@LittleLissa
(Also, like I said...if you want to “see” the grid for yourself there are ways to see it...and it is not just me that has seen it while on mushrooms.
But many others have seen it too while on various substances that are said to open the perceptions of the mind.
Just as an example, here are some other people discussing seeing it as well while on LSD -
https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/19478843
Interesting how so many people could share the same vision of a grid, if it is solely a hallucination then why would there be such correlations across cultures, time, and different substances?
Just food for thought.)
The Becker-Hagens Grid
(Part 1)
(I had to break it up for all the pictures)
by Bethe Hagens
‘The experience of life in a finite, limited body is specifically for the purpose of discovering and manifesting supernatural existence within the finite.”
Attributed to Pythagoras
Introduction
We’ve entitled our current exercise in planetary grid research "A New Synthesis” — and indeed we hope it is. All that may be new about our work is that we have simply found a unique blend of the previously “unblended” ideas of others. Those others are true visionaries in the areas of unexplained earth phenomena, human history, discovery, and the art-science of geometry (earth measure).
Over the last year and six months, we’ve received literally hundreds of letters from researchers all over the globe — who are seeking a comprehensive explanation for a continuum of phenomena and events which traditional science emotionally rejects as “impossible,” “hallucinatory,” and/or “unquantifiable.”
Yet the events continue to be catalogued, with many reports suppressed or labeled “fraud” by orthodox scientists. Worldwide networks of questioning theorists persist and grow with each report. We will try to mention as many of our correspondents as we can within the text of this article. Several contributors, listed at the end, have truly transformed our view of this work.
In 1200 A D., a new energy began to move within the cultures of the West. After centuries of obedient reflection within the established order of
Roman Christianity, the spirit of individualism and exploration began to emerge. The 14th century great plagues of Europe, in which one fourth of the Continental population had died — with three out of four persons afflicted, had awakened in the West the archetypal imperative to “control Nature or die!”
By the 15th century,
Leonardo da Vinci and the multi-disciplined geniuses of the Renaissance had rediscovered the lost scientific principles of pre-Christian Greece and Rome, and had invented the “view point” of the individual within their perspective drawing and painting systems.
Paintings and public murals now began to put the individual at the center of a “world view” which, for the first time in centuries, conveyed the notion that through individual effort and analysis, the person — the viewer — could come to order and “control” the often hostile natural environment.
This “individual point of view” (perspective view point on “horizon”) required “detached awareness” (standing distant from that which is viewed) and a consummate dedication to visual detail and analysis in order to “render an in-depth perspective.” The writing and journalism of today still ring with the Renaissance archetypes.
Now it is 500 years later, and Leonardo’s manifest symbol of individual view point and detachment has brought us to viewing video discs of the earth as seen from the moon. It has also brought us to the uneasy conclusion that our pre-Renaissance imperative to control Nature (literally “that which is born”) or die has ushered us into a technological malaise where most of our man-made “natural” control systems are in crisis — especially those systems which exploit, pollute, or dramatically disturb the biospheric processes of the earth.
Just as the perspective pictorial systems of the Renaissance artists “brought into focus” the unspoken cultural archetypes of their time, we feel that the current network of planetary grid researchers (of whom we are a part) may be on a similar path toward developing a unifying symbol of a new earth: a paradigm as transcendent over our passing “Iron Age” as the Renaissance was over the Dark Ages.
What may make the proposition even more fascinating is the parallel analogy that — just as the driving force behind the creative energies of the Renaissance was the rediscovery of Greco-Roman science/philosophy; so with our planetary grid theorists, the driving force behind most research efforts is the continuing flow of evidence, both physical and metaphysical, that the existence of Pre-Egyptian civilizations — some with highly advanced technologies — is now no longer speculative, but a necessary assumption for developing any comprehensive archaeological treatise.’
We believe that
the planetary grid is an ancient model that brings control through comprehensive understanding and not through detached myopic analysis/manipulation.
