Watch "HIDDEN MATHEMATICS - Randall Carlson : Ancient Knowledge of Space, Time & Cosmic Cycles"

[sidharthabahadur]

List members , Randall Carlson doesn't just look like the sages of yore , he follows similar lines of thought as well .

Why shouldn't such ideas from the ancient era be taught to school kids today ??

HIDDEN MATHEMATICS - Randall Carlson - Ancient Knowledge of Space, Time & Cosmic Cycles

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[Soretna]

Thanks for sharing, here's a summary (from Claude) of the video if one may not have the time to watch this lengthy, but interesting video:

Main Points:

1. The speaker, Randall Carlson, discusses the existence of a universal language of symbolism, number, and form that is embedded in everyday phenomena and sacred architecture.

   • Sacred numbers are found in time measures (e.g., 1,440 minutes in a day), space measures (e.g., 144 square inches in a square foot), and geometry (e.g., 360 degrees in a circle).
   • These numbers often add up to nine or are multiples of 36, 72, or 144.
   • The same numbers recur in various traditions, like the Vedas, Sumerian king lists, and the Bible.

2. Ancient master builders understood Earth's fundamental geodetic parameters and incorporated this knowledge into sacred structures.

   • The Great Pyramid of Giza is a scale model of the Earth's northern hemisphere, with its height and base corresponding to the polar radius and equatorial circumference, respectively.
   • The Parthenon's dimensions are precisely related to the length of one second of meridian arc at its latitude.
   • This suggests the existence of a tradition of advanced geodetic knowledge, possibly going back to the time of the pyramids.

3. Carlson presents evidence for catastrophic events occurring throughout human history, potentially explaining the lack of an extensive record of human civilization beyond the advent of writing.

   • At least 16 events in the last 150,000 years were powerful enough to end civilization as we know it, had they occurred today.
   • These events seem to correlate with the timing of the "Great Year" and its subdivisions, as described in ancient traditions.
   • The speaker suggests that the Earth's journey through the galaxy is subject to a cosmic tempo, with the delivery of cosmic material and energy pulses following a non-random pattern.

Actionable Items:

• Study sacred geometry to better understand the mathematical and symbolic basis of ancient wisdom traditions.
• Investigate the correlation between catastrophic events in Earth's history and the timing of the "Great Year" and its subdivisions.
• Use tools like Google Earth to gain a cosmic perspective on Earth and identify patterns that may not be visible from ground level.

Additionally, when asked about the "Great Year" and the seasons thereof, the following was given by Claude:

Based on the information provided in the transcript and the patterns discussed, we can make an educated speculation about the timing of the next "Great Year" subdivision or potential catastrophic event. However, it is crucial to note that this is a speculative exercise and should be treated as such.

The speaker, Randall Carlson, mentions that the "Great Year" is approximately 25,920 years long, with subdivisions of 6,480 years (corresponding to the four seasons or zodiacal signs). He also presents a graph showing a correlation between the timing of these subdivisions and the occurrence of catastrophic events throughout human history.

Given that the last major event mentioned in the transcript is the onset of the Younger Dryas climate catastrophe around 12,900 years ago, we can speculate that this event marks the midpoint of the "Great Year" (i.e., the transition from the "summer" to "autumn" season, or from the age of Leo to the age of Taurus).

If we consider this midpoint as a reference, we can estimate the timing of the next subdivision or potential catastrophic event:

1. The next "season" of the "Great Year" (i.e., the "winter" or the age of Aquarius) would begin approximately 6,480 years after the Younger Dryas event, which would place it around 6,420 years ago.
2. The transition from the "winter" to the "spring" season (i.e., from the age of Aquarius to the age of Capricorn) would occur around 12,960 years after the Younger Dryas event, which would be roughly 60 years from now.
3. If we consider the pattern of catastrophic events occurring near the transitions between the "Great Year" subdivisions, we could speculate that the next potential catastrophic event might occur within the next few centuries, as we approach the end of the current "winter" season and the beginning of the "spring" season.

I feel that this has some interesting implications, contextually, with The Second Coming and other events being looked forward to presently that might indicate a "seasonal change" of the Earth being close at hand... The timing is also interesting when you consider Adam and Eve's time in the Garden of Eden, etc. and the implications for Hollow Earth, et al.

[sidharthabahadur]

@Soretna , this "executive summary" really helps get to the crux of the messaging here...when we studied mathematics at school and college , it was taught in such a sterile manner , as if numbers are just random entities with no correlations in nature and having no deeper significance in our lives .

**Sacred numbers , sacred geometry (evident in living organisms too) , crystallogy (gemology) , sacred geography , geomancy , numerology , and yes - even astrology (!!) , are all CORRELATED subsets in the Grand Cosmology of the ancients .

***The macrocosm is always reflected in the microcosm - "As above , so below" . The higher dimensional realms are therefore reflected in the lower dimensional realms .

Regards

[sidharthabahadur]

Folks , here is a brilliant explanation of the 4 Yuga cycle by Bibhu Dev Misra , the independent researcher who was the first to declare the Balochistan Sphinx as a prehistoric , antediluvian monument of extreme antiquity :-

The Yuga Cycle and the 25,800-year Precession Cycle of the Earth

The Yuga Cycle And The 25,800-Year Precession Cycle Of The Earth

BIBHU DEV MISRA ON MARCH 18, 2024 ARTICLE, YUGA CYCLE,

Most ancient cultures believed that human civilization and consciousness moves in grand cycles, slowly declining from Golden Ages of illumination and harmony to Dark Ages of ignorance and strife. In India, this cycle was called the Yuga Cycle. Other cultures knew it by different names. The Greeks referred to it as the Cycle of the Ages of Man, the Supreme Year, or the Great Year. The Persians called it the World Cycle. The Hopi refer to the four previous ages as the Four Worlds, while the Aztecs knew them as the Four Suns. The Egyptians were also aware of the Yuga Cycle, as did many other cultures; for this understanding was encoded into the ancient tales and sacred wisdom that had been orally transmitted for generations.

In the years leading up to 2012, when there was considerable global consternation over the approaching end of the Mayan Calendar, I became interested in the Yuga Cycle doctrine of ancient India, and decided to take a closer look at the available data and philosophical speculations in order to determine the possible ending of the Kali Yuga or Iron Age – which is the current age of greed and lies, discord and violence, that we are living in. When I dove into the details, however, I realized that a number of errors and omissions had crept into the ancient texts in course of our long passage through the darkness of the Kali Yuga, as a result of which, the original formulation of the Yuga Cycle was completely lost.

The guiding principle that I decided to adopt in order work out the original Yuga Cycle formulation was that, there could not have been different Yuga Cycles for different cultures. There was only one Yuga Cycle for the entire world that governed the periodic rise and fall of consciousness, and in order to stitch together the original framework, it was of utmost importance to delineate the common threads that run through the different traditions. I was also keenly aware that I needed to keep tabs on the latest archaeological, anthropological and historical findings, for any Yuga Cycle framework needs to be backed up by as much scientific data as possible.

