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| This section highlights the use of geometry and mathematics in ancient religious symbolism. In the case of Anne Macaulay’s Apollo geometry, I have provided an in-depth analysis in the diagrams showing how the basic geometry brings out the fundamental ratios of music. Connie Achilles
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| The Cube
The geometry of the cube expresses the root ratios 1:√1, 1:√2, 1:√3. In their 1917 book Gematria: A Preliminary Investigation of the Cabala (see references), Bligh Bond and Thomas Simcox Lea examine the symbolism of the cube as it relates to the gematria of biblical and gnostic writings, as well as the frequencies of the key Frauenhofer lines in the color spectrum. Their analysis is reproduced here. |
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