Stones of various kinds and sizes have been invested
with sacredness from the earliest times. The worship of stones can be
found in most ancient cultures, while sacred stones can be found in most
of the world's religions.

According to Pausanias (VII, 24.
4) [see BIBLIOGRAPHY], In olden times all the Greeks worshipped unwrought
stones instead of images and describes thirty square stones near a spring
sacred to Hermes [cf. Water and the Sacred] at Pharae in Greece.

Beginning as early as 5000 BCE, large stones (megaliths -
Greek mega, great, and lithos, stone), either unwrought or
roughly worked were erected across prehistoric Europe to stand in
lines or in circles (such as at Stonehenge in
England), or otherwise arranged in conjunction with earthworks
usually identified as burial mounds (such as at
Newgrange in Ireland).

Little is known the purpose or meaning of these megalithic
constructions, but it is universally agreed that they mark or
embellish a sacred place in the landscape.

Examples of megalithism can also found in countries
around the world, such as the Beforo monument near Bouar in
the Central African Republic, the Tatetsuki stone circles
standing the summit of a tumulus at Okayama in Japan, and the moai
statues on ceremonial platforms on Easter Island [see Jean-Pierre
Mohen in the BIBLIOGRAPHY].

The moving and arranging of massive
stones into a building or some other configuration in a sacred context
also characterizes many early cultures around the globe, from the Inca in
South America, to the Egyptians and Mycenaeans.

Smaller individual
stones can also become invested with the sacred. The Stone of
Scone, also known as the Coronation Stone or the Stone of Destiny,
until very recently rested on a shelf beneath the seat of the Coronation
Chair in Westminster Abbey in London (it has now been returned to Scotland
[see The Stone of Destiny]. It is said that the stone could identify a
rightful ruler of the country by emitting a loud cry. Since the 13th
century, every British king or queen (except for the first Mary) has been
crowned monarch while seated in this chair over this stone. The stone had
been brought to London by order of King Edward I from Scotland in 1297. In
Scotland the stone had been kept at Scone Palace in Perthshire where 34
successive Scottish kings had been crowned while seated upon it.

According to tradition, the stone had been brought to
Scotland from Ireland where, up to that time the newly crowned kings of
Ireland had been crowned upon it on the Hill of Tara. Legend
further explains that the stone had come to Ireland from Judah in the 4th
century BCE when the daughter of the last king of Judah married into the
Irish royal family. Previously, the stone had been kept in the
Temple of Jerusalem (cf Dome of the Rock) when the kings of
Judah had been crowned upon it. Traditionally, the stone is believed to be
that which Jacob used as a pillow when he had his dream of angels at
Bethel.

Another example of a holy stone is the very
sacred Black Stone (reddish black, with some red and yellow
particles ) inside the holy shrine of the Ka'ba [1. Ka'ba]
at Mecca. It is thought that the Black Stone, now in pieces (three
large parts, with smaller fragments which are tied together with a silver
band), may be a meteor, or a piece of lava, or a piece of basalt. Its
original diameter is estimated to have been 30 cm. Besides the Black
Stone, built into the western corner of the Ka'ba is less sacred
Stone of Good Fortune.

Stones and rocks in Japan
were initially seen as symbols of mononoke (supernatural
forces which permeate matter and space). Later, an abstract,
undifferentiated mononoke was replaced by more definite animistic
deities which resided in the stones and rocks. These rock abodes are
called iwakura. All over the precinct of the Shrine at Ise are
rocks and stones which are venerated as the abodes of deities, such as the
subsidiary shrine at the Naiku called Takimatsuri-no-kami.
Elsewhere in Japan are many stones and stone arrangements representing the
male and female principle, such as the stone circle at Oyu in Akita
Prefecture in Northeastern Japan. The emotional attachment to natural
stones, originally religion-inspired, has persisted in Japan and is
manifest today in the creation of richly symbolic and spiritual stone
gardens.

