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Persepolis - And its sacred geography 02 Surroundings and cosmic egg
Identifier
022400
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
The Dorodzan Dam has completely altered the way the rivers and streams now run, although the approximate course of most of the rivers that were once near the site can be seen. Persepolis appears as though it would have been far more of a ‘water site’, almost like a vast mountainous island surrounded by water and connected by an isthmus. From the point of view of a sacred geography this makes the mountain potentially more sacred than the newer temple site.
Another intriguing aspect is the presence of man made hills surrounding the site. There are a number of mounds, largely ignored and partly destroyed that are satellites of the Persepolis mountain – leading one to suspect that this area was a giant reconstruction of the Cosmic Egg, with each man made mound a symbolic planet and this site the centre – the holy of holies.
A description of the experience
The source of the experience
ZoroastrianConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
Map of the EggSymbols
Map of the EggScience Items
Sacred geographySacred geography - altars
Sacred geography - ancient trees
Sacred geography - artificial hills
Sacred geography - beacons
Sacred geography - bridges
Sacred geography - citadel
Sacred geography - cliffs
Sacred geography - crossroads
Sacred geography - enclosures and camps
Sacred geography - gardens
Sacred geography - islands
Sacred geography - isthmus
Sacred geography - ley lines
Sacred geography - mark stones
Sacred geography - mountain
Sacred geography - natural hills
Sacred geography - obelisk
Sacred geography - palace
Sacred geography - rivers and streams
Sacred geography - sacred grove
Sacred geography - water sites