A Temple of Light Within a Future City of Light

This booklet is an excerpt from our imminent book 'On the Same Lines, a Geomantic Journey' which is in the process of being completed for publication. The booklet is a celebration of both the 25th anniversary of the formation of The Monastery Trust and my late partner David Ellis’s 81st birthday, both on the 19th September 2021.

It describes the final part of our story working as Earthwise Geomantic Consultancy to help restore The Monastery in Gorton. Or should I say the Franciscan Friary in Gorton, where we discovered the sacred geometry used by the architect Edward Welby Pugin and were able to incorporate it into the rebuilding of the demolished front cloister to create a new Welcome Wing with our colleague Andrew Yeats of Ecoarc Ecological Architectural Practice (a former student of David’s). In the entrance of the Welcome Wing we were fortunate to be able to build our instrument.

The booklet also describes the Friary’s role within the sacred geometry of Manchester, which David was inspired to call ‘The City of Light’ and which we have developed with the help of Melanie’s mentor, Sir Hugo de Burun of Kersal Cell in Salford, the first in the initial de Burun ancestral line whose Coat of Arms became that of Manchester.

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Author: Melanie Thomas

ISBN 978-0-9571484-7-5

Imprint: Monastery Publications

Publication Date: 2022

Format: Paperback

Content: 50 pages

Cover dimensions: 175mm x 250mm