In July 2012, I had published an article titled, "The End of the Kali Yuga in 2025: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Yuga Cycle"[1] in which I had put forward, what, in my opinion, was the original Yuga Cycle timeline, which indicated that the Kali Yuga was due to end in 2025. I had discussed the rationale for the proposed timeline in the article, and I have treated the matter with a lot more rigor in the book. Without going into the nitty-gritties, let me present some of the essential building blocks of this framework.

1. The complete Yuga Cycle is of 24,000-years duration, and is comprised of an ascending cycle of 12000 years, when human consciousness gradually increases, followed by a descending cycle of 12000 years when consciousness gradually diminishes.

2. Each 12,000-year half-cycle is comprised of four Yugas of equal duration of 3000-years each. The actual duration of a Yuga is 2700 years, and it is followed by a transitional period of 300 years before the qualities of the subsequent Yuga is manifested. The Yuga Cycle was tracked using the “Saptarshi Calendar” or “Calendar of the Seven Sages” of ancient India, which has a 2700-year cycle called a “Saptarshi Yuga”.

3. It can be determined from the extant historical records that, one of the starting points of the Saptarshi Calendar was in 6676 BCE, which denotes the beginning of the Dwapara Yuga (Bronze Age) in the descending cycle. Using this date as an anchor point, the entire Yuga Cycle timeline gets unraveled, as shown below. For those who are not familiar with the Sanskrit terms: Satya Yuga is Golden Age, Treta Yuga is Silver Age, Dwapara Yuga is Bronze Age and Kali Yuga is Iron Age.

Figure 1: The 24000-year Yuga Cycle based on the Saptarshi Calendar. Credit: Bibhu Dev Misra

The Yuga Cycle framework reveals that the descending cycle of consciousness began in 9676 BCE, around the same time that the last Ice Age came to a rather abrupt end. The ancient authors indicate that this was the time when the Golden-age kingdom of Atlantis sank into the ocean, and the Supreme Creator of the Zoroastrians, Ahura Mazda, had re-created the world and initiated the current World Cycle of 12,000 years.

Over the past 5700-odd years, we have been living in two back-to-back Kali Yugas - the descending Kali Yuga followed by the ascending Kali Yuga. These two Yugas of ignorance and discord span most of recorded history, starting with the Bronze Age civilizations in Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley.

We are now approaching the end of ascending Kali Yuga in the year 2025. The term “ascending” tends to convey the wrong impression that we may be in a “higher Yuga” and our civilization is on an upward trajectory of virtue and progress. Far from it. In the ascending Kali Yuga only the material circumstances of life begin to improve, along with an increase in our lifespan and physical stature, but the degradation of human consciousness and the proliferation of vices continues unabated throughout the entire duration of the Kali Yuga. This is why, at the fag end of the Kali Yuga, we have an out-of-balance society which is characterized by a massive “matter-spirit gap” that is highly destabilizing and is responsible for much of the misery and injustices we see around us. The need of the hour is to reduce our attachment to material acquisitions and focus our energies on the other dimensions of our life, particularly on cultivating mental and spiritual awareness, in order to restore the much-needed balance, harmony and sanity in our lives.

The Yuga Cycle timeline indicates that we are living in the times of momentous changes, which will begin to unfold as we get closer to 2025 and enter the period of transition. Not only are we about to emerge from the dense, materialistic vibrations of the Kali Yuga, but we are also at the cusp of the entire descending cycle of consciousness that began in 9676 BCE. The events of the past few years have revealed that human consciousness has now plunged into utter depravity, and, all means, however despicable, are now considered legitimate for the acquisition of money and influence and for the exploitation and enslavement of the masses. The specter of hatred, war and unrestrained violence is spreading across the world, while the frequency and ferocity of extreme weather phenomenon such as floods, landslides and wildfires have dramatically increased over the past few years. All of these are precursors of the planetary-scale changes that lie ahead of us.

Every time we go though the periods of transition between the Yugas, there is a cataclysmic obliteration of the existing civilizations (“pralaya”, in Sanskrit), which is followed by the re-emergence of a new wave of civilizations with different artistic, technological and cultural traits. The purging events purify our consciousness and restore all of nature to its original pristine state to support another round of civilization. In my article, I had presented a gamut of archaeological and geological evidence which show that, every 3000-odd years, a new wave of civilizations emerge all over the world, built on the ashes of the previous civilizations, which are wiped away by a slew of cataclysmic events occurring over a period of roughly 300 years.

It happened in c.9600 BCE, soon after the cataclysmic end of the last Ice Age, with the establishment of the settlements at Gobekli Tepe. We can be quite certain that similar settlements were springing up elsewhere at the same time, the evidence of which we are yet to uncover. In c.6500 BCE, new settlements emerged in Anatolia and Southeastern Europe with distinct cultural traits, but we don’t have much of an idea about what was going on in other parts of the world at that time. This was preceded by a bout of global flooding, triggered primarily by the collapse of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in North America. Then in c.3600 BCE, the “Bronze Age” civilizations arose almost simultaneously in Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, Malta and other places, while the pre-Bronze Age cultures were wiped out without a trace. Finally at around c.700 BCE, the Iron Age cultures emerged almost simultaneously in the Eastern Mediterranean region, Persia, India, Mesoamerica etc., built on the ashes of the Bronze Age civilizations which had collapsed in a heap over the previous 400-odd years.

The trend is distinct and unmistakable. The Yuga Cycle is not an article of faith but an important scientific doctrine which captures the cyclical nature of human civilization. Not only does it give us a clear perspective of what had happened in the past, it also tells us where our own decadent civilization of the Kali Yuga is headed. In my book YUGA SHIFT, I have taken a closer look at the events of the last four Yuga-transitional periods, which reveals that comet and meteor impacts inevitably play a crucial role in the periodic destruction and renewal of civilizations.

However, one of the questions that had puzzled me for a long time ever since I wrote the article on the Yuga Cycle was the reason for the discrepancy between the complete Yuga Cycle of 24,000 years and the earth’s precession cycle of 25,800 years.

The phenomenon of the “precession of the equinoxes” was known to, and tracked by, many ancient cultures. Briefly, what this means is that, the position of the vernal equinox sun relative to the fixed stars of the zodiac changes very slowly at the rate of 1° every 71.6 years, completing an entire cycle of 360° around the zodiac in about 25,800 years.

In the present epoch, the vernal equinox sun is very close to the beginning of the Pisces constellation, near its boundary with the Aquarius constellation. This can be determined by drawing a line from the earth to the sun and extending it to the ring of fixed stars beyond.

Figure 2: The zodiac constellations encircle the solar system like a giant ring. On the vernal equinox date, the Sun appears in front of the Pisces constellation. Credit: Bibhu Dev Misra.

Very soon – perhaps, in a few decades - the vernal equinox sun will appear in front of the Aquarius constellation. In this manner, the vernal equinox point slowly shifts its position relative to the fixed stars of the zodiac at the rate of 1° every 71.67 years, spending roughly 2150 years in each constellation called an Astrological Age. So, we are now in the Age of Pisces, and about to transition to the Age of Aquarius very soon. Since the boundaries between the constellations are not precisely defined by a specific star or asterism, the exact date of transition from one Astrological Age to another is kind of hazy and subject to individual interpretation.

