If you want to look at Buffalo in a different light, then you must get to know the work of Franklin LaVoie. You know how people, a long time ago, thought that the world was flat? Sometimes, when I listen to Franklin talk about Buffalo I wonder if I've been looking at the city the same way for far too long... listening to the same people who have been telling the same Buffalo stories for years and years. Franklin has a way of making you think so completely differently about Buffalo that it's mystifying. He researches the city differently. He studies the big picture... not just how Buffalo relates with the country and the world, but also with the universe. Deep? Crazy? Yes.
Be prepared. If you attend Franklin's upcoming lecture at the C.G. Jung Center on October 13th, you will be presented with all sorts of previously unexplored findings that will bring forth myriad thoughts and queries that may leave you questioning all different aspects of the city. From Franklin:
"So you think you know how Buffalo got its name? Did you know Buffalo's Radial Street System conceals esoteric symbols connected with Washington, D.C.? Or, that Buffalo was designed by men working shoulder to shoulder with the Founding Fathers of the United States of America? Did you know Olmsted's Integrated Parks System conceals hidden pictures, making it the greatest enchanted landscape in the World?
"At Buffalo's latitude of 43 degreesN, the moon's northern most standstill, (occurring every 18.6 years) is 47 degrees azimuth... as is Bidwell Parkway. If this seems like a minor coincidence then check out the image above, an alignment of circles from Colonial Circle to the north-east corner of the Zoo, four circles in a straight line pointing to the moon's northern most standstill at 47 degrees azimuth. Astonishing! The moon's northern most standstill occurs at Stonehenge; Chillicothe, Ohio; and numerous ancient megalithic sites. It means intelligent observers were here tracking the position of the moon, and thereby able to predict eclipses, which not incidentally occur when the dragon's head or the dragon's tail coincides with the new or full moon. In other words: a form of ancient dragon augury."
The Sacred Geography of Buffalo-Niagara
A Lecture by Franklin LaVoie
Wednesday, October 13th, 7:30 PM at 408 Franklin Street
Non-Members, $10; Members and Students, $8
Lead image: "Moon's Northern Standstill and Bidwell Parkway" - Painting by Franklin LaVoie
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Be prepared. If you attend Franklin's upcoming lecture at the C.G. Jung Center on October 13th, you will be presented with all sorts of previously unexplored findings that will bring forth myriad thoughts and queries that may leave you questioning all different aspects of the city. From Franklin:
"So you think you know how Buffalo got its name? Did you know Buffalo's Radial Street System conceals esoteric symbols connected with Washington, D.C.? Or, that Buffalo was designed by men working shoulder to shoulder with the Founding Fathers of the United States of America? Did you know Olmsted's Integrated Parks System conceals hidden pictures, making it the greatest enchanted landscape in the World?
"At Buffalo's latitude of 43 degreesN, the moon's northern most standstill, (occurring every 18.6 years) is 47 degrees azimuth... as is Bidwell Parkway. If this seems like a minor coincidence then check out the image above, an alignment of circles from Colonial Circle to the north-east corner of the Zoo, four circles in a straight line pointing to the moon's northern most standstill at 47 degrees azimuth. Astonishing! The moon's northern most standstill occurs at Stonehenge; Chillicothe, Ohio; and numerous ancient megalithic sites. It means intelligent observers were here tracking the position of the moon, and thereby able to predict eclipses, which not incidentally occur when the dragon's head or the dragon's tail coincides with the new or full moon. In other words: a form of ancient dragon augury."
The Sacred Geography of Buffalo-Niagara
A Lecture by Franklin LaVoie
Wednesday, October 13th, 7:30 PM at 408 Franklin Street
Non-Members, $10; Members and Students, $8
Lead image: "Moon's Northern Standstill and Bidwell Parkway" - Painting by Franklin LaVoie
Great article, thanks for sharing- I plan on checking this out!