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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