THE GEOMETRY OF ASCENT
 

"Look to SEE... Know to BE... the Geometry Of Divinity" -CR

"You have to understand that the geometrizing of God
   is the methodology of God. God has methods."
-Mark Prophet, from his lecture on the Geometry Of Divinity
regarding geometric thoughtforms for the expansion of consciousness. 

ARTICLE EXCERPTS:

The acid test of a model is how simple, elegant, and useful it is.
When a better model occurs, the old model dies.

The universe is governed by geometric laws,
and these laws govern the generation of all forms, flowers,
crystals, molecules, solar systems, DNA, the earth, everything.

Since everything in creation is geometric, geometry has a
“sympathetic” resonance (a term of Dale Pond’s) with consciousness.

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Presented to the U.S. Psychotronics Association, 1999 Conference

by Daniel Shaw danshaw@vortexmaps.com / http://www.earthascending.com

Let me begin by acknowledging my excitement about sharing the podium with such a distinguished assembly of speakers. My topic tonight, "Geometry of consciousness and geometric maps," begins by asserting that consciousness is geometric, and finishes by implying a relationship with maps that have a geometric quality. The apparently obscure phenomenon of geometric maps will be revealed to be almost commonplace. I intend for you to take home some practical skills to be integrated into the ritual you are already engaged in. Obviously our time limitations will prevent me from exploring this broad topic as fully as I have presented at my web site, and so I refer you to earthascending.com, and to the Conference Proceedings.

Many of you will be familiar with the EarthStar globe featured in Anti-Gravity and the World Grid, edited by David H. Childress. This geometric model of the earth has also been featured in a number of other books worth listing: Mary Hardy’s Pyramid Power, Power of Place by James Swan, Mysteries of the Mexican Pyramids by Peter Tompkins, Zink’s Ancient Stones Speak, Sedona: Beyond the Vortex by Richard Dannelley, in Bruce Cathie’s books including Harmonic Conquest of Space, in Cathie’s software, and most recently, Gaia Matrix by Peter Champoux.

The best known geometric globe is the Dymaxion globe by Buckminster Fuller. The Dymaxion is a geometric projection which does not purport to show the shape of the Earth per se, and is not within the bounds of this topic, except to note that this ‘pure’ geometric model is essentially the same one applied to the EarthStar globe. The EarthStar is a model of the geology and systems of the Earth.

This model, like all models, is a temporary way of thinking about a phenomenon, not the thing itself. “The map is not the territory”. The acid test of a model is how simple, elegant, and useful it is. When a better model occurs, the old model dies. My opinion is that the EarthStar is a wonderful model.

There are two types of people working on these subjects; the first type is the Mythmaker. These visionaries convey images which awe and inspire. For them their interior experience is the real facts.

The second type is the Rationalist. Rationalists want to know “if it’s real”. Of course we all have some of each type. I am of the second type, mostly. When I saw the EarthStar North America map, I thought, “Cool!” Then I wanted to know how close the points came to making a perfect circle. There’s a degree of futility in this approach, trying to provide a scientific undergirding for an apparently esoteric topic.

The Mythmakers don’t really need Science, and Skeptics far outnumber what I refer to as the Rationalists. It is as much a mistake to accept something uncritically as it is to reject something without consideration.

I have gone to great lengths to apply rigorous scientific enquiry
to the subject of Geometric Maps.

I must thank two of the outstanding contributors to this field, Paul Devereux and Bethe Hagens. Paul, many of you know, edited the Ley Hunters Journal for many years and continues to contribute to the discipline. Bethe Hagens with Bill Becker gave us the EarthStar globe as we know it. It should be said that Paul Devereux’s decades of involvement have led him to emphatically refute the common conception of ley lines as “lines of energy”. Instead he has taken an interest in consciousness studies, dreaming at these sacred sites.

Bethe and Bill for years elaborated and validated the EarthStar, and Bethe is developing a SkyStar. The SkyStar shows the same geometry reflected in the sky.

