Recently I’ve come across a belief that has really intrigued my curiosity as a designer. It is called “Sacred Geometry” or “Sacred Architecture”. It is the belief that all things are made-up of basic geometric shapes. All of these shapes can be discovered within “Metatron’s Cube”.
The Fruit of Life pattern contains the basis for the layout of Metatron’s Cube. The Fruit of Life has thirteen circles. If each circle’s centre is considered a “node”, and each node is connected to each other node with a single line, a total of seventy-eight lines are created, forming a type of cube. Within this cube, many other shapes can be found, including two-dimensionally flattened versions of the five platonic solids. However, as can been seen by the illustrations above, the points of intersection in a flattened Dodecahedron don’t conform to the nodes of the circles, and thus the shape doesn’t conform to Metatron’s cube as the other shapes do. This is because the Dodecahedron is formed by rotating the overall cube, which is a 3-dimensional object. By dividing the sides using the Golden Ratio, one can draw in the lines needed to form the Dodecahedron on the 2-dimensional cube.
As far as my research has taken me, this belief has been around for nearly 6,000 years and this “geometric art” can be seen in all four corners of the Earth. However, modern day society has forgotten about this belief that all things are connected and that all life can be explained through the shapes of “Sacred Geometry”, namely the “Platonic Solids”. The entire Periodic Table of Elements — literally everything in the physical world — is based on these same five forms! Click on the elements below to find out more.
Now that you have a basic understanding of the shapes, how do we use these elements to design a better world architecturally? If you understand what I’m trying to get at, it is with these natural geometric shapes that we will be able to reconnect with the energies of the Earth and the Cosmos. Instead of destroying we will be rebuild society with the understanding that everything, I mean EVERYTHING, is connected.
I’ve come across a number of sites that introduce the emergence of “sacred geometry” in architecture. I like the site from John Koch, who says “When architecture incorporates these symbols, they need only be implicit as a theme out of which the design evolves. The power within the symbols is vibrational, and the way they are used should optimally be compatible with the inhabitants. This is the role of the designer, to identify that compatibility. Numerology can be a useful tool here. When vibrational symbols are used as a rigid format springing from the mind, their power is limited. The mind is a tool. Only when thought is coupled with intent arising from the heart, does manifestation occur”.
If you’re interested in “sacred geometry” as architecture, search the net. There are endless sites on this topic. If you have any ideas or information about this leave me a comment, I’d love to hear them. Is there a (re)emergence of “sacred geometry”? I hope so!
