• Architectural Principles of the Sacred

    The courtyard arcade and church at Mission San Miguel Arcangel, CA 2011
  • Sacrament of the Sun

    Midwinter solstice Ceremony of Reconciliation at Mission San Juan Bautista, CA 2012
  • The Mission Solstice Survey

    Equinox illumination of Saint Michael the Archangel at Mission San Miguel, CA 2012
  • Solar Geometry and Archaeoastronomy

    Midwinter solstice sunrise as seen from Mission Santa Barbara, 2010
  • Brother Sun and Sister Moon

    The River of Life door at Mission San Juan Bautista, 1998
  • Equinoctial Illuminations

    Pre-equinox illumination of the tabernacle at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, CA 2010
  • Sacred Geometry, Light, and Shadow

    Illuminated stairway at Mission La Purísima Concepción de Caborca, Sonora, Mexico, 2008
  • Franciscan Cosmology and the All Seeing Eye of God

    The All Seeing Eye of God from the reredos at Mission San Miguel Arcangel, CA 2011
  • The Liturgical Cycles of Belief

    An 1803 edition of the Roman Missal Feast Day calendar from Mission San Juan Bautista, CA 2011
  • The Cult of the Apparition

    Spanish colonial era painting depicting an apparition of Our Lady of the Apocalypse, Mexico City, 1700s

Solstice Chronicles