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GENIUS LOCI ORO Editions
from Wisdom of Place
Dwelling means to gather the world...
Christian Norberg-Schulz, The Phenomenon of Place, 1976
The World is the final card of the major arcana in a traditional tarot deck; it symbolizes the successful completion of the journey begun by the Fool. Thus, our search for environmental consciousness concludes with one of the most fundamental concepts of being and dwelling in the world— the Genius Loci or “spirit of place.” Throughout history, people of all cultures have shaped their environments according to instinctive and localized understandings of natural phenomena. In a sense, “placemaking” was a sacred act, grounded in a deep respect for the power of the earth’s dynamic systems.