The shape of the EarthStar globe is a compound of all the simpler geometric solids. In other words, a combination of the tetrahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, cube, and icosahedron. This model is supported by natural features and man-made features. Natural features include weather systems (high and low pressure), ocean currents, and plate tectonics. At geometric points, man-made features such as megaliths span the continents and the centuries. Each of these shapes has a symbolic significance, in our Greco-Roman tradition going back at least to Plato, and only slightly different in other cultures, such as the Chinese.

These ancient man-made features support the hypothesis that this planetary grid system was recognized around the world, either consciously or possibly subconsciously, by early civilizations. The knowledge has been popularized in modern times by Ivan Sanderson, who did statistical studies of aircraft and ship disappearances to establish 10 zones of anomaly, and by Chris Bird, who in 1975 published an article in New Age Journal about the contributions of a team of Russians.

John Michell in Dimensions of Paradise besides providing a beautiful map of Stonehenge-Glastonbury geometry, gives a canon of numbers which he identifies as being essential building blocks of the universe. These include 72 and multiples of 72. This canon of numbers is remarkable for its occurrence in natural cycles and systems. One example being 144, a harmonic of the speed of light, and also noteworthy for its biblical symbolism.

The universe is governed by geometric laws, and these laws govern the generation of all forms, flowers, crystals, molecules, solar systems, DNA, the earth, everything. If there is a force in the universe anything like ether, prana, orgone, chi, or whatever, it also moves in a geometric pattern. Everything develops within this atmosphere of subtle energy, and develops in response to it. The numerical canon derives from the overlap of two distinct patterns of growth; doubling, and the Fibonacci additive sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc.).

The EarthStar globe demonstrates these proportions, and so it has remarkable correspondences to natural cycles and other phenomena, such as planetary distances. For example, the globe is made up of 30 diamonds, each composed of 4 triangles. The sum of the distance of the sides of a triangles is 6200 miles, one quarter of the circumference of the Earth.

Speaking more scientifically, we look at electric, magnetic, and gravitational fields. Do these fields affect consciousness and physiology? By what mechanism might they affect mind and body? Can these fields be ‘positive’ or ‘negative’ for mind and body? How can we identify positive sites or build devices to emit positive energy? Some of these questions are addressed at length on my web site.

Minute amounts of magnetite in human and animal brain cells has been identified as one possible mechanism for an "electro-magnetic-gravitic effect". Other evidence exists of magnetic orientation in simpler life forms. Ample evidence is available to support the hypothesis that animals including man may be susceptible and even consciously sensitive to miniscule shifts in these energetic fields.

Let’s look very briefly at each of these energetic fields in turn. The Earth and its atmosphere are completely electrified, with lightening striking virtually continuously, currents running through the ground, and biological cells conducting their electrical functions. Not to mention our man-made electrical fields. Magnetism is generated by the Earth’s relation to the Sun, the sloshing molten core of the Earth and by the newly-discovered iron crystal core approximately the size of the moon. This magnetic field gives us our wandering magnetic poles. It guides aircraft by compass, and is subject to long-term cyclical variations and short-term violent storms. Both magnetism and gravity can be measured and mapped in vertical and horizontal dimensions. In other words, we normally think of gravity pulling down. However, at the base of the Himalayas, or near any other large feature (especially ore deposits), there will also be a variation in the horizontal measurements. A standard air chart will show areas of magnetic disturbance to aid navigation. Horizontal and vertical gravity maps are available from the government.

Possible mechanisms for sacred sites influencing consciousness also include sounds beyond the audible range, and the presence of radon gas or high levels of naturally occurring radiation. These factors have been identified and measured by Devereux. To these I would also add geometry, and thoughtforms (prayer). Many sacred sites include a spring or holy water, where air may be relatively more ionized or ozonated. Note that as one descends underground into a cave, the gravity field shifts subtly as more earth is overhead.

Any healing technique that is effective can be harmful if misused. If these fields and sacred places effect the human energy field at all they may be either helpful or harmful. The Native Americans shunned a spot now known as “The Oregon Vortex.” Visitors to these spots may experience headaches and other ill effects.

These “vortex” spots where gravity and other anomalies are evident are of two types. The first is the “slanted-shack-on-a-hill effect”. These misleading optical tourist traps are best avoided. The real McCoy, however, is so common that the list fills several pages of my web site and will hopefully keep growing as more are reported.

