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The Canon

An Exposition of the Pagan Mystery Perpetuated in the Cabala as the Rule of All the Arts

by William Stirling

An anonymously published Victorian book arguing that ancient and medieval sacred buildings embodied a secret canon of number, geometry and gematria. Historically unreliable, it nevertheless strongly influenced twentieth-century writers on sacred geometry.

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