Sacred G's & The Golden Ratio A magazine about Sacred Geometry
Learn about The
Vesica Piscis, and how it appears in our daily lives. - pg. 9
Take a look inside and learn about the new hover bike! - pg. 12
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The Vesica Piscis
The Veisca Piscis is two circles that are placed on top of each other. One is placed where the origin of the first circle is. It is considered to be a very sacred symbol. Check page 9 for more information.
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The Golden Ratio -8 Crossword Puzzle -14 The Hover Bike -12 The Five Platonic Solids -16
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Letter from Editor Sacred Geometry is a composite of universal patterns found in the design of natural life, sacred architecture, art and some man made elements and is understood as a form of complex pattern recognition involving space, time and form. It often appears in music, light waves and the universe. Understanding this view as sacred, it is said by connecting with these basic patterns you can become more in touch with the universe, acquiring knowledge to solve mysteries of the universe and reality. This is the debut issue of “Sacred G’s & The Golden Ratio.” Each issue will focus on a different sacred pattern, with images correlating to that pattern in nature and crop circles relevant to the current pattern. In addition, each issue will contain a crossword puzzle, highlighting the different terms and topics of the current issue. We hope you enjoy learning about the different aspects of Sacred Geometry and its affect on our everyday life. As you go through your daily life, you may begin to recognize these subtle patterns. Please enjoy the magazine and we hope you will be able to start identifying these universal patterns.
PUBLISHER Hunter Reeves
EDITOR Trenton Oliver
SALES
Debbie Briggs
WRITER
Wayne Bright
ART DIRECTOR Amanda Garcia
GRAPHIC DESIGNER Trenton Oliver
OFFICE MANAGER Vera Grace
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Chase Lando
CONTRIBUTORS
Veronica Santangelo Michelle Kerr Ezekiel Diaz Bert Gunderson Frank Weathers Oscar Velasco Jessup McMurphy James Sexton Cooper Wainwright Betsy Hughes
DIRECTOR OF SALES Walter Pietsch
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The Golden Ratio In mathematics, two quantities are in the golden ratio if their ratio is the same as the ratio of their sum to the larger of the two quantities. Where the Greek letter phi represents the golden ratio. Its value is:
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The golden ratio is also called the golden section in Latin the “sectio aurea� or golden mean. Other names include extreme and mean ratio, medial section, divine proportion, divine section, golden proportion, golden cut, and golden number.
a The golden ratio is not confined just to mathematicians. Biologists, artists, musicians, historians, architects, psychologists, and even mystics have pondered and debated the basis of its ubiquity and appeal. In fact, it is probably fair to say that the Golden Ratio has inspired thinkers of all disciplines like no other number in the history of mathematics.
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The golden ratio appears in nature quite a bit also. Adolf Zeising, whose main interests were mathematics and philosophy, found the golden ratio expressed in the arrangement of branches along the stems of plants and of veins in leaves. He extended his research to the skeletons of animals and the branchings of their veins and nerves, to the proportions of chemical compounds and the geometry of crystals.
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The Vesica Piscis The Vesica Piscis symbol is an old symbol that is actually much older than anyone can remember. It is beyond Christianity, Rome, Greece and even Mesopotamia. The Vesica Piscis, also know as the “bladder of a fish” in Latin; is a shape that is the intersection of two circles with the same radius, intersecting in such a way that the center of each circle lies on the perimeter of the other. The shape is also called mandorla (“almond” in Italian). The shape of the Vesica Piscis is derived from the intersection of two circles. The two overlapping circles represent the physical world on one side and the causal or spiritual world on the other. The section where they intersect is the akashic or etheric level and is the “bridge between heaven and earth.” Within the Vesica Piscis can be found the triangle, the tetrad, the square, the pentacle, and many more polygons, making the Vesica a true symbolic womb. In the earliest traditions, the supreme being was represented by a sphere, the symbol of a being with no beginning and no end, continually existing, perfectly formed and profoundly symmetrical. The addition of a second sphere represented the expansion of unity into the duality of male and female, god and goddess. By overlapping, the two spheres, the god and goddess created a divine offspring.
The Vesica Piscis In 1996, a Crop Circle in the shape of the Vesica Piscis appeared in England. Anyone stepping into the inner portion of the two circles’ intersection could feel a sudden rush of energy.
