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The Hidden Mind
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[ link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] In a geocentric coordinate system, this is the axis of rotation of the celestial sphere. Consequently, in ancient Greco-Roman astronomy, the axis mundi is the axis of rotation of the planetary spheres within the classical geocentric model of the cosmos.[1]
In 20th-century comparative mythology, the term axis mundi — also called the cosmic axis, world axis, world pillar, center of the world, or world tree — was greatly extended to refer to any mythological concept representing "the connection between Heaven and Earth" or the "higher and lower realms." [ link to link.springer.com (secure)]
The axis mundi or world center is embodied for many cultures in such objects as world trees or centering towers (Ziggurats, temple mounts, etc.) or mandala centers. In Native American pueblo cultures, the axis mundi is the place of the people’s emergence into this world, symbolized by the small hole or sipapu in the center of the religious space, usually underground, known as the kiva. For Norse culture, the axis mundi is Yggdrasill, the great tree that in the creation myths links the various segments of creation – the lower world, the middle world, and the upper world. Axle trees such as this exist in many cultures. In Korea, it was believed that a sacred tree connected the three worlds of existence. For ancient Tartars in Central Asia, a giant pine tree grew out of the earth’s navel and reached to the home of the supreme god in the heavens. For Christians, the cross is a kind of world tree on the world center hill of Golgotha.Totem pole within the spheres
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