An Introduction to Sacred Geometry

Sacred Geometry describes the concept that there are certain geometric patterns found in nature that give shape and form to everything in the Universe.

Sacred Geometry is an extremely complicated, detailed subject that's hard to deal with in an article of any kind of reasonable length. Hopefully, the information below will explain enough about shapes and their symbolism to help you put sacred geometry to use in your everyday life: for meditation, making crystal grids, sacred art, etc. If you really want to get into detail about the theory behind this, you might want to check out The Sacred Geometry Movie from Spirit Science.

Just as mathematics is the foundation of all science, a special kind of math is the foundation of all metaphysics. Sacred geometry springs from the examination of patterns and relationships found in nature. On the surface that may sound a little dry. However, when we look at how basic lines and curves come together to form the universe, it's like taking a wonderful look into the mind of creation. Because while all matter is made from elements, it's the patterns that give matter form, purpose, and astounding diversity.

For example, Calcite, aragonite and seashells are all made of the same thing: calcium carbonate (CaCO3) The earth forms this material into calcite, usually in squarish blocks, directly through geological processes. Sea creatures also take up CaCO3 and, with the help of patterns recorded in their DNA, they reform it into shells. Eventually, these shells decompose, returning their CaCO3 to earth as aragonite, a mineral with its own distinctive shapes. So aragonite and calcite are the exact same material, but each has its own unique structure. In other words, they are all the same substance; only the pattern is different.

Flower of Life

The Fibonacci spiral and many other forms and patterns we talk about in sacred geometry arise from the Flower of Life, which is seen as the basis for all other patterns in the universe. This shape, along with many others derived from it, play a key role in Kabbalah (a mystical tradition within Judaism), though many of the shapes also have significance in other cultures across the globe. The study of sacred geometry begins by drawing circles:

Two intersecting circles form the vesica piscis (meaning fish bladder or vessel of the fish), seen also in the chalice well symbol. Some see this symbol as feminine or as a symbol of the Mother Goddess as its center is similar to the shape of a vulva.

Where three circles intersect, we see the triquetra, a symbol of sacred trinities (like the three realms of land, sea, and sky; or as a representation of body, mind, and spirit).

The seed of life is also called the genesis pattern, where six intersecting circles signify the six stages of creation.

The egg of life takes the Seed of Life into three dimensions, with eight non-intersecting spheres, and can represent the cell division of an embryo.

The flower of life is made of 19 intersecting circles within the boundary of a larger circle. It's said that all other sacred patterns can be found within it.

In Metatron's cube, lines connect the centers of the circles in the fruit of life. The lines are said to represent masculine energy while the circles represent feminine energy, so this pattern combines polarities into a unified creation.

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