Seed, Flower & Fruit

Acrylic on canvas paper: 12"x 12"/305mm x 305mm: 14"x 14"/ 355mm x 355mm mounted.

PRIVATE COLLECTION: SOUTHAMPTON, U.K.

The Fruit of Life expands into a form known as Metatron's Cube, which forms the skeletal framework for all 5 platonic solids in one form: The Tetrahedron, the Octahedron, the Hexahedron/Cube, the Icosahedron, and the Dodecahedron, all super-imposed on top of each other.

These forms were made famous by Plato, hence their name,the Platonic Solids, but their discovery predates Plato by thousands of years. Each of the 5 solids corresponds to one of the five elements that combine to create the universe. The Tetrahedron represents Fire, the Cube represents Earth, the Octahedron is the symbol for Air, the Icosahedron represents water, and finally, the Dodecahedron symbolises Prana or Ether, the mysterious fifth element that holds everything together.

The Platonic solids are the only 3D forms that divide the surface of a sphere into equal, identical sections that have equal edges interior angles. There are only five ways to do this. These forms are recognised as the archetype atomic bonding patterns that create physical reality at molecular level: The Flower has manifested the physical fruits of creation!

 

© Rosalind Pape 2000 - 2006 ros@blueprint4creation.co.uk

This image incorporates 3 archetype patterns in Sacred Geometry, the Seed of Life, the Flower of Life and the Fruit of Life. The Seed grows the Flower, and the Flower grows the Fruit. Ros discusses these forms in great detail in the workshops, and more information will be available on this website soon.

 

The Seed of Life is known as the Genesis pattern because it carries the seed of creation. The seed is the pattern of 6 circles intersecting a central circle, 7 circles in all. This creates the pivotal image of the six-petalled flower. This pattern is also known as the "Genesis" pattern, not only because it generates the flower and ultimately the fruits of creation, but also because it is also synonymous with the biblical story of creation, where god took 6 days to create the universe and had one day of rest. In this analogy, the central circle represents God, the Source, or the Monad: the point of consciousness that exists within a void of unlimited potential and complete perfection. The hexad was considered by all nations a sacred number, because the world was created in six days.

Every flower grows from a seed, and all flowers grow fruits, that in turn contain seeds. The cycle of Seed, Flower, Fruit underpins all organic life forms and growth cycles. It is the cyclic rhythm of life itself.

The flower of life is the energy archetype that generates the cycle of life and holds in form the mathematical ratios that allow life to appear, grow and replicate. The flower of life is the vibrational image of the living light, the pattern made by the word of God in the beginning.

I call it the "blueprint for creation" because it holds in form the vibratory frequencies needed to structure creation, building the foundations for physical and non-physical reality to exist. It works on the left-brain by presenting a logical framework on which to build it's understanding, which is what the left-brain needs. It has to have a structure to unite all the details that it is so fond of separating.

Focusing on this mandala aligns the viewer with the energies that created the blueprint for creation, opening up creativity and the realisation that anything is possible with intent.