Gamma Day in Rome

At this moment I am inside the Pantheon in Rome. I am on a pilgrimage visiting a few holy places. It is Gamma Day today.

Exactly six years ago the conception of γ symbol was complete in my mind. It was really an eureka moment for me in which everything seemed to fall into place. Ever since April 1st is a day of celebration for me.

The Pantheon is the holiest place of my personal pilgrimage today. This magnificent monument represents perfectly the idea of harmony that lies at the heart of the Gamma Tao:

  • harmony between religions: this temple was originally dedicated to all the gods (from Greek Πάνθειον, Pantheion: “of all the gods”)
  • harmony between church and state: apart from the fact that it is a church now, the first two secular kings of Italy, Vittorio Emanuele II and Umberto I, are also buried here
  • harmony between man and nature, in this case through art, symbolised by the tomb of the famous Renaissance maestro Raphael, that says:

“Here lies Raphael, by whom Nature herself feared to be outdone while he lived, and when he died, feared that She herself would die”