation ? the soul was imprisoned in a body from one incarnation to the next, in a great turning wheel Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:54:06 GMT C G http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7654 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacredlandscapelist/message/7654 Dan wrote: "We should be finding a treasure map in these mysteries, not intellectual games for jewish/gentile geometers." Now that is a quotable quote! Well