Paradise
p. 44 numerics of principles (according to commentary on Chinese Book of Diagrams)
__ Principle of nature |
its numeric |
Superior |
216 |
Inferior |
144 |
[total] |
360 |
non-numeric & proportionate aequalities
p. 34 |
diameter of St. Mary's Chapel, Glastonbury |
diameter of bluestone circle, Stonehenge |
p. 35 |
perimeter of hexagon inscribed in earth |
10^-1 part of distance between earth & moon |
p. 98 |
25 : 24 |
Hellenic : Roman |
25 : 22 |
Aiguptian : Hellenic |
|
176 : 175 |
longer Hellenic : shorter Hellenic (of Samos, p. 96) |
|
p. 101 |
289 / 288th polar radius of earth |
aequatorial radius of earth |
p. 102 |
25 / 24th Roman mile |
Hellenic mile |
25 / 24th Hellenic mile |
English mile |
numerics
p. |
measure |
of __ |
95 |
500 cubits |
each side of Great Pyramid |
96 |
5 stadia |
perimeter " |
7 stadia |
Roman mile |
|
5,000 Roman feet |
" |
|
100 Hellenic feet * 225 Hellenic feet |
Parthenon |
|
98 |
100 longer-Roman feet |
inner diameter of sarsen circle, Stonehenge |
100 |
2 * 10^7 <ibri^ feet = 6 * 10^6 <ibri^ rods (both according to Isaac Newton, p. 99) |
polar radius of earth |
4 * 10^6 Stonehenge outer radius |
" |
|
103 |
1 second of arc = 100 English feet |
at 365.243 degrees (for nychthemera in solar year) as circumference of earth |
105 |
[4,000 * 6^3] (= # of years om Dvapara Yuga, p. 104) miles |
diameter of sun |
[2,000 * 6^3] (= # of years in Kali Yuga, p. 104) miles |
radius of sun |
|
10 * 6^3 miles |
diameter of moon |
|
106 |
12^7 feet |
circumference of moon |
400 {# of days in highland Maya year} * 12^7 feet |
circumference of sun |
|
220 {= # of days in Balinese year} * 12^7 feet |
orbit of moon |
|
109 |
5040 (= 7!, p. 104) |
citizens of [hypothetical, "communist" -- p. 108] Magnesia (according to Platon: Laws) |
110 |
12 |
tribes in that Magnesia |
115 |
10 * 12^2 acres |
area in that Magnesia |
121 |
5 pairs of twins |
sons of Poseidon & Kleito, in Atlantis (according to Platon: Kritias) |
122 |
5 stadia |
diameter of central island, Atlantis |
1 stadion |
width of inner ring of water, Atlantis |
|
2 stadia |
width, each, of ring of land & of 2nd ring of water, Atlantis |
|
3 stadia |
width, each, of 2nd ring of land & of outer ring of water, Atlantis |
|
300 feet * 1 stadion |
temple of Poseidon on Atlantis |
|
100 |
statues of Nereides on dolphins surround idol of god in temple of Poseidon on Atlantis |
|
127 |
50 stadia |
width of outer wall around Atlantis |
10^6 acres |
enclosed land in Atlantis, beyond the city-limits |
p. 154 harmonic composition of the World-soul (according to Platon: Timaios)
1st |
1 |
2nd |
2 |
3rd |
2nd * 1/2 again |
4th |
2 * 2nd |
5th |
3 * 3rd |
6th |
8 * 1st |
7th |
27 * 1st |
p. 158 means, arithmetical & harmonic
double intervals |
triple intervals |
6 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
12 |
12 |
18 |
16 |
27 |
18 |
36 |
24 |
54 |
32 |
81 |
36 |
108 |
48 |
162 |
terms in the World-soul, according to commentaries on the Timaios
p. |
authority |
# of terms |
sum-total of all terms |
variations |
162 |
Theon of Smurne |
35 |
108,551 |
-- |
Timaios Lokhris |
36 |
114,695 |
add 16 * 384 = 6144 |
|
Proklos: Commentaries on the Timaeus |
34 |
105,947 |
reject 2187 & 6561 |
|
A. E. Taylor |
34 |
105,113 |
include 6144; add 4096 & 8192; omit 2187, 4374, 6561 & 8748 |
|
Ernest McClain: The Pythagorean Plato |
41 |
double values as per Severus; etc. |
||
164 |
John Michell |
114,048 |
the 'self-moving number' = 'source and origin of motion' [p. 163]
p. |
measured |
114,048 |
other |
165 |
earth, in units of 10 Aiguptian feet |
circumference |
diameter = 10! |
moon, in units of 100 feet |
diameter |
circumference = 7! |
|
New Jerusalem, in units of 1000 square miles |
total area minus area of central city |
||
square |
side, in units of 10 feet |
area = 10 * 12^6 acres |
|
164 |
circle |
circumference, in units of 100 feet |
diameter = 10!; |
circle |
diameter, in units of 100 feet |
circumference = 12^7; area = 12! |
sphonduloi ("whorls") of spindle of [Ananke] "Necessity" (according to Platon: Republic)
p. 144 |
p. 146 |
||
# |
color |
[declining] order of width |
widths (conjectural) |
1st |
variegated |
1st |
36 |
2nd |
yellowish |
8th |
6 |
3rd |
whitest |
7th |
8 |
4th |
reddish |
3rd |
24 |
5th |
yellowish |
6th |
9 |
6th |
2nd-whitest |
2nd |
27 |
7th |
brightest |
5th |
12 |
8th |
illuminated by 7th |
4th |
18 |
John Michell: The Dimensions of Paradise. Harper & Row, San Francisco, 1988.
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The widths of the whorls on the spindle of Ananke are derived from the inclinations of the planets:- http://www.pakhomov.com/plato_1.html#Spindle%20of%20Necessity
The praecession of the planets is as per the syntonic diachronic musical scale:-
octave |
note |
planet |
1st |
Do |
Mars |
2nd |
Re |
Neptune |
3rd |
Re |
Uranus |
#So |
Saturn |
|
#La |
Sun |
|
Si |
Mercury |
|
4th |
#Do |
Earth |
Re |
Venus |
|
#Re |
Jupiter |
http://www.pakhomov.com/plato_2.html#Diatonic%20Solar%20System
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