The Cosmaty Pavement Is a Cosmic Map

London is embedding materially a sense of outward facing connection with sacred cities elsewhere in the world. Channeling if you like, through matter, through stone in this case, channeling a sort of invisible energy that gives meaning to the city. London as it were claiming to be a new Rome by literally bringing precious stones that have been previously used in ancient temples in Rome and making them part of this new temple in the heart of London.