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(334 Article 26: How the seven musical scales relate to the disdyakis triacontahedron
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[939 Article 27: How the disdyakis triacontahedron embodies the structural parameter 1680
of the E8xE8 heterotic superstring
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L 83 q Article 28: Encoding ofthe roots of the superstring gauge symmetry group E8 in the
inner Tree of Life and the disdyakis triacontahedron
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Article 29: The triakis tetrahedron and the disdyakis triacontahedron embody the fine-
L 3 Lj g Structure constant and the structural parameter of the heterotic superstring
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Article 30: The equivalence of the triakis tetrahedron, disdyakis triacontahedron and
Plato's ‘Lambda tetractys'
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Articlé 31 : The musical nature of the polyhedral Tree of Life
Article 32: Derivation of the bone and classical acupuncture compositions of the human
body and their relationship to the seven musical scales
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Article 33: The human axial skeleton is the trunk of the Tree of Life
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Article 34: The seven layers of vertices in the disdyakis triacontahedron encode the 206
4 5 bones of the human skeleton, the superstring symmetry groups E8 and E8xE8 and the
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Article 35: The Tree of Life nature of the Sri Yantra and some of its scientific meanings
Arucle 36: The Sri Yanra-like pattern of the 15 layers of vertices in the disdyakis
triacontahedron and its scientific meaning
Avice 37: The seven octaves of the seven musical scales are a Tree of life pattern
LS 4 3 mirrored in the disdyakis triacontahedron
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Article 38: The geometrization of the seven musical scales and its mathematical
b34 a implications
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Article 39: The correspondence between the inner Tree of Life, the Sri Yantra & the I
diagram and their realization in the seven musical scales
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i Article 40 (Part 1): The unification of all sacred geometries and its implication for
‘ particle physics
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Article 40 (Part 2): The unification of all sacred geometries and its implication for
particle physics
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! Article 40 (Part 3): The unification of all sacred geometries and its implication for
: particle physics
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encoding of the human skeleton
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42: Comparison of the eight Church musical modes and the human skeleton as
Lasi holistic systems
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43: The Tree of Life nature of the {3,7} tessellation of the 168 automorphisms of
the Klein quartic on the 3-torus
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Article 44: The polyhedral CTOL and its embedding of the 496 roots of the
heterotic superstring gauge symmetry group
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Article 45: The 1680 circularly polarized oscillations in the E8xE8 heterotic superstring
as 1680 harmonics of the Pythagorean musical scale
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Article 46: How sacred geometries encode the 64 codons of mRNA and the 64
anticodons of tRNA
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Article 47 (Part 1): How sacred geometries embody structural/dynamical parameters of
the E8xE8' heterotic superstring and the codon pattern of DNA
Article 47 (Part 2): How sacred geometries embody structural/dynamical parameters of
the E8xE8' heterotic superstring and the codon pattern of DNA
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Article 48: The holistic nature of the first (4+4) regular polygons of the inner Tree of Life
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Article 49: How some sacred geometries are equivalent maps of all levels of reality
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Article 50 (Part 1): The Golden Ratio, Fibonacci & Lucas numbers in sacred geometries
Article 50 (Part 2): The Golden Ratio, Fibonacci & Lucas numbers in sacred geometries
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Article 51: The connection between Fibonacci numbers and the Pythagorean musical
scale
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Article 52: How EHYEH, YAH & YAHWEH prescribe the root structure & dimension of E8
A breakthrough in relating sacred geometries to the superstring constituents of quarks
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Article 53: The 10-fold division within five sacred geometries & its manifestation in the
ten whorls of the UPA, the subquark state of the E8xE8 heterotic superstring
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Stephen M. Phillips
Flat 3, 32 Surrey Road South. Bournemouth. Dorset BH4 9BP. England.
Website: http://smphillips.8m.com
Abstract
Five sacred geometries — the inner form of the Tree of Life, the first three
Platonic solids, the 2-dimensional Sri Yantra, the disdyakis triacontahedron & the
1-tree — are shown to possess 240 structural components or geometrical
elements. They correspond to the 240 roots of the rank-8 Lie group E8 because
in each case they divide into 72 components or elements of one kind and 168 of
another kind, in analogy to the 72 roots of E6, the rank-6 exceptional subgroup of
E8, and to the remaining 168 roots of E8 . Furthermore, the 72 components are
proved to form three sets of 24 and the 168 components are shown to form
seven sets of 24, so that all 240 components form ten sets of 24. Each sacred
geometry therefore has a ten-fold division, indicating a similar division in the
holistic systems that they represent. The best known example of this is the
Kabbalistic Tree of Life with ten Sephiroth that comprise the Supernal Triad and
the seven Sephiroth of Construction. A less well-known example is the “ultimate
physical atom,” or UPA, the basic unit of matter paranormally described over a
century ago by the Theosophists Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater. This has
been identified by the author as the E8 ×E8 heterotic superstring constituent of up
and down quarks. Its ten whorls correspond to the ten sets of structural
components making up each sacred geometry. The analogy suggests that 24 E8
gauge charges are spread along each whorl as the counterpart of each set of 24
components. The ten-fold composition of the E8 ×E8 heterotic superstring
predicted by this analogy with sacred geometries is a consequence of the tenfold nature of God, which is most explicitly represented in the Tree of Life.
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View in PDF(opens in a new window)Table 1. Gematria number values of the ten Sephiroth in the four Worlds.
SEPHIRAH
Kether
(Crown)
GODNAME
EHYEH
(I am)
620
2
3
Chokmah
(Wisdom)
ARCHANGEL
Metatron
(Angel of the Presence)
21
YAHWEH, YAH
(The Lord)
314
ORDER OF
ANGELS
MUNDANE
CHAKRA
Chaioth ha Qadesh
(Holy Living
Creatures)
Rashith ha Gilgalim
First Swirlings.
(Primum Mobile)
833
Raziel
(Herald of the Deity)
73
26, 15
248
Binah
(Understanding)
ELOHIM
(God in multiplicity)
Tzaphkiel
(Contemplation of God)
67
50
311
Auphanim
(Wheels)
187
Aralim
(Thrones)
282
636
Masloth
(The Sphere of
the Zodiac)
140
Shabathai
Rest.
