A Religious-Based Study of Ancient Mathematics: Sacred Geometry

Connecting with something bigger than ourselves

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Geometric shapes are believed to have been used by many ancient civilizations to symbolize concepts such as life, death, war, the sun, and the moon.

Sacred geometry is rooted in ancient Greek philosophy and was later studied by medieval Islamic scientists. The Greeks believed Euclid invented geometry from Thales. Islamic scientists, such as Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) and Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī, were some of the first to study sacred geometry in detail.

Geometry has been around since forever, and it will still exist for a very long time coming.

Sacred geometry is the general name given to any construction that transcends both space and time; it is an art that has been practiced for thousands of years. The most prevalent form of sacred geometry that we see today is the shapes of nature, such as animals and plants; this can be seen when we look at things like honeycombs or pine cones.

The most fundamental shapes in sacred geometry are the Platonic solids. There ar…