The Vitruvian Man is reproduced for monographs on technology. It shows our cleverness. IT has become an idol for invention, and discovery. Why do we use symbols in music, art, films, internet and print media? Symbols are formulated to clarify truths which in their abstract form are incomprehensible. Idolatry consists in the inability of the mind to differentiate between the symbol and the abstract principle for which it stands. by Manly P Hall Taken from Lectures On Ancient Philosophy. What was the original intention behind this symbol? The figure comes from a member of an order in Rome called the Collegia. The person we are speaking is called Vitruvius. Only to the one who has the ears to hear and the eye to see can understand his work. The masterpiece in question is text on building. The assumption is that the focus is on building edifices, theaters, indoor plumbing, and of courses temples and palaces. Masonry is an art full of secrets. In order to read his book on architecture you must understand what Vitruvius is actually building. This throws off the uninitiated from opening the text and obtaining the desired information. Vitruvius described the building of a temple based on the proportions of a human. In 1490 CE Leonardo da Vinci worked on a rather unusual drawing shown above. All is not what it seems with Leonardo's work. No one has noticed that the drawing is two separate drawings. It is not, as many surmised, a square inscribed in a circle. The figure inscribed into the square is the two dimensional representation of the city. The drawing of a human figure arranged in the form of a cross is a cube. Notice in the second drawing of the circle. The circle is higher than the square. This shows an increase in evolution.The figure in the circle has the arms and legs spread out farther. Early films about Leonardo portrayed this image as a study of flying. In actuality this drawing shows the representation of the 5 elements. These are in the west known by the names: Quintessence (also called spirit), Water, Fire, Earth, and Air. The head represents spirit. In the square the figure represents 4 elements. The drawing shows how we can manifest control of the elements in a graphically representation. It demonstrates the evolution of human consciousness. The ability to understand that woman is a four dimensional being and man is a three dimensional being is necessary but not sufficient. One the great uses of Alchemy work was in the ability to inscribe a circle into a square. This paved the way to the study of Geometry. In the story of the Full Metal Alchemist the Brothers search for the Philosopher's Stone. Despite much research into the nature of Alchemy the concepts are lost to them. They seek in vain to find what they need by traveling to North, East, and Central.
Further reading The Theosophical Seal by Arthur M Coon Rosicrucian and Masonic Origins by Manly P Hall, 1929 Books believed to have been written 30 - 10 BCE Vitruvius The Ten Books On Architecture Second site Vitruvius The Ten Books On Architecture
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