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Tour of Wholeo, Text and Graphics Path

The name of the dome Wholeo and all images are Copyright Caroling 1974.

Fisheye lens view: here's looking at Wholeo from the middle of the floor straight up and all around 360 degrees. For an overview of about 20 different parts of Wholeo, go back and go to the book. This tour has many more detailed views.

The tour starts outside the dome, then goes inside. The views start in the south, sweep the two sun paths, look to the north, and move up to the top of the dome. As you read, click on highlighted words to open related JPEG images. GIF images are generally smaller than JPEG images. For the largest, hi-resolution JPEG images, go back to the toplevel exhibit page and choose the Graphics path.

Wholeo From the Outside

"Wholeo looks small from the outside and big from the inside," said an observant child.

Wholeo at Harmony, Sonoma county, California.
Wholeo in Monte Rio, from the northwest.
Looking over the signature panel in the northwest.

Views Within Wholeo

The design of Wholeo is deliberately a patchwork. Each figure serves as a ground for another figure, making a rich tapestry of visions that invites your participation.

When you enter Wholeo you see broad arcs of rainbow colors that stretch along the sun path from east to west. The earth below completes the arcs as circles.

South - the Vision Quest

In the green arc below the aqua arc, sits a person in contemplation, asking for visions of the whole self.

In the south is a person whose head is in a breathing cloud.
The aqua surrounds the green arc. Tiny energy sources (shown as green/gold sandwiches) could be called "cosmic juices."
Above the breathing cloud, a prism sends rainbows from due south.
Detail of the prism in the south.
To the right in the aqua arc, flying forms and a prototype cell.

Sun Path - Birth, Consciousness, and Death

Close up, the person sees what is most familiar. That is the arc of birth, consciousness, and death. Birth is placed in the east near the rising sun, consciousness at high noon, and death near sunset in the west.

Views at dawn

Looking east, the "Smallest Unit of Life (SUL)" is the rounded form.
Rebirth", as if recycled through the earth from death in the west.
Dawn between rebirth and the SUL.
Another view of dawn.
Etched and layered flash glass, detail of the SUL.

Noon, consciousness, and death end

Looking up in the south.
Overview of consciousness, say it's a brain cell.
Four phases of brain cell activity.
Detail of associations in the brain cell.
Overview of the western end of the sun path.
Death end.

Beyond the Sun Path - Creation, Breathe In, and Breathe Out

Focus on spring and creation," drenched in red.
Paths spring from the sides of the panel devoted to spring and creation.
Looking at an arc from east to west.
Looking northeast past spring and creation, a panel about breathing in.
Detail of breathe in.
Cosmic juices, the green/gold sandwiches, as transmuted in a person.

North - From Essence of Being to Aura

Looking north. An overview of an aura and essence of being.
Essence of being a wholly developed person.
Upper double helix.
Upper double helix in reflected light
Lower double helix.
Looking to the left or west of the being.
Looking to the left, detail.
Looking to the right or east of the cell.

Looking Up at Aura/Wavelengths

Looking straight up gives a wide-angle view from south to north. The aura is the blue mandala with chiseled flecks of rainbow colors that forms a notation for wavelengths.
Overview of Aura/Wavelengths.
Brighter Aura/Wavelengths.
Detail of Aura/Wavelengths.

Looking Up - Above

Across the top of the dome, in the background, is an arrow composed of juxtaposed after images.
Tweezle wootz (playful name of a new species) and cosmic juices.

Looking up in the south at "Triangulation." The panel relates the coordinates on one sphere to the coordinates on another sphere via the stars.
Detail of "Triangulation."

This page last modified : Sun Mar 31 1996

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