The contemporary video artist/philosopher
Dan Winter expresses the idea beautifully.
"Our destiny is to encounter our embracing collective mind with increasing intimacy and resonance. We awaken to a love life, in which personal love expands to planetary love — through this touching new body of mindfulness. A new body of mind crystallizes among us.”
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Planetary Grid Researchers: Prehistoric to Present
The oldest evidence of possible planetary grid research rests within the
Ashmolean Museum of Oxford, England. On exhibit are several hand-sized stones of such true geometric proportion and precise carving that they startle the casual viewer.
Keith Critchlow, in his book
Time Stands Still, gives convincing evidence linking these leather-thonged stone models (see illustration #1) to the Neolithic peoples of Britain — with a conservative date of construction at least 1000 years (ca. 1400 B.C.) before
Plato described his five Platonic solids in the
Timaeus.
Illustration #1
These stones on display at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England
suggest a life of creative intellectual synthesis for the Neolithic craftsmen
who crafted and “wrapped” them with leather thongs.
And yet, here they are — the octahedron, icosahedron, dodecahedron, tetrahedron, and cube all arrayed for comparison and analysis. Other multi-disciplined archaeological researchers like
Jeffrey Goodman 3 and
A.M. Davie 4 have dated the stone polyhedra to as early as 20,000 B.C. and believe they were used as projectiles or “bolas” in hunting and warfare.
Davie has seen similar stones in northern Scotland which he attributes to the early art of “finishing the form” of crystalline volcanic rocks which exhibit natural geometry. He dates these artifacts to at least 12,000 years before Plato (ca. 12,400 B.C.).
Critchlow writes,
“What we have are objects clearly indicative of a degree of mathematical ability so far denied to Neolithic man by any archaeologist or mathematical historian.”
In reference to the stones’ possible use in designing Neolithic Britain’s great stone circles he says,
“The study of the heavens is, after all, a spherical activity, needing an understanding of spherical coordinates. If the Neolithic inhabitants of Scotland had constructed
Maes Howe (stone circle) before the pyramids were built by ancient Egyptians, why could they not be studying the laws of three-dimensional coordinates? Is it not more than a coincidence that
Plato as well as
Ptolemy,
Kepler, and
Al-Kindi attributed cosmic significance to these figures.”
Yet another historian,
Lucie Lamy, in her
new book on the Egyptian system of measure gives proof of the knowledge of these basic geometric solids as early as the Egyptian Old Kingdom, 2500 B.C. We agree, in general, with all the above researchers that the crafting of sophisticated three-dimensional geometries was well within the capabilities of Pre-Egyptian civilizations.
With the concept that knowledge of these geometries was necessary to the building of stone circles and astronomical “henges” — we also agree — and would add that we have evidence that suggests that these hand-held stones were ‘ ‘planning models,” not only for charting the heavens and building calendrical monuments, but were also used for meteorological study; to develop and refine terrestrial maps for predicting
major ley lines of telluric energy; and, in conjunction with stone circles, were used to construct charts and maps for worldwide travel long before the appearance of the pyramids.
Take another look at the five Neolithic stones. Notice the placement of points on not only completed intersections where hongs connect — but on the ‘ ‘open comers” where thongs might be added. The central figure, the dodecahedron, has all twelve centers of its pentagonal faces marked with points for further ‘wrapping” — as with the cube figure to the far right. Its corners are defined similarly by marked open points.
Now note the tetrahedron, the second figure from the right Its four vertexes or corners, which traditionally define four triangles, have already been bisected by a second array of thongs defining another tetrahedron overlapping the first at midpoints. It is our contention that these stones were not wrapped and marked with leather to facilitate their use as “bolas” or projectiles. The stones and their varied nets are too delicate and complex to have been used as hunting and warfare shot.
Their appearance struck us initially as ritual objects similar to the decorative reed spheres found in Southeast Asia; or as religious symbols such as the mysterious bronze and gold spheres found in France and Vietnam — which some say depict the ancient text of the Tao Teh Ching.
