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The Church of the Fourth Dimension
« on: August 24, 2022, 01:39:29 pm »
In trying to wrap my head around 4-dimensional geometry (which always makes my brain hurt) to see if it might be useful in sacred geometry, I stumbled across this:

The Church of the Fourth Dimension
https://church4d.wordpress.com

The "About" page makes some big claims:

"The Church of the Fourth Dimension is establishing a new reality to live in and a new code to live by.

"We are dismantling the fear of GOD. We are freeing people from addictions. We are boycotting the industries that profit from our enslavement. We are empowering people. We are enriching lives. We are realising our dreams.

"I am Arthur Slade. I am the Reverend of the Church of the Fourth Dimension. I am an imaginary character of Martin Gardner’s mathematical genius who has slipped in through the cracks of reality. I am a heartist. I am a mathemagician. I am a psientist. And I am your guide on this journey through the fourth dimension."


Well, you're my guide to cloying portmanteaus, anyway.

I was going to dismiss this as nothing much beyond the Wordpress site (which doesn't seem to have been updated since 2016), but it appears that real people gathered under this rubric in the past, with 3D photography of the events to prove it. A quick perusal of the web pages gave me the impression that this is mostly focused on a vegan lifestyle. Some of the goals (e.g., acting in accordance with one's professed values) seem generally laudable. Further Internet sleuthing reveals that they're based in New Zealand.

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Re: The Church of the Fourth Dimension
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2022, 06:27:18 pm »
In trying to wrap my head around 4-dimensional geometry (which always makes my brain hurt)

Makes your brain hurt?  I'm not even touching it with a barge pole, then!
“Radiate boundless love towards the entire world — above, below, and across — unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.” – The Buddha
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