IO 5 - The 4 Houses

 

 

So, if the  4  Corporate Sectors had formed, and been ascribed these symbols and colours –

 

 

            Design and Management Occupations                            CLUB                 YELLOW

 

            Spiritual and other Communication Occupations             DIAMOND         WHITE

 

            Hospitality and Entertainment Occupations                     HEART               RED

 

            Occupations involved with the ground                             SPADE               BLACK

and digging into it

 

 

 

then,

buildings that were purpose built, would have incorporated these elements.

 

 

Is this bourne out by historical evidence ?

 

 

I would say, yes.

 

 

 

COLOUR

 

 

Yellow Geopolymer  (Yellow Sandstone)

eg. Fort St Elmo, Malta  

(ancient)

 

 

White Geopolymer (Limestone)

 

White building material seems to be a bit more ambiguous,

as that which has survived

has greyed on the outside from oxidation

and that which is white now,

may actually be ashed yellow or red geopolymer.

eg. Newgrange, Ireland   

(ancient)   

eg. Mt Stromlo Astronomical Observatory, Australia   

(modern continuation of an ancient idea)

eg. The Blue Domed Church, Santorini  

(ancient / modern)

 

 

Red Geopolymer  (Red Sandstone)

 

eg. Bothwell Castle, UK   

(ancient)

 

 

Black Geopolymer (Basalt)

 

Black seems to be scarce,

but does include Basalt walls and pavement / platforms

eg. The foundations of the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool,

including St James’ cemetery, UK   

(ancient)

 

This could have been the material used to build

a Necropolis, which is a city of the dead -

eg.  Glasgow Necropolis (cemetery),

containing mausoleums (houses for the dead), UK

(ancient / modern)

eg. Black horses and hearses for the burying of the dead

(modern continuation of an ancient idea)

 

 

 

SYMBOLS

 

Symbols may have been incorporated into the design

of a building.

 

 

Club    

eg. Passageway within Newgrange, Ireland   

(ancient)

eg. Floorplan of St Paul’s Cathedral, London, UK

(modern continuation of an ancient idea)

 

                       

Diamond

eg. Tilbury Starfort, UK   

(ancient)

eg. The Giza Plateau Pyramids, Egypt   

(ancient)

 

 

Heart               

 

I cannot think of any common design incorporating the Heart shape.

 

 

Spade

 

I cannot think of any common design incorporating the Spade shape.

 

 

 

THE  4  FAMILIES

 

As the population grew,

it seems to have been the easier practice,

even up to recent times,

to teach the particular skills learnt

to children in the family,

and for them to carry on the family business.

 

So, in this way,

particular families continued to run and control particular industries,

which were in turn indicated by the colour of their house.

 

eg.      Casablanca      means      White House

                  

The term  “House”  is these days also synonomous

with “A Great Family”.

 

So, I would suppose,

that during the First Age,

there would have been, well established,

 

            4  GREAT FAMILIES    (or  HOUSES),

 

Controlling,

 

            4  GREAT INDUSTRIES

 

 

 

This is reflected in the card game which still exists and is popular today -

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