"Go and meet him. Offer him curry and beer, sit back, listen and be amazed!" were Marko’s comments (someone from England,) regarding Laurie and the wheel. He must have fairly good reason for saying this.
Laurie will amaze you for sure, but his teachings don't mention symbolism -- pagan or otherwise. It is all architecture, design, carpentry, and geometry.
Guys, the daisy wheel is a way to draw accurately prior to drafting tables and T-squares. It is not magic.
Roger,
It is actually not cumbersome to lay out a building this way. But I don't have time to elaborate right now either...
