SPIRITUALIST TEMPLE.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 155, 6 August 1914, Page 5

SPIRITUALIST TEMPLE.

One r>f the most extraordinary buildings everv erected in modern times is now being built near Dornach, in Alsace. It is called the Temple of the Science of the Spirit, and will be a mecca for every spiritualist in Europe. The temple should be completed by .December, when formal opening ceremonies of great pomp are to be performed. It owes its inception and construction to Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian occultist, who has at least 4000 followers. The cost of the building, which is of huge proportions, will be £120,000, which has been raised by subscriptions from spiritualists in many lands. Symbolism and mysticism are the keynotes of the architectural design, for the greater of the two domes which surmount building is said to represent the universe, and —rsince the numerol 7 represents 'S the unrolling of things in time"—it is supported on each side by seven great columns. These pillars are in the form of a pentagram and support ornate capitals representing the plants of sun, moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Venus. Each column is made symbolically of a different kind of wood, for the whole edifice is built of wood except the basements, which are of stone, constructed in,, the form of terraces. ': 7'~

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