(Saturn)
317
Daath
(Knowledge)
474
4
Chesed
(Mercy)
72
5
7
10
62
428
Samael
(Severity of God)
Seraphim
(Fiery Serpents)
Tiphareth
(Beauty)
YAHWEH ELOHIM
(God the Creator)
Michael
(Like unto God)
Malachim
(Kings)
1081
Netzach
(Victory)
Hod
(Glory)
15
9
31
Chasmalim
(Shining Ones)
ELOHA
(The Almighty)
148
8
Tzadkiel
(Benevolence of God)
Geburah
(Severity)
216
6
EL
(God)
Yesod
(Foundation)
36
76
YAHWEH SABAOTH
(Lord of Hosts)
129
ELOHIM SABAOTH
(God of Hosts)
153
80
SHADDAI E L CHAI
(Almighty Living
God)
Malkuth
(Kingdom)
ADONAI MELEKH
(The Lord and King)
496
49 , 363
65, 155
131
101
630
140
Haniel
(Grace of God)
Tarshishim or
Elohim
97
1260
Raphael
(Divine Physician)
311
Gabriel
(Strong Man of God)
246
Sandalphon
(Manifest Messiah)
280
Beni Elohim
(Sons of God)
112
Cherubim
(The Strong)
272
Ashim
(Souls of Fire)
351
Tzadekh
Righteousness.
(Jupiter)
194
Madim
Vehement Strength.
(Mars)
95
Shemesh
The Solar Light.
(Sun)
640
Nogah
Glittering Splendour.
(Venus)
64
Kokab
The Stellar Light.
(Mercury)
48
Levanah
The Lunar Flame.
(Moon)
87
Cholem Yesodeth
The Breaker of the
Foundations.
The Elements.
(Earth)
168
(All numbers in this table that are referred to in the article are written in boldface).
The Sephiroth exist in the four Worlds of Atziluth, Beriah, Yetzirah and Assiyah. Corresponding to
them are the Godnames, Archangels, Order of Angels and Mundane Chakras (their physical
manifestation, traditionally symbolised by celestial bodies). This table gives their number values
obtained by the ancient practice of gematria, wherein a number is assigned to each letter of the
alphabet, thereby giving to a word a number value that is the sum of the numbers of its letters.
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The 10-fold UPA/superstring as the 10-fold division of the (7+7) polygons
The 240 roots of the Lie group E8 can be regarded as consisting of the 72 roots that are also roots of its
exceptional subgroup E 6 and 168 other roots (Fig. 1). When their 47 sectors are tetractyses, the seven
enfolded polygons of the inner Tree of Life have 120 yods on their 42 sides, where
2
2
2
2
120 = 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 .
2
2
2
2
They comprise 36 (= 6 ) black yods at the corners of polygons and 84 (= 2 + 4 + 8 ) red hexagonal
yods. The two separate sets of seven enfolded polygons have (2×36=72) black yods at their corners and
(2×84=168) red hexagonal yods. The distinction between corners and hexagonal yods corresponds to E6
being a subgroup of E 8. This is the sacred geometrical counterpart of the symmetry-breakdown of E8 into
Figure 1
E 6 that has been considered by superstring theorists in order to reproduce the physics of the Standard
Model. Each yod on the boundaries of the polygons symbolizes a root of E 8 to which corresponds a
gauge charge and its associated gauge boson that mediates the unified force between superstrings.
The group E 6 contains the exceptional subgroup F4 with dimension 52. It has four simple roots and 48
roots. As the first six enfolded polygons have 24 corners outside their shared root edge, the counterpart
of these 48 roots are the (24+24=48) black yods at the corners of the two sets of the first (6+6) enfolded
polygons that are outside their root edges. The two separate dodecagons have (12+12=24) corners. We
see that the 72 corners divide naturally into three groups of 24 corners. Do the 168 red hexagonal yods
also split up naturally into seven groups of 24? Indeed, they do! Below are shown the numbers of
hexagonal yods on the sides of one set of seven enfolded polygons:
triangle
4
square
6
Figure 2
pentagon
8
hexagon
10
octagon
14
decagon
18
dodecagon
24
(the root edge must be associated with the dodecagon
because this then generates its 24 hexagonal yods). The 18
hexagonal yods on the sides of the decagon can only be
grouped with the six hexagonal yods of the square in order to
form a set of 24, the 14 hexagonal yods of the octagon can
only be grouped with the ten hexagonal yods of the hexagon
and the eight hexagonal yods of the pentagon can only be
grouped with the four hexagonal yods of the remaining
triangle to generate 24 hexagonal yods in both pairs. Hence,
there are two sets of 24 (dodecagons), two sets of 24
(decagon & square), two sets of 24 (octagon & hexagon) and
one set of 24 (triangle & pentagon). No other combinations
are possible. Amazingly, both the 72 corners and the 168
hexagonal yods group naturally into ten sets of 24 yods. The
significance of this for superstrings is as follows: in some of
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View in PDF(opens in a new window)his research articles on his website, the author identified the UPA described by Besant & Leadbeater as
the subquark state of the E 8×E 8 heterotic superstring. Its ten whorls "carry" the 240 gauge charges of E8
corresponding to the 240 roots of this group. In the spirit of heterotic string theory, 24 gauge charges are
regarded as spread out along each whorl. The three major whorls carry 72 gauge charges and the seven
minor whorls carry 168 gauge charges. This 72:168 division is precisely what we see in the distinction
between the 72 corners and the 168 hexagonal yods on the sides of the two sets of seven enfolded
polygons! The corners of a tetractys are analogous to the three major whorls, which are the microphysical manifestation of the three Sephiroth of the Supernal Triad, and its hexagonal yods correspond to
the seven minor whorls, which are the micro-physical manifestation of the seven Sephiroth of
Construction (Fig. 2). Remarkably, this analogy extends even to individual whorls, for the ten sets of 24
gauge charges of E 8 carried by the ten whorls correspond to the ten sets of corners and hexagonal yods.