It may well be that all of these hand-held objects served similar planning and mnemonic functions for the people who treasured and crafted them. (See illustration #2)
Illustration #2
Gold and bronze figures exhibiting twelve facets and twenty “horns” have been unearthed in France and Vietnam.
Vietnamese war veterans recognize them as sacred Taoist objects marking acupuncture points.
Viewing the stone polyhedra together, we can only conclude as Keith Critchlow does — that their intended use was for the study, comparison, and analysis of spherically determined systems of geometry.
Given the apparent use of these stones as “planning models,” and given the apparent “extra wrap” of thongs on the tetrahedron — consider the result if the Neolithic craftsman of these forms had decided to discover the ultimate in delineated spherical geometry models, a single sphere upon which would be combined all the wrappings and points of all five solids.
The most direct route to such a figure is as follows: Take the icosahedron wrapping pattern and combine it with the existing pattern of points and thongs on the dodecahedron. The con- bination of figures provides a form composed of 15 “great circles” which intersect at 62 predicted common points.
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Illustration #3
The Neolithic craftsman could easily have created this beautiful polyhedron — which requires the overlap of a
dodec and icosahedron. Fifteen “great circles” or “equators” of leather thong create the 120 Polyhedron.
This figure, which synthesizes the dodecahedron and icosahedron with its 120 triangles, was not only known to the Greeks but to other civilizations much earlier.
We believe that its geometry can be applied in two forms: the “girded sphere” or marked stone used for mapping, dowsing, or geometry (earth measure); and the armillary sphere or “celestial basket” used as an astronomical device to measure time via the solstices and daily sunrises.
The armillary sphere casts a shadow on the captured stone within its framework (see illustration #4) — thus echoing the ancient analogy “As above, so below.”
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Illustration #4
The Minoan archives in Crete catalog the caned granite figure in which our armillary sphere rests as an unknown
object. These were of such importance that archaeologists have cast concrete replicas for their restorations at
Knossos. Notches in the top of the stand have led some to suggest that these might have been some sort of spit
barbeque device.
Returning to the creation of our ultimate spherical model, the second step would be to take the other figures — cube, tetrahedron, and octahedron — and lay out their line arrays over the existing 62 point pattern.
You will find that not only is the 62 point system of vertexes compatible with the icosahedron and dodecahedron — but that all the leather thong patterns of all the polyhedral stones are precisely “mappable” over those same 62 vertexes.
In fact, our surprised craftsman would soon discover that all five stone arrays can be overlapped one upon the other with different comer matchings until a beautiful polyhedron with 121 “great circles” and 4,862 points has been developed. This is the ultimate single sphere pattern which houses all five Platonic solids within multiple orientations (see illustration #5).
This is the same form that was used by R. Buckminster Fuller for his domes and in our research, we have called it the Unified Vector Geometry (UVG) 120 Sphere. We consider it the key component in our proposed “new synthesis” of planetary grid research.
Illustration #5
Plato’s description in the Timaeus of a cosmology based on the five regular volumes (tetrahedron, octahedron, cube, icosahedron, and dodecahedron) echoes Pythagorean teaching regarding the manifestation of the infinite within the finite. Plato postulates a metaphysics in which the four elements of Greek science — earth, air, fire, and water — are associated with four of the five solids.
He mysteriously reserves his description of that most noble form used by the Creator to fabricate the universe as “a certain fifth composition.” Tradition relates the cube to earth, tetrahedron with fire, octahedron with air, icosahedron with water, and the dodecahedron with the universe or “prana/aether.”
Because he had written that, “The earth viewed from above, resembles a ball sewn together from twelve pieces of skin,” we believe he related the dodecahedron to Gaia, the living planet earth. We also propose that Plato’s mysterious “fifth composition” is more complex than the dodecahedron - but based upon it.