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Tiffiney
Whitmire

"All things throughout our universe seem to follow
the same fundamental blueprint or geometric patterns. These geometrical
archetypes, which reveal to us the nature of each form and its
virational resonances. They are also symbolic of the underlying
metaphysical principle of the inseperable relationship of the part to
the whole. It is this principle of oneness underlying all geometry that
permeates the architecture of all inseparability and union provides us
with a continous reminder of our relationship to the whole--a blueprint
for the mind to the sacred foundation of all things created."

We call this blueprint "Sacred
Geometry".

Sacred Geometry is a term that is used by archaeologists,
anthropologists, and geometricians. It includes the religious,
philosophical, and spiritual beliefs that have surrounded geometry
in many various cultures throughout history. It covers Pythagorean
geometry as well as the relationships between organic curves and
logarithmic curves.

The "sacred" aspect of geometry has evolved as a result of
different cultures. I have provided five different views of how
different cultures have made geometry become sacred. Later, I will
explain the meaning of certain numbers, as they play an important
role in sacred geometry. A few examples of sacred sites will also be
provided. These examples will provide you with a real sense of how
sacred geometry is used in sacred sites.

Flower of
Life

1. The Ancient Greeks
The ancient
Greeks used certain geometrically-derived ratios. In this culture the
cube traditionally symbolized kingship and earthy foundations. The
Golden Section traditionally symbolized philosophy and wisdom.
Therefore, if a building was dedicated to a king it would bear traces of
cubic geometry and a building dedicated to a heavenly god would be
constructed using Golden Section proportions.

The term "Golden Proportion" is historically the
unique geometric proportion of two terms and it is designated by the
21st letter of the Greek alphabet - phi. Phi was known by cultures much
older than the Greek. The three-term proportion is a:b :: b:c. That is,
a is related to b as b is related to c.

However, within the three-term continuous proportion there
is a special sub-set where the third term is equal to the first
term plus the second term, a:b :: b:(a+b), so that only two terms,
a and b, are found in the three-term proportion.

This is called Phi, the Golden
Proportion.

"The fact that it is a three-term
proportion constructed from two terms is its first
distinguishing characteristic, and is parallel with the first
mystery of the Holy Trinity : the Three that are Two." (Lawlor
45)

"The Golden Proportion represents
indisputable proportional evidence of the possibility of a
conscious evolution as well as of an evolution of
consciousness." (Lawlor 47)

The Golden Proportion is not an ordinary ratio. It
is found naturally in nature. Its specific ratio is 1.618. For example,
it describes the spiral of seeds in sunflowers and the shape of nautilus
shells.

2. The Hindus
Before the Hindus erect
any type of building, large or small, for religious purposes they first
perform a simple geometric construction on the ground. This means that
they construct a square from establishing due East and West. It is from
this square that they lay out the entire building. The geometric
construction is associated by prayers and religious
observances.

3. The Christians
The cross is used
as the major emblem for the Christian religion. In geometrical terms the
cross, elaborated in the Medieval period, is the form of an unfolded
cube. It was also associated with kingship. Many of the Gothic churches
were built by proportions derived from the geometry inherent in the cube
or the double-cube. Many Christian churches are still built in this form
today.

4. The Ancient Egyptians
The ancient
Egyptians used regular polygons in their construction, but discovered
that these polygons could be increased while keeping the ratio of their
sides by the addition of a strictly constructed area. This was named the
"gnomon" by the Greeks. The god Osiris was given the recognition for the
concept of the ratio-retaining expansion of a rectangular area.
Egyptians also used the square as a symbol of kingship.

5.
The Discovery of Jay Hambidge
Jay Hambidge was an art
historian at Yale during the 1920's. He discovered that the spirals on
the Ionic column capitals of ancient Greek temples were laid out by the
"whirling rectangle" method for creation of a logarithmic spiral. He did
not find any "sacred meaning" for the logarithmic spiral form of the
Ionic column capital. However, he did find that the Greek architects
purposely constructed their temples according to "whirling rectangle"
geometric ratios. Click here for image.