The counterpart in the first six enfolded polygons (which constitute a holistic set in themselves) of each
*
set of 24 gauge charges are the 24 intrinsic corners associated with them. The 60 polygons enfolded in
ten overlapping Trees of Life, each mapping a whorl, have 240 associated corners that correspond to the
Figure 3. The (240+240) intrinsic
corners of the first (6+6) polygons
enfolded in 10 overlapping Trees of
Life denote the (240+240) roots of
E8 ×E8. Each Tree represents one of
the 10 whorls of the subquark state of
the E8 ×E8 heterotic superstring.
240 roots of E 8 and their associated gauge charges (Fig. 3). The (240+240) intrinsic corners associated
with both sets of 60 polygons enfolded in ten overlapping Trees of Life denote the (240+240=480) roots of
E 8 ×E8 , i.e., the mirror symmetry of the inner Tree of Life is responsible for the direct product nature of the
anomaly-free gauge symmetry group of the unified force between E8 ×E8 heterotic superstrings.
*
The two endpoints of the root edge are shared by both sets of seven polygons. One can be associated with one set
and one with the other set. The topmost corner of each hexagon coincides with the lowest corner of a hexagon
enfolded in the next higher Tree. Both sets of the first six polygons have 50 corners. 25 of them are associated with
each set but only 24 belong exclusively to each one in the sense of being unshared with polygons enfolded in the
next higher Tree. Only 24 corners are intrinsic to a set.
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View in PDF(opens in a new window)As 11 −1 = 120 =
5 7
9 11 13
15 17 19 21 ,
i.e., as 120 is the sum of the first ten odd integers after 1, the number 240 is the sum of the ten even
integers that start with 6 and are four units apart:
240 =
6
10 14
18 22 26
30 34 38 42 .
In terms of the numbers 1, 2, 3 & 4 symbolized by the four rows of dots in the tetractys, the factorization
of 240 as 10×24 is expressed as (1+2+3+4)×1×2×3×4.
2
As 5 −1 = 24 = 3 + 5 + 7 + 9, the number 240 is the sum of the tetractys arrays of the first four odd
integers after 1:
240 =
3
5
7
9
3 3
5 5
7 7
9 9
3 3 3 + 5 5 5 + 7 7 7 + 9 9 9
3 3 3 3
5 5 5 5
7 7 7 7
9 9 9 9.
The sum of the 12 odd integers at the corners of these tetractys is 72 and the sum of the remaining 28
odd integers is 168. This is the arithmetic counterpart of the 72 corners and 168 hexagonal yods that line
the two sets of the seven enfolded polygons. A beautiful harmony always exists between number and
geometry when the latter is sacred. At the end of this article, it is proved that the number 16800 — the
number of 1st-order spirillae in the UPA/superstring — is the sum of 240 odd integers.
The 10-fold UPA/superstring as the 10-fold division of the two Type A dodecagons
As 168 extra yods are needed to construct the Type A dodecagon from tetractyses, i.e., it embodies the
very number that determines the structure of the UPA/heterotic superstring, it should come as no surprise
that the geometry of the dodecagon also embodies the 10-fold pattern of this particle, as now proved.
The pair of Type A dodecagons (Fig. 4) has 24 corners, 24 red sides & 24 blue, radial sides, i.e., three
sets of 24 geometrical elements. Each sector is divided into three triangles with three green sides and
one internal corner (apart from the shared centre of the dodecagon). Hence, the 24 sectors are,
additionally, composed of 24 internal corners, three sets of 24 green sides and three sets of 24 triangles,
i.e., seven sets of 24 geometrical elements. The two Type A dodecagons, therefore, naturally comprise
ten sets of 24 geometrical elements.
These sets are the counterpart of the ten whorls of the UPA/heterotic superstring, each of which carries
24 gauge charges of the superstring gauge symmetry group E 8 . The three sets of 24 corners & sides that
create the 24 sectors of the two dodecagons
correspond to the three major whorls of the UPA,
each carrying 24 E8 gauge charges. The seven extra
sets of 24 geometrical elements needed to turn the
dodecagon into a Type A dodecagon correspond to
the seven minor whorls, each carrying 24 E8 gauge
charges. We saw previously that the 120 yods lining
the 42 sides of the seven enfolded polygons divide
into ten sets of 12, further divided into three sets (36
corners) and seven sets (168 hexagonal yods). Each
yod corresponds to one of the geometrical elements
Figure 4. The two Type A dodecagons.
making up the Type A dodecagon.
The 10-fold UPA/superstring as the 10-fold division in the yods on edges of tetractyses in
the pair of Type A decagons
The sixth regular polygon in the inner form of the Tree of Life is the decagon. Constructed from
tetractyses, it is the polygonal representation of ten overlapping Trees of Life because its 61 yods
correspond to the 61 SLs up to Chesed of the tenth Tree. Each sector is the counterpart of a Tree, the six
yods per sector being the counterparts of the six SLs per Tree. The centre of the Type A decagon is
surrounded by 120 yods that line the 50 sides of its 30 tetractyses. There are 12 boundary yods per
sector. The two Type A decagons have (120+120=240) yods surrounding their centres that line the 100
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View in PDF(opens in a new window)Figure 5. The 240 yods on sides of tetractyses in the two Type A decagons correspond to the 240 corners
associated with the first six polygons enfolded in ten Trees of Life.
sides of their 60 tetractyses (Fig. 5). They comprise (12+12=24) boundary yods per pair of sectors.
Therefore, the 240 boundary yods consist of ten sets of 24 yods. Three pairs of sectors (coloured white,
grey & dark grey) have (3×24=72) boundary yods. The remaining seven pairs of sectors (coloured the
seven colours of a rainbow) have (7×24=168) boundary yods. Starting from a point (the centre of a
decagon), 240 yods are needed to delineate the tetractyses that make up two Type A decagons, 24 per
pair of sectors. This 72:168 pattern is analogous to what was discussed earlier. Instead of ten geometrical
elements, each repeated (12+12) times, we now have (12+12) yods that are repeated ten times.
The first six enfolded polygons up to the decagon have 26 corners. One of the corners is an endpoint of
the root edge shared not only amongst the six polygons but also with the second set of six polygons —
the mirror image of the first set. When sets of polygons enfolded in overlapping Trees of Life are
considered, the topmost corner of the hexagon coincides with the lowest corner of the hexagon enfolded
in the next higher Tree. This means that 25 corners of a set of six enfolded polygons are intrinsic to them.