The Hubble Space Telescope took a photo of the ineptly named Hourglass Nebula. In the center of center of the Nebula are remnants of a dying star. The green spot, in fact, is larger than the size of our solar system!
Essentially the intersection of two, overlapping spheres, the Vesica Piscis (including the interior portion of it, and/or the more common two dimensional version) represents, among other things: such as the joining of God and Goddess to create an offspring, a symbol for Jesus Christ, The basic motif in the Flower of Life, A source of immense power and energy, the formative power of polygons, A geometrical description of square roots and harmonic proportions. It is also the overlay of some of the sacred patterns like the seed, tree, flower and fruit of life. In art a pointed oval used as an aureole in medieval sculpture and painting.
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Geometry in Nature
The Hover Bike The Sacred Geometry comes in when you notice the shape of the bike. The 4 fan-blades are not like a normal quad-copter, but pushed together into a vesica piscis. This design allows the technology to have a greater lift capacity and to have a more streamlined design. The Vesica Piscis is easily one of the most profound geometrical images of ancient and modern times. The Vesica Piscis was always regarded as a very sacred form. It is essentially created when a single sphere merges with another to create this image. That middle piece is the Vesica Piscis itself, which is also known as a Mandorla. It is actually what
is within the shape of the Vesica Piscis that many mathematical functions come into manifestation that aren’t present within a single sphere. The Vesica Piscis is actually the basic shape of the electromagnetic wave. That’s why its such an important part of geometry, allowing it to be such a perfect shape, in the early stages of this new flight technology. Malloy and his hover bike project didn’t just come out of nowhere. The bike has been under construction for at least the past five years, ramping up from the smaller drone to a fully functional hoverbike isn’t actually that unrealistic.
The Vesica Piscis
Chris Malloy, the creator of the hover bike is actually raising money to use to continue development of the manned hover bike. If you would like to contribute there is a QR code below you can scan to get to the website.
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1. Almond shaped. 4. A branch of mathematics. 5. A person’s deeply felt moral and emotional nature. 10. Composed of three interlocked vesica piscis. 11. Flying vehicle. 12. Balanced proportions. 20. Also known as a fish bladder. 22. Relating to religion. 23. The product of a number multiplied by itself twice. 24. A polyhedron having 20 faces. 26. A flat shape that has three or more straight lines and angles. 27. A rectangle with all four sides equal.
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2. A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem. 3. Everything related to biological and geographical states. 5. Plural form solid. 6. Plato’s namesake. 7. The physical structure of a human or animal. 8. Also called the golden section or golden mean. 9. Pentagram 13. Polygon 14. A polyhedron with 12 faces. 15. Measure of the fish. 16. Father of the number sequence. 17. A polyhedron composed of four triangular faces. 18. Act or process of calculating. 19. A solid bounded by eight plane faces. 21. A polyhedron of six faces. 25. The inner quality or nature of a person. 14
The Five Platonic Solids The Tetrahedron:
Also known as the triangular pyramid. It contains four faces and four verticals, with six edges. Each face has atriangle. It is often coresponds with the element fire. Each side sits flat, no matter how it’s turned, making it the perfect symbol for balance and stability.
The Hexahedron:
Also known as the cube. It has 6 faces and 8 verticals with 12 edges. Each face has a square. It is associated with the element earth. The Hexahedron sits flat, firmly rooted to its spot.
The Octahedron:
It has 8 faces, 6 verticals and 12 edges. It is made up of 8 triangles, which is formed by placing two square based pyramids base to base. It is represented by the element air.
The Icosahedron:
It has 12 faces, 20 verticals and 30 edges. Each face is in the shape of an equilateral triangle. It is associated with the element water. Water is all about movement, flow, and change. The icosahedron can teach us to ‘go with the flow’; allowing freedom of expression, creativity and positive change to flow effortlessly through us.
The Dodecahedron:
It has 20 faces, 12 verticals and 30 edges. Each face is shaped in the form of a Pentagon. It is linked to the element ether, which is known as heaven or universe. The Dodecahedron is also an expression of life and consciousness. The shapes that form the five original Platonic Solids occur naturally in nature, and indeed in the crystal world. Working with them individually is said to help with our connection to nature. We find common patterns of the platonic solids which can actually links us all on a molecular.
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The 5 Plantonic Shapes