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Il Pilastro del mondo
Paperback
Series: Cosmo E Anima Nella Sapienza Antica, Book 1
Comparative ReligionReligion General
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 23 2026
Pages: 558
Weight: 1.62
Height: 1.24 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: Italian
Il Pilastro del Mondo è il primo volume della trilogia Cosmo e Anima nella Sapienza Antica.
Tra i poli e gli abissi, fra il centro e gli estremi del mondo, le civiltà antiche hanno tracciato una geografia invisibile: montagne cosmiche, colonne del cielo, alberi che reggono le stelle, città poste dove la terra tocca il divino. A uno sguardo attento e partecipe, queste immagini poetiche si rivelano strumenti di orientamento: mappe della mente e del rito, modelli per leggere il tempo, la vita, la morte, il ritorno.
Il libro segue questo paesaggio come un territorio reale. Dalla Grecia al Vicino Oriente, dall'Egitto all'India vedica, dall'Iran dei Magi al Celeste Impero, fino all'eco biblica e cristiana, Il Pilastro del Mondo ricompone una costellazione di immagini e gesti: salire, attraversare, oltrepassare; riconoscere il centro, misurare le direzioni, abitare il confine.
Con metodo filologico e sguardo comparativo, il volume indaga l'Axis Mundi come simbolo di quiete sovrumana e, insieme, come principio dinamico di orientamento. Il pilastro stabilisce confini e passaggi, ordina le direzioni e i calendari, rende pensabile il rapporto fra cielo e vita umana. Permette al mondo di non sbandare - e all'anima di ritrovare, fra labirinti e fratture, una via verso l'Altrove.
Primo volume della trilogia Cosmo e Anima nella Sapienza Antica, Il Pilastro del Mondo invita a guardare il mito come manifestazione dell'invisibile: un sapere di orientamento custodito nelle immagini, nei luoghi sacri, nelle corrispondenze inattese fra tradizioni lontane.
English description
Il Pilastro del Mondo (The Pillar of the World) is Volume I of the trilogy Cosmo e Anima nella Sapienza Antica (Cosmos and Soul in Ancient Wisdom).
Between the poles and the abysses, between the centre and the world's extremes, ancient civilizations traced an invisible geography: cosmic mountains, pillars of the sky, trees that bear the stars, cities set where the earth touches the divine. To an attentive and engaged gaze, these poetic images reveal themselves as instruments of orientation: maps of mind and rite, models for reading time, life, death, and return.
The book follows this landscape as if it were a real territory. From Greece to the Near East, from Egypt to Vedic India, from the Iran of the Magi to the Celestial Empire, and onward to biblical and Christian echoes, Il Pilastro del Mondo reassembles a constellation of images and gestures: to ascend, to cross, to pass beyond; to recognize the centre, measure the directions, and inhabit the boundary.
With philological method and a comparative perspective, the volume investigates the Axis Mundi as a symbol of superhuman stillness and, at the same time, as a dynamic principle of orientation. The pillar establishes boundaries and passages, orders directions and calendars, and makes the relationship between heaven and human life thinkable. It keeps the world from veering off course - and enables the soul, amid labyrinths and fractures, to recover a way toward the Otherwhere.
As Volume I of the trilogy Cosmo e Anima nella Sapienza Antica (Cosmos and Soul in Ancient Wisdom), Il Pilastro del Mondo invites readers to look at myth as a manifestation of the invisible: a knowledge of orientation preserved in images, sacred places, and unexpected correspondences between distant traditions.
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