SACRED GEOMETRY

Sacred geometry is the architecture of the universe.

Sacred geometry defines the nature of space and time.

It embodies the notion that all of nature is organised geometrically,
whether it is in our natural world or unseen dimensions.

Geometry has provided structure and a visual language to designers and makers for centuries. Geometric and mathematical principles have been interpreted by object makers in search of form since the advent of the industrial revolution of the 18th century, when their application to the standardisation of components and reliable mass-manufacturing methods made precision work achievable on a commercial scale. Design at this time drew upon the geometrical principles of the classical world and set in train new traditions of their appropriateness for architecture, furniture and smaller functional objects.

The central importance of geometry in modern design has shaped the design and construction of objects that we live with daily, from large buildings to the smallest components of jewellery.

As you enter the world of sacred geometry you begin to see as never before the wonderfully patterned beauty of creation. The molecules of our DNA, the snow flake, pinecones, flower petals, diamond crystals, the branching of trees, the nautilus shell, the star we spin around, the air we breath, and all life forms as we know them emerge out of timeless geometric codes.

The ancients believed that the experience of sacred geometry was essential to the education of the soul. They knew that these patterns and codes were symbolic of our own inner realm and the subtle structure of awareness.

It is known that figures like Kepler, Pythagoras and Leonardo, among many were educated in these sacred geometries, and held many beliefs about them and their role in the universe.

The drawings attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci found in LUCA PACIOLI'S 1509 codex titled 'Divina Proportione' (Divine Proportion).

This amazing treatise, together with the work of Da Vinci himself, is widely regarded as the book that 'fathered' the whole concept of Sacred Geometry.

But it was the work of another Leonardo, Leonardo Pisano, an Italian mathematician also known as Fibonacci some 300 years earlier that really set the stage for Paioli and Da Vinci's Divine Proportion. It was Fibonacci that defined the underlying sequence of numbers that underscores pretty well everything - the now famous Fibonacci Sequence, or 'Golden Ratio'.

Yet we really need to go back much further again to find the real origins of Sacred Geometry. The Golden Ratio was certainly known by the ancient Greeks and Romans, the Egyptians and even the builders of the great stone monoliths such as Stonehenge.

Leonardo da Vinci used the Golden Ratio in his painting of The Last Supper in both the overall composition (three vertical Golden Rectangles, and a decagon (which contains the golden ratio) for alignment of the central figure.

The golden ratio was often used in the design of Greek and Roman architecture.  The outline of the Parthenon at the Acropolis near Athens, Greece is enclosed by a Golden Rectangle by design. Fibonacci's golden ratio most aesthetically pleasing proportion, phi, 1.618, has been utilized by numerous artists since (and probably before!) the construction of the Great Pyramid. As scholars and artists of eras gone by discovered (such as Leonardo da Vinci, Plato, & Pythagoras), the intentional use of these natural proportions in art of various forms expands our sense of beauty, balance & harmony to optimal effect.