Sacred Geometry:
Flower of Life
by Andrew
Monkman
Sacred geometry may be understood as a worldview of pattern recognition, a complex system of hallowed attribution and signification that may subsume religious and cultural values to the fundamental structures and relationships of such complexes as space, time and form.
According to this discipline, the basic patterns of existence are perceived as sacred: for by contemplating and communing with them one is thereby contemplating the Mysterium Magnum, the patterning relationships of the Great Design. By studying the nature of these patterns, forms and relationships and their manifold intra- and interconnectivity one may gain insight into the scientific, philosophical, psychological, aesthetic and mystical continuum. That is, the laws and lore of the Universe.
Sacred geometry is the foundation of the design, architecture, fabrication and construction of sacred structures such as temples, mosques, megaliths, monuments and churches; sacred space such as altars, temenos and tabernacles; places of congregation such as sacred groves, village greens and holy wells and the creation of religious art, iconography and divine proportionality. Sacred geometry, art, iconography and architecture need not be monolithic and enduring, but may be temporary and yielding, such as visualization and non-permanent sand-painting and medicine wheels
The "Flower of Life" can be found in all major religions of the world.
It contains the patterns of creation as they emerged from the "Great Void". Everything is made from the Creator's thought. After the creation of the Seed of Life the same vortex's motion was continued, creating the next structure known as the Egg of Life. This structure forms the basis for music, as the distances between the spheres is identical to the distances between the tones and the half tones in music.
It is also identical to the cellular structure of the third embryonic division (The first cell divides into two cells, then to four cells then to eight). Thus this same structure as it is further developed, creates the human body and all of the energy systems including the ones used to create the Merkaba. If we continue creating more and more spheres we will end up with the structure called the Flower of Life.
The Flower of Life (left) and
the Seed of Life (right).
The "Seed of Life" is formed from seven circles being placed with sixfold symmetry, forming a pattern of circles and lenses, which acts as a basic component of the Flower of Life's design.
The Temple of Osiris at Abydos, Egypt contains the oldest to date example. it is carved in granite and may possibly represent the Eye of Ra a symbol of the authority of the pharaoh. Other examples can be found in Phoenician, Assyrian, Indian, Asian, Middle Eastern, and medieval art.
Flower of Life - Turkey
Flower of Life - Amistar, India
Flower of Life - Amistar, India
(close up)
Leonardo da Vinci has studied
the Flower of Life's form and its mathematical properties. He has drawn the
Flower of Life itself, as well as components therein, such as the Seed of Life.
He has drawn geometric figures representing shapes such as the platonic solids,
a sphere, a lotus, etc., and has also used the golden ratio of phi in his
artwork; all of which may be derived from the Flower of Life design.
Flower of life made of
intersecting spheres instead of circles.
Crop Circle showing a variation of the
Flower of Life
Photo Credit: Lucy Pringle |
Where
Math, Geometry and Spirituality meets
The flower of life shape contains a secret shape known as the fruit of life that consists of 13 spheres that hold many mathematical and geometrical laws. These laws represent the whole universe. Giving the flower of life to someone is like giving them the whole universe in one jewel. The Flower of Life can be found in all major religions of the world. In Egypt, the source of all the monotheistic religions, the "Flower of Life", can be found in the ancient Temple of Abydos. In Israel, it can be found in ancient synagogues in the Galilee and in Mesada. People reported physical and psychological changes after wearing this pendant - faster heart beats, prophetic dreams, breaking of illusions, seeing the reality as it is and becoming free from long time fears. The flower of life is one of the strongest sacred geometric shapes!
The whole universe in one
jewel! The Flower of life pendant is excellent for healing and helps in
connecting to the higher self.
Sacred Geometry - Flower of Life
By Andrew Monkman
1. Flower of Life carved on a
temple wall
2. The Flower of Life set in
stone
at the Temple of Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
at the Temple of Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
3. Flower of life with two
layers added.