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"Mathematics, as
the basis of all science, is itself a universal symbolism, a language into
which all knowledge is eventually translated and rendered communicable.
The key to all knowledge is in the science of numbers."

(Sepharial 24)

One
One symbolizes manifestation,
assertion, the ego, selfhood and isolation. In the philosophical sense,
it represents the synthesis and fundamental unity of things. In a
religious sense, it represents the lord. In a material sense, it
represents the individual. It is the symbol of the
Sun.

Two
Two symbolizes plus and minus, active and
passive, male and female, positive and negative and so on. It stands for
the dualism of manifested life-God and Nature. It denotes agreement and
separation.

Three
Three symbolizes the trinity of
life, substance, and intelligence, of force, matter, and consciousness.
The family-father, mother, and child.

Four
Four is the
number of reality and concretion. It is the cube or the square. It
symbolizes the cross, segmentation, partition, order, and
classification.

Five
Five represents expansion. It
symbolizes inclusiveness, comprehension, understanding, judgment,
reason, and logic.

Six
Six is the number of
cooperation. It symbolizes marriage, a link, and connection. Six is the
inner action of the spiritual and material. Six also represents art,
music, dancing.

Seven
Seven is the number of
completion. It represents time, space, duration, and distance. It also
represents old age, death, or endurance, and
immortality.

Eight
Eight is the number of dissolution.
It denotes the law of cyclic evolution, the breaking back of the natural
to the spiritual.

Nine
Nine is the number of
regeneration. A new birth. It represents spirituality, premonition, and
voyaging. It also represents penetration, strife, energy, and
anger.

The superficial equivalents of the sphere, cone and
cube are the circle, the triangle, and the square. These figures, used in
symbolical thought, represent states of consciousness. These figures are
related to the numbers 1, 3, 4, which denote God, Humanity, and Nature.
One Being is represented as spirit, soul and body.
All geometrical
relations are expressions of numerical ratios. "...we give natural assent
to the power of numbers on which, in the Pythagorean concept, the universe
is founded." (Sepharial 19)

The circles represents the sun and
relates the natural aspects with the spiritual. There is only one sun and
therefore, one God who is the universal lord. (The number
one.)

Numbers are also associated with colors:

1 -  White

2 -
Yellow or cream

3 -  Violet

4 -
Orange or ruddy gold

5 -  Indigo or dark blue

6 -  Pale blue or turquoise

7 -  Silver or opalescence

8 -  Black or deep brown

9-  Red or crimson

Examples:

Parthenon

The Parthenon was created by the Greeks. The Greeks
believed that everything, form the human body to the entire cosmos,
was governed by an order accessible to human reason.

The Parthenon was created as a temple for
Athena Parthenos. It is located at the top of the
Acropolis of Athens. It was built to house a huge gold and ivory
statue of the goddess Athena.

The Parthenon is known as a geometrical
masterpiece. It is very pleasing to the eye due to the unique
architecture. The lines that are perceived as horizontals in fact are
curved upward in the middle. The platform upon which the columns of the
temple stand is slightly curved on all four sides. All of the columns are
tilted inward slightly, and are placed closer together toward the corners
of the building.

The geometrical aspect of the
Parthenon is also very interesting. If you add the number of
Columns on the front and then multiply them by 2 and add 1 you will get
the number of columns on each side. (8x2 = 16, 16+1 = 17) This is said to
be geometrically proportional. It is interesting that the number of
columns chosen for the front was eight.

Eight also represents the infinity
symbol and looks like a spiral. The spiral is important when
discussing aspects of the Golden Mean because the spiral helps describe
the Golden Mean logarithmic spiral. I have previously given
the sunflower as an example. The sunflower has 55 clockwise spirals
overlaid onto either 34 or 89 counterclockwise spirals. We recognize these
numbers as part of the Fibonacci Series, which is generated by Phi.

Newgrange, Ireland

Newgrange was built around 3,200 BCE. It is a circular mound
of earth and stone and is about 250 feet in diameter.

The interior is solid, but there is a single stone-lined
passage that is 62 feet long and 3 feet wide.

