If I said that simply by drawing thirteen equal circles,
I could descbribe the universe, you might be a little surprised.
Yet that is exactly what is achieved by Metatron’s Cube
and some other shapes in ‘Sacred Geometry’. Mythically,
Metatron was originally human, elevated to archangel by God
for his services as scribe.
Foremost communicator between humans and the divine, he is
best known for his ‘cube’. Metatron’s Cube
is based on a deceptively simple pattern called ‘The
Fruit Of Life’ (Diagram 1), which is concealed in the
ancient ‘Flower of Life’ (Diagram 2) inscribed
on the walls of the Osirion temple at Abydos, Egypt. The Flower
of Life contains a vast Akashic system of information (kind
of, short hand for the entire planet’s memory), including
templates for the five Platonic Solids. If you think this
is far fetched, read on – in a moment you will see the
shapes appear as if by magic. Sacred Geometry, by the way,
is where the ‘mystery of all creation’ meets science,
and any sceptics out there might enjoy further study, which
will transport you from the Atomic Tables via mathematics
to the myth of Atlantis and crop circles in the wink of an
eye (which, as you may discover, embodies a very special shape
known as a vesica piscis, and more, much more...) Anyway,
I shall be your guide through this vast landscape of ‘weird
shape fractal zodiac geomancy’ (whatever that is).
Metatron is linked with Thoth (or possibly, Metatron IS Thoth
– ancient figure who pops up many times through esoteric
history, said to have reincarnated many times from pre-history,
Atlantis, Ancient Egypt, even to now, possibly AKA Drunvalo
Melchizedek). ‘Metator’ is Latin for a guide or
measurer, which is certainly akin to this cube. ‘Metatron’
also refers to the ‘Keter’ or crown in the Kabbalah
‘Tree’, which is based on the ‘Flower of
Life’ (no doubt, as Madonna could tell you!): Hold that
pattern! Here comes the cube:
To make the cube, begin with The Fruit Of Life (Diagram 1).
Curves describe feminine energy, so to manifest something
(remember, this is a figure intended to describe creation),
we must add masculine energy, represented by straight lines.
Connecting all the centres of the circles on the Fruit Of
Life with straight lines is what magically creates ‘Metatron’s
Cube’ (Diagram 3). Encapsulated within are all of the
five known Platonic Solids: a cube, a tetrahedron (triangular
pyramid), Octahedron (two square pyramids with bases joined),
an Icosahedron (twenty triangular faces) and a Dodecahedron
(twelve pentagonal faces). Erasing the lines in certain ways
gives rise to each shape (except in the case of the Dodecahedron,
of which more in a moment). Platonic Solids are special shapes:
they are convex, all faces, edges, and angles, are identical,
and the points fit exactly inside a sphere. The more than
100,000 kinds of crystal in the world ALL derive from these
forms. Interestingly, Pythagoras and Plato didn’t mention
the Dodecahedron, perhaps wanting to keep it secret. Apparently,
it does fit (see Diagram 3); this may be a recent discovery
as some texts omit it.
Although named after Plato, the Solids were actually described
by Pythagoras 200 years earlier – he called them the
‘perfect solids’ and claimed he found the info
under the pyramids (linking back to the ubiquitous Thoth who
very much lurks in Egypt). Each shape also represents an element:
The tetrahedron is fire, the cube is earth, the octahedron
is air, the icosahedron is water, and the dodecahedron is
ether. The sphere is the void.
Grids of light made from sacred shapes are what holds the
planet together, makes it the way it is. I saw this in a vivid
dream. Even buildings are pinned together like this, and further
pinned to the earth by sacred shapes. (I learned much about
sacred shapes on a Light Language course, happening in Bali
again soon.)
Conception: Two cells merge, form a ‘vesica piscis’
– a deeply sacred shape where the centres of two spheres
or circles bisect each other. Next sperm and ova pass right
through each other to become a single cell or zygote. Then:
mitosis and the chromosomes join, then migrate to North and
South poles. Then a tube forms pole to pole and the chromasomes
split and migrate to alternate poles. This is the complete
prototype new human. The zygote then splits into four cells
and
forms a tetrahedron inside a sphere. The next division yields
a star tetrahedron/cube in a shape called ‘the egg of
life’.
These eight cells reside at the perineum – our centre
(geometrically) and literally where we grow from. And an important
esoteric plexus, besides, on which our energy field fixates.
Anyway, eight cells divide into eight more, form a cube within
a cube. After this, divisions become asymetrical as we differentiate
in all the tiny special little ways that make us, well, special!
At sixty-four cells the embryo becomes hollow and the poles
grown together and form a tube torus, one end of which will
be the mouth, the other, the anus. So, to sum up: life begins
as an ovum or sphere, becomes a tetrahedron, then a star tetrahedron,
a cube, another sphere, and finally, a torus.
So, if you ever find yourself on a different planet and need
to explain the Platonic Solids/Creation to an
alien, all you’ll need
are a compass, ruler, and
the ability to draw thirteen circles...
References: “Ancient Secret of The Flower of Life”
by Drunvalo Melchizedek. Also: www.bobfrissell.com Websites:
Images of fascinating weird beauty: http://soulinvitation.com/color2/atomics.html
Really fascinating drunvalo stuff: www.transformation.net/drunvalo/folo2.html.
Simply Creation in 3D: www.yoga.bz/metatron.htm
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education....
Albert Einstein
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