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====== Sacred Geometry in Personal Practice ======

With an understanding of the insights and symbolic tools that sacred geometry puts at your disposal, you can use them in personal practice: in [b]observation[/b], [b]contemplation[/b], and [b]construction[/b].

OBSERVATION

Be very cautious about observing the world through the lens of sacred geometry. It’s easy to start seeing it everywhere; yes, these fundamental shapes recur all around us in both nature and human-made works, but to start ascribing hidden meaning to every instance isn’t necessarily accurate or useful. And as with the case of the nautilus shell (see “False Gold?” in [[geometry:pentagram|The Pentagon & Pentagram: 5, Phi, Harmony]]), one might mistakenly believe a sacred geometry principle is at work where none is to be found. 

However, it can be instructive to note how often these shapes recur, in what contexts, and what responses they evoke in you, given a grounding in sacred geometry’s mathematical symbolism. It can go a long way towards explaining the power of certain images.

CONTEMPLATION

Those powerful images can be a great aid in meditation. [b]Mandalas[/b] make exceptional use of sacred geometric principles and proportions to create complex patterns that seem to draw the mind in. Try creating your own mandalas, or just contemplating different combinations of fundamental shapes.

CONSTRUCTION

You don’t have to be an architect to put sacred geometry into a tangible form (though it helps if you want to utilize it in a building). You can use it to layer in extra meaning in your own creations, from artwork to sigils to jewelry.

[b]Example:[/b] Let’s say you want to make an amulet for a Wiccan friend who’s expecting her first child. Whether as a charm or simply as a gift to commemorate her transition to motherhood, the design of the amulet can be encoded with extra symbolism through sacred geometry.

You might start with a down-pointing equilateral triangle, as a symbol of feminine divine power:

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Embellishing the points with 2 crecents and a full moon amplify the triple deity connotation of the triangle and associate it with the maid-mother-crone of Wiccan goddess worship:

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To focus the symbolism on the “mother” aspect of the triple goddess, mirror overlapping circles on either side of the triangle to create a vesica piscis, embodying the maternal womb:

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And for the new life coming from that womb, the Seed of Life—a symbol that is used to create the Flower of Life image and that itself is composed of multiple overlapping vesicas piscis—can be placed in the geometric center of the overlapping triangle and vesica piscis:

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…and you have a basic “Eye of Motherhood” design, which can be embellished with added details like scrollwork or initials to personalize it.

This is only one example; with tools as simple as a compass and a straightedge (or for the technologically advanced, an image manipulation program like Photoshop or Illustrator), the possibilities are endless.

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