This passage terminates close to the center of the mound in a
main chamber with a corbelled vault 20 feet high and three recessed
chambers.

The entrance of Newgrange incorporates
a "roof box" that allows the sun, at sunrise on the morning of the winter
solstice on December 21, to enter the interior. The sun penetrates the
full length of the interior passage all the way to the main
chamber.

It is interesting to me that Newgrange was
choosen to be a circle and that the sun plays a very important role in its
architecture. As I have stated previously, The circle represents the sun
and relates the natural aspects with the spiritual. There is only one sun
and therefore, one God who is the universal lord. This also represents the
number one.

(top) photograph showing sunlight shining through the "roof
box"

(right) photograph showing
sunlight entering the main
chamber

Bibliography:

Sepharial,The Kabala of Numbers,California:
Newcastle Publishing Co. Inc.,1974.

Lawlor, Robert,Sacred Geometry, New York:
Crossroad, 1982.

Schimmel, Annemarie, The Mystery of Numbers,
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.

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Each lightSource image is
fully animated and utilizes 6000 colors. At normal speed (suitable for
meditation) it takes about ten minutes for an image to unfold its full
range of colors.

These thumbnails and screenshots are instant
snapshots of the images captured in a single moment, and each is displayed
here in only 256 colors.

The Sri Yantra

Icosidodecahedron and Pentagonal Star

Golden Ratio Spirals

Tree of Life superimposed with Seed of
Life

Harmonics of Music with 13 Strand DNA

Flower of Life with 2nd Harmonic
Overlay

Electromagnetic Field of the Human
Merkaba

The Endless Knot

Torus

Metatron's Cube

Ankhs (ansate cross) and the Seed of
Life

Sacred Heart

Vesica Piscis

Sacred Geometry is the blueprint of
Creation and the genesis of all form. It is an ancient science that
explores and explains the energy patterns that create and unify all things
and reveals the precise way that the energy of Creation organizes itself.
On every scale, every natural pattern of growth or movement conforms
inevitably to one or more geometric shapes.

As you enter the world
of Sacred Geometry you begin to see as never before the
wonderfully patterned beauty of Creation. The molecules of our
DNA, the cornea of our eye, snow flakes, pine cones, flower
petals, diamond crystals, the branching of trees, a nautilus shell, the
star we spin around, the galaxy we spiral within, the air we breathe, and
all life forms as we know them emerge out of timeless geometric codes.
Viewing and contemplating these codes allow us to gaze directly at the
lines on the face of deep wisdom and offers up a glimpse into the inner
workings of the Universal Mind and the Universe itself.

The
ancients believed that the experience of Sacred Geometry was
essential to the education of the soul. They knew that these patterns and
codes were symbolic of our own inner realm and the subtle structure of
awareness. To them the “sacred” had particular significance involving
consciousness and the profound mystery of awareness … the ultimate sacred
wonder. Sacred Geometry takes on another whole level of significance when
grounded in the experience of self-awareness.

The gift of
lightSource is that it actually allows you to
experience that essential self within the designs of pure Source energy.
As the blueprints literally come to life before your eyes, you are
propelled into ecstatic play with the very the heart of Creation.

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Each of the thirteen images featured represents a
complex melding of sacred geometric elements with a state-of-the-art media
realization into complex, flowingly animated art. Exponential combinations
of color palettes, images and unlimited choices of music and sound create
unique, unparalleled experiences.

Embedded in these experiences are
the properties associated with each geometry. Also, there is always an
experiential and emotional aspect associated with every sacred geometrical
form. These particular aspects become more apparent over time. In the end,
keep only what your personal experience validates.

Sacred
Geometry Forms Properties Associated with the Form

1. Torus

The first shape to emerge out of the genesis
pattern. It governs many aspects of life including the human heart with
its seven muscles that form a torus. The torus is literally around all
life forms, all atoms, and all cosmic bodies such as planets, stars and
galaxies. It is the primary shape in existence.

