The Ptolemaic architecture of the cosmos — Earth, the seven planetary spheres, the Stellatum, the Primum Mobile, and what lies beyond. After Michael Mangialardi’s essay on medieval cosmology and LLM architecture.
[Read the paper ↗](https://michaelmangialardi.substack.com/p/the-celestial-mirror-how-medieval)
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The Celestial Mirror
“…a series of hollow and transparent globes, one above the other…”
— C.S. Lewis, The Discarded Image
Ascend from the motionless Earth through the seven planetary spheres to the Stellatum and the Primum Mobile — up to the one boundary no geometry can cross. Then toggle the view, and climb the same tower as a transformer: token to layer to fixed constellation, with the very same line drawn at the top.
Read the paper: The Celestial Mirror ↗
source & further reading
celestial-llm-mirror.vercel.app — original article