The slow change in the position of the equinoctial sun against the backdrop of the fixed stars of the zodiac is called the “precession of the equinoxes” or simply precession, while the cycle duration of 25,800 years is called a precession cycle. Human civilizations lives through twelve Astrological Ages in course of the 25,800-year precession cycle.

Now, here’s the mystery that had baffled me for a long time: What is the reason for the mismatch in values between the 24,000-year Yuga Cycle and the 25,800-year precession cycle? The duration of the Great Year specified by Cicero i.e. 25,920 years, is so close to the scientifically measured value of the precession cycle that it leaves little doubt that the two cycles must be identical.

Moreover, the Yuga Cycle doctrine of the Jains - which I had discussed in the original article on the Yuga Cycle - strongly hints at this possibility. If we recollect, as per the Jains, the Yuga Cycle consists of an ascending half called Utsarpini, which is comprised of six smaller periods, and a descending half called Avasarpini, which is comprised of six periods as well. Thus, the complete Yuga Cycle consists of twelve smaller periods. What could these twelve periods be, if not the twelve Astrological Ages? If the complete Yuga Cycle is comprised of twelve Astrological Ages, then it gives us a very good reason to suspect that the Yuga Cycle and the precession cycle are one and the same.

But, how do we account for the apparent mismatch in values?

I found an answer to this conundrum when I came across a key piece of information about the Yugas mentioned in the ancient Greek texts, that I had overlooked earlier. As per the doctrine of the Ages of Man in Greek tradition, the earth is subjected to two extended periods of purging in course of the Great Year. One is called Kataklysmos (meaning, “Deluge”) or the “great winter” of the Great Year, when the earth is inundated by water. The other is called Ekpyrosis (meaning “Conflagration”) or the “great summer” of the Great Year, when the world is destroyed by fire. In the 3rd century CE, the Roman philosopher Censorinus wrote:

“There is a period called “the supreme year” by Aristotle, at the end of which the sun, moon and all the planets return to their original position. This “supreme year” has a great winter, called by the Greeks Kataklysmos which means deluge, and a great summer, called by the Greeks Ekpyrosis or combustion of the world. The world, actually, seems to be inundated and burned alternately in each of the epochs.”[2]

Now, there was a fair degree of unanimity in the ancient times that the Flood had occurred at the end of the Golden Age or Satya Yuga. This means that the period of transition that the Greeks called Kataklysmos must have followed the Golden Age or Satya Yuga.

It is extremely intriguing that the period of Kataklysmos was also called the “great winter” of the Great Year, for it just so happens that the earth went through a long period of freezing temperatures called the Younger Dryas period, which extended for nearly 1200 years from 10,900 BCE - 9700 BCE. During this time, global temperatures had plummeted by nearly 10 - 15°C to near-glacial conditions and the glaciers had advanced to their Ice Age positions.

Could the entire 1200-year Younger Dryas period, therefore, be the extended period of transition that the Greeks called Kataklysmos or “great winter”?

In 2007, a team of international scientists led by Richard B. Firestone found compelling evidence that that the earth was bombarded by multiple fragments of a giant disintegrating comet nearly 12,900 years ago, (c.10,900 BCE) which destabilized the Laurentide Ice Sheet and triggered the Younger Dryas cooling. The shock waves and biomass burning generated by this catastrophic impact even led to the extinction of 35 genera of North American Pleistocene megafauna, and ended the prehistoric Clovis culture.[3]

A dense, carbon-rich, black layer, called the “black mat” was deposited over the bones of the extinct megafauna and the Clovis artifacts at more than 50 sites across North America. The black mat contains evidence of biomass burning and impact proxies such as elevated levels of Iridium, and its thickness spans the entire Younger Dryas cooling period from c.10, 900 – 9,700 BCE. This suggests that impact events must have continued to occur throughout the entire Younger Dryas period! Surprisingly, hardly anyone seems to be talking about this possibility. Is this scenario too mind-bogglingly catastrophic even for our consideration?

Not many would be aware, though, that a little-known Sanskrit text called Adbhuta-sagara provides astonishing details of a sequence of 26 comets that struck the earth, one after the other, throughout the Younger Dryas period. The second comet in the sequence is said to have caused the Deluge, the tell-tale signs of which are still preserved in the black mat! In my book, YUGA SHIFT, I have discussed in detail about the Younger Dryas comet swarm and the evidence of the Flood.

Obviously, the kind of environmental calamities that had swept over the world during the Younger Dryas period could not have happened while the Golden Age was still in progress. Conditions of life in the Golden Age were supposed to have been utopian; temperatures were pleasant, nature was teeming with life, and natural disasters or diseases were unknown. The Younger Dryas period could have started only after the Golden Age had ended.

The Yuga Cycle timeline that I had proposed earlier had a 300-year period of transition after the Golden Age. But that may not be correct, and it is quite likely that the Golden Age had ended by 10,876 BCE, and was followed by a 1200-year period of Kataklysmos or “great winter”, that extended from 10,876 BCE - 9676 BCE, coinciding with the Younger Dryas period.

This means, the end of Kali Yuga in 2025 will be also followed by an extended period of cataclysmic activity called Ekpyrosis (meaning “Conflagration”) or the “great summer” of the Great Year, for nearly 1200 years, since the upcoming transition is diametrically opposite to the Younger Dryas period. In other words, post 2025, it will be the Younger Dryas period all over again; except that, this time the cleansing will be by fire and not by ice and water.

There are direct references to the upcoming period of Ekpyrosis in many end-time prophecies. For instance, the Kalachakra Tantra prophecy tells us that, after the divine Savior Rudra Chakrin will destroy the evil forces in an apocalyptic battle, he will bestow “the “perfect age” for at least “a thousand years”, during which time, “the whole world will turn into Shambhala with no sickness or poverty, and no need to work to earn a living.”[4] This dovetails with The Revelation, according to which, after his Second Coming, Christ will reign for a “thousand years” along with the resurrected holy men.[5] Both these prophecies appear to be telling us about the 1200-year period of transition called Ekpyrosis which will follow the Kali Yuga, before the ascending Yuga Cycle begins.

Although the 1200-year period of Ekpyrosis will be a time of significant earth changes and periodic comet impacts, which will purify and renew our world, it will also be an amazing time to live for the survivors of the impending cataclysms, for a new, divine energy will course through our planet, activating our dormant chakra centers and subtle mental abilities, and, as a result, the people of that period are likely to experience powerful feelings of bliss and connectedness that are inconceivable today. Their awareness will be expanded, revealing to them new possibilities and ways of living that promote peace, justice and harmony. They will establish the foundations of a new civilization which will eventually grow into the enlightened civilizations of the ascending Yuga Cycle, culminating in the next Golden Age.

