Sacred Geometry
The Grimoire
Sacred Geometry
Sacred geometry is the language of shapes that carry meaning beyond the math: the circle that holds every other circle, the triangle, the spiral of a sunflower head. Temple builders, artists, mystics and mathematicians have all returned to them, again and again, across the whole world. We work with these shapes every day, in our grids, on our altars and in meditation, and we feel what so many people before us have felt in them.
Why these shapes call to us
Look closely at nature and the same patterns keep appearing: six-sided snowflakes and honeycombs, the spirals of shells and pinecones, crystals growing in perfect cubes. For thousands of years, people in Egypt, Greece, India, China and medieval Europe drew these same circles and triangles on temples, thresholds and holy books, as if everyone were remembering one shared language.
That is how we hold sacred geometry: as the pattern beneath things, the way creation organizes itself. When we draw one of these shapes, set stones on it or simply rest our eyes on it, many of us feel a quiet sense of order and connection. Each page here tells a shape's story, what it means and how we work with it.
The shapes
Vesica Piscis
Two circles, one shared heart. The first step of nearly every pattern here.
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Seed of Life
Seven circles, a six-petal flower, and the old daisy wheel marks carved into church walls.
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Egg of Life and Fruit of Life
The patterns that grow from the Seed of Life, a blueprint held in circles.
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Flower of Life
The overlapping circles on so many selenite plates, and the trail they leave across the world.
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Metatron's Cube
Thirteen circles joined by straight lines, named for an angel.
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Tree of Life
The ten spheres of the Kabbalah, and the world tree found in many cultures.
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The Platonic Solids
The five perfect solids, the elements they hold, and the crystals that grow in their shapes.
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Merkaba (Star Tetrahedron)
Two interlocking pyramids, a chariot of light for meditation.
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Sri Yantra
Nine interlocking triangles at the heart of a Hindu goddess tradition.
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Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Spiral
The proportion of pinecones and sunflowers, the spiral of growth.
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Sacred geometry in your grid
Many grid plates are engraved with one of these patterns, and their lines make a natural map for your stones. Read about building a grid on our Crystal Grids page.
In our shops
We carry selenite plates engraved with the Flower of Life, sacred geometry and zodiac designs, crystal merkabas in many stones, and naturally cubic pyrite and octahedral fluorite, two minerals that grow in the shapes of the Platonic solids. Stock varies, so ask at either shop.
Further reading
- Robert Lawlor, Sacred Geometry: Philosophy and Practice (Thames and Hudson, 1982).