The origins of sacred geometry are unknown. Observing divine patterns repeating in nature and elaborate sequences dancing in the cosmos over the millenniums forced early man to construct intricate geometrical shapes and models in an attempt to understand and describe the physical universe.

Developing these shapes into mathematical relationships allowed mankind to define, share and apply ancient knowledge in every culture. These initial geometrical models constructed the basis for early human thoughts and ideas on religion, philosophy, science, astronomy and architecture. Sacred geometry helped early man forge an intimate understanding of nature and a working knowledge of the universe creating a divine link to the power and amazement of creation.

Metatron’s cube exemplifies the transmission of ancient ideas combining the laws of nature with the philosophy of religion and the deduction of science all dependent on mathematical relationships constructing a complex demonstration of ancient knowledge expressed precisely through sacred geometry.

Ancient geometry combined intellectual exercises with accurate descriptions of physical spaces creating a branch of mathematics still relevant today. The earliest geometry found in the Indus Valley around 3000 B.C. revolves mainly around lengths, angles, areas and volumes primarily concerned with practical applications in surveying, construction and astronomy associated with Thales of Miletus 600 B.C.

Basic geometry devised by the early Greeks and attributed to Pythagoras 500 B.C., Plato 400 B.C. and Euclid 300 B.C., provided the scientific tools needed to construct great monuments, survey vast plots of new land, form the five platonic solids and turn mathematics from a set of inductive intuitive notions capable of contemplating the laws of nature to a set of deductive theorems capable of describing the physical universe.

Around 300 B.C., Euclid studying in Alexandria wrote, The Elements of Geometry, a thirteen volume book describing the absolute rules for geometry. Creating a foundation for the science of geometry, Euclid devised five axioms to prove all other geometric theorems.

The first four principles form the basis for all basic geometry dealing with shapes, areas and angles:

• One straight line may be drawn from any two points.
• Any terminated line may be extended indefinitely.
• A circle may be drawn with any given center and any given radius.
• All right angles are congruent.
• The fifth axiom called Euclid’s “parallel postulate” deals with parallel lines on a plane meeting another line creating a transversal. This problematic principle requires proof instead of providing verification creating controversy over the centuries eventually dividing basic geometry forever into Euclidean geometry and Non-Euclidean geometry.

Early Renaissance geometry struggled with Euclid’s fifth axiom leading to a revolution of ideas and concepts propelling the greatest minds of the period to devour and challenge all geometrical conclusions and assumptions.

Leonardo Da Vinci’s drawing of Vitruvian Man first published in 1509, entitled “De Divina Proportione”, the divine proportion confronts many classic geometrical problems choosing to hide the more complex ideology and dynamic structures dealing with man’s relationship with the physical universe deep in the fabric of the drawing.

Utilizing a few faint segment lines and faded compass points the true nature of Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man comes alive revealing the essence of sacred geometry and the mystic nature of geometrical patterns found in nature and man.