In the Yuga Cycle framework that I had proposed earlier, all the transitional periods were of equal length of 300 years. However, since the extended periods of transition called Kataklysmos and Ekpyrosis extend for a whopping 1200 years each, the duration of the complete Yuga Cycle is extended by (900 + 900) i.e. 1800 years. Thus, the duration of the complete Yuga Cycle becomes equal to (24,000 + 1800) = 25,800 years, which is exactly the same as the scientifically measured value of the precession cycle!

Figure 3: The 25,800-year Yuga Cycle, including the 1200-year periods of Kataklysmos and Ekpyrosis. Credit: Bibhu Dev Misra.

It is quite amazing to realize that, once the periods of Kataklysmos and Ekpyrosis are included in the Yuga Cycle framework, the complete Yuga Cycle and the earth’s precession cycle become perfectly aligned! For a long time, the discrepancy in values between the two had baffled me, and it was a great relief to be able to finally put my finger on the solution.

Like a giant jigsaw puzzle, critical bit and pieces of the Yuga Cycle doctrine had been scattered all over the world, lying concealed with the sacred texts and oral traditions of disparate cultures, for many generations. It is only when we diligently pick up all the pieces and scrutinize them, keeping one eye always on the scientific data so that we don’t veer off track, does it become possible to put together this puzzle for the ages.

Evidently, the Yuga Cycle and the earth’s precession cycle are one and the same, and extend for 25,800 years. On 21st of March 2025, the Kali Yuga and the entire descending cycle of consciousness will come to an end; and we will enter a long period of transition of nearly 1200 years, during which time our planet will be dramatically altered beyond recognition, and the outlines of a new civilization will be manifested, which will be permeated by compassion, peace, harmony and truth. The environment will be restored to its original pristine state, and the interdimensional gateways may open up revealing to us a reality that we have long forgotten.

However, my research also indicates that the collapse of the current Kali Yuga civilization is likely to be completed in a small window of time between 2025 to 2040, due to a combination of global wars and comet impacts. These are the end-times that the ancient prophecies tells us of, when our reality will be drastically altered, and we will be forced to introspect about our patterns of thought and our way of life. The survivors of these transformative events will inherit a renewed earth and become the seeds of the new dispensation that is on the way.

In my book, YUGA SHIFT, I have discussed what causes the cyclical fluctuation of consciousness in course of the Yuga Cycle, the cosmic triggers for the cataclysms during the periods of Yuga transition, and the real meaning of the various prophecies that describe the return of a Savior or Avatar at the end of this age. If you are one of those who can already sense that a momentous shift is underway, and are trying to figure out how exactly this transformation may play out in the coming years, then you are likely to find the answers to some of your questions in the book.

Regards

[sidharthabahadur]

List members , believe it or not - the ancients knew that our Solar system , indeed the Universe and nature is based on Sacred Geometry . Their Cosmology was all encompassing and was able to correlate all natural phenomena :-

Article 257: Geometry of the Solar System - Part 4 - Precession of the...

Article 257: Geometry of the Solar System - Part 4 - Precession of the Equinoxes

In this article we will discuss the Precession of the Equinoxes in great detail. We have encountered this phenomenon throughout our discussions in Cosmic Core. We will now look at Precession in closer detail, as well as the extensive numeric symbolism associated with the precession.

Astrological Time Cycles

1 Decan = 10 degrees (out of 360º total of the celestial sphere)

1 Great Year (full precession) = 25920 years

1 Platonic Month = 2160 years

Sacred Year of Ancient Calendars = 360 days (5 days off – traditionally unlucky days). There are theories that the earth year was previously 360 days until a catastrophe occurred that knocked it out of harmony. Whether this is true or not, I do not know.

Below is a chart showing the numerical importance of the precession of the equinoxes as broken into seasons. Just like in a regular (solar) year, there are 4 seasons of 3 months each in a Great Year. Each season consists of 3 Platonic months (6480 years each) and a movement of 30º across the Great Celestial Sphere of 360º . Note the Platonic solid that corresponds to each Platonic Month. The numbers listed for each Platonic solid are the sums of the angles of each solid.

Period Duration in Duration in Annual Associated

Platonic Cycle cycle of Sacred Year (360 days) Platonic Solid

One Decan 720 years 10 days; 240 hrs; 1440 min tetrahedron 720

Two Decans 1440 years 20 days; 480 hrs; 28800 min octahedron 1440

Three Decans 2160 years 30 days; 720 hrs; 43200 min hexahedron 2160

Saros Cycle 3600 years 50 days; 1200 hrs; 72000 min icosahedron 3600

3 Platonic Months 6480 years 90 days; 2160 hrs; 129600 min dodecahedron 6480

(1 season)

One Great Year 25920 years 360 days; 6480 hrs; 518400 min One Great Year 25920

Astrological Cycles:

Earth Motion #1 – rotation about the axis (day cycle – 24 hours)

Earth Motion #2 – revolution around the sun (year cycle – 365.242 days)

Earth Motion #3 – Precession of the Equinoxes (galactic cycle – 25920 years)

The Precession of the Equinoxes

Each year the sun passes entirely around the zodiac and returns to the point from which it started – the vernal equinox – and each year it falls just a little short of making the complete circle of the heavens in the allotted period of time.

As a result, it crosses the equator just a little behind the spot in the zodiacal sign where it crossed the previous year.

Each sign of the zodiac consists of thirty degrees, and as the sun loses about one degree every 72 years, it regresses through the entire zodiac in about 25,920 years.

This retrograde motion is called the precession of the equinoxes.

This means that in the course of about 25,920 years, which constitute one “Great Year” or Platonic Year, each one of the 12 constellations occupies a position at the vernal equinox for nearly 2160 years, then gives its place to the previous sign.

This refers to the constellation that sits in line with the rising of the sun on the vernal equinox.

The period of 2160 years required for the regression of the sun through one of the zodiacal constellations is often termed an age.

This means every 2160 years a new constellation will rise behind the sun on the vernal equinox.

These 2160 year periods are the ‘ages’ of the Zodiac.

“During these periods, or ages, religious worship takes the form of the appropriate celestial sign – that which the sun is said to assume as a personality in the same manner that a spirit assumes a body.

These 12 signs are the jewels of the Sun’s breastplate and the Sun’s light shines forth from them, one after the other.

Among the ancients the sun was always symbolized by the figure and nature of the constellation through which it passed at the vernal equinox.”1

Past Ages

“From a consideration of this system, it is readily understood why certain religious symbols were adapted during different ages of the earth’s history; for during the 2160 years the sun was in the constellation of Taurus, it is said that the Solar Deity assumed the body of Apis, and the Bull became sacred to Osiris.

Apis the Bull on a 21st dynasty Egyptian coffin

During the Aryan Age the lamb was held sacred and the priests were called shepherds. Sheep and goats were sacrificed upon the altars, and a ‘scapegoat’ was appointed to bear the sins of Israel.

Detail from a stained glass window in St John’s Episcopal church in Edinburgh.

