pg 34 and 54) The squaring of a circle suggests the union between Heaven and Earth, between spirit and matter. The square represents the earthly throne upon which the highest spirit incarnates. “The medium by which all knowledge of the past has been transmitted into the present is the language of symbolism, and the particular cipher that represents and contains the secrets of the canon is the f igure of the square in conjunction with the circle.” (Revelation, J. Michell Pg 51-3)
Figure 33 A squares relation to the circle is four fold.
The relationship between the circle and the square thus finds representation in St. John’s New Jerusalem, Plato’s Magnesia, the great pyramid of Giza as well as in Hindu Temples and Buddhist Stupas and in a sweeping array of other stunning edifices. In most of these examples the circle and square are conjoined with equal parameters (figure 36) which is only one of the four ways in which the circle and Figure 34 The square that square dynamically interrelate, figure 33. fit s within a circle has The first two relations (figure 34 and 35), a diagonal equal to the are very simply derived by placing a square in circles diameter a circle and inversly a circle within a square. The first relation between a square and circle is exhibited by a square that fits perfectly within a circle, figure 34 In this example the diagonal of the square is equal to the circle’s diameter. It is clearly evedent that the area of the circle is greater than that of the square. This represents the individuals place in the cosmos. The second relationship is exhibited by a circle that fits perfectly within a square, figure 35. In this example the diameter of the Figure 35 The circle that circle is equal to the side of the square. This fits within a square has a suggests that the body’s organic frame houses diameter equal to the side the inner jewel of divine spirit; that the whole to the square. cosmos incarnates individually in and through all created things. It represents the journey into the depths of one’s 99