One corner (an endpoint of the root edge) can be associated with the set and one (the other endpoint)
can be associated with the second set. Hence, 24 corners are associated with and intrinsic to the set of
six polygons enfolded in each Tree. The 60 polygons of the first six types enfolded in ten overlapping
Trees of Life have (10×24=240) corners, that is, 24 corners repeated ten times. This is the inner Tree of
Life basis of the 24 E 8 gauge charges spread along each whorl of a UPA/subquark.
The Decad defines both the decagon with ten sides and the tenth polygon — the dodecagon. The pair of
either polygon embodies ten sets of 24 geometrical elements or yods. Their subatomic counterparts are
the 24 E8 gauge charges carried by each of the ten whorls of a UPA, which is the subquark state of an
E 8 ×E8 heterotic superstring. Here is yet more evidence provided by sacred geometry of the ten-fold
nature of the basic unit of matter paranormally described by Annie Besant & C.W. Leadbeater.
The 10-fold UPA/superstring as the 10-fold division in the 240 hexagonal yods in the
seven separate polygons of the inner Tree of Life
The seven separate polygons of the inner Tree of Life have 48 sectors, where 48 is the number value of
Kokab, the Mundane Chakra of Hod (see Table 1). As tetractyses, they contain 240 hexagonal yods that
naturally group into ten sets of 24, as now explained.
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View in PDF(opens in a new window)Figure 6. The 24:24 division of the sectors of the seven separate polygons corresponds to the major/minor distinction
in the ten whorls of the UPA/subquark state of the E8×E 8 heterotic superstring.
As a parameter of holistic systems, the number 48 displays a 24:24 division that always characterizes
them. For the seven separate polygons, the triangle, square, pentagon & dodecagon have 24 sectors and
the hexagon, octagon & decagon have 24 sectors (Fig. 6). The only other possible combinations of
polygons with 24 sectors are firstly, the triangle, pentagon, hexagon & decagon, and secondly, the
square, octagon & dodecagon (the two possibilities arise because the triangle and pentagon have the
same number of sectors as the octagon). Just as the seven Sephiroth of Construction comprise two
triads: Chesed-Geburah-Tiphareth and Netzach-Hod-Yesod, and Malkuth, so research by the author has
confirmed that this 3:3:1 pattern is shown by the seven polygons of the inner Tree of Life, i.e., they group
into triangle-square-pentagon, hexagon-octagon-decagon & dodecagon. Only the former combinations of
polygons respect this grouping because the latter combinations are each taken from both sets of three
polygons. Although, arithmetically speaking, either pair of combinations is possible because each
combination has 24 corners, the former will be favoured here because it preserves the analogy between
the outer and inner Trees of Life. There are five hexagonal yods per sector. Therefore, the 240 hexagonal
yods comprise 24 sets of five in the triangle, square, pentagon & dodecagon and 24 sets of five in the
hexagon, octagon & decagon. Alternatively, they may be regarded as five sets of 24 and another five sets
of 24, i.e., as ten sets of 24. This 5:5 differentiation reflects the division of the Tree of Life into the socalled "Upper Face" spanned by the highest five Sephiroth and the "Lower Face" spanned by the lowest
five Sephiroth. It arises here from the primary division of the 48 sectors into two sets of 24.
Figure 6 displays the ten sets of 24 hexagonal yods, the yods in each set having the same colour. Each
colour corresponds to one of the ten Sephirah. The white, light grey & dark grey yods correspond to the
Supernal Triad, which, being part of the Upper Face, means that these yods belong to the triangle,
square, pentagon & dodecagon. The question is: which of the five hexagonal yods in each sector should
be coloured white, light grey & dark grey? For overlapping Trees of Life, Kether, Chokmah & Binah of a
given Tree become Tiphareth, Netzach & Hod of the next higher Tree, whilst Tiphareth is Malkuth of the
next higher Tree, the Sephirah that is symbolized by the hexagonal yod at the centre of a tetractys. These
Sephiroth of Construction belong to different triads. Hence, the white, light grey and dark grey hexagonal
yods must be, respectively, the central hexagonal yod and the two hexagonal yods either on a side of a
polygon or on an internal side of a tetractys. The latter possibility has been chosen here.
The ten sets of 24 hexagonal yods symbolize the ten whorls of the UPA/subquark state of the E8 ×E8
heterotic superstring. The white hexagonal yods at the centres of the 24 sectors in the triangle, square,
pentagon & dodecagon denote the 24 E 8 gauge charges carried by the first major whorl, the 24 light grey
hexagonal yods denote the 24 E 8 gauge charges carried by the second major whorl, the 24 dark grey
hexagonal yods denote the 24 E8 gauge charges carried by the third major whorl, etc. The ten-fold
pattern of the distribution of hexagonal yods arises from the simple facts that there are five such yods per
sector and that the 48 sectors of the seven polygons divide into two sets of 24.
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View in PDF(opens in a new window)2. The Platonic solids
Constructed from tetractyses, the Platonic solids have three types of hexagonal yods: 1. hexagonal yods
at centres of tetractyses; 2. hexagonal yods on edges of solids, and 3. hexagonal yods on sides of
tetractyses inside the boundaries of faces. Their numbers are calculated and tabulated below:
Table 2. Hexagonal yod populations in the faces of the five Platonic solids.