2. Vesica Piscis

The crucible of the creating process. An opening to
the womb from which all geometric forms are born. A symbol of the fusion
of opposites and a passageway through the world’s apparent polarities.
The geometric image through which light was born. Also the geometry for
the human eye.

3. Flower of Life

The geometric power symbol, which activates energy
coding in the mind, helping one to access their “light body.” It is the
primal language of the universe—pure shape and proportion. This
interlocking circle design has the ability to unlock memories that are
deep within our being because it is a primary energy/language pattern
that has a resonance with all things within us and around us. Shown here
with a harmonic overlay.

4. Tree of Life and Seed of
Life

The Tree of Life is one of the most ancient and
profound teachings of the awareness of Universal life force energies and
the light body. Along with the Seed of Life it is part of the geometry
that parallels the cycle of the fruit tree. When these two forms are
superimposed upon each other that relationship becomes apparent. The
Tree of Life is most widely recognized as the geometry that is the basis
for the Kabalah, the ancient system of mystical Judaism.

5. Seed of Life and Ankh
Cross

Geometry of seven interconnected circles, the Seed
of Life is considered to be the basic unit of information necessary for
the formation of all material substance. In this rendition, the Seed of
Life is superimposed over the geometry of an Ankh or Ansate cross, an
ancient Egyptian hieroglyph signifying life, health and happiness. This
cross has been extensively used in the symbolism of the Coptic Christian
church.

6. Electro Magnetic Field of the Human
Merkaba

The Star Tetrahedron (a three dimensional Star of
David) is the sacred geometry at the center of this form and is the
pattern of the etheric light grid that surrounds each human being. This
grid is called the Merkaba and it is an interdimensional vehicle used
initially to incarnate spirit into human bodily form. The Universal
energy of Love is the fuel for this vehicle.

7. Metatron’s Cube

One of the most important informational systems in
the universe and one of the basic creation patterns for all of
existence. Within it are found all five of the Platonic Solids, the
”building blocks” of creation.

8. Decagon with a Pentagonal Star

The Decagon emerges from the pentagon and shares
its self-generating divine proportion, the golden mean. At the center of
this design is the Pentagonal Star, a powerful psychological icon
symbolizing excellence, authority and uprightness.

9. Golden Mean Spiral

The Golden Mean Spiral is the ideal and correlates
to Source. It is the symbol of life’s unfolding mysteries. With each
revolution the spiral reveals a complete cycle of evolution. It offers a
wiser and more all-encompassing perspective gleaned from growing by
“learning all angles” of each experience. With their continuous curves,
spirals are feminine in nature. Logarithmic spirals, like cochlea of the
inner ear, reveal the intimate relationship between the harmonics of
sound and geometry.

10. Harmonics of Music
and Thirteen
Chakras

Like the Golden Mean Spiral, this geometric
progression has no beginning and no end. It is from the Harmonics of
Music that all the laws of physics can be derived, reveling the potent
nature of this form. Music is a powerful tool for opening the charkas.
This geometry artistically symbolizes this relationship, and as such,
may be a particularly good focus for meditation when listening to Enos
Dream.

11. Endless Knot

One of the eight sacred emblems of Tibetan
Buddhism, this geometry forms ten enclosures and symbolizes the endless
cycle of death and rebirth until illumination. (The core Buddhist
insight underlying this symbol is: addiction and aversion lead to
delusion, which is the ongoing source of all suffering.)

12. Sacred Heart

Is said to be primary source of spiritual
intuition, and the seat of true wisdom. The purpose of which is to
illuminate, inspire and lead the mind, rather than be controlled by the
mind.

13. Sri Yantra

A geometric power symbol. The ancient yogis of
India considered it to be the most powerful of all known geometric power
symbols. Represents the geometric structure of the sound of creation—OM.

Meditation on the Sri Yantra will bring enlightenment and that
all the secrets of the universe will be revealed to the person who
meditates on it until its image is engraved in the mind. This form also
has the ability to focus, balance and increase the level of life force
energy. The key is experiencing Sri Yantra as a “star gate” to the Zero
Point of Source from which all manifestation ultimately comes.

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