Hidden Origins of the Sacred Knot

von Marcello Avallone

130 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book traces the hidden life of the knot across millennia, revealing how a simple gesture of binding became one of humanity's most enduring symbolic architectures. From ancient cosmologies and ritual bindings to modern identity, design, and everyday gestures, the knot emerges as a mirror of connection, memory, and meaning. Through archaeology, anthropology, cognitive theory, and cultural analysis, this work uncovers the buried layers that still shape how people tie, weave, protect, commemorate, and relate. It shows how interlaced forms survive in language, craft, architecture, and social bonds, and how understanding their origins restores the depth of a symbol that continues to hold the human world together. This is a journey back to the first spark, where what is tied, holds.