The Real Sacred Geometry by Karen Crowley Susani

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The Real Sacred Geometry

by Karen Crowley Susani

Real sacred geometry is connected to the sun and the earth and enhances your connection to the divine. Real sacred geometry is not primarily concerned with numbers such as Phi, the Golden Mean, or the Fibonacci spiral. Real sacred geometry is the intimate connection of the earth with the sun, the moon, and the stars.

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The Golden Mean is only a piece of the totality of sacred geometry. The streams of thought born in England, that the Golden Mean and Fibonacci sequences are the beginning and end of sacred geometry, are missing the most fundamental piece of the equation.

To begin, the definition of ‘sacred’ is connected to a place where the human meets the divine. A word which nicely sums up the defi‑ nition of sacred is ‘hierophany’, which means the appearance of the divine. Hierophany is a word made popular by Mircea Eliade in the 1950s in his seminal work The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion.

Where do humans meet the divine? Again, Mircea Eliade gives us a little insight. “Every religion identifies a place and a time when the transcendent breaks into the world. When it does, it makes holy or sacred the place and the time of the breakthrough.”

There were particular places for each culture where this transcendence appeared, and many times it became the center of their world. These places of breakthrough are where heaven and earth connect and can be called the axis mundi.

Each culture believes its homeland is the center of the world. At its center, the axis mundi, is the most sacred place of all, and a meeting point of the four cardinal directions. Outside of its boundaries is chaos and the unknown.

A marvelous stone marked some of these very first sacred places. Examples can be found at Delphi with their carved omphalos stone, the navel of their world. Also, in Ireland, the Stone of Destiny stands on top of the Hill of Tara, the sacred dwelling place of the gods and entrance to the underworld.

After identifying a sacred place, protecting it was next. How did they design and build a holy space? A measurement was needed. Clues to this measurement may be found in the Greek word geometry. Geo - means earth, and metron translates into the word measure. The roots of geometry began in the measurement of the land.

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As well as needing measurement, organizing a sacred place is essential. The axis mundi is the connection between earth and the cosmos. The axis mundi is often associated with mandalas, and the simplest ones are comprised of a square and a circle which are a 2-dimensional representation of the axis mundi.

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The square represents the earth, and the circle represents the cosmos. Four gates can indicate the four cardinal points. Because mandalas are a way of depicting the organization of sacred space, they become cosmic diagrams of the world. A well-known one comes from India, found in the Tibetan Kalachakra. Elaborately drawn with circles, squares, with the axis mundi in the sacred center, these types of mandalas present an orderly 2D representation of the cosmos, as well as, a 3D view of their world.

To understand how this mandala was first conceived, we need to go back in time. Imagine yourself in Neolithic times. The sun would be the most important celestial body to you. It was the main god in many cultures, controlling life and death.

Early people tracked the sun’s travels throughout the year. They knew it moved each day a little more north or south until it came to a halt twice a year and then reversed its direction. These two significant times of the year are the summer and winter solstices.

For these early people, marking the solstice sunrise and sunset points was an essential part in the creation of their sacred places, because they marked the appearance of their god, the sun. Evidence of this is found in dolmens, passage tombs, and stone circles aligned to the rising or setting sun of the solstices and equinoxes.

In Brittany, France, a different example of alignment to the solstices is found. Crucuno Cromlech is a giant stone rectangle, whose four corners are aligned to a solstice sunrise or sunset. This rectangle is extraordinary in our search for real sacred geometry because it uses something special - measurements of the earth.

As we mentioned before, ancient people tracked the movement of the sun throughout the year. From a bird’s eye perspective, a rectangular shape emerges from the yearly pattern of our sun. However, the rectangle can be any length.

Another measurement is needed, which is given to us by the earth. A grid-like form is found on the surface of the planet, which is connected to the sun god. This grid emanates from the central core of the earth and was re-discovered by the Frenchman Dr. Peyré in 1937.

It is an electromagnetic net running in north-south and east-west directions. Its size varies with latitude, and it goes by several names, such as the solar net, Peyré net, and to the Hopi’s it is called the Road of the Sun. It was known as a golden net to our ancestors, and its measurements were used to build their sacred places.

When the two measurements of the sun and the earth are combined, something magical occurs. A rectangular shape is created. This shape begins to organize the energies within it. Order emerges out of chaos, and this rectangle is the starting point for the mandala and the axis mundi.

Another of its unique characteristics is that a vortex appears in the center, where there was nothing before, it is the place where we can meet the divine. It connects the earth with the sun, traveling all the way from the underworld to the cosmos, as does the axis mundi. When standing in the center of this solar rectangle, which we call a solsticial quadrilateral, a connection to the earth can be felt. It is a grounded feeling as if being pulled downwards into the earth. The energy then begins to rise through your body, balancing the chakras as it rises.

For many people, this is a profound and spiritual experience, especially when it reaches the throat chakra. This chakra is the gateway to the ability to access spiritual planes. When this chakra opens for the first time, some people cry with joy. The energy continues to the crown and upwards to the cosmos.

The solsticial quadrilateral is the first sacred space and was used all over the world to build temples, churches, and homes. It is the real sacred geometry. From the basic measurements found in the solsticial quadrilateral, a mandala can be created, with squares, circles, and the five elements. The cosmology of the universe is ordered and structured inside and the axis mundi is present in the center.

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One crucial quality of this solsticial quadrilateral, besides its universal use around the world, is that it is alive and connected to life. The union between the solar energies and the earth create its measurements which have an intimate connection to the land, the place, and the people.

This relationship to the place makes the measurements a changing dynamic. The Golden Mean is actually found in the solar mandala hidden in polygons such as the pentagon and in the relationship between the musical notes and the Elements.

The Golden Mean was not the only proportion used by ancient cultures. The 345 triangle which has the proportion of 1.333 was also well known by the ancients.

The Hindus, Greeks, Egyptians, and Mayans all used it in building their temples. The 345 triangle was considered more important than the Golden Mean because rectangular angles were made possible.

These relationships illustrate that the two main proportions, the 345 (1.333) and the Golden Mean (1.618), are generated by the mandala. However, it is crucial to understand that developing a geometry based solely on the Golden Mean without reference to the sacred solar mandala, is a huge mistake.

Without a connection to the earth and life, it will not work well, and it is potentially dangerous. People become ungrounded, losing their connection to reality, developing difficulties in manifesting their ideas and goals.

As an example, if we look at a tree, it is rooted into the earth, and the growth of its leaves and branches could be related to the Golden Mean, but its leaves are like solar panels, always connected to the sun. As you can see, the Golden Mean is the only part of the development of the tree.

It is the same for buildings, it is first necessary to connect the structure to the earth and sun, then incorporate the measurement of the Golden Mean. To be effective, the Golden Mean needs to be anchored to the earth, just like all plants, trees, animals, and humans. Real sacred geometry is this anchor, connected to the sun, to the earth, and to life itself.

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About Karen

There are a few ways to learn more about how this real sacred geometry works. Our book Secrets of Sacred Geometry; Solar Geometry for Health and Life is one. We also have online classes and certification programs for those who want to investigate further. Have a look around Karen’s new website https://energeticgeometry.com to see what interests you.

Karen Crowley Susani is a Master Builder and Solar Sacred Geometry expert. She also is the owner of Sacred Geometry World and blogs about her adventures.

Karen is excited to be one of the authors of the book: Secrets of Sacred Geometry: Solar Geometry for Health and Life https://energetic.geometry.com

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