Crystals & Geometry

"Matter's latticed waves are spaced at intervals corresponding to the frets on a harp or guitar with analogous sequences of overtones arising from each fundamental. The science of musical harmony is in these terms practically identical with the science of symmetry in crystals." Professor Amstutz - Mineralogical Institute 
 

Geometry is knowledge of the eternally existent. Plato

If you you take the same chemical substances of a rose, but arrange them in a different geometric shape, you will not smell the sweetness of rose. If you take different chemical substances and arrange them in the molecular geometry of a rose, you will smell the sweetness of rose. A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but not any other geometry. Form has qualities. 

How much more are the metaphysical properties of crystals dependant on their actual shape when they are, even at the external level, precise geometric forms?

Whether we have read the entire alternative health/new age  section at our local library, or we thought crystal healing was an amazing display of synchronicity in relation to women named Crystal, crystals will have a positive effect on both the gross and subtle elements of the human organism. They have a beneficial effect on nearly all life forms, including the earth - which is why 12% of the earths crust (by volume), is quartz in one form or another.

We are going to look at crystal healing not as it is generally done today, but as it may have been understood in the past. Why the past? Because civilization at the dawn of the 21^st  Century is not at its pinnacle, as the falsely inflated collective ego of the era would have you think. Making metal boxes move faster through the air and on land, and being able to get a McDonalds almost anywhere on the planet, is certainly not progress. At the very best it is testament to the ingenuity of greed.

We are going to look at crystals in one way that is common to all the ancients - geometry and number. This section simply cannot contain all the information about number and geometry in relation to crystals, and neither would I claim to know it.  The science is too vast and deep for the human mind to bring fully under control, it encompasses the nature and composition of our bodies as well as the orbit of the planets. Much of the legacy of ancient civilizations has been left in this code. "If only they [children] could see numbers and shapes as the ancients did, as symbols of principles available to teach us about the natural structure and processes of the universe and to give us perspective on human nature." Michael S. Schneider, Sacred Geometer and author of "A Beginners Guide to Constructing the Universe".

    In nature's infinite book of secrets, a little I can read. William Shakespeare 

We may not be geometers or mathematicians, but geometry is the universal language and therefore accessible to all. A circle is a circle, whether drawn on Egyptian parchment or scribed in the dust of Australia. It has always been understood as the symbol of a principle. What proves it to be a universal language is that the very same principle was understood and communicated by the use of the circle by "seers" everywhere. The circle is every thing, wholeness, unity. 

Geometry can show us the blueprint of an intelligently designed universe, no faith is needed to step on to the path of geometry, but one cannot walk long without acquiring it.  "You begin to see, as never before, the wonderfully patterned beauty of Creation. You see true artistry, far above any human contrivance. This indeed is the very source of art. By contact with it your aesthetic senses are heightened and set upon the firm basis of truth. Beyond the obvious pleasure of contemplating the works of nature - the Many - is the delight that comes through the philosophical study of geometry, of moving towards the presence of the One."  John Michelle, Sacred Geometer.

The more spiritual, holistic and mystical civilizations of the past were based on a mass of cultural understandings of the nature of the Universe, well rooted in scientific observation. In the most ancient of all cultures, the Vedic culture of India immortalized in Sanskrit literature, everything was understood first in terms of "siddhanta", the conclusion on reality. That conclusion being, that all living entities are individual parts of a spiritual whole - God, the Great Spirit. The criteria by which all activities are valued, is whether or not they bring us closer to our original spiritual consciousness, which is different to our present bodily identity.

With the solid foundation of all sections of society accepting this basic premise of spiritual reality, sciences, healing modalities, art, architecture, literature and consciousness flourished.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Albert Einstein

That cultural data bank of knowledge is not only largely unavailable today, but has been systematically ridiculed to the point where even talking about such things as the healing properties of stones is more likely to open a giggle than a debate with "real" scientists. Even well documented evidence, gathered with accepted methods, which is contrary to the established norm, is rejected or censored by an establishment desperate to cling on to a world view at odds with the facts. The world of archaeology bears testament to this unfortunate situation.

When you consider the great cultures, appearing and disappearing over thousands of years, that have inspired us in terms of spirituality, science, architecture, art and wisdom, it is wise to remember that only in the fraction of time since the industrial revolution has "scientific" rationalism dared to undermine the vision of realized souls who all, despite differences in location and denomination, point to the underlying spiritual reality and unity of all that is. Native Americans and Indian sages never taught we were apes that stood up.

Can we honestly claim that the mindset and technology that has brought this planet to the brink of ecological or nuclear destruction, is worthy of eclipsing the accumulated wisdom of the earth until this tiny moment in cosmic time? The child-like presumption in presenting theory as fact has been force fed us from school to the Discovery channel, must be dismissed by thoughtful women and men, as it is a great impediment to understanding crystals or anything else worth knowing.

This information on how to "tune in" to, and understand crystals through number and geometry will be developed on the crystal healing pages.