#magical geometry

[engelhexe]

[sibyllinemagician]

Of all shapes, the circle is the parent of all following shapes. When a circle is mirrored, two mirrors are created. These two circles side by side build a foundation for all numbers. The overlap of the circles allows each one to share the center of the other. This shaped created is called the "vesica piscis" (Latin for “fish’s bladder”). From this shape, a triangle, square, and pentagon can be produced. And the relationship between these figures justifies the existences of further number principles.

Kate Hobgood, Pythagoras and the Mystery of Numbers

[sibyllinemagician]

But this you must know, that simple numbers signify divine things, numbers of ten; celestial numbers of an hundred; terrestrial numbers of a thousand — those things that shall be in a future age. Besides, seeing the parts of the mind are according to an arithmetical mediocrity, by reason of the identity, or equality of excess, coupled together; but the body, whose parts differ in their greatness, is, according to a geometrical mediocrity, compounded; but an animal consists of both, viz. soul and body, according to that mediocrity which is suitable to harmony.  Hence it is that numbers (arithmetic) work very much upon the soul,  figures (geometry) upon the body, and harmony upon the whole animal.

Francis Barrett, The Magus: ‘The Great Virtues Of Numbers, As Well In Natural Things As In Supernatural.’

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Vinyl mock up version 2 in progress

[laurenw]

Test prints on adhesive backed vinyl