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The Kircher Code: The Secret Hidden in the Fountain of the Four Rivers
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ISBN13: 9798262361045
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 27 2025
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 27 2025
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the heart of Piazza Navona, in Rome, stands a masterpiece that is much more than a fountain: it is a temple of water, stone and light, a codex that has disappeared over the centuries. This book guides the reader on an initiatory journey through seven interpretative rounds, each dedicated to a level of symbolic reading of the Fountain of the Four Rivers, sculpted and supervised by Gian Lorenzo Bernini but secretly designed and inspired by the cosmic and gnostic thought of Athanasius Kircher.
Art, sacred geography, religion, alchemy, archetypes, astrology and cosmology are intertwined in a dense, evocative narrative, capable of transforming a simple visit into a true inner journey.
Each cardinal point of the fountain corresponds to a continent, an element, an era, a passage of the soul. The central obelisk is not just a decoration, but an astral clock that measures the time of civilizations. The animal figures, apparently decorative, reveal themselves as guardians of the zodiacal eras.
A work that will fascinate lovers of mystery, spiritual seekers, scholars of symbolism and all those who feel that forgotten knowledge is still hidden in the folds of history and art.
Each cardinal point of the fountain corresponds to a continent, an element, an era, a passage of the soul. The central obelisk is not just a decoration, but an astral clock that measures the time of civilizations. The animal figures, apparently decorative, reveal themselves as guardians of the zodiacal eras.
A work that will fascinate lovers of mystery, spiritual seekers, scholars of symbolism and all those who feel that forgotten knowledge is still hidden in the folds of history and art.
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