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John James: Trained as an architect, he was <br />one of half a dozen who founded the Sydney <br />School of domestic architecture, akin to the <br />California redwood houses early last century. <br />In 1969 he began to research the history and <br />sacred meaning of Chartres cathedral, and his <br />theories have had a not inconsiderable impact <br />on our understanding of the period He was <br />particularly interested in the methods used by <br />the masons to design their buildings, and this <br />brought him into a deep understanding of <br />sacred geometry and the divine meaning of <br />numbers and fors. <br />Less than one quarter of the churches with <br />Early Gothic work had been studied, or even <br />listed Only parts of fourteen ar accurately dated <br />from the documents. In the 1980s he made a <br />three -year survey of over 3,500 churches in the <br />Paris Basin which has formed the foundation <br />for all his later reaseareb. He has written and <br />lectured extensively in many countries on <br />Gothic architecture, and books include The <br />MasterMasors of Chartres and The Template - <br />makers of the Paris Basin. <br />FROM SECULAR TO SACRED <br />What Draws us to Sacred Places <br />.. WORKSHOP <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />o <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />June 23 - 25, 2006 <br />Thralls Opera House <br />hiday, June 23, 2006 <br />6:00- 7 :OOPM BamAbbey <br />7:30 - 9:OOPM John James. Thrall's Opera <br />House "What Makes the <br />Sacred, What is the Way? How <br />Does a Particular Site Acquire <br />this Freshness, and What in us <br />Draws us There? <br />Sattu day, June 24, 2006 <br />9:00 - 10:30AM JohnJames, Thrall's Opera <br />House "Symbolism and the <br />Sacred Geometry of Chartres, <br />and its Embodiment of the <br />Way <br />1:30 - 3:OOPM JohnJames, Thrall's Opera <br />House `the Labyrirrth as a <br />replica of The Way, aPathway <br />to the Sacred" <br />7:30 - 9:OOPM JohnJames, Thrall's Opera <br />House "An Open Conference <br />Fong and Discussionofour <br />Seperate Views on Sacred Sites <br />as Pathways to The Way" <br />Caatact KewSchueue a t SchueA(a>wdue.edu <br />765.494.1324 <br />