The book, Gravitational Mystery Spots by Doug Vogt, shows a simple experiment using a kitchen scale to measure the force required to push a suspended weight. At a vortex, the weight requires more force to push in one direction than in the opposite direction. Trees often grow in unusual ways.

Having only touched upon vortices, or points, we must continue on to the question of alignment of points. These alignments, or ley lines, occur throughout Britain, and, as Devereux shows in Shamanism and the Mystery Lines, throughout the world, including Scandinavia, South America, and elsewhere. However, their occurrence is rarely the product of ancient plan. More often the identification of these alignments is the product of the modern imagination, unrelated places are aligned by no more than statistical chance. Rationalist researchers struggle with the questions of what alignments are significant, and which are invalid, that is, not statistically significant, or occasioned only by chance. Only a few alignments stand up to the scrutiny of computer statistical analysis. I say this not to discredit the modern mythmakers, only to place ley lines in the context of the best science. To me, the myths are also true.

Beyond the simple alignment of points, we come to an elegant class of geometric maps. Natural and man-made features are recognized as forming some geometric shape, as simple as a triangle or possibly much more elaborate. As I stated earlier, it should come as no surprise that landforms occur in geometric patterns, like everything else. The surprise comes when some visionary is able to recognize order at so large a scale, out of apparent chaos. And we are surprised again when we discover monuments marking these sites, as if the people of the past had recognized and revered these patterns. The best example of this is the geometry of Rennes le Chateau and vicinity, in France, mapped by Lincoln and Wood in their Genisis books. The story, if it is fiction, is great fiction, and if it is true, it is stranger than fiction.

The rational researcher necessarily wonders if these geometric patterns are truly inherent in the natural system, or if the pattern is an artifice, imposed on a chaotic landscape by wishful thinking. But perhaps more important than the ‘reality’ of the landscape pattern, is the recurrence of these geometric maps throughout history and around the world. Whether or not these maps are ‘true’, their very existence suggests that there is something geometric about the way that we perceive, that consciousness itself is geometric. Certainly geometry provides a useful model for conceptualizing our place. This model, or any model, for that matter, is only useful to the degree that it agrees with our way of thinking.

The recognition of geometric patterns of natural features is much more common that one might imagine. Geometric maps have been drawn of many localities, including North America, South America, Africa, France, and even Mars. This geometry is fractal in that it recurs at every level of magnification. “Zoom in” on the world grid to see the North America pattern, zoom in again to see Nicholas Mann’s Sedona Landscape Temple.

Working with sacred places and subtle energies Many people are traveling and working with the earth energies at this time, intending to heal and balance the planet. One favorite ritual is to plant crystals, often in a geometric pattern. I am not one of those people who is consciously working with the energies in this way. Some people, like Dorothy Leon who devised the North America map, can see these patterns the way that some people see auras. I can sense the fields, but I don’t really ‘see’ them. When I work with a person doing reiki, I do my best to allow the energies to come through, rather than to direct and control the energy. I believe that the energy has its own intelligence.

The same is true with earth energy work. I recommend people focus on allowing and receiving. Maybe clearing, if that feels right. However, I caution energy workers not to contribute to the mess of thought forms already out there. I would say the earth needs to be listened to, more than controlled and fixed. First, do no harm.

Dannelley’ Sedona book gives a fine ritual and combines the Maya calendar with the earth grid and sacred geometry in a very readable way. A number of people stand in a geometric pattern. Possibly each holds a crystal, and certain prayers are recited. The direct relationship between calendars and maps bears mentioning. To the ancient skywatchers, the horizon marked the year. Mountains or monuments clocked the rising and setting of stars, or the sun on the changes of season. The Maya observed the calendar round by making pilgrimages to different mountains, each in their turn according to the day of the 13-day cycle. Anthony Aveni mentions this spatio-temporal unity. The Maya calendar is also an ephemeris. Properly understood, the Maya date gives you the position of the planets. Our Gregorian calendar is too artificial to serve this purpose. Time, like space, has a geometric or spiral quality. The Spiral Calendar is one example of how these patterns can be recognized and applied to all occurences, including stock market fluctuations. Terence McKenna’s Timewave Zero software makes it easy to work with these cycles.