During the Age of Pisces, the Fish was the symbol of divinity and the Sun God fed the multitude with two small fishes. The word Fish, is one in which Christ is mystically understood, because He was able to live in the abyss of this mortality as in the depths of waters, that is, without sin.”2

The “Jesus fish”

Precession of the Equinoxes (Axial Precession)

The Earth completes a circuit around its own axis once every 24 hours. (A day)

The Earth also orbits the sun once every 365.2422 days. (A year)

The 4 cardinal points are the winter and summer solstices and spring and autumn equinoxes.

Equinoxes are “the two points in the year on which night and day are of equal length all over the planet”.

The Earth’s equatorial circumference is 24,902.45 miles.

The Earth orbits around the sun anti-clockwise on a slightly elliptical path traveling 66,600 mph (18.5 mps).

• Ecliptic – Earth’s plane of orbit extended outwards to form a great circle in the celestial sphere.
• Celestial equator – an extension of the earth’s equator into the celestial sphere

• Obliquity – Earth’s tilt
  • The Earth tilts approx. 23.5° to the plane of its orbit around the sun.
  • The 23.5 degrees is not fixed. There is a slow oscillation (wobble) and a cycle of about 41,000 years where it changes from 22.1° to about 24.5°.

• Eccentricity – the Earth orbit’s degree of elongation of the ellipse
  • The eccentricity “varies from a low value close to zero (when the orbit approaches the form of a perfect circle) to a high value of about 6% when it is at its most elongated and elliptical.”

Past and future eccentricity of Earth’s orbit. http://aom.giss.nasa.gov/srorbpar.html

• Precess – the earth wobbles slowly in a clockwise direction opposite to the earth’s spin (gyroscopic motion).

David Wilcock explains, “The best way to understand this twenty-five-thousand year cycle is to imagine the earth as if it were a spinning top. Let’s say you have a top that is spinning clockwise at a fast speed. At first it stands up straight but then it starts tracing circles in the opposite direction – counterclockwise – as it slows down. Now imagine the earth is the top. Imagine you can see the earth’s axis, as if it were a solid bar running through the North and South Poles. Over the course of about 25,920 years, the earth’s axis makes a nice, slow circle in the opposite direction from the earth’s normal rotation – like the circles the top starts making as it winds down. This slow movement of the earth’s axis causes the position of the stars in the night sky, during the equinox, to shift by one degree every seventy-two years.”

The Zodiac

Ringed around the ecliptic, in a starry belt that extends approximately 7° N and S are the 12 constellations of the zodiac: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces.

The constellations are irregular in size, shape and distribution, yet their spacing around the rim of the ecliptic is even enough to bestow a sense of cosmic order upon the diurnal rising and settings of the sun.

The annual year is divided into 4 seasons – spring, summer, fall, and winter.

The Great Year is also divided into 4 seasons – Spring (Taurus/Bull), Summer (Leo/Lion), Fall (Scorpio/Eagle), Winter (Aquarius/Man/Angel).

The ‘Precession of the Equinoxes’ occurs approximately every 26,000 (25,920) years as the sun rises in each of the 12 houses or constellations.

Each constellation occupies 30° of space along the ecliptic.

Giorgio de Santillana writes, “The sun’s position amongst the constellations at the vernal equinox was the pointer that indicated the ‘hours’ of the precessional cycle – very long hours indeed, the equinoctial sun occupying each zodiacal constellation for almost 2200 (2160) years.”

It takes about 72 years for the equinocitial sun to migrate 1 degree along the ecliptic.

The direction of precession is clockwise, opposite to the direction of the planet’s annual path around the sun (Taurus – Aries – Pisces – Aquarius…etc.) instead of (Aquarius – Pisces – Aries – Taurus…etc.).

Precession causes the northern pole star to shift over time (41,000 years).

The North Star changes through the Precessional Cycle:

• Alpha Draconis 3000 BC – time of the ancient Greeks
• Ursae Minoris (Polaris) today
• Cephei 8000 AD
• Deneb 10000 AD
• Vega 14000 AD
• Thuban Constellation of Draco

“The cycle of the precession does correlate very strongly with the onset and demise of ice ages.”3

This figure shows the variations in Earth’s orbit, the resulting changes in solar energy flux at high latitude, and the observed glacial cycles. Wikipedia states “According to Milankovitch Theory, the precession of the equinoxes and the apsides, variations in the tilt of the Earth’s axis (obliquity) and changes in the eccentricity of the Earth’s orbit are responsible for causing the observed 100 kyr cycle in ice ages by varying the amount of sunlight received by the Earth at different times and locations, particularly high northern latitude summer. These changes in the Earth’s orbit are the predictable consequence of interactions between the Earth, its moon, and the other planets.”

Graham Hancock – Fingerprints of the Gods

Graham Hancock is a well-known British author and reporter. He specializes in topics of ancient civilizations, altered states of consciousness, cosmic mythology and astrological data from the past. He has written many non-fiction books including his most famous, Fingerprints of the Gods.

In this book he argues that there is a unified, worldwide message from the “gods” hidden in ancient myths and dozens of different mythologies encode this information that revolves around the precession of the equinoxes.

The “gods” refer to extra-terrestrial consciousnesses that have taken part in Earth’s history in one way or another. These “gods” are more advanced than humanity – either more technologically advanced or more spiritually advanced, or both.

Dr. Giorgio de Santillana and Dr. Hertha von Dechend

Giorgia de Santillana (1902-1974; professor of the History of Science at MIT) and Hertha von Dechend (scientist at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat) wrote the epic research book Hamlet’s Mill: An Essay on Myth and the Frame of Time .

Hamlet’s Mill “began a process of rediscovering an astronomical dimension of myths that had long been forgotten outside the secret societies. Their thesis is that one of the stories central to all mythology, indeed all literature from Oedipus Rex to Hamlet, the story of the dispossessed son who defeats his uncle to regain his father’s throne, is a description of an astronomical event: of one precessional epoch succeeding another.”4

In this book they looked at over 30 different worldwide mythologies.

They propose that “long ago, serious and intelligent people devised a system for veiling the technical terminology of an advanced astronomical science behind the everyday language of myth.”5

“For some inexplicable reason, at some unknown date, it seems that certain archaic myths from all over the world were co-opted (no other world will really do) to serve as vehicles for a body of complex technical data concerning the precession of the equinoxes.”6

A common symbol in these myths is the earth’s axis – or the axis mundi.

Yggdrasil – the World Tree or Axis Mundi

It seems to be saying there are two stars pulling on the earth’s axis that cause this wobbling movement.

Binary Star orbit (Binary Companion Theory)

Currently NASA’s Chandra website reports that over 80% of all stars in the universe are in multiple star systems containing 2 or more stars.

It has been proposed that the 25,920 years counter-rotating wobble (precession) is a result of the Sun’s orbit around a binary star.

Walter Cruttendon, Director of the Binary Research Institute in Newport Beach, CA discusses this idea in detail in the book Lost Star of Myth and Time and the documentary The Great Year.

