Time: Rhythm and Repose

By Marie-Louise von Franz

The thinkers of ancient Egypt, Greece and India recognized that numbers governed much of what they saw in their world and hence provided an approach to its divine creator. Robert Lawlor sets out the system that determines the dimension and the form of both man-made and natural structures, from Gothic cathedrals to flowers, from music to the human body. By also involving the reader in practical experiments, he leads with ease from simple principles to a grasp of the logarithmic spiral, the Golden Proportion, the squaring of the circle and other ubiquitous ratios and proportions. Art and Imagination These large-format, gloriously-illustrated paperbacks cover Eastern and Western religion and philosophy, including myth and magic, alchemy and astrology. The distinguished authors bring a wealth of knowledge, visionary thinking and accessible writing to each intriguing subject.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500810168
• ISBN13: 9780500810163
• Release Date: October 1978
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

The myth and meaning of Time

Marie-Louise von Franz was a disciple of Carl Jung and has been one of the pre-eminent expositors of Jungian Psychology. In this magnificent book, she considers time from almost all conceivable perspectives: mythological and religious notions of time, cyclical time and linear time, synchronicity and divination, and the perspectives of modern physics: Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. After the opening essay is a dazzling array of images - visual representations of the idea of time (again, from ancient mythological representations to bubble-chamber tracks). Overall, this book is a scintillating virtuoso display, sweeping across cultures and through history to the present day.