Platonic solid Edges Faces
Hexagonal yods
at centres
Hexagonal yods
on edges
Hexagonal yods on
interior sides
Total
Tetrahedron
Octahedron
6
12
4
8
4×3 = 12 = 6 + 6
6×2 = 12 = 6 + 6
8×3 = 24 = 12 + 12 12×2 = 24 = 12 + 12
Cube
Subtotal
Icosahedron
Subtotal
Dodecahedron
12
30
30
60
30
6
18
20
38
12
4×4 = 24 = 12 + 12
8×6 = 48 = 24 + 24
6×8 = 48 = 24 + 24
48 = 24 + 24
96 = 48 + 48
96 = 48 + 48
6×4 = 24 = 12 + 12 12×2 = 24 = 12 + 12
60 = 30 + 30
60 = 30 + 30
120 = 60 + 60
240 = 120 + 120
20×3 = 60 = 30 + 30 30×2 = 60 = 30 + 30 20×6 = 120 = 60 + 60 240 = 120 + 120
120 = 60 + 60
120 = 60 + 60
240 = 120 + 120
480 = 240 + 240
12×5 = 60 = 30 + 30 30×2 = 60 = 30 + 30 12×10 = 120 = 60 + 60 240 = 120 + 120
Total
90
50
360 = 180 + 180
720 = 360 + 360
180 = 90 + 90
180 = 90 + 90
(numbers of yods are further divided into their two halves in order to indicate the numbers of hexagonal
yods in each half of the polyhedron). The first three Platonic solids have 240 hexagonal yods comprising
120 hexagonal yods either at centres of tetractyses or on edges and 120 hexagonal yods on interior sides
(Fig. 7). This 120:120 division in the 240 hexagonal yods in the 18 faces of the first three Platonic solids
re-occurs in both the icosahedron and the dodecahedron because each half-polyhedron has 120
Figure 7.
hexagonal yods. As we saw in Section 1, each of the two separate sets of seven enfolded polygons has
120 yods on their boundaries. Both sets have 240 yods on their boundaries that comprise 72 corners and
168 hexagonal yods. We saw there that these 240 boundary yods symbolize the 240 roots of the
superstring gauge symmetry group E8 , the 72 corners denoting the 72 roots of its exceptional subgroup
E 6, leaving 168 roots represented by the 168 hexagonal yods. The table indicates that their counterparts
in the first three Platonic solids are the 72 hexagonal yods in one half of the tetrahedron and the
octahedron and the 168 hexagonal yods in their other half and in the cube. The 72:168 division in the
holistic parameter 240 manifests in the first three Platonic solids. Moreover, just as the 72 corners were
found to be composed of three sets of 24 corners of a unique combination of polygons, so the 72
hexagonal yods consist of 24 hexagonal yods in one half of the tetrahedron, 24 hexagonal yods that
either line edges of the octahedron or are centres of tetractyses and 24 hexagonal yods on sides of
tetractyses inside the faces of the octahedron. Finally, just as the 168 hexagonal yods on the sides of the
two sets of polygons were found earlier to be distributed amongst the polygons in a way that naturally
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tetrahedron & octahedron and in the cube group naturally into seven sets of 24:
1. 24 (6+6+12) hexagonal yods that are in that half of the tetrahedron;
2. 24 (12+12) hexagonal yods that either are centres of tetractyses or line edges of the other half of the
octahedron;
3. 24 hexagonal yods that are sides of tetractyses in that half;
4. 24 (12+12) hexagonal yods at centres of tetractyses in the cube;
5. 24 (12+12) hexagonal yods that line its edges;
6. 24 hexagonal yods lining sides of tetractyses in one half of the cube, and
7. 24 hexagonal that line sides in the other half of the cube.
(the red numbers are those that appear as such in the table). The mathematical analogy between the two
systems of sacred geometries exists because one encodes in the yods shaping the two-dimensional,
regular polygons the same pattern as that what exists in the faces of the three-dimensional, regular
polyhedra. As with the two sets of seven enfolded polygons, the 240 hexagonal yods in the 18 faces of
the tetrahedron, octahedron & cube can be grouped into ten sets of 24. Here, therefore, are two sacred
geometries that encode in analogous ways the 10-fold structure of the UPA as ten whorls, each carrying
24 gauge charges of E 8. The importance of this discovery for the future development of M-theory
cannot be emphasized too strongly. This as yet undiscovered 10-fold composition of the superstring is
the manifestation in the subatomic world of the 10-fold nature of God, as represented by both the Tree of
Life and Pythagoras' tetractys. Predicting this 10-foldness will be an authentic sign of the validity of any
future candidate for the much-sought M-theory that unifies the five superstring theories with General
Relativity.
The 240 hexagonal yods repeated in the fourth Platonic solid symbolize the 240 roots of the second,
similar Lie group E 8 ' that is part of the gauge symmetry group E8×E 8 ' governing the unified force between
one of the two types of heterotic superstrings. The first four Platonic solids embody not only the
dimension 248 of E 8 as the 248 corners & sides of the sectors of its faces (see p. 12, Article 3) but also
the numbers of roots of E 8 and E8 ×E8 '. It has been proved on page 5 at http://smphillips.8m.com/platonicsolid.html that 1680 geometrical elements surround their axes when their faces are divided into their
sectors and the face centres are joined to the centres of the solids. Here is irrefutable evidence that the
UPA paranormally described over a century ago by Besant & Leadbeater is an E 8 ×E8 ' heterotic
superstring, for both the basic structural parameter of the UPA and the root composition of this symmetry
group are embodied in the first four Platonic solids that is so uncontrived that it is highly implausible that
the presence of both numbers is mere coincidence.
It was pointed out in Section 1 that the 48 corners outside the root edge of the two separate sets of the
first (6+6) enfolded polygons denote the 48 roots of F4 , the rank-4 exceptional subgroup of E 6 whose 72
roots are denoted by the 72 corners of the two separate sets of the (7+7) enfolded polygons. What is their
counterpart in the first three Platonic solids? Table 2 above indicates that the 72 hexagonal yods in the
six faces making up half the tetrahedron and half the octahedron are:
Hexagonal yods at
centres
Tetrahedron:
6
Octahedron:
12
Hexagonal yods
on edges
6
12
Hexagonal yods on
interior sides
12
24
Total
24
48
The 48 hexagonal yods in the four faces in a half of the octahedron denote the 48 roots of F 4.
In Section 4, we shall discuss the properties of the disdyakis triacontahedron, which is the 120-face
Cartan solid that was shown in Article 23 to be the outer form of the polyhedral version of the Tree of Life.
We shall find that it embodies both these properties in the same way that the first four Platonic solids do,
namely, 1680 geometrical elements surround an axis of the disdyakis triacontahedron, whilst 240
hexagonal yods are in the 60 faces making up each half of it when they are turned into tetractyses. Like
these Platonic solids, the disdyakis triacontahedron also embodies the number 248 (see Article 44). The
re-appearance of the paranormally-obtained structural parameter of the superstring in a polyhedron that
Article 23 identified as the outer form of the "Polyhedral Tree of Life" cannot be due to chance. Instead, it
confirms the archetypal nature of this number, whose scientific significance awaits discovery by
theoretical physicists.