Flower of Life - Beijing, China
I am not a Freemason, but my father has been a Freemason for over 40 years. He has been through the 10th degree. When I made this discovery and drew the complete flower, I was living in Edinburgh. I phoned my father who was living at home in Kirkwall on the Orkney isles. When I told my father what I had seen, he could not believe what I was saying. He told me that the only way I could know what I was telling him was if I had been through the 10th degree. Obviously I'm not a mason and hadn't been through the 10th, so from that day on my father has told me everything he knows about freemasonry. He also told me that his granny (my great granny Fox) told him when he was 16 years old, that someday one of his children would discover something that would affect the whole world. He is now convinced that the complete flower is this discovery.
You may know that the complete
flower contains the kabbalah`s tree of life, the fruit, the egg and the seed of
life (pic. 4 & 5).
4. The Kabbalah Tree of Life
derived from the Flower of Life.
5. The Kabbalah Tree of Life
derived from the Flower of Life.
6. Metatron Cube
7. Platonic Solids
I found this symbol on a knights templar tombstone (pic.
9), found within the St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney (pic. 8).
8. St Magnus cathedral in
Kirkwall
9. Knights Templar tombstone
from St Magnus cathedral in Kirkwall
I believe this symbol is a representation of the egg of life (pic.10),which is the second rotation of the first layer of the complete flower of life (pic. 11).
10. The egg of life (left)
11. The second rotation of the first layer of the complete flower of life (right)
11. The second rotation of the first layer of the complete flower of life (right)
For whatever reason, the
computer generated flower (pic. 12) does contain all Freemasonry's sacred
symbols.
12. The origin of the G of
Freemasonry
I believe that all the most
ancient alphabets originate from the complete flower of life.
2 images above: the 'elder
futhark' runes alphabet overlaid onto the cfol.
2 images above: the ancient
Phoenician alphabet overlaid onto the cfol.
Several magic and alchemical
symbols which are found within the flower.
14. If you overlay a map (after
getting the correct scale) with the complete flower of life, all sacred sites,
standing stones etc, will sit at the centre of six points.
Update
Stonehenge and the worlds natural energy grid...
The ancient stone circle of
Stonehenge, which symbolizes the complete flower of life, the hexagonal
geometric pattern on which the earth’s natural energy grid is based (see 3
images below):
The World Grid: The invisible made visible...
A portion of the world grid,
which invisibly encircles the planet. The grid is based on 'the
complete flower of life' and the hexagon/hexagram. The diameter of the first
circle was calculated by drawing a line from Orkney to Stonehenge (coincidently
the line happens to pass through Rosslyn chapel which is exactly in the middle,
this could be the real 'rose line'). All of Europe's ancient sites (stone
circles symbolizing the flower) can be found lying on one of these lines. The
grid also links all of these ancient sites together. Many of the oldest sacred
sites lie at the centre of six points.
Dance of the Planets
Orbits of Venus and the Earth
are yet another example of sacred geometry.
This image shows the
proportions of the orbit of the Earth and Venus (if the diameter the
Earth's orbit is equal to diagonal of a square, the orbit of Venus would fit
inside such square as shown on the drawing.
The image below has been made
by hand with help of computer software for drafting. First, let's draw a square
and two circles so one fits inside a square and the other outside the square.
Strangely this represents accurately proportions of the orbits of Venus and
Earth. Second, let's draw equally spaced points on each circle
representing number of days per orbit (365 points for the orbit of the Earth
and 225 points for the orbit of Venus). Next, let's connected lines between
orbital positions of each planet for each day - picking for the starting point
a day when both planets are closest to each other. After repeating this process
for 8 orbits of the Earth the lines form this amazing image:
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by World-Mysteries.com
This image (to scale) shows
dance of Venus and Earth - each of the fine lines connects both planets over
time
required to complete 8 orbits by Earth (and 13 orbits by Venus). Orbit of Earth is cropped out.
required to complete 8 orbits by Earth (and 13 orbits by Venus). Orbit of Earth is cropped out.
Tree of Life
Tree
of Life
©2007 Andrew Monkman
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I have used sacred geometry as a young child in the early 70s, to bring energy to my body/mind usin household objects to sit inside! I hve no idea where the idea came from, I just knew, and it worked. 40 years late, and im still using futhark tarot and geometry to name a few.. this was a lovely read, and proves that I wasn't bonkers.
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