Sacred Geometry: Images and Concepts

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The painting Sacred Geometry II is a correlation work. Its purpose is to unify ancient and contemporary concepts of form, harmony, and human consciousness. The specific concepts related in the painting:

The Cosmos

The background of the painting shades from midnight blue at its outer edges, representing the depths of space, to a more illuminated hue nearer the planet, suggesting the "noosphere"--or halo of planetary consciousness--postulated by theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

The City of God

sg-d-a.jpg - 5089 BytesThe largest structure of the painting is composed of a large circle with twelve smaller circles arranged around it. They represent the plan for a "New Jerusalem," given in that portion of the Bible known as The Book of Revelations. The New Jerusalem as revealed by St. John was intended to be the ideal city for Israel, Israel being humankind. In the painting it is represented by the large circle of the earth, surrounded by the 12 smaller circles of the moon, which are proportionately accurate in scale. The diagram of the city contains the squared circle. In the painting it is the square containing the earth and the large outer circle going through the centers of the moons. The diagram also contains two Stars of David, one being vertically and the other being horizontally aligned. The diameter of the large center circle of the plan is designated in length as 7,920 feet. In the painting this is superimposed over the planet earth which has a diameter of 7,920 miles. (See A) St. John's plan was a scale model of the planet and its moon

Pangea and the Tao

Though we have several continents today, there is significant evidence that they represent large fragments of what was once a single land mass. In the painting Sacred Geometry II the planet itself is shown with the continental configuration of 500 million years ago. This supercontinent, in existence prior to continental drift, has been called Pangea. sg-d-b.jpg - 914 Bytes Its western edge, viewed from the perspective of the painting, follows the classic line of the tao and forms a yin and yang of earth and water, a balance of two materials and two forms of energy. (See illustration B)

Stonehenge

The geometry of Stonehenge--an elaborate observatory and ceremonial site built in England over a period between 2500 and 1900 BC--is a key element of Sacred Geometry II . The plan of Stonehenge is superimposes over the planet and moons. The locations of the elements of Stonehenge are accurately depicted in the painting and show a remarkable fit with the plan for the New Jerusalem. sg-d-c.jpg - 5554 Bytes The outer circle (henge) of 30 Sarsen stones with their lintel capstones coincides with the circle running through the center of the moons. The next circle inward is the circle of 56 bluestones which coincides with the edge of the circle of the earth. (See illustration C) The forms next within the structure are the 5 huge trilithons of Saracen stone which conform in location to the vertically aligned Star of David of the New Jerusalem. Within the u-shaped complex of trilithons is a u-shaped configuration of 19 bluestones. The bluestone horseshoe conforms to the innermost circle of the diagram and has a diameter of 39.6 feet or 79.2 feet divided by 2, whereas the circle of bluestones has a diameter estimated at 79.2 feet, 1/100th the size of the circle of the New Jerusalem.



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