Outside astronomy History of the center of the Universe

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in religion or mythology, axis mundi (also cosmic axis, world axis, world pillar, columna cerului, center of world) point described center of world, connection between , heaven, or both.



mount hermon in lebanon regarded in cultures axis mundi.


mount hermon regarded axis mundi in caananite tradition, sons of god introduced descending in 1 enoch (1en6:6). ancient greeks regarded several sites places of earth s omphalos (navel) stone, notably oracle @ delphi, while still maintaining belief in cosmic world tree , in mount olympus abode of gods. judaism has temple mount , mount sinai, christianity has mount of olives , calvary, islam has mecca, said place on earth created first, , temple mount (dome of rock). in shinto, ise shrine omphalos. in addition kun lun mountains, believed peach tree of immortality located, chinese folk religion recognizes 4 other specific mountains pillars of world.



a 1581 map depicting jerusalem center of world.


sacred places constitute world centers (omphalos) altar or place of prayer axis. altars, incense sticks, candles , torches form axis sending column of smoke, , prayer, toward heaven. architecture of sacred places reflects role. every temple or palace--and extension, every sacred city or royal residence--is sacred mountain, becoming centre. stupa of hinduism, , later buddhism, reflects mount meru. cathedrals laid out in form of cross, vertical bar representing union of earth , heaven horizontal bars represent union of people 1 another, altar @ intersection. pagoda structures in asian temples take form of stairway linking earth , heaven. steeple in church or minaret in mosque serve connections of earth , heaven. structures such maypole, derived saxons irminsul, , totem pole among indigenous peoples of americas represent world axes. calumet, or sacred pipe, represents column of smoke (the soul) rising form world center. mandala creates world center within boundaries of two-dimensional space analogous created in three-dimensional space shrine.


in medieval times christians thought of jerusalem center of world (latin: umbilicus mundi, greek: omphalos), , represented in so-called t , o maps. byzantine hymns speak of cross being planted in center of earth.








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