quote
active
quote:the-eye-is-a-spirit-in-the-soul-untouched-by-time-and-flesh-flowing-from-the-spirit-remaining-the-spirit-wholly-spiritual-it-is-free-of-all-names-and-void-of-all-formsThe eye is a spirit in the soul, untouched by time and flesh, flowing from the Spirit, remaining the Spirit, wholly spiritual. ... it is free of all names and void of all forms.
Meister Eckhardt's description of the ground of the soul, paralleling the I-plenum.
Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count
Chapters (1)
chapter
- The Blazing OnecitesChapter 6 of Volume 4, The Luminous Ground, by Christopher Alexander. The chapter introduces the I-hypothesis, the plenum of I, and the Blazing One as the ultimate source of life in architecture.
Related by similarity (8)
cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edgeEntities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.
- Explains why verbal description matches the mind's eye medium.
- Alexander equates the faintly glowing quality with an immanent God shining through matter.
- Closing statement of the Mid-Book Appendix identifying the I as the foundation of both matter and architecture.
- Advocacy for a fluid, non-graphic medium early in design.