Essentially, it is thought, we live in a binary solar system. We orbit our companion star over the course of 25,920 years. “Research done by physicist Jed Z Buchwald and astronomer Karl-Heinz Homann reveal that the heliacal risings of Sirius stay phase-locked to the precession of the vernal point (the intersection of the celestial equator and the ecliptic) over thousands of years, while all the other stars in the sky slip slowly backward.”7

Furthermore, as Robert Lawlor relates, “Sirius has an extraordinary relation to our Sun, in that they move together in their displacement of one degree every 72 years against the backdrop of the stars.”

R.A. Schwaller De Lubicz explains the importance of Sirius to the ancient Eyptians: “Sirius plays the role of the great central fire for our sun. The double star of Sirius – which for Pharaonic Egypt played the role of a central sun to our entire solar system – today suggests the existence of a cosmic system of atomic structure whose nucleus is this “Great Provider”, the Sothis of the ancients. This idea simply stated: Sirius A and Sirius B represent the density differential prototype of proton/neutron in the atom. Thus in the heavens one finds a fundamental structuring principle of matter. From atoms to stars, the same bonding together of extreme differences in densification applies to individual systems and mutually interactive processes throughout cosmic organization.”

The distance from our Sun to Sirius is 8.64 light years.

The center of our galaxy is about 8640 parsecs from Sirius.

1 parsec (parallax angle of 1 second of arc) = 64800/pi x the mean distance from the Earth to the Sun.

Other 864s:

86400 seconds = 1 rotation of Earth (24 hours)

864000 miles = diameter of the Sun

Cruttendon Realized:

Our companion star is Sirius.

The companion star has energy fields – geometry holds the stars into place.

Precession is caused by the gravitational pull of Sirius against the earth.

“The great orbit of our sun around another star – unknown to most people in our modern world – becomes like the mainspring and central axis in a windup clock. Let’s say the sun is orbiting another star, which is not bright enough to be easily visible. We can then use computer programs to mathematically round out that orbit into a perfect circle, in order to show it in its “idealized” form. This may be the natural form the orbit would take if it were not for the gas, dust, and pressure pushing on it as it orbits the center of the galaxy. If we regularize the orbit into a circle, the Mayan calendar cycle length then forms a perfect five-sided geometry within it. This geometry may be the hidden reason why the Mayan calendar works the way it does.”8

*Note – the Mayan calendar is a base-20 system. There are 20 vertices of a dodecahedron & 20 faces to an icosahedron.

Table of Mayan Long Count units

Long Count
unit Long Count
period Days Approximate
Solar Years
1 K’in 1
1 Winal 20 K’in 20
1 Tun 18 Winal 360 1
1 K’atun 20 Tun 7,200 20
1 B’ak’tun 20 K’atun 144,000 394
1 Piktun 20 B’ak’tun 2,880,000 7,885
1 Kalabtun 20 Piktun 57,600,000 157,704
1 K’inchiltun 20 Kalabtun 1,152,000,000 3,154,071
1 Alautun 20 K’inchiltun 23,040,000,000 63,081,429

Binary Star System

As we noted, 80% of all stars in our galaxy are already confirmed to be binary by NASA.

David Ulansey writes in The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries, “The Chaldeans distinguished between two fiery bodies: one possessed of a noetic nature and the visible sun.”

(Noetic means: relating to mental activity or intellect/consciousness)

The mystery teachings of Mithraism believed in binary star system.

“It thus appears that the Mithraists somehow believed in the existence of two suns: one represented by the figure of the sun god, and the other by Mithras himself as the “unconquered sun”. It is thus of great interest to note that the Mithraists were not alone in believing in the existence of two suns, for we find in platonic circles the concept of the existence of two suns, one being the normal astronomical sun and the other being a so-called “hypercosmic” sun located beyond the sphere of the fixed stars.”9

This second sun is sometimes referred to as the “Dark Star” or “Black Sun” in certain esoteric systems such as alchemy. Inevitably this “black sun” has taken on moral baggage and is associated with negativity or spiritual darkness.

Ancient yogis believed, including Sri Yukteswar, in The Holy Science: “The sun, with its planets and their moons, takes some star for its dual and revolves round it in about 24,000 years of our earth – a celestial phenomenon which causes the backward movement of the equinocitial points around the zodiac.”

The periapsis and apoapsis would create a system where the rate of precession would not stay constant, but would slow down and speed up depending on the geometric relationship of the two stars.

This is currently seen as the Precession time at 25,772 years.

• Periapsis – two stars at their closest point in their orbits. Both stars would be moving at their maximum velocity (possibly 23,000 years).

  • The stars remain opposite each other through the orbit period.

• Apoapsis – two stars at their farthest point in their orbits. Both stars would be moving slowest (possibly 26,000 years).

The faster we move through space, the faster time moves – time accelerates.

It is argued, that as we speed up, we have an increase in density of the Aether as we move through different ‘zones’ in solar and galactic domains. This means the base rate vibration of the photon increases or decreases as we move through different ages.

The relationship of the minimum to maximum rates of precession is 72:60 or 6:5.

The average rate of precession for the Great Year is 66.66 years per degree.

And remember, the Earth orbits around the sun traveling 66,600 mph.

These are some of the reasons the number 666 is the number of the Sun, though it has become, in our modern times, the number of the Beast. Aside from the obvious religious stories, perhaps this is because the Sun has moved into a cosmic zone in which the base rate of vibration has slowed and this leads to people acting ‘beastly’ towards one another, themselves, animals and Nature – in other words we are in the Age of the Kali Yuga – the age of materialism, corruption and hypocrisy. Many humans act like beasts indeed.

Precessional Numbers

Important Precessional numbers include:

12, 30, 36, 54, 72, 108, 144, 360, 540, 2160, 4320, 25920

• 12: Number of constellations in the zodiac

• 30: Number of degrees allocated along the ecliptic to each zodiacal constellation

• 36: Number of years required for the equinoctial sun to complete a precessional shift of half a degree along the ecliptic.

• 54: 72 + 36 = 108; 108/2 = 54 which may then be multiplied by 10 and expressed as 540 (or as 54,000 or as 540,000 or as 5,400,000 and so on).

• 72: Number of years required for the equinoctial sun to complete a precessional shift of one degree along the ecliptic. This means that 72 years = 1 “day” of Precession. 72 x 360 = 25920 or 1 “Great Year”.

• 108: The pre-eminent number in the code is 72. To this is frequently added 36, making 108, and it is permissible to multiply 108 by 100 to get 10,800.

• 144 = 12 x 12

• 360 – total number of degrees in the ecliptic

• 2160 = 72 x 30 = the number of years required for the sun to complete a passage of 30 degrees along the ecliptic (through one of the 12 zodiacal constellations).

  • 2160 is sometimes multiplied by 10 and by factors often (to give 216,000, 2,160,000, and so on)

• 4320 – (2160 x 2) number of years required for the equinoctial sun to complete a precessional shift of 60 degrees (2 constellations).

  • Multiplied by factors of 10 gives 43,200 or 432,000 or 4,320,000, ad infinition.

