Washington DC Monumental Core Shown to Be
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A Whole Lot MoreTo review; at first we saw claims that the vesica (or rhombus) with the cross provided the basis for cathedral plans. Upon looking at the rhombus and cross, we saw that they were composed of an even more basic unit the equilateral triangle, two of which form the rhombus as well as the Star of David. Looking closer we saw that the equilateral triangles of the rhombus/cross are sub-divided into two 30-60-90 triangles, which Plato called the most beautiful triangle. Stepping back a bit, we saw that the Star of David, as well as the perspective representation of the cube, were both composed of three rhombus. Now we have seen that the star, as well as the Tree of Life derived from the star figure, are contained in a figure called Metatron's Cube. We learned that Metatron's Cube is equivalent to the cube of Enoch, which featured an inlaid golden triangle, that symbolized the divine spark (fire) which ensouls matter. In short, it appears that there is a whole lot more to the cathedral plan than earlier authors knew or cared to talk about.
Platonic SolidsPlato's name is forever connected with solid geometry and its place in the workings of our universe. The Platonic solids (described by Plato in his Timaeus ca. 350 BC) are all of the three-dimensional solids that you can define using faces that are identical regular polygons. (that is plane solids with equal length sides like the triangle, square and pentagon). Can you figure why you can't make a solid from hexagons?
 There are five of these: the Tetrahedron (4 triangular faces and 4 corners), the Cube (6 square faces and 8 corners), Octahedron (8 triangular faces and six corners- a double pyramid), Icosahedron (20 triangular faces and 12 corners) and Dodecahedron (12 pentagonal faces and 20 corners). Each of these figures nests in a sphere so that all it's corner's are touching the circumference. The solids are also known as the three-dimensional regular polytopes, and have been known since Neolithic times.
Four ElementsThese solid figures were used by the Platonists to symbolise the four elements - Fire by the Tetrahedron, Air the Octahedron, Water the Icosahedron, and Earth the Cube, and the sphere of the Universe, the stuff of which the constellations and heavens were made, by the Dodecahedron. Plato's Timaeus is a essay on virtually every aspect of physical existence expressed in terms of these four basic elements and their transmutations and re-assembled forms. While the details of Plato's cosmology, or account of the universe are not very satisfactory from the modern point of view, we can see obvious counterparts in the modern theory of chemistry. Plato (427-347 BC) carefully lays out his reasoning for ascribing certain geometric shapes to each of the four elements of matter. As the lightest and sharpest of the elements, fire was a tetrahedron. As the most stable, earth consisted of cubes. Water was an icosahedron, and air was an octahedron. The universe itself was a perfect sphere.
DodecahedronThe fifth regular solid, the dodecahedron, identified with the quintessence, is barely mentioned. Plato merely notes that "there is still one construction left, the fifth, God made use of it for the universe when he painted it." Another translation reads "God used this solid for the whole universe, embriodering figures on it". There was a Pythagorean notion that the dodecahedron formed the"timbers" on which the spherical bulk of the heavens was built. Indeed, the structure of the world was sometimes compared to that of building a ship, where the keel and ribs would be laid out first. Curiously, in the earlier Phaedo, Plato described the earth itself, when viewed from above, as "many-colored like the balls that are made of twelve pieces of leather."
The Solids and Metatron's CubeAs it turns out, not only are the Star of David and Tree of Life contained within the figure of Metatron's Cube, but so are all the Platonic Solids.
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