> [[York]]. “Neoplatonism & My Objection to Cartweel”. > [website](http://www.michaelyork.co.uk/Domus/My-Comments/cartweelreply.html) > [pdf](a/yorkIDK.pdf) > #link > "One clear instance of this legacy is the association of ‘earth’ with the direction of the north – one that derives from Masonic ritual and its implicit theology that rejects the fruit and bounty of the earth. A wider investigation into various paganisms – classical, indigenous, Indo-European, etc. – suggests that the more ‘universal’ understanding for the cultures of the northern hemisphere would place the earth in the south and fire as the rising sun in the east. This particular element-direction linking is one that comprises the practice of Prudence Jones or the tradition of Patrick McCollum among others."