The three towers are often pyramidal in shape, just as is the case of the
pylons of Egyptian temples or the
gopuras of their Dravidian counterparts.
The stunted central tower commemorates Mt. Atlas, the central Pillar of
Heaven that exploded and collapsed, causing the skies to fall down over
Atlantis sinking it under the sea. The central, stunted tower of Christian
churches and cathedrals is often placed upon the front door of the edifice
as a sort of pediment. This is done as shown in Fig. 9 above.
 The
structure of St. Paul's cathedral, shown in Fig. 10 is also typical. The
two lateral spires are pyramidal in shape and are far taller than the central,
more massive structure. Here this structure is domed to represent the Celestial
hemisphere that collapsed over Paradise. At the front we have the huge
door or gateway, with its triangular pediment above. The lowly pediment
represents the fact that Mt. Atlas was crushed down by the weight of the
overloaded skies it was unable to support.
The Many Pillars of St. Paul's Cathedral
The many pillars in front of St. Paul's
vestibule evoke the ones of Atlantis, the land of the pillars (a-tala).
Indeed, they commemorate Dvaravati, the many pillared capital of Krishna,
that sunk away in the Flood, and whose name means precisely "many-doored"
or, more exactly, "many-pillared".
Likewise, the clocks that often decorate
churches and cathedrals are intended to remind us that time flows inexorably,
leading the world to the end of the present era, just as happened in the
former one. And that end is now impending on us, according to the Gospels
and innumerous other traditions that affirm that the end is near.
At the forefront of St. Paul's cathedral
we have the monument that stands for the sacred fountain spring
or pool that was the invariable feature of the ancient temples. This fountain
commemorates the well-watered
barays of Far Eastern Paradises, as
we discussed further above. Hence, the architecture of Christian churches
and cathedrals particularly those of the Middle Ages almost invariably
follow the sacred geometry of Paradise.
In other words, they replicate, just as
did the ancient Egyptian temples, the Triple Mountain of Paradise with
its central peak collapsed and turned into a gateway. This gate is often
decorated by pillars precisely as was the case of the Temple of Solomon
or that of Egyptian temples. These pillars originally represented as
palm-tree trunks commemorated Atlantis or, rather, Atala, the sunken
Hindu Paradise that was turned into a hell by the cataclysm. They embody
a play on the word
Tala (or
Atala) that means both "pillar"
and "palm-tree" in Dravida and Sanskrit. Such puns do not obtain in any
other language we know of, except insofar as they are derived from the tongues just mentioned.
Dendera, Dvaraka, and Other Archetypes
of Atlantis
Hence, we see why Egyptian temples such
as the one of Dendera and, indeed, most if not all others, were full of
palm-tree stems figuring the pillars of Atlantis. As we just said,
the many pillars of Christian churches and cathedrals also commemorated
the same fact, perhaps unwittingly. The temple of Dendera (and others in
Egypt) was built underground, with the city of Dendera constructed above
it. Again, the idea was to represent the realm of Atlantis sunken underground
by the cataclysm that turned this former paradise into a veritable hell, with a new world built over it, the former one.
The name of Krishna's sunken capital, Dvaraka,
mentioned above, means "many doored" or, rather "many pyloned" or "many-pillared".
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