Oculus

Fascinating.

It's great you got a shot of this before anyone does start to vandalize it, like you said.

Wow, its ashame all that craftsmanship could just go to waste. I'm taking a geuss that ocular could mean "eye" or teh "eye of"

Absolutely beautiful!

Wonderful Shot, but why The Star Of David?

again Masonic symbolisim........

take a close look at the middle circle. Everything in it numbers 6. 6 pointed star, 6 pyramid sections made by the inside points of the star, 6 outside circles, 6 smaller inside circles, 6 petal flower, 6 outer cross sections (made up by the "H" inside the circle.. There are 16 outer sections, which is extremely significant in freemasonry. This is a very very interesting room indeed.
And a great pic by the way!

kids throwing rocks? not in the locale this place exists in... there arent people let alone kids...

Hiram Abiff ?!

doublebass, You got it!

BREATHTAKING!

flawless, just flawles
and I bet my life that every little segment was design based on fibonacci's golden rule

excellent shot!!

Lovely!

let's hope that if some vandals chuck rocks at it it'll at least fall in on their heads.

Agreed! This is one of the prettiest pieces I've seen, and to think it is (currently) still intact just amazes me and makes me think along the same lines - that it is a magnet to knuckleheads. Yes, I will hope that they get a small sliver that makes them uncomfortable for years to come.

If anyone shattered this, I would love to break their little fingers one by one while spinning them around on the ceiling because of the fact they are duct taped to the ceiling by their toes. Added to the fact there would be glass imbeded in the palms of their hands and in the sockets of their eyes and a big giant rat with rabies gnawing on their throat.


Maybe that was a little too brutish. I just have this thing where I hate vandles because of what they did to our home in Woburn.

Chey, You're gonna shoot your blood pressure up. But you go! I just wish to God, that someone would remove this and put it in a museum where it can be appreciated, instead of it sitting there in a forgotten ceiling collecting cobwebs. Lynne--here I thought KNUCKLEHEAD was a term of endearment for me alone. =(

I hope that it all comes down and kills anyone that would raise a rock to something so beautiful.

Well hopefully not all of it, Ack, because stained glass is very restorable when most of the panes are present.

One rock might not make a huge hole, but I'd still break the wrists of someone who would deface something that breathtaking.

Ever check the cost of a brand-new stained glass dome? Tens of thousands of dollars.

Tens of thousands of dollars???
There's gold up in them there High Hills!

Mind you, that's tens of thousands for a NEW stained glass dome. Imagine what an original would bring.

I know I don't have to ask any of you to not go and pull that dome out of the ceiling and sell it....

I will! I'll travel all the way to America, spend months trying to find this place and then I'll tear that thing right out with my bare hands (strong but sensitive) and carry it back home.
But that'd be robbery, right?

I think this window is safe where it is, somthing tells me that this place requires high tech ninja skills to get into undetected. Usually, if you have the high tech ninja skills then you have enough brains to not destroy somthing so beautifull.

Motts, check out the reflections in three of the top four windows, looks like these stained glass windows are sheilded from rocks and debris by plexiglas, a technique I have seen used in old churches in my town...thank God for plexiglas.

I guess I should clarify that by saying "sections", not "windows".

Simply speechless

Articulus Infernum.... I think thats it..

Wow, stunning!

WOWW! You would think someone would attempt to salvage that. They just don't make things like that anymore...

It looks like there is the Star of David in the center.

Bill your are correct it is a Star of David in the center , But there is so much more in there than just the Star of David in the Oculus
see silkster40z@aol.com Monday, 06-13-05 post for what is contained in the Oculus

that is the most beauitful thing that i have seen in all the sights that i have been into. thk u so much for sharing all of ur work.

that is sooooo beautiful!

Thats Purtty.

It is a beautiful piece of Art Work, but any "Traveling Man" will recognize what it actually stands for........

Although I doubt it is a place that was used by the Mason's (and I could be wrong, who knows??), I would not be suprised if perhaps the architect was a Mason.

Ahh, now that comment makes a little more sense (scarlett77) than the possibility of it being used as a temple.

Words can't evendescribe the beauty of this picture!

I'm interested in some more historic information on this building, and I'm even more interested in obtaining high quality prints of the glass dome photos. Please advise, thanks in advance - JAA

Oh yeah, I can be contacted at jdoublea@yahoo.com

i agree with chay . i also think it may have plexiglass to protect it . because you just never know.

What an impressive piece of work! Are you standing on the pyramid 'o' tables for this shot?

It looks like something straight out of a European cathedral. Stunning.

Motts, I think this is my favorite picture thus far, only made it about 1/2 way through the site

*is in awe*

beautiful image. thanks for sharing it with us.

Once again as seen and correct credit goes to Stymie this time for stating the obvious... The Star of David is in the window in the middle of the ceiling anyone to over look that is blind, sense the begining of alchemy and astrology the first 2 original studies/religious followings dated back way before christianity the Star of David was also know as the Philosophers Pentagram and served as an ultimate form of truth, It in geometry = 360 degrees with both triangles and serves as a branching point between heaven and hell the upward triangle shows the path to heaven as the downward to hell not to mention symbolism is used in many and all religious groups from the esoteric religions to modernized spin offs and elaboratized theories of what may be... One thing is for sure the True Kabbalah is in effect which would mean this would have to be a certain type of freemason group if any, Try looking up the Rosicrusians And The Order Of The Knights Of Templar much more Freemason groups exist but are very misunderstood, Freemasonry can be viewed in many ways as the archetect building a path to heaven or even hell, try if you will imagining the cuts of the plywood the measurements the amounts of product used the amount of money spent on the project the hight of the building the size of it all to be like the equivalent of an alchemical equasion or in a sense like a math problem that answers all or it's self... That takes a Philisophical mind to comprehend but I threw the idea out there for you... Anyone slightly interested. need only contact me at FeelingNothing@aol.com With a propper e-mail description so it actually gets opened... Thanks for your time people...

They put some money into this room !!!

Signed: An American Soldier in Germany.

Stunning....simply stunning

P.S Can you please make this into a wallpaper? I think it would be the coolest thing ever!!

Amazing... its still all together in one piece...

Wow !!!!

There is a lot more history behind this window than one might think. I hope that it is preserved in its current state. This is a reused window and is in an amzing state for its age. May it always be so beautiful!

I'm left breathless yet again. Wow.

i love the simbolism behind it. I enjoyed reading what other thought of it but I did find it odd about all the 6's and what not. Nonetheless, it's a brilliant shot!

oops symbolism sorry

silkster, you are so right my dad is in to all that stuff and he was very intreagued by this

right-o nick. That stained glass is safe from vandals- the refletions of the plexiglass at the 10 ,11, 1 ,and 3 o clock spots are going to keep it that way. let's just hope the solder holds.

There is quite a bit of history to that window indeed. it has seen the death of an american president before its reuse! I would really love to check this place out, I'm stuck here in utah, if I ever get the chance to make it out there i'd like to contact the proper authorities and get permission to explore

that is NOT the star of david, for chrissakes.
inherent to architectural stained glass design was stylization of imagery. the stellar icon is stylized, nothing more.

This is beautiful! I agree with you, Tom-I certainly hope no one ruins this gorgeous glass. I like that word: "Oculus". I never heard of it before. Thank you for teaching me something new today! : )

It would appear as though everyone sees what they want to and has an opinion to go along with it...I think its art....

It's been several years since this photo was shot & this thread began. Great conversations & debates read here. Simply breathtaking dome & glass. But I wonder if this is still here today. I hope so.

just beautiful!!!!!!!