• 25,920 = 2160 x 12 (or 360 x 72) = the number of years in one complete precessional cycle or ‘Great Year”, and thus the total number of years required to bring about the “Great Return”.

Importance of the Precessional Numbers

12

• number of edges of the cube and octahedron

• number of vertices of the icosahedron & cuboctahedron

• number of faces of the dodecahedron & rhombic dodecahedron

• Divisors – 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12
• 12 spheres fit perfectly around 1 to define a cuboctahedron (vector equilibrium)
• 12 hours on a clock face
• 12 x 2 hours in a day
• 12 cranial nerves in the human body
• 12 houses of the Zodiac

30

• The sum of the first four squares (1 + 4 + 9 + 16)
• Divisors – 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 20, 15, 30
• Number of edges of the Icosahedron & Dodecahedron
• 30 vertices in Icosidodecahedron (Archimedean solid)

• Triagontagon – polygon with 30 sides
• Total number of major and minor keys in Western tonal music
• Number of days in April, June, September, November
• The number of uprights that form the Sarsen Circle at Stonehenge

36

• square of the first perfect number (6 x 6)
• the smallest number with exactly 9 divisors
• Divisors – 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36
• The number of degrees in the interior angle of a regular pentagram

• 36 edges in truncated cube and truncated octahedron (Archimedean solids)

• The sum of the integers from 1 to 36 = 666
• 36 multiplied by any other number always produces an answer whose individual digits, in decimal, add up to a multiple of nine.
• The number of inches in a yard

54

• Can be written as the sum of three squares in three different ways:
• 72 +22 + 12 = 62 + 32 + 32 = 52 + 52 + 22 = 54
• The sine of a 54 degree angle is half the golden ratio
• Divisors – 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54
• The number of cards in a deck of playing cards, with 2 jokers included
• number of colored squares on a Rubik’s cube
• 540 – sum of angles of a pentagon

72

• The Sun moves through 1 degree of Precession every 72 years
• 72 degrees F – considered ‘room temperature’
• Divisors – 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 72
• The sum of 4 consecutive primes: 13 + 17 + 19 + 23
• 72 = The exterior angles of a regular pentagon
• 720 = sum of the angles of a tetrahedron

• 720 = sum of angles of a hexagon

• 2160/3 = 720
• 720 x 11 = 7920 = Diameter of the Earth in miles
• 720 x 12 = 8640; 8640 x 10 = 86400 = number of seconds in a day
• 720 x 12 = 8640 x 100 = 864000 = diameter of the Sun in miles
• 720 x 14 = 10080 = sum of angles of icosidodecahedron
• The sum of the angles of every single Platonic solid, Archimedean solid and Catalan solid are all factors of 72!

108

• 11 x 22 x 33 = 108
• Divisors – 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, 108
• 108 = degrees in interior angles of a regular pentagon
• The equation 2sin(108/2) = the golden ratio
• 108 degrees F – temperature at which organ failure begins in the human body
• 360 x 3 = 1080 = radius of the Moon

• The distance of the Earth from the Sun is approx. 108 times the diameter of the Sun (105.7 to 109.3)
• that is, approximately 108 suns fit between the Earth and Sun
• 108 Moons fits between the Earth and Moon
• 108 Earths fit in the sun (diameter-wise)
• 108 is a sacred number in Hinduism, Buddhism & Jainism
• 1080 – sum of angles of an octagon

• 2160/2 = 1080

144

• 1440 – sum of angles of a star tetrahedron – 2 x 720 = 1440 degrees
• 1440 – sum of angles of a octahedron
• 1440 – sum of angles of a decagon (10 sides)
• 144 is the 12th Fibonacci number
• Divisors – 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 36, 48, 72, 144
• 144 cubits = 216 feet (x 10) = diameter of the Moon (2160) & 1 Great Month (2160 years)
• 144 months in 12 years
• 1440 Minutes in a day
• 144 sq inches = 1 square foot
• 122 = 12 x 12 = 144
  • 12 Disciples of Jesus & Buddha
  • 12 circles clustering around 1 (Fruit of Life/Cuboctahedron)
  • 12 Constellations or Houses of the Zodiac
  • 12 Ages of the Precession of the Equinoxes
  • 12 Hours on a clock face
• 144,000 smooth white casing stones covered the Great Pyramid
• 144,000 days = 1 Mayan baktun (394.26 years)
• Earth turns on its axis 24 hours:
  • 24 hours x 60 minutes = 1440 minutes/day
  • 1440 x 60 seconds = 86400 seconds/day
  • 86400 (x 10) = 864000 = diameter of the Sun

360

• 360 degrees in a circle
• 360 – sum of angles of a square (90 x 4)
• 3600 – sum of angles of an icosahedron
• 2160/6 = 360
• Divisors – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 24, 30, 36, 40, 45, 60, 72, 90, 120, 180, 360 (24 total)
• the smallest number divisible by every natural number from 1 to 10 except 7
• Divisor of 72; 72 primes below 360
• the sum of 2 twin primes (179+181)
• The number of days in a year, once upon a time?

432

• 432,000 miles – radius of the Sun

• 43200 – preeminent sacred numbers

• shows up in yuga cycle

• Phrygian scale – 432 – Pythagorean tuning

• 432 – based on a “Factor-9” Grid in Pythagorean tuning

• Solfeggio frequency – 432 Hz

• 864,000 seconds in a day or

  • 432,000 seconds of light (day)
  • 432,000 seconds of darkness (night)

• 4322 = 186,624 miles/second (speed of light)

  • 432 the only whole number when squared comes into .01% accuracy measuring the speed of light

• 144000/432 = 333.33333..

• 13 x 33.3 = 432.9

• 4320 – (2160 x 2) number of years required for the equinoctial sun to complete a precessional shift of 60 degrees (2 constellations). Multiplied by factors of 10 gives 43,200 or 432,000 or 4,320,000, ad infinitum.

2160

• 2160 = 1 Great Month (1 Zodiacal Age) in the 25,920 Great Year (Precession of the Equinoxes)
• 12 x 2160 = 25920: length of a Great Year
• cube = 2160 (sum of interior angles)

2160 (related to 432)

• cube = 2160 (sum of interior angles)
• 432/2 = 216
• 2160/2 = 1080 = octagon
• 2160/3 = 720 = hexagon
• 2160/4 = 540 = pentagon
• 2160/5 = 432
• 2160/6 = 360 = square and circle
• 2160 = diameter of the Moon (half 432)
  • The diameter of the Sun (twice 432) = 864,000 (432000 x 2)

25,920

• 2160 x 12 (or 360 x 72)
• the number of years in one complete precessional cycle or ‘Great Year”, and thus the total number of years required to bring about the “Great Return”

Great Year divided into 12 Months: (The Wheel of the Great Year)

Month 1: 2160 Years 1 Great Month

Months 2: 4320

Month 3: 6480 1 Great Season

Month 4: 8640

Month 5: 10800

Month 6: 12960 1 Half Cycle (2 Seasons)

Month 7: 15120

Month 8: 17280

Month 9: 19440 3 Seasons

Month 10: 15120

Month 11: 23760

Month 12: 25920 1 Great Year

To review we will once again take a look at the numbers associated with the regular polygons, regular polyhedra (5 Platonic solids) and the 13 Archimedean solids. We come back to this information again and again in hopes that it will drive home the point that time is structured geometrically and has to do with cosmic bodies moving through unseen or invisible geometric space domains. This geometric structure of time and space is a result of the geometric structure of the Aether on all scales, including the geometric structure of the orbits of the planets and Suns.

