As Above,
So Below
So Below
The Mirror In the Temple
____________________________________
_______________________
____________
Image #1 As Above, So Below ~ Symmetrical Photograph: Vaulted Ceiling
Image #2 As Above, So Below ~ Symmetrical Photograph: Bird Bath
Image #3 As Above, So Below ~ Symmetrical Photograph: Reflections in a Door
Please Note:
On November 3, 2015 I published a project entitled As Above, So Below. I decided to revise the project in October 2, 2018 with the title The Mirror In the Temple. Then later again I revised the title so that both titles could be included. The first title change reflected my focus at that time on a collection of Theme related projects I was involved with on Water. See the multi-chaptered project WATER Photographs.
Henry Corbin's essay "Emblematic Cities" is at the heart of each of the three differently titled versions of essentially the same project. It is a fascinating essay that discusses the "water-mirrors" used in mosques and Temples as a way of unifying the space within the temple through reflection of the above in the water below in a round basin.
As Above, So Below ~ The Mirror In the Temple includes the same three symmetrical images (presented above) which I used in the first, 2015 project, but the present text has been significantly changed, and I think for the better, with the focus now being on the themes "water" and "mirroring" and the Oneness of Being.
Please visit:
Chapter 2 of WATER Photographs
November 2, 2015 / October 2, 2018
Thanks! Steven D. Foster
Welcome Page to The Departing Landscape website which includes the complete hyperlinked listing of my online photography projects dating back to the 1960's, my resume, contact information, and more.
