Washington DC Map Templates - Part 1 Part 1 is a review of my ideas concerning Metatron's Cube and the Tree of Life in relationship to the DC map, up to the end of 2005. This work focused on the western half of the city and centered on 16th Street. Part 2 expands the scope of the research to include the eastern half of the city, and represents my latest thoughts about templates used for the map.
Metatron's Cube and the Tree of Life Metatron's Cube consists of 13 circles and the lines that connect the centers of those. These lines produce hexagons, hexagrams, triangles and rectangles, nested inside of one another. The cube image illustrates the illusion of how three dimensional figures are represented by two dimensional forms. Here, the hexagon becomes a cube by inserting the Pythagorean "Y", producing three rhombus figures. We see an isometric view of a cube, with three of it's six sides and seven of it's eight corners visible to us. You will note that these rhombus are composed of two eqilateral triangles each (red below). The hexagon, therefore, is composed of six of these. The sides of the hexagon as well as the rhombus. are equal to the radius of the circle in which it is inscribed. The vesica piscis "proves" the corners of a hexagon, as well as the corners of the equilateral triangles. The ratio of the long diagonal of the rhombus to the short diagonal is 26:15 (or 52:30). The short diagonal is the radius of the circle in this figure, and equals the sides of the rhombus. The long diagonal of a rhombus is the chord made by connecting the points where the two circles of the vesica overlap, and is identical to the sides of the large equilateral triangle (purple below). If the radius of the circles is 15, then the length of this chord and the long diagonal of the rhombus is 26. There are at least three versions of the Tree of Life that are intimately related to Metatron's Cube. We look first at the Norse tree. Yggdrasil The following image is entitled "The Nine Worlds of the Odinic Mysteries", and is taken from Manley P. Hall's book "Secret Teachings of All Times". This is the basic shape of Yggdrasil, the Nordic version of the Tree of Life, which consists of nine spheres. As you can see, the nine worlds image is the same three axes from Metatron's Cube which indicate the "6 directions in space", just like the Cartesian coordinate grid. The only difference is that the four outer spheres have been replaced with the names of the cardinal points of the compass. You will note that the earth lies at the center of this image, while the sun, as the home of the souls, is at the top. The Norse tree is geocentric. Hall tells us that the Nordic Mysteries were given in nine caverns or chambers, with the candidate "advancing through them in sequential order", and suggests that there is undoubtably a relationship between the nine worlds of the Scandinavians and the nine planes or spheres of the Eleusian Mysteries from Greece. There appears to be a parallel, as well, with the Masonic legend of the nine apartments or chambers excavated by Enoch and Methusala, in which Enoch secreted (hid) a white cube which bore a golden triangle containing the true name of God. The Scottish Rites Royal Arch Degree which deals with the legend of Enoch and the nine chambers, is the thirteenth degree. Kircher's Tree The version of the Tree of Life that was introduced by Athanasius Kircher (a Jesuit) differs from the nine worlds tree in that it features 10 spheres instead of nine, and it does not map to the 13 circle version of the Cube. What you see below is a version of that with 19 circles, where it is a bit easier to see the cube figure. What is being depicted is "the cube of 3", that is 3 wide, 3 deep and 3 tall, and which consists of 27 spheres of which only 19 are visible at one time. The move from nine to ten spheres is accomplished by splitting the second sphere from the top into two different spheres and de-emphasizing that sphere. In Kabbalistic versions of the tree that have ten spheres, this sphere called Daath (in black above) is not indicated. The Flower of Life If we overlap the 19 circles (forming a complex vesica figure) and make them transparent, we produce a figure known as the Flower of Life, which is clearly the template for the Kircher tree. The flower differs from the cube in that the centers of the circles in the flower are 1 radius apart forming vesicas, while in the cube they are 1 diameter apart. Looking at the flower figure, you can see how the hexagon (the sides of which are equal to the radius of the circle in which they are inscribed) is a natural product of the vesica, and how the Kircher tree is made up solely of hexagons. This version of the tree can also be produced by four overlapping circles (above), where the middle pillar of spheres lies at the centers of the circles and the two other pillars of spheres lie where the circles overlap one another. The top of this figure produces a pair of hexagons, which figure the double cube (below); inside of which fits another vesica. [Note that the double cube relates to the shape of the Tabernacle in the desert, Solomon's Temple and the Masonic Lodge.] You may want to note as well that there are those who proclaim that this proportional configuration of the Kircher tree "proves" that this is the "correct" version of the tree form. These are the same people who affiliate the tree with Jacob's Ladder, since, as you can easily see, the H-shaped Kircher tree image looks like a ladder and not a tree. The conceptual advantage of Kircher's version of the tree is that it preserves the notion of tree pillars that are said to support the Temple and Doctrine of the Kabbalah. Continue

Washington DC Map Templates - Part 1

Part 1 is a review of my ideas concerning Metatron's Cube and the Tree of Life in relationship to the DC map, up to the end of 2005.
This work focused on the western half of the city and centered on 16th Street. Part 2 expands the scope of the research to include
the eastern half of the city, and represents my latest thoughts about templates used for the map.