3. The 2-d Sri Yantra
The geometrical make-up of the 2-dimensional Sri Yantra (Fig. 8) is tabulated below:
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Central ‘triangle’
1st group of triangles
2nd group of triangles
3rd group of triangles
4th group of triangles
Total
Number of vertices
1
4 + 8 = 12
6 + 10 = 16
2 + 10 = 12
28
69
Number of sides
3
8×3 = 24
10×3 = 30
10×3 =30
14×3 = 42
129
Number of triangles
0
8
10
10
14
42
Total
4
44
56
52
84
240
Mathematically speaking, the central, downward-pointing triangle does not count as a true, triangular area
(hence the two inverted commas enclosing the word ‘triangle’ in the first row of the table) because the
bindu at the centre of the 2-dimensional Sri Yantra is a point that lies in its plane, so that this triangle is
really only three lines and three points, the upper two of
which coincide with corners of triangles belonging to the first
group. The 42 triangles surrounding the centre have 126
sides, i.e., they comprise 168 lines & triangles. Including the
lowest corner of the central ‘triangle,’ 69 points surround the
centre of the 2-dimensional Sri Yantra. Three straight lines
create the shape of the innermost 'triangle.' Hence, the 240
points, lines & triangles that surround its centre comprise
(69+3=72) points & lines and 168 lines & triangles. This is
the counterpart of the similar 72:168 division manifested by
the two separate sets of seven enfolded polygons making up
the inner Tree of Life and by the first three Platonic solids.
We shall see in the next section that it also appears in the
disdyakis triacontahedron — the outer form of the polyhedral
Tree of Life. It is the counterpart of the 72 roots of E6 and the
remaining 168 roots of E 8. Notice that the 168 lines &
triangles comprise the 42 lines in the fourth group of
triangles and 42 triangles, i.e., 84 lines & triangles, as well
Figure 8. The Sri Yantra.
as 84 lines in the first three groups. Alternatively, the four
groups of triangles in each half of the Sri Yantra comprise 63
sides and 21 triangles, i.e., 84 sides & triangles. This 84:84 division is characteristic of sacred
geometries, e.g., in the case of the two sets of seven enfolded polygons discussed in Section 1, there are
84 hexagonal yods on the sides of the polygons in each set.
The first & third groups of triangles have (12+12=24) vertices. The central ‘triangle’ comprises one
unshared vertex and three straight lines. They group into two sets: one that is made up of this vertex and
the straight line opposite it and one that comprises the two lines that meet at this point. The second &
fourth groups of triangles have (16+28=44) vertices, i.e., 22 vertices in each half of the Sri Yantra, making
two sets of 22 vertices. Combining them with the set of point & line and with the set of two lines creates
two sets of 24 vertices & sides. Hence, the 72 points & lines discussed in the previous paragraph divide
into three sets of 24:
1. 1st & 3rd groups have 24 vertices;
2. Central ‘triangle,’ 2nd & 4th groups have 23 vertices & one side;
3. Central ‘triangle,’ 2nd & 4th groups have 22 vertices & two sides.
The third group of triangles has ten sets of three sides and the fourth group has 14 sets of three sides.
Together, they form three sets of (10+14=24) sides and one set of (10+14=24) triangles. The first and
second groups in the Sri Yantra have (8+10=18) triangles, i.e., nine in each half. The second group has
15 sides in each half. There are therefore (9+15=24) sides & triangles in each half of the first and second
groups, as well as a set of 24 sides in the former group. The 168 sides & triangles in the four groups of
triangles divide into seven sets of 24:
1. 3rd & 4th groups have set of 24 sides and one set of 24 triangles;
2. 3rd & 4th groups have set of 24 sides;
3. 3rd & 4th groups have set of 24 sides;
4. 3rd & 4th groups have set of 24 triangles;
5. 1st & 2nd groups have 24 sides & triangles in one half;
6. 1st & 2nd groups have 24 sides & triangles in other half;
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In conclusion, the 240 geometrical elements surrounding the central bindu in the 2-dimensional Sri Yantra
consist of ten sets of 24 elements that divide into three sets of vertices & lines and into seven sets of
sides & triangles. They are the counterpart of the three major whorls and seven minor whorls of the
UPA/subquark.
4. The disdyakis triacontahedron
As the outer form of the Polyhedral Tree of Life (see Article 23), the disdyakis triacontahedron is a
†
Catalan solid with 62 vertices, 180 edges & 120 triangular faces. The vertices comprise 30 A vertices, 12
B vertices & 20 C vertices (Fig. 9). The 180 edges consist of 60 AB, 60 BC & 60 AC edges. When its axis
is a straight line passing through two diametrically opposite A vertices, its central 12-gon is formed by four
A, four B & four C vertices. Four B vertices are above this plane and four B vertices are below it. Hence,
there are three sets of four B vertices. Figure 8 shows that the 12 B vertices are those of an icosahedron
Figure 9. The rhombic
triacontahedron & the
disdyakis triacontahedron
with 30 green edges, whilst the 20 C vertices are those of a dodecahedron with 30 red edges. The 32 B &
C vertices forming a rhombic triacontahedron with 30 Golden Rhom bic faces. Three AC edges (raised,
red half-edges of the dodecahedron) are associated with each of the 20 icosahedral triangular faces with
three green sides. Hence, the 60 AC edges are composed of three sets of 20 AC edges. Adding them to
the three sets of B vertices generates three sets of 24 geometrical elements (four B vertices & 20 AC
edges):
1. Four B vertices in upper half & AC edge associated with 20 icosahedral faces;
2. Four B vertices in central 12-gon & AC edge associated with 20 icosahedral faces;
3. Four B vertices in lower half & AC edge associated with 20 icosahedral faces.
Associated with each of the 12 faces of the underlying red dodecahedron are five green half-edges, which
become raised into five AB edges, and five blue edges, which are BC edges (see the rhombic
triacontahedron). Hence, there are 12 sets of five AB edges and 12 sets of five BC edges. This may be
seen as five sets of 12 AB edges and five sets of 12 BC edges, i.e., as five sets of 24 edges (12AB &
12BC).
