It can be demonstrated that the West Facade of Chartres Cathedral is symbolically the first letter of the Judeao Christian scripture: BETH. From this Hebrew letter the whole of creation can be contemplatively obtained.

The rest of the cathedral is a symbolic radiation of the mystical interpretation of the West Facade. Just as the entire Old and New Testaments are commentary on the first letter of the bible so to is Chartres Cathedral a commentary on the West Facade.

Let me provide some clues:

1) Why does the two towers not have entrance door unto the naves aisles?

2) Why does the Rose Window match the diameter of the Labyrinth: and what is the true meaning of the labyrinth?

3) Why do the three doors of the Royal Portal on the West FAcade enter onto the nave?

4) Why was the cathedral built in many stages?

5) What is the relationship of the stain glass biblical narratives with the stone sculpture narratives?

6( What is the true meaning of hte Last Judgment? Why is the returned Christ fitted into the Vesica Pisces?

Answer these questions and the meaning of hte cathedral begins to take shape in the mind.