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Universe, Adorned: Ornament in Culture, Cosmos, and Consciousness

The Emerald

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The Ornaments of the Deities, Says Timosina

In tantric practices of visual architecting, every single ornament is visualized in deep detail. In hymns like the Sundariya Lahari, ornaments are named one by one meticulously deliberately. Timosina: The adornments mean something and more than that, they are animate beings. If we want a deeper relationship with the animate world around us, perhaps we need to cultivate more depth of detail.

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