Opening to infinite energy Infinite energy pervades the universe. This energy is available to us to expand our consciousness and to heal our bodies. To achieve physical immortality and ascension, we must practice the alchemy of opening to receive infinite energy. I recommend that people connect with the whole earth as deeply as possible wherever they are. Use whatever meditation techniques will bring you to a clear, balanced relaxation. Sound works very well, such as chanting. Barbara Hero’s Lambdoma keyboard compositions and the flashing-light style brain machines utilize harmonic proportion.

Focus on a geometric mandala, or on any of the geometric maps. Then focus on opening to infinite energy coming through your body. Imagine the energy flowing in from the Earth, the Sun, and the whole cosmos through the top of your head, the soles of your feet, your hands, everywhere. This energy may be felt in any number of ways, as tingling, warmth, even cramping (energy blocks). Connected breathing (yoga or rebirthing breath) will allow the energies to come in most easily. Some people may experience kundalini rising. It can be a very physical meditation. It can be different every time.

Timing is also suspected as an important factor in the activation of earth energies. Krsanna Duran uses the Maya calendar, eclipses and 13-day cycles to forecast earth changes. The weeks following the 1999 Conference will see a series of significant events; an eclipse, a celestial alignment, and the 12th anniversary of the Harmonic Convergence.

The Flower of Life meditation popularized by Drunvalo is an excellent example of a geometric meditation, especially since it includes breathwork. To oversimplify, the meditator visualizes two interpenetrating tetrahedra (a three dimensional “Jewish star”) rotating in different directions at a specific ratio. The light-body vehicle thus created is called the “Merkabah” . I believe that the Merkaba and the grid points are a kind of dimensional (or consciousness) doorway.

The universe everywhere provides us with reminders of the geometry of ascension. The natural patterns of growth, the phi ratio, and Fibonacci spiral, the shape of leaves and snow, all stimulate our consciousness. These natural ratios and proportions are the ones we should prefer in our architecture and design. Harmony leads to health, and disharmony to decay and dissolution. Entropy.

Fred Mills, whose mystical illumination resulted from a geometric meditation, identified an astoundingly elegant “geometry of divinity” in the Rennes le Chateau area and in the Cydonia complex on Mars. This does not necessarily imply that Martians peopled Earth, only that these geometric patterns are common, and recur throughout the universe, and intelligent civilization. The complexity of the Martian geometry, to my mind, makes it impossible that it is a natural pattern, although I do hold that complex patterns also occur naturally.

I hope that I have succeeded in introducing the topic of geometry of consciousness and maps in a way that will spark you to further research, experimentation and dialogue.

I have listed a number of ways geometry relates to consciousness. Geometric mandalas, geometric crystal arrangements, geometric calendars and maps, geometric visualizations and sound. Use your imagination. I totally welcome your feedback and ideas at my web site.

Since everything in creation is geometric, geometry has a “sympathetic” resonance (a term of Dale Pond’s) with consciousness. Everywhere nature presents geometry that we need only to recognize and meditate on to spark an epiphany.

The human energy field is a microcosm of the planetary energy field, unified with it. With conscious awareness of this connection between body, psyche, geometry, and environment, we can utilize space and shape to transform ourselves, our immediate surroundings, and the planet.

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BIO: Daniel Shaw has been studying, utilizing, and promoting extraordinary healing tools and techniques since 1986, when his son was born in water. In 1994 he began to focus his attention primarily on maps of sacred places, and he reprinted the EarthStar globe and published the EarthStar western North America map. To test the accuracy of the North America map, he had it drawn up by a professional cartographer, and since that time he has enrolled at Southern Oregon University to obtain a degree in geography. Dan Shaw has published numerous articles on diverse topics including extraordinary healing techniques, and personal and political sovereignty. He has appeared on radio and TV, and presented to audiences from elementary school on up. His current projects include producing a map of his local watershed, volunteering as a mediator, and web publishing and research.

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