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Sacred Geometry
The Art of the Life Itself
By Margaret Girle
S
acred Geometry, fractal
geometry and the Mandelbrot
Set form the science that
describes the entire natural universe.
For millennia, Sacred Geometry was
the conceptual truth through which
ancient cultures lived their daily lives,
built their temples, and plotted their
astrological calendars with absolute
accuracy up to 2,000 years in advance.
Although sacred geometry and fractal
geometry have long been recognized,
even as part of the math/science
curriculum in schools, it is now re-
emerging as a deep understanding
that the human race needs if it is to
move to a new level of growth and
harmonious relationship with the
planet.
Ancient cultures, such as the
Egyptians, Incans, Mayans, the Early
Greeks and many more understood a
fundamental truth of life – that nothing
is random or detached. Everything
in the Universe evolves from a
magnificent and precise mathematical
equation, and a repetition of patterns
inseparable and ever evolving from
the whole. Even in the very heart of
a rainforest, in the seemingly chaotic
growth and tangle of plant stems,
trunks, vines and rotting vegetation,
if untouched by man, all grows and
evolves to a precise pattern. In chaos
there is order.
The Ancients knew and could see
the magnificent universal patterns
repeated in the world around them -
the spirals of the conch shell; tendrils of
a vine; the patterns in trees, elephant
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trunks, octopi tentacle, the end of
clouds (fractals), and even the spiraling
galaxies. The sacred geometric
patterns have been evidenced in
ancient cultures on all sides of the
planet. The geometric forms such
as the circle, triangle, spiral, golden
square and rectangle were believed to
be sacred and formed the core design
of all spiritual structures and art.
Patterns based on the flower of life
(précis vesica, or two intersecting
circles), spirals, and pyramids graced
temples and sacred buildings and
formed the basis for spiritual symbols
and designs. Temples were not
only decorated with these universal
designs, but also built in the geometric
forms. Forms and shapes included the
five platonic solids (cube, tetrahedron,

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octahedron, dodecahedron,
icosahedron), the Golden Spiral,
Golden Rectangle, Golden Square,
Pyramid, Sphere, the tesseract (4
dimensional cube), and the Merkaba
(2 conjoining tetrahedrons).
Ancient cultures knew that spaces
created within these shapes radiate
an energy of harmony. Some spaces
- such as in the great Pyramid and
Stonehenge - have been known to
harmonise with sound as well as
light.
Beginning with the very core
of Sacred Geometry is the
mathematical constant, the Golden
Ratio, Pi (Phi) ratio, also known
as the Golden Cut, or the Golden
Mean, is this simple equation
– when a line is dissected, the
smaller section is equal to the larger
section in the same ratio as the
larger section is equal to the whole.
The mathematical number for Phi is
1.6180339887. This, used by great
artists, inventors and builders, is
the fundamental truth, which forms
the entire universe. Leonardo Da
Vinci used this equation in his art
to give beauty and balance to his
artworks. Enclosed in every section
of a natural form is the blueprint
for that form to constantly repeat
its pattern on to eternity. Some
forms are repetitive, others have
a variance of shape, colour, size,
and are seemingly random, but
all are an echo of the original. The
magnificent patterns of a butterfly
are encoded in a simple formula in
its DNA. It is one of the millions
of perfect examples of the micro
design carrying the formula for the
macrocosmic vision.
You only have to look at a pineapple,
pine cone, the segments of a monsterio
delicio plant fruit and a myriad of plants
and flowers to see the magnificent
patterns, the geometry repeated over
and over again. Sacred Geometry and
the swirling forms of the Mandelbrot
set is nature showing us formless
reality and eternity. It shows our true
essence.
It was in 1980 that mathematician
Benoit Mandelbrot discovered the
unforgettable shape of the Mandelbrot
Set. French mathematician Gaston
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Julia first glimpsed this from the
discovery in 1917 of Julia Sets. These
were sets of swirling designs, organic
in shape and formed from simple
mathematic formulae.
The Mandelbrot set was discovered
by putting the original mathematical
equations such as Z = Z2 + C into the
computer and repeating this many
times. The resulting drawings and
designs perfectly repeated natural
forms, trees, mountains, landscapes,
giving rise to the thought that there is
a Divine Design, a God or intelligence
which allows for choice within that
perfect design.
The tiny Buddha/creature shape
at the very base of every cycle of
fractal design is mimicked throughout
nature and is the main design known
as fractals. Fractals are a part of
the patterns that repeat into infinity
and give a new understanding of the
universe. This gives rise to the new
understanding that clouds, trees
and nature are not simply circles,
cylinders and cubes but magnificent
constantly repeating patterns, at
the base of which is the pattern of
the Mandelbrot. Interesting that
the name Mandelbrot stems from
Mandala or sacred symbol. Perhaps
Benoir Mandelbrot chose to bring
this to the world, but the pattern of
his destiny was already in place.
The beauty of these repeating patterns
are recognizable to the collective
unconscious. Carl Jung, co-founder
of modern Psychology, first theorized
the concept of this well of symbols
and imagery that is available to the
human mind. When viewed, these
universal images inspire feelings
of harmony, peace and love. To
see these patterns and to feel the
connectedness of the universe, it
only takes a moment of living in
present time, truly observing the
now.
Eckhardt Tolle in his latest book, A
New Earth, and Deepak Chopra in
Ageless Body, Timeless Mind both
speak of truly living in the moment.
It’s in that present moment, in that
space between thoughts, you can
connect with this divine essence.
In this moment, you can create
your destiny, because every
moment is your destiny. In every
moment you have choice.
It is in seeing the patterns of the
universe that an artist connects
with this essence, and it is in seeing
these patterns of the universe that
life’s purpose is understood. Time
stops, and healing takes place. In the
words of Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Chung:
“be empty... be still, be aware of the
Source... in this is the fulfillment of
your destiny!”
The magnificent patterns of the
universe are creativity and art in
its highest order, and similarly the
artist, when recognizing these
patterns, uses this formula to make
drawing simple. An example is when
drawing a pineapple or pine cone,
the artist recognizes that the base
of a pineapple is an oval with two
opposing spirals forming a grid, into
which the pineapple sections are
then quickly drawn. The pinecone is
formed by one spiral shape on an
oval base. When recognizing the
patterns within nature, drawings are
not only given life and beauty, but
each drawing captures the essence,

the uniqueness of the subject. The
same is used for life drawing. Every
human form has a rhythm of line and,
when recognized by the artist, gives
a lyrical quality to the finished work.
The act of creating is an art in itself,
and the artist is an instrument through
“Art is an expression of life and sacred
geometry is the art of life itself.”
which source flows. When the artist
becomes aware of the moment and
empties the mind of all pre-conceived
ideas on how to draw, he/she will create
a clear mind space from “whence will
flow art which breathes life.”
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The understanding of the sacred
geometry is an understanding of the
magnificent consciousness which we
are part of. It is the new awakening.
Just as the infinity of the universe
unfolds in a myriad of repeating
forms and patterns, so too is the
human consciousness awakening
in a state of egoless enlightenment.
Just as the universal life cycles, we
are returning in understanding and
conscious thought from where we
came.Never before has there been
the combination of science, quantum
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Sacred Geometry
physics, mathematics, art and
spirituality - bringing together the one
truth out of the chaos of a universe
of concepts. Art is an expression of
life and sacred geometry is the art of
life itself. It echoes the beauty and
infinity of the universe.
Margaret Girle is an artist and
educator running seminars on
Sacred Geometry, Visualisation and
Art. For more information visit www.
margaretgirle.com or email info@
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