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MICHELL, John; Ancient Metrology 1981 | 1st Edition | Signed | Earth Mysteries Movement No. 66 of 504 copies

    1981 signed limited edition from John Mitchell on the British 'Earth Mysteries' movement and the radical counterculture of the 1960s. A small press publication that sits between fringe archaeology and sacred geometry this book is a manifesto for a growing community of dowsers, ley-line hunters, and alternative historians reflecting a post-war yearning to reconnect with a 'lost' national identity rooted in the landscape.

DETAILS

  • Title
  • ANCIENT METROLOGY: The Dimensions of Stonehenge and of the Whole World as Therein Symbolised
  • Author
  • John MICHELL
  • Published
  • Bristol: 1981
  • Pentacle Books
  • Edition
  • 1st Edition. No. 66 of 504 copies
  • Format
  • Hardcover | Cloth
  • Condition
  • Book: Very Good | DJ: Very Good
  • Signed
  • Signed by author
  • Association copy
  • Provenance
  • Additional Items

DESCRIPTION AND CONDITION

  • Description
  • Hardcover | Cloth. White DJ over brown cloth. Language: English. Size: 19.5 cm by 13 cm. Pages: 48.
  • Book Condition
  • Very Good
  • Sharp corners, edges and spine ends. Light marks to lower front margins. Tightly bound with clean intact endpapers and strong hinges. Clean unmarked pages. Prev owners name to ffep 'C. H. C. Brown'.
  • Dust Jacket Condition
  • Very Good
  • Light wear and creasing to upper and lower edges. Lightly toned spine and exposed margins.

NOTES

  • Resume
  • Ancient Metrology explores the hypothesis that ancient monuments and landscape alignments encode a system of measurement that reflects a universal metrological tradition. Michell outlines precise ancient units of length inferred from Stonehenge and other monuments, positing that such measures were applied consistently from Britain to the Parthenon and Egyptian pyramids, and that these units relate symbolically and mathematically to the dimensions of the Earth itself. The text presents tables, diagrams, and measured data to support a claim that prehistoric builders understood and embedded “canonical” measures within sacred architecture, raising questions about the origins, dissemination, and decline of this purported ancient science. The limited edition of 504 copies is signed and numbered by the author.
  • Author
  • John Michell (1933–2009) was a British writer, researcher, and influential figure in the Earth mysteries and countercultural landscape movement. His work fused measurements of ancient sites, landscape symbolism, and esoteric traditions, helping to catalyse interest in ley lines and prehistoric metrology. Michell’s early success with The View Over Atlantis (1969) helped define the earth mysteries genre, inspiring subsequent works that examined symbolic geometry, Earth energetics, and sacred landscape interpretation. His bibliography includes Ancient Metrology (1981), Megalithomania (1982), and The Dimensions of Paradise (1988), among others that explore prehistoric cosmology, sacred numbers, and symbolic measurements.

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