Note how the Precessional numbers are embedded within the Platonic solids and the Platonic solids are embedded within the Precession of the Equinoxes.

Shape	Sides	Sum of Interior Angles	Each Angle
Triangle	3	180	60
Square	4	360	90
Pentagon	5	540	108
Hexagon	6	720	120
Heptagon	7	900	128.57…
Octagon	8	1080	135
Nonagon	9	1260	140
Decagon	10	1440	144

Volume	Shape of Face	# of Faces	# of Edges	# of Corners	Sum of Degrees
Dodecahedron	Pentagon	12	30	20	6480
Icosahedron	Triangle	20	30	12	3600
Octahedron	Triangle	8	12	6	1440
Cube	Square	6	12	8	2160
Tetrahedron	Triangle	4	6	4	720
Sum of All					14400
Star Tetrahedron					1440

Volume	# of Faces	# of Edges	# of Corners	Sum of Degrees
Icosidodecahedron	32	60	30	10080
Truncated Cuboctahedron	26	72	48	16560
Truncated Icosidodecahedron	62	180	120	42480
Cuboctahedron	14	24	12	3600
Rhombicuboctahedron	26	48	24	7920
Snub Cube	38	60	24	7920
Rhombicosadodecahedron	62	120	60	20880
Snub Dodecahedron	92	150	60	20880
Truncated Tetrahedron	8	18	12	3600
Truncated Octahedron	14	36	24	7920
Truncated Cube	14	36	24	7920
Truncated Icosahedron	32	90	60	20880
Truncated Dedecahedron	32	90	60	20880
Sum of All				165,600

Precessional Numbers in Myth, Religion & Architecture

To end this article we will take a quick glance at the importance Precessional numbers play in myth, religion and architecture.

The Precession of the Equinoxes and its corresponding consequences are one of the most important topics of the esoteric stream of knowledge. It plays a huge role in both science and spirituality, as well as in ancient wisdom and modern understanding of where we may be headed as a civilization of human beings on planet Earth.

The entire topic comes back to the evolution of consciousness and the belief that we are cosmic beings having an earthly adventure.

12

• 12 Houses of the Zodiac
• 12 disciples of Jesus
• 12 disciples of Buddha
• 12 retainers of Osiris
• 12 ordeals of Gilgamesh
• 12 labors of Hercules
• 12 sons of Biblical Jacob
• 12 tribes of Israel
• 12 petals in the Anahata (heart chakra)
• Vedic kings surrounded by 12 nobles
• Norse god Odin and his 12 counselors/12 sons
• Dalai Lama’s Round Council of 12 great Namshans
• King Arthur and his Round Table of 12 knights; he subdued 12 rebel princes; won 12 great battles
• 12 gods and goddesses presided over by Zeus (12 Olympians)

The Procession of the 12 Olympians. Procession = Precession

• 12 powers of Apollo – Greek sun god
• 12 ships sailed by Odysseus, commanded by 12 followers
• 12 rowers in the ship with Ra
• 12 stones chosen by Joshua
• 12 harvesters in the Egyptian field of Amenti
• 12 vultures appearing to Romulus indicating the exact site of Rome in Roman myth
• 12 bronze tablets in ancient Rome bearing Roman law
• 12,000 people sealed from each of the 12 tribes of Israel – making 144,000 total

36

• special significance in Jewish tradition
  • 36 hours, the light shone on the first day of Creation
  • Torah commands 36 times to love, respect and protect the stranger
  • 36 righteous people in each generation
  • 36 candles lit for Hanukkah over 8 days, not including the Shamash candle

54

• megaliths of Baalbek in Lebanon – temple surrounded by 54 columns of immense size and height

• Temple of Angkor – has 5 gates with 5 roads – each road is bordered by 108 gigantic stone figures, 54 on each side (540 in all)

72

• Java’s temple of Borobudur – 72 bell-shaped stupas

• 72 major temples found at Angkor, seat of the ancient Khmer Empire
• 72 names of God in Kabbalistic tradition
• 72 houri each Muslim martyr shall receive according to Islamic belief
• Osiris was enclosed in a coffin by 72 evil disciples and accomplices of Set.
• In Rig-Veda 1:164 we read of the 12-spoked wheel in which 720 sons of Agni are established

108

• 108 Mukhya Shivaganas in Hinduism
• 108 prayer beads for japa in Hinduism
• Recitation of lord Shiva’s names 108 times
• 108 gopis of Vrindavan
• 108 beads on the Buddhist rosaries
• 108 volumes of the Buddha’s words – Kangyur
• Zen priests 108 prayer beads on their juzu
• In Japan, at the end of the year, a bell is chimed 108 times in Buddhist temples
• Rosicrucian tradition speaks of cycles of 108 years (72 + 36)
• 10,800 bricks in the Agnicayana, Indian fire altar
• 10,800 stanzas in the Rig-Veda – each stanza has 40 syllables; entire composition has 432,000 syllables

144

• 144,000 saved in the Rapture prior to the Apocalypse – Christian Bible
• The Wall surrounding the Holy City in Revelations = 144 cubits

432

• Norse myth of 432,000 fighters
• ancient Chinese traditions consisting of precisely 4320 volumes
• Babylonian historian Berossus ascribed a total reign of 432,000 years to the mythical kings who ruled the land of Sumer before the flood

2160

• Berossus ascribed 2,160,000 years to the period between creation and universal catastrophe

Multiples:

• 360, 72, 30, 12 – show up in the Osiris myth
• relevant numbers show up in the Mayan long count
  • (1 Katun = 7200 days; 1 Tun = 360 days; 2 Tuns = 720 days; 5 Baktuns = 720,000 days; 5 Katuns = 36,000 days; 6 Katuns = 43,200 days; 6 Tuns = 2160 days; 15 Katuns = 2,160,000 days
• Chinese secret societies (Triads) have initiation fees in multiples of 80, 3.60, 7.20, 10.80, 18, 36, 72, 108, 360, 720, 1080…etc.
• In Indian’s Puranas (sacred scriptures) they speak of 4 ages of the earth called Yugas, which are said to extend to 12,000 divine years
  • Krita Yuga – 4800
  • Treta Yuga – 3600
  • Dvpara Yuga – 2400
  • Kali Yuga – 1200

We will discuss the yugas in more detail in the next article.

As always, the important point is to see how geometry, especially the Platonic solids and associated compounds, is the fundamental driving force of cosmic arrangement of bodies in space as well as how those bodies move throughout time.

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