“The Sun God and the Holy Stars”
1894-02-24
non-fiction
By H. G. Wells

Synopsis

Review article of a book about ancient temples and astronomy.

History

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Review

Wells talks about the content of the book, but also notes how ancient temples and even most Christian churches were oriented to the east where the sun rises. But today we ignore this, driven by artificial light, captalism and democracy. Interesting.


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We have the story in these editions:

Early Writings by H. G. Wells, hardcover, University of California Press, 1975-00-00