http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/longitude IrishCentral longitude en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/the_keane_edge/scottish-engineer-patents-celtic-cross-as-a-rediscovered-navigational-tool-104732504.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/the_keane_edge/scottish-engineer-patents-celtic-cross-as-a-rediscovered-navigational-tool-104732504.html Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:40:13 PDT
The Celtic cross is not a gory object like the common European or Latin American crucifix depicting the remains of Roman execution More often the Celtic cross is depicted in bare geometry that is sometimes ornamented with mathematically precise knotwork Joseph Campbell thought the peculiar cross with circle represented chakra ascension, and quoted WBYeats' line "ancient Ireland knew it all," in describing his theory of Gaelic Ireland's Tibetan-like achievements at spiritual culture A Scottish researcher and yachtsman, however, has patented the Celtic cross as a tool--re-discovered---he claims, and which he thinks useful in navigation, astronomy, surveying, cartography and time keeping READ MORE ]]>