Metatron's Cube and the Tree of Life

Metatron's Cube consists of 13 circles and the lines that connect the centers of those. These lines produce hexagons, hexagrams, triangles and rectangles, nested inside of one another.

The cube image illustrates the illusion of how three dimensional figures are represented by two dimensional forms. Here, the hexagon becomes a cube by inserting the Pythagorean "Y", producing three rhombus figures. We see an isometric view of a cube, with three of it's six sides and seven of it's eight corners visible to us.

You will note that these rhombus are composed of two eqilateral triangles each (red below). The hexagon, therefore, is composed of six of these.

The sides of the hexagon as well as the rhombus. are equal to the radius of the circle in which it is inscribed.

The vesica piscis "proves" the corners of a hexagon, as well as the corners of the equilateral triangles.

The ratio of the long diagonal of the rhombus to the short diagonal is 26:15 (or 52:30).
The short diagonal is the radius of the circle in this figure, and equals the sides of the rhombus. The long diagonal of a rhombus is the chord made by connecting the points where the two circles of the vesica overlap, and is identical to the sides of the large equilateral triangle (purple below). If the radius of the circles is 15, then the length of this chord and the long diagonal of the rhombus is 26.

There are at least three versions of the Tree of Life that are intimately related to Metatron's Cube. We look first at the Norse tree.

Yggdrasil

The following image is entitled "The Nine Worlds of the Odinic Mysteries", and is taken from Manley P. Hall's book "Secret Teachings of All Times". This is the basic shape of Yggdrasil, the Nordic version of the Tree of Life, which consists of nine spheres.

As you can see, the nine worlds image is the same three axes from Metatron's Cube which indicate the "6 directions in space", just like the Cartesian coordinate grid. The only difference is that the four outer spheres have been replaced with the names of the cardinal points of the compass. You will note that the earth lies at the center of this image, while the sun, as the home of the souls, is at the top. The Norse tree is geocentric.

Hall tells us that the Nordic Mysteries were given in nine caverns or chambers, with the candidate "advancing through them in sequential order", and suggests that there is undoubtably a relationship between the nine worlds of the Scandinavians and the nine planes or spheres of the Eleusian Mysteries from Greece.
There appears to be a parallel, as well, with the Masonic legend of the nine apartments or chambers excavated by Enoch and Methusala, in which Enoch secreted (hid) a white cube which bore a golden triangle containing the true name of God. The Scottish Rites Royal Arch Degree which deals with the legend of Enoch and the nine chambers, is the thirteenth degree.

Kircher's Tree

The version of the Tree of Life that was introduced by Athanasius Kircher (a Jesuit) differs from the nine worlds tree in that it features 10 spheres instead of nine, and it does not map to the 13 circle version of the Cube. What you see below is a version of that with 19 circles, where it is a bit easier to see the cube figure. What is being depicted is "the cube of 3", that is 3 wide, 3 deep and 3 tall, and which consists of 27 spheres of which only 19 are visible at one time.

The move from nine to ten spheres is accomplished by splitting the second sphere from the top into two different spheres and de-emphasizing that sphere. In Kabbalistic versions of the tree that have ten spheres, this sphere called Daath (in black above) is not indicated.
The Flower of Life

If we overlap the 19 circles (forming a complex vesica figure) and make them transparent, we produce a figure known as the Flower of Life, which is clearly the template for the Kircher tree.

The flower differs from the cube in that the centers of the circles in the flower are 1 radius apart forming vesicas, while in the cube they are 1 diameter apart. Looking at the flower figure, you can see how the hexagon (the sides of which are equal to the radius of the circle in which they are inscribed) is a natural product of the vesica, and how the Kircher tree is made up solely of hexagons.

This version of the tree can also be produced by four overlapping circles (above), where the middle pillar of spheres lies at the centers of the circles and the two other pillars of spheres lie where the circles overlap one another. The top of this figure produces a pair of hexagons, which figure the double cube (below); inside of which fits another vesica. [Note that the double cube relates to the shape of the Tabernacle in the desert, Solomon's Temple and the Masonic Lodge.]

You may want to note as well that there are those who proclaim that this proportional configuration of the Kircher tree "proves" that this is the "correct" version of the tree form. These are the same people who affiliate the tree with Jacob's Ladder, since, as you can easily see, the H-shaped Kircher tree image looks like a ladder and not a tree.

The conceptual advantage of Kircher's version of the tree is that it preserves the notion of tree pillars that are said to support the Temple and Doctrine of the Kabbalah.

Continue