We suggest that Plato’s most noble framework for building the universe is a form which unifies and supports all the forces operating simultaneously within the five regular solids, the four primary elements, and the earth (Gaia) itself — the Unified Vector Geometry 120 Sphere. We further contend that this sphere is the pattern upon which the ancients built their armillary spheres, which to this day are used to cast shadows for reading the solstices and equinoxes.
Contemporary researchers like Donald Cyr
7 and Sir J. Norman Lockyer, experts in archaeoastronomy, have again and again detected in the site layouts of ancient stone circles and cities, a circular plan of radiating lines diverging from sacred centers at angles of 22 + , 11 + , 46 + , 90, 120 and 180 degrees. These radiating lines, it was found, consistently align with standing stones, stone circles, and sunrise/solstice marking points on mountain peaks and crest “notches” surrounding the site.
A related set of angles in the Megalithic landscape, 23 ½ and 47 degrees, is equally regular but does appear to relate to celestial phenomena of the common variety. In many cases, these and the other angles link one sacred site to another miles distant. The basic triangle in our Unified Vector Geometry (UVG) 120 Sphere exhibits just these angles, at intervals strangely correspondent with those found by Lockyer, and Cyr and others.
Plato had travelled extensively while making notes for the Timaeus. His visit to Egypt would have brought him in touch with the historian/planners of the city of Cairo.
Engineer/geometer
Richard J. “Dick” Benson’ believes that Cairo is possibly the most ancient surviving example of a precise geometric site plan based not only on the angles discovered by Cyr and others but on angles which connect sites across continents and which — again — are almost eerily similar to those in the UVG 120 Sphere. (See illustrations #6, #7)
Illustration #6
The world’s oldest map, which Richard J. “Dick” Ben son dates to 6018 B.C.,
depicts the elegant theory of mathematics embodied in the planning of the city of Cairo.
The megaliths shown are © Cheops, (K) Kephren, (M) Mikerinus, and (S) Sphinx.
Benson’s work may well provide a helpful, radically new framework for historical linguistics
as well as uncover a lost simplicity in the art and numbers of geometry.
Illustration #7
Donald Cyr is encouraging the use of a simple Halo Sighting Template to be superimposed
on maps of ancient sites in order to detect alignments that may indicate
“hidden halos” — atmospheric events that were almost certainly a part of the daily life of Megalithic man.
This sort of research will require the cooperation of compartmentalized scientists
in astronomy, geology, archaeology, and other disciplines — but may recreate
a holistic approach to Gaia that supported the lifestyle of the ancients.
- Could Plato have avoided in the Timaeus a direct reference to the simple dodecahedron as his framework for universal creation because he was still searching for “a certain fifth composition” which would satisfy the magnificent site plan of Cairo that Benson’s map implies?
- Or was he restricted by a secret vow to the Pythagorean Brotherhood not to reveal to the world the true form of Pythagoras’ compound polyhedron, which held all the solids within its form and had been used in the global grid and armillary sphere “planning models” for Cairo and other sacred cities?
Since Plato, history has lightly sketched what seems to have been a sub rosa quest for a Cairo-centered mapping system, which would “square the circle” and/or show the way to the Holy Grail. (Interestingly, a 13th century writer named Wolfram described the Grail as a “precious stone fallen from heaven”)
Curious artifacts like the Pin Reis map, dated 1523 A.D., but believed to be a copy of an ancient Greek original, show “wind rose” lines converging on Cairo with angular divisions of 22 + and 11 + degrees (see illustration #8).
Illustration #8
The U.S. Navy has analyzed the Pin Reis map and determined that it is a correct circular grid projection from Cairo.
The half diamond (outlined by grid points 37, 19, 20 and 38)
which contains the complete construction in- fill of the original map shows a superficial,
though perhaps indicative, resemblance to two Basic Triangles of the UVG system we propose.
Could this map have been an extension of the site lines and solstice/sunrise markers which encircle ancient Cairo?
