3.1 ATLANTEAN SECRETS REVISITED
As illustrated in our previous volume, a majority of the unified cosmological picture that we have been describing in this book is provided in exquisite detail throughout the Vedic scriptures, which date themselves as being 18,000 years old.
It is highly likely that the entire cosmology that we are discussing was well known by both the Atlanteans and the Ramans during ancient times.
Then, roughly 12,000 years ago, a worldwide cataclysm caused the destruction of both civilizations. As the years passed, those who inherited the scientific knowledge would have more and more difficulty seeing 'the big picture'.
Almost all sacred traditions, including those of the Vedas, insisted that there was a hidden order that unified all aspects of the Universe, and that with sufficient study and visualization of the underlying geometric forms of this order, the mind of the Initiate could be connected with the Oneness of the Universe, enabling great feats of consciousness and mind-over-matter capability to occur.
Some of these visualizations took the form of studying mandalas, such as the Sri Yantra formation. Others preferred to engage in dances where the movements and music were in tune with these geometric patterns.
Still others preferred to assemble, sculpt and / or draw these forms with a compass and straightedge, hence the importance of the main symbol of the Masonic fraternity, which has the letter “G”, symbolizing “God,” “Geometry” and the “Great Architect of the Universe,” surrounded by a compass above it and a straightedge below it.
Pre-Masonic groups such as the Knight Templars chose to encode these geometric relationships into their sacred structures, such as the stained-glass windows in cathedrals.
3.2 SACRED GEOMETRY AND THE PLATONIC SOLIDS
Hence, the cornerstone of knowledge for secret mystery schools regarding this hidden order in the Universe has always been sacred geometry. We have written extensively on this subject in both of our previous books, and the reader is encouraged to refer back to them for greater understanding.
In short, sacred geometry is simply another form of vibration, or “crystallized music.” Consider the following example:
First, we vibrate a guitar string. This creates “standing waves,” meaning waves that do not move back and forth across the string but remain stable in one place. We will see some areas where there is an extreme of vertical movement, representing the top and bottom of the wave, and other areas where there is no vertical movement, known as nodes.
The nodes that are formed in any type of standing wave will always be spaced evenly apart from each other, and the speed of the vibration will determine how many nodes will appear. This means that the higher the vibration rises, the more nodes we will see.
In two dimensions, we can either use an oscilloscope or vibrate a flat circular “Chladni plate” and see nodes develop that will form common geometric forms such as the square, triangle and hexagon when connected together. This work has been repeated many times by Dr. Hans Jenny, Gerald Hawkins and others.
If the circle has three equally spaced nodes, then they can connect to form a triangle.
If the circle has four equally spaced nodes, it can form a square.
If it has five nodes, it forms a pentagon.
Six nodes form a hexagon, et cetera.
Though this is a very simple concept in terms of wave mechanics, Gerald Hawkins was the first to establish mathematically that such geometries inscribed within circles were indeed musical relationships. We may be surprised to realize that he was led to this discovery by analyzing various geometric crop formations that would appear overnight in the fields of the British countryside. This has been covered in both of our previous volumes.
The deepest, most revered forms of sacred geometry are three-dimensional, and are known as the Platonic solids. There are only five formations in existence that follow all the needed rules to qualify, and these are the eight-sided octahedron, four-sided tetrahedron, six-sided cube, twelve-sided dodecahedron and twenty-sided icosahedron.
Here, the tetrahedron is shown as a “star tetrahedron” or interlaced tetrahedron, meaning that you have two tetrahedra that are joined together in perfect symmetry:
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