In Focus Sacred Geometry Your Personal Guide – Bernice Cockram

The word alphabet stems from the first two Greek letters, alpha and beta, but not all alphabets follow the same format; although many alphabets are made up of letters, some are a list of sounds or syllables. At first glance, letters—especially those in the Latin alphabet that English-speaking countries use today—may not appear to be geometric, but they have changed a lot from early times.

Historically, there were many regional differences in lettering, and some of these went on to evolve into other forms, resulting in the alphabets we see today. Lettering started with simple lines, and a meaning was attributed to each line. Some meanings were basic, such as an object or a sound, whereas some letters had great symbolic meaning. This chapter looks at some alphabets that are more geometric, and some that are more symbolic.

Greek Alphabet The Greek alphabet is said to have become standard around 400 BCE, and before this time there were variations in the alphabet from region to region. Throughout ancient times, Greek mathematicians and physicists were involved in a lot of the mathematical discoveries. Even now, Greek letters are frequently used in physics and mathematical equations as well as in many other fields of study.

Most of the letters, however, have a symbolic meaning as well. Some sources suggest that Greek letters are used in divination, but this appears to be a modern use for the symbols. Symbol Name Practical Use Symbolic Use A α Alpha Alpha decay, angular acceleration First or most significant. God is described in the New Testament as “the alpha and omega,” meaning first and last.

B β Beta Beta radiation Duality Γ γ Gamma Gamma radiation, gamma motor neuron Birth Δ δ Delta Changeable quantity in math equation God, ten, trajectory E ε Epsilon Tilt of a planet’s axis Justice Z ζ Zeta Nuclear charge on an electron Life.

hat is sacred geometry? Geometry at its basic level is the design of shapes based on mathematics; geometry literally means “earth measure,” as geo refers to the earth and metry to measurements. Geometric shapes are so much a part of our everyday life that we may not even notice just how frequently they can be found. Hopefully, after reading this book, you will start to see many examples that you never noticed before. Mathematicians have studied geometry for thousands of years.

The early mathematicians marveled at the perfection of their calculations, and they attributed this perfection to the Creator—this is how geometry came to be sacred. Geometry began to be used in a symbolic way, especially in religion, due to the fact that the general population were not able to read and write, but they were able to recognize shapes.

Some shapes were also used symbolically in secret societies, where only the members of the society would understand their meaning. The History of Sacred Geometry People have searched for the meaning behind mathematical patterns for thousands of years. The Egyptian Rhind Papyrus from ca. 2000–1800 BCE is one of the earliest known writings on geometry, along with the Moscow Papyrus from ca.

1890 BCE and the Babylonian clay tablets of ca. 2000– 1800 BCE. Some of the most notable published discoveries are works from: • Thales of Miletus (ca. 624–ca. 546 BCE), a Greek mathematician, discovered that geometry could be used to calculate the height of pyramids and also a ship’s distance from the shore. • Pythagoras (ca. 570–ca. 495 BCE), a Greek philosopher, set up a school to study geometry in ca. 530 BCE. His students were referred to as Pythagoreans. • Plato (ca. 427–347 BCE), a Greek philosopher, was the founder of the Academy in Athens and discovered the Platonic solids.

• Euclid (ca. 330–275 BCE), a Greek mathematician, had his findings published in a 1570 book called Elements that was a collection of geometric studies from several mathematicians. • Archimedes (ca. 287–212 BCE), a Greek mathematician, created the Archimedean solids and the Archimedean spiral. • Leonardo Pisano (ca. 1170–after 1240), better known as Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician who wrote Liber Abaci (Book of the Abacus) in which he introduced the number series today referred to as the Fibonacci sequence. • Luca Pacioli (ca.

1447–1517) was an Italian mathematician who wrote Divina Proportione (Divine Proportion), a book about mathematical proportions in architecture, polygons, art, and which was illustrated by Leonardo da Vinci. • Johannes Kepler (1571–1630 BCE) was a German mathematician and astronomer. Although most commonly known for his observations on the paths of the planets, he also made some important discoveries with geometry.

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