Viewed “from above,” the major points on the Piri Reis map so nearly approximate points on our UVG 120 Sphere that we have included a sketch using our geometry and Piri Reis’ lines which attempts to complete the missing portion of the world map the Admiral originally drew.
The Piri Reis map and another unique document, the Buache map of 1737, contribute much toward our contention that early, possibly Pre-Egyptian civilizations possessed mathematical, astronomical, and geophysical skills equal to those in this con- fused “Iron Age.”
Both maps possess highly accurate and unique views of the continent of Antarctica not known, supposedly, before the International Geophysical Year of 1958. (See illustration #9)
Illustration #9
The Buache Map of 1737 shows Antarctica correctly without its ice cover
and may indicate everything from a dramatically different earth climate
than today to a technical capacity beyond that generally attributed to human culture 10,000 years ago.
The map provides an interesting piece in grid theory:
the centers of all UVG 10/12 Pentagons fall at the edges of continents or in oceans.
The Piri Reis map was found in Istanbul in 1929 and is said to have been copied from a map originating in the library in ancient Alexandria.
The Buache map of 1737 is said also to be the result of copying ancient Greek maps. Both maps astonishingly depict Antarctica’s true land masses through their icy cover — though instruments to detect such land masses were not invented until 1958. Even if the maps are complete frauds, they still predict Antarctica’s true profile thirty years early.
The matter of maps which can’t exist — but do — is a kind of continuing corollary avenue of research compatible with Unified Vector Geometry.
The maps of the so-called mythical continents of Mu and Pan (as described in the channelled
Oahspe, A New Bible in the Words of Jehovih; in the writings of controversial scientist/philosopher Sir
James Churchward; and in revelations of the
Lemurian Brotherhood to the Lemurian Fellowship in Ramona, California) were all made long before the geophysical year studies and the contemporary pioneering ocean cartography of
Marie Tharp and
Bruce Heezen (see illustration #10).
Illustration #10
Notice the remarkable patterns of mountain ridges running 270 around Hawaii; the flat “plain” to the north- east; the boundary through the western quarter of the United States and Canada which marks the division between the Pacific plate and the North American shield. Whether or not these continents existed is a less important question than how accurately the maps mesh with the best contemporary scientific knowledge. The correspondence is very close.
Returning to the maps of Piri Reis, Buache, and the ancient sea kings, what kind of planning models would an ancient mariner need to construct such maps? Ivan Sanderson, re- searcher into the unexplained, asked such questions in the 1960s and 70s — and with several associates, he set out to “pattern the mysteries” by taking full advantage of modern communication technology and statistical data analysis.
His success was startling. His 1972 article in Saga magazine, “The Twelve Devil’s Graveyards Around the World,” plotted ship and plane disappearances worldwide, focusing attention on 12 areas, equally spaced over the globe, in which magnetic anomalies and other energy aberrations were linked to a full spectrum of strange physical phenomena (see illustration #11).
Highest on Sanderson’s statistical priority list was a lozenge- shaped area east of Miami, in the Bahamas, on the western tip of the infamous Bermuda Triangle. This area’s “high profile” of strange events, Sanderson concluded, was mostly due to the enormous flow of air/sea traffic in the area. Other zones of anomaly, though less familiar, were equally rich in disappearances and space-time shift occurrences.
A pilot flying with passengers near the Hawaii zone suddenly found himself in a “dead zone” without instruments and unable to communicate beyond the cockpit. After flying some 350 miles, the “phenomenon” lifted and the pilot found that tower officials could find no measurable time had elapsed between the beginning of his “dead zone” experience and its end.
Another area of continuing disappearances and mysterious time-warps is the Devil’s Sea located east of Japan between Iwo Jima and Marcus Island. Here events have become so sinister that the Japanese government has officially designated the area a danger zone. Sanderson theorized that the tremendous hot and cold currents crossing his most active zones might create the electromagnetic gymnastics affecting instruments and vehicles.
His theory is now being balanced against several.
(Continued into next post)