The 20 C vertices consist of 10 C vertices in one half of the polyhedron and 10 C vertices in its other half.
The 28 A vertices surrounding the axis passing through two opposite A vertices comprise 14 A vertices in
each half. Hence, (10+14=24) A & C vertices surround the axis in each half, i.e., there are two sets of 24
A & C vertices. There are, therefore, seven more sets of 24 geometrical elements: two sets of 24 A & C
vertices and five sets of 12 AB & 12 BC edges.
Surrounding the A-A axis of the disdyakis triacontahedron are (60+180=240) vertices & edges. They
consist of 72 B vertices & AC edges grouped into three sets of 24 and 168 vertices & edges grouped into
seven sets of 24 (two sets of 24 vertices and five sets of edges). In other words, the 240 vertices & edges
form ten sets of 24 that divide into groups of 72 and 168. This is the same pattern as found earlier for the
inner Tree of Life, the two Type A dodecagons, the two Type A decagons, the first three Platonic solids
and the 2-dimensional Sri Yantra. It is intrinsic to all sacred geometries because they embody the root
†
Catalan solids are the duals of the 13 different Archimedean solids, created by replacing their vertices with faces
and vice versa.
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View in PDF(opens in a new window)composition of the superstring gauge symmetry group E 8 and its subgroups, in particular E6 . This
fundamental 10-fold division manifests in the subquark state of the E 8×E 8 heterotic superstring as the ten
whorls of the UPA described by Besant & Leadbeater. The symmetry breakdown from E 8 to E6 appears in
the difference that Leadbeater reported between the major and minor whorls, along which are spread,
respectively, the 72 E8 gauge charges of E6 and the 168 remaining gauge charges of E8 . The major
whorls are made thicker by the inclusion of an extra (n+1)th-order spirilla in every 25 nth spirillae, so that,
instead of the latter being composed of 175 (n+1)th-order spirillae (as in the minor whorls), in a major
whorl they contain 176 (n+1)th-order spirillae, where n = 1-6).
5. The 1-tree
The 10-fold UPA/superstring as the 10-fold division in the 1-tree
When its 19 triangles are turned into Type A triangles, i.e., when each triangle is divided into its three
sectors which are then changed into tetractyses, the 1-tree contains 251 yods (Fig. 10). Their 11 corners
are “Sephirothic levels” (SLs), as Daath is Yesod of the next higher Tree. Hence, the transformation
Figure 10. The 251
yods in the 1-Tree.
Figure 11. Below the apex of the 1-tree are 248 yods
other than SLs. They correspond to the 248 roots of the
superstring gauge symmetry group E8 and to the 248
gauge bosons that transmit the unified superstring force.
generates (251-11=240) yods that belong to (19×3=57) tetractyses. The 19 triangles have 25 sides.
Inside them are (19×3 = 57) sides of tetractyses. (251-57=194) yods are on the (25+57=82) sides of
these tetractyses, where 194 is the number value of Tzadekh, the Mundane Chakra of Chesed (see Table
1). The 194 yods comprise (2×82=164) hexagonal yods and (11+19=30) corners. The 1-tree contains
(251-30=221) hexagonal yods.
The 1-tree is the lowest Tree of a set of overlapping Trees of Life. Below its apex (Kether) and outside the
1-tree on each side are four red hexagonal yods (Fig. 11). One is at the centre of a tetractys, two are on a
side of this tetractys and another is on the vertical side of another tetractys . These eight hexagonal yods
belonging to the next higher Tree of Life consist of two that are at centres of two tetractyses and six that
are on four sides of four tetractyses. Below the apex of the 1-tree are therefore eight red, hexagonal yods
that belong to the second Tree and 240 black yods other than Sephiroth that belong to the lowest Tree,
that is, 248 yods other than Sephiroth, where 248 is the number value of Raziel, the Archangel of
Chokmah. The eight red hexagonal yods outside the 1-tree symbolize the eight simple roots of E8 , the
rank-8, exceptional Lie group with dimension 248; the 240 black yods denote its 240 roots. As the latter
include 221 hexagonal yods in the 1-tree, there are (8+221=229) hexagonal yods in the 248 yods that are
below the top of the 1-tree. 229 is the 50th prime number, showing how ELOHIM, the Godname of Binah
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As the eight hexagonal yods outside it belong to four tetractyses, the 248 yods belong to (57+4=61)
tetractyses, where 61 is the 31st odd integer and 31 is the number value of EL, the Godname of Chesed.
They comprise 19 corners, (57+2=59) hexagonal yods at centres of 61 tetractyses & (164+6=170)
hexagonal yods on their (82+4=86) sides.
The trunk of the Tree of Life (Fig. 12) consists of the mathematical
sequence of the point (Kether), straight line (Chokmah-Binah Path),
triangle (corners at Chesed, Geburah & Tiphareth) & tetrahedron
(vertices at Netzach, Hod, Yesod & Malkuth). It expresses the
emergence of 3-dimensional form from the dimensionless point. The
ten points in space needed to achieve this represent the integers 1,
2, 3 & 4, which are also symbolized by the four rows of the
Pythagorean tetractys. The trunk is composed of 26 geometrical
elements (ten points, ten lines, five triangles & one tetrahedron),
where 26 is the number value of YAHWEH, the Godname of
Chokmah (see Table 1). When these triangles are Type A triangles,
the trunk has 15 corners of 15 triangular sectors with 25 sides, i.e.,
Figure 12. The Tree of Life & its trunk. 55 geometrical elements, where 55 is the tenth triangular number:
55 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10
and the tenth Fibonacci number. This demonstrates how the Decad (10) arithmetically determines the
geometrical composition of the trunk of the Tree of Life that represents this number. Table 4 lists the
numbers of yods in the trunk other than those coinciding with Sephiroth:
Table 4. Non-Sephirothic yod population of trunk of Tree of Life.
Corners
Point
Line
Triangle
Tetrahedron
Total
0
0
1
4
5
Hexagonal yods Hexagonal yods
Total
at centres
on sides
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
12
4 + 12
12
12 + 24 = 36
4 + (12+12=24) + 24
15
50
(2+4+4=10) +12 + 24 + 24 = 70
ADONAI, the Godname of Malkuth with number value 65, prescribes the trunk because its 15 tetractyses
have 65 hexagonal yods. ELOHIM, the Godname of Binah with number value 50, shapes the trunk
because 50 hexagonal yods line its 25 sides. The branches of the 1-tree are all those parts of it other
than its trunk. They have (240-70=170) yods. As the 240 yods comprise 19 corners of 57 tetractyses &
221 hexagonal yods, the branches contain (19-5=14) corners & (221-65=156) hexagonal yods in (5715=42) tetractyses, i.e., (14+156=170) yods. The distinction between the trunk & branches of the 1-tree
therefore generates the division: 240 = 70 + 170, where 70 = 5 corners + 65 hexagonal yods and 170 =
14 corners + 156 hexagonal yods. The 240 yods include (19+57=76) corners & centres of tetractyses,
where 76 is the number value of YAHWEH ELOHIM, the Godname of Tiphareth.
According to Table 4, the numbers of yods in the trunk are:
70 = 10 + 12 + 24 + 24.
Suppose that we add the two hexagonal yods on the Path joining Daath and Tiphareth. The projection of
this line onto the plane of the (7+7) enfolded polygons making up the inner Tree of Life is the side that
they all share — what we have called the "root edge." This Path is its counterpart in the outer Tree of Life.
It is what may be called the "root" of the Tree of Life. Its trunk and root constitute a set of 72 yods, where
72 = (10+2) + 12 + 24 + 24 = (12+12) + 24 + 24 = 24 + 24 + 24.
The 72 yods consist of three sets of 24 yods (Fig. 13). This leaves (170-2=168) yods in the branches
made up of 14 corners and 154 hexagonal yods in 14 Type A triangles with two hexagonal yods on each
of their 14 sides (there are actually 15 sides but one is the line between Daath & Tiphareth, the two
hexagonal yods on which have been added to the 70 yods in the trunk). There are nine hexagonal yods
inside each Type A triangle, so that the 168 yods comprise 14 corners, 14 sets of nine hexagonal yods
and 14 pairs of hexagonal yods, i.e., 14 sets of 12 yods, or seven sets of 24 yods. Each set of 24 yods
comprises two centres of triangles of the 1-tree, four hexagonal yods on two Paths & 18 hexagonal yods
inside two triangles. The latter consist of six hexagonal yods at centres of six tetractyses & 12 hexagonal
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240 roots of the superstring gauge
symmetry E8 . Circles represent yods
that are behind other yods.
yods on six sides of them, so that the 24 yods comprise two corners of tetractyses, six hexagonal yods at
their centres and (4+12=16) hexagonal yods on their sides. This 2:6:16 pattern is identical to what is
found for the 24 transverse dimensions of bosonic strings, for they comprise two large-scale dimensions,
six dimensions of the compactified space of superstrings and 16 higher dimensions. The following
correspondences exist:
1. 2 corners of tetractyses ↔ 2 large-scale, transverse dimensions;
2. 6 hexagonal yods at centres of tetractyses ↔ 6 compactified, superstring dimensions;
3. 16 hexagonal yods on sides of tetractyses ↔ 16 compactified, bosonic string dimensions.
This is not coincidental, because the 240 yods symbolize the 240 roots of E8 , whose associated gauge
charges are spread along the ten whorls of the E 8 ×E8 heterotic superstring, ten to a whorl, and each
gauge charge is the result of an oscillation along each of the 24 transverse dimensions of space.
Nevertheless, this analogy between the hidden yod composition of the 1-tree and the pattern of
dimensions of space predicted by the theories of bosonic strings and superstrings is remarkable.
Notice that the 72 yods, which symbolize the 72 roots of E 6 , the rank-6, exceptional subgroup of E 8 , have
been compounded from a set of 70 yods making up the trunk of the 1-tree and the two hexagonal yods of
the Daath-Tiphareth Path. Figure 1 indicates that the 72 roots also consist of a set of 70 roots and two
roots represented by the 8-tuples (½, ½, ½, ½, ½, ½, ½, ½) and (-½, -½, -½, -½, -½, -½, -½, -½). So the
group-theoretical composition of the 72 roots is paralleled by the yod composition of the trunk and the
root of the 1-tree.
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View in PDF(opens in a new window)The 240 yods needed to construct the 1-tree from Type A triangles divide into ten sets of 24 yods, which
divide further into three sets of 24 and seven sets of 24. This 3:7 division is the Tree of Life counterpart of
the three major whorls and seven minor whorls of the UPA/subquark state of the E8 ×E8 heterotic
superstring (see Fig. 2). The factorization: 168 = 7×24 is made possible by the facts that: 1. the branches
of the 1-tree contain 14 triangles, and 2. each side of the 1-tree is the mirror image of the other. In its
branches, there are five triangles on each side of the central Pillar of Equilibrium, which is straddled by
four triangles (see Fig. 12). Two of the latter can be associated with each side. Therefore, the factor of
seven in the factorization arises simply from the fact that seven triangles can be associated with the lefthand side of the 1-tree and seven triangles can be associated with its right-hand side. Each set of 24
yods consists of 12 yods associated with each side, so that the 168 yods divide into two sets of 84 yods.
This 84:84 division was encountered in earlier analyses of sacred geometries and has been discussed in
many different contexts in previous articles. It manifests in the subquark as the outer and inner halves of
each helical whorl of the UPA, each having 840 circular turns that make 2½ revolutions around its axis of
spin, that is, 168 turns make a half-revolution and 84 turns make a quarter-revolution. Figure 1 indicates
that the 168 roots of E 8 that are not roots of E6 consist of three sets of 28 (i.e., 84 roots), a set of 56 &
another set of 28 (i.e., 84 roots). So these 168 roots divide naturally into two sets of 84 roots. Their
counterparts in the branches of the 1-tree are the 84 yods that belong to the seven triangles associated
with its left-hand or right-hand half.
Four corners of tetractyses, four hexagonal yods at their centres & eight hexagonal yods on their sides
(i.e., 16 yods) are aligned with the central Pillar of Equilibrium straddled by the four triangles. Hence,
(168-16=152) yods belