'Sacred Geometry' is a Science, a Mystical
Path, and an Art.
It's the study of the fundamental geometrical forms of space-time
to reveal the secrets of both physical and spiritual reality.
It is an exploration into the source of Beauty and Energy and Intelligence.
Artists, scientists,
and mystics have always had a fascination with patterns -
symmetry, asymmetry, and the complexity that can arise
from placing the simplest forms and/or processes in relationship
with each other.
Esoteric traditions from many cultures have shared this interest
in simple
geometrical or mathematical patterns.
Probably the most influential of these was the Pythagorean school
in ancient Greece
from whose insights we learned the basis of much of western geometry
and music theory.
Very few people seem to realize that the proportions of most
computer screens are in the ratio of the 'Pythagorean Rectangle',
i.e. 4 x 3 with a diagonal of 5 units. For instance 800 x 600 or
1024 x 768.
The ratio of 3 to 4 to 5 is also the ratio of the frequencies of
the three notes in a major chord, and the foundation of western
musical theory for 2500 years or more!
Before we move on here's a 5 min movie of a well known Sacred Geometer and artist Charles Gilchrist explaining his take on Sacred Geometry
For most people, an interest in Sacred Geometry usually begins with
becoming familiar with a number of simple forms - shapes that science
is slowly discovering provide the building blocks for the whole edifice
of existence. (If the Creator is an Architect then these are the Crystal
stones with which the Heavenly City is built.) Some of the more important
forms are:
the sine wave, circle, the vesica pisces, the 5 platonic solids,
the torus (donut), the golden mean spiral, and the tesserac (4 dimensional
cube).
We are very pleased to include on the GalacticLightWeaver disc the Heart Coherence teams StarMother interactive 3d animations which is a great way to familiarise yourself with many of these shapes and especially the 5 platonic solids. Check them out!
Any complex structure in time or space, such as - the periodic table
of the elements, the laws of musical harmony, biological molecules,
or even the apparently random fluctuations of the stockmarket - will
inevitably be found to be based on, and arise from, the interaction
of simple patterns such as these.
"You
amuse me" I said, "with your obvious fear that the public
will disapprove if the subjects you prescribe don't seem useful. But
it is in fact no easy matter, but very difficult for people to believe
that there is a faculty in the mind of each of us which these studies
purify and rekindle after it has been ruined and blinded by other pursuits,
though it is more worth preserving than any eye since it is the only
organ by which we perceive the truth. Those who agree with us will give
your proposals unqualified approval, but those who are quite unaware
of it will probably think you are talking nonsense, as they won't see
what other benefit is to be expected from such studies"
Plato
We are very pleased to include here the Heart Coherence team's StarMother interactive 3d animations.
This is a great way to familiarise yourself with many of these shapes and especially the 5 platonic solids.
Fractals, those beautiful computer
generated pictures of a vast variety of organic and bizarre forms, are
also generated from remarkably simple rules and repetitive processes.
From the Macrocosmic (click
here for a great site about the solar system's geometry) to the Microcosmic
the same patterns are ubiquitous,
and since 'size' is a totally relative measurement the scale independence
of these patterns is reassuring. Even the meaning of words, and the
insights and emotions that they evoke,
is a function of subtle geometric patterns of sound and electricity.
The sound and shape of each letter, no matter what language is used,
must still conform to universal laws arising from the properties of
space-time/body-mind.
~ Contemplating Infinity ~
This wonderful animation to the right is a smaller version of the deepest journey into
the mandelbrot fractal that has ever been recorded ! Its well worth downloading the high resolution version to play full screen from the link below.
If you think of this movie as expanding the original fractal then
approximately two thirds of the way through the movie the original
image will be as large as the known universe. If you think of it as zooming in to smaller and smaller areas then
the final image will be trillions of times smaller than the smallest
subatomic particles. Oh and since the movie begins on the main left
right axis - the final image will be located within a billionth
of a millimetre of that axis.
This
movie was made by The
Ultimate Fractal Video Project and required a specially
made computer system dedicated for nearly 4 years to calculating
each frame of the movie in sequence.
It may be a long time before it is surpassed, but theoretically
there is no limit to the complexity of the mandelbrots designs.
"Know,
oh, brother..., that the study of sensible geometry leads to skill in
all
practical arts, while the study of intelligible geometry leads to skill
in the
intellectual arts because this science is one of the gates through which we move to the knowledge of the essence of the soul,
and that is the root of all knowledge"
-
From the Rasa'il by the Brotherhood of Purity, translated by S.H. Nasr.
It is no accident that the most important forms are also the simplest.
As soon as space and time can be said to exist
a pulsating wave form between polarities arises
and concentrically around its centre of gravity
the nesting of all other forms is implied.
This is the same as saying that from the number 1
all other numbers must logically follow.
The reason that sacred geometry is legitimately called 'sacred'
is that it leads to contemplation of the Ultimate Source of all existence.
To see that all things are part of the infinitely complex pattern of
the Whole,
and that ones own mind, body, sensory apparatus, and capacity to understand
at all -
are also constructed from these same archetypal patterns, is a truly
spiritual experience.
Sacred Geometry is a truly multicultural, non-denominational, universally
acceptable approach to spirituality which can provide a much needed
common language for this world's diverse religious organisations.
The
Toroidal Vortex or donut/smokering/magneticfield is the only stable 3
dimensional waveform.
It is the closest 3 dimensional analog to the 4 dimensional Hypersphere.
We suggest it is the shape of a single subatomic particle such as a photon
of Light.
We suggest it is also the shape of the whole Universe, the visible portion
of which
is a saddle shaped region towards the centre of the torus.
Neither
Space nor Time
are what we imagine
them to be.
Neither
You nor I,
nor this world
nor the mind,
are what we
think they are.
All Geometries
are Sacred,
born from
the One Centre,
all are contained
each within the other,
all life is
forever
and all beings
are stars.
Angels or Devas are spiritual intelligences,
'aspects' or 'attributes'
of the Creative Source that bring divine conceptions into manifestation.
The language of the Angels is said to be composed not of sounds but
of geometries of 'light', or more accurately, electromagnetic energies. It should not surprise us then to find that it is a common experience
for those immersed in contemplation of these forms
that information is being revealed, and a subtle process of communication
of spiritual insights is unfolding.
Modern science tells us that there is a particular molecular pattern
called deoxyribonucleic acid that encodes the blueprint
for the forms of most living beings on Earth.
The double helix structure of the DNA is dodecahedral,
as is said to be the Earth's energy grid.
Interesting it is to contemplate that as we look out upon the universe
we perceive everywhere the same patterns that gave rise
to our ability to perceive patterns in the first place.
"The
angels are so enamoured of the language that is spoken in heaven,
that
they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of
men,
but speak their own, whether there be any who understand it or not."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The technology of the personal computer and the software
programs that
are now available, are making possible a new way of communicating the essence of sacred geometry.
Harmonious colours and musical tones are both created by simple proportions of sinewaves.
By animating geometries that are nested in relationship to each other,
calibrating their speed and colour, adding appropriate music,
and combining it all with multicultural archetypal symbols of divinity,
a new form of Art can be evolved that will accelerate the evolution
of our species.
(
See the Universal Yoga Mandala
Poster for an example )
We have ripped and torn at the web of life on this planet to a large
extent because of our inability to perceive the 'bigger picture'.
Even our selfishness and greediness are dependent on a false sense
of separation from the whole of which we are inextricably a part. Training in Sacred Geometry will fix all this and more... Addictions
to self destructive behaviors are patterns in time. Patterns that
draw their power from the core issues of human life such as survival,
pleasure, food, sex, money, and power. Sacred Geometry puts us in contact with patterns that are even more
essential than these - patterns imbued with the primary vibrations
of existence, fresh from the lips of the One Whom neither God nor
Goddess can name. It is only these patterns that can be used to reprogram our consciousness at the deepest levels. More about SacredGeometry meditations and freedom from addiction will be posted here when time allows.
"The
study of geometry, which descends to us from Pythagoras, is a meditation
on the harmony of the cosmic order, and it is a meditation upon music.
If you meditate upon geometry instead of just learning it in a linear
way, you can actually hear the music of the spheres, because the geometric
forms will key the eye and the ear to the inner sound. Every line that
you draw,...you have the carryover from the spiritual octaves to the
physical .... So geometry, and mathematics and calculus, make the transition
from the concrete to the non-concrete. It is one of the highest studies
that anyone can pursue. In fact, whenever I study these fields I am
so impressed by the scientific information that comes tumbling down
from the higher octaves. And at one point as I was meditating on these
areas, there was so much information coming, that I determined to direct
my attention away from it because I realized that the world was not
ready for that teaching; there was far too much power in the understanding
of the universe. And there it is, very plainly and very simply there,
for anyone who can make the attunement. "
The most 'sacred' geometries of all are spiritual geometries that exist in the heartminds of highly evolved living beings.
The exploration of the brightest possibilities of consciousness, the revelation and embodiment of the most profound and coherent awareness as compassionate and ecstatic expressions of life - this is the Divine Geometer's most sublime creation.
It is also one of the BirdTribesNetwork's main goals to seed the web with geometry animations
and popularise sacred geometry within the mass consciousness in a
way that has never been done before.
We invite you to help us by registering with BirdTribes
so that we can work together to bring the Gifts of the Angels to the Whirled.
The principles of Sacred Geometry are universal
and apply to the economic necessities of day to day life as well as
the creation of universes.
Therefore we have created the BirdTribesNetwork
AbundanceSystem as an instrument with which to play with the possibilities
of individuals interacting within the structures of the modern
monetary system to promote positive projects at this critical phase
of planetary evolution.
Sacred
Geometry being the study of the fundamental patterns of existence must surely study the patterns of time as well as space.
In the BirdTribesBazaar you will find a remarkable SacredGeometry artwork that combines multicultural archetypal symbols with a referance chart for integrating awareness of the 5 Elements with Yoga practice.
Around the outside of the main circle of the Mandala the planets are arranged as they will be on the December solstice in 2012. This provides an energetic link to the alignment of the cosmic geometries of that time.
The UniversalYogaMandala is available from the BirdTribesBazaar page
A search
for Sacred Geometry will turn up all sorts of information,
from widely differing viewpoints as it is a popular obsession and the absence
of dogma allows its
adherents to develop their own unique approach to it :-)
If the doors of perception were cleansed
every
thing wouldappear to man as it is,
infinite.
For man has closed himself up,
till he sees all things thro'
narrow chinks of his cavern.
William Blake
