Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-05-11

the season was that presented at the
las meeting Of the Boston Scientific
society by DR. John ), Flagg, entitled
'Elulc Influences in Architecture.
The earliest refugees Of man, the
lecturer said, WAS undoubtedly the
caves aud assures in the rocks OF
wh.oa he disputed occupancy with the
cave bears ana other Wild creatures
OF his time, In Africa il has been the
mus.Nm .ly know one knows how long
a time for the apes to pluck the large
leaves 10 lay over themselves rs a GOV,
vertus during times Of purpose, Man
in jhe same countries did the same,
but advanced, SO that frequently sew.
era large leaves were plucked, their
ends stuck into the ground and their
tips brought together, forming the con
ical hut, the strength of which was Ia.
ter increased by the simple operation
OF tying the tips together
This pattern of hut is Worldwide
amoug the ahoCigines, being represent.
ed by the wigwams of our Indians and
the c0nical tentsor lodges OF other NJ.
tons The EsQUimo igloo, built as 1t
Is OF ice, is not Of this nature, hut may
be referred rather to the type of cave,
being merely an artificial cave in the
ice. As civilization progressed the
hutS We're made larger and were grad
ually elevated from the ground. In
modern architecture the type prevails
in HE many conical roots or towers
which abound In all civilized lands
The beginning of things, rs we
know them, seem TO have been in the
lost Atlantis" which, however, the
legend has mislocated. for It was in
the Pacific ocean. An of the islanders
agree in having some form of legend
which makes their present islands but
the mountain tops of a great land A
study Of the skulls OF the peoples liy
ing to day at the eXtrcmities of the
former continent separated today by
thousands of miles of ocean, shows
them to be typically the same the
Sculptured relics of Mexico and Yucca,
tan exhibit carved In the stone the
forms OF animals of the Asian type
which to our knowledge mover lived
on our continent, The forms Of their.
monuments, many clements In deco.
ration and other items point to a civil.
ization like that Of ancient India as
the origin of the beliefs and practices
and the architecture of the newer
world
Returning to consideration Of the
old relies of India DR.. Flagg showed
how the religion influenced the archi.
lecture. Disregarding the earliest
forms of the religion Of fear. he con.
sidered SILVA worship. SILVA was tho
reative god and the destructive one,
he created life only to destroy It. He
vas a form Of the sun myth and an
outgrowth Of the sun worship. but his
Influence upon the religion was a
gloomy. fatalistic one. There was
really no object In living save TO be
destroyed Iuggernaut was one Of the
phases Of tfe belief, in which the do,
aTuctive feature was at its maximum
Next to India came Krishna, the
savior Ne was born of virgin at
the time Of the winter solstice, was
presented as accompanied throughout
his life by an intimate friend, their
figures adjoining the entrances of the
temples. In these 1t is said that there
Is repast commcmoratcd which
some have likened TO the late supper.
and 1t is further claimed that In these
temples appears the inscription Of
love which is Q portion Of saylor's
religion, the Sanscrit equivalent OF
Peace on earth, and unto men good
Will" The architecture from this
point Of department takes on more
cheerful aspect, although retaining It's
endless repetition Of the same or SINH
lar sculptures
All Of these religions were phases
OF sun worship, the benehcent sun.
now, which sheds his rays over the
earth to bring forth life. and the many
rites of the worship were celebrated
One Of these, the welcoming and ador
ing Of the sun from the top of The sa
cred mountain, was a most important
one
This 1t Is that has given 10 Fujlya.
ma It's sacredness, for during hun
dreds Of years the welcome to the sun
and It's alteration were ceremonies
performed on its summit. II was vel
coined with fire. which had TO be pro.
duced by rubbing sticks together, and
as his rays appeared these were held
aloft In form which Is said to have
given the cross its emblematic nature, J
The cross was a religious symbol and
entered into religious architecture
centuries before the Christian era.
Now, for those countries which had
no mountains II became customary for
he religious bodies 10 build mountains
from the SUBMITS Of which TO perform
The rites OF religions, each and every
one Of them some development Of sun
Worship. And so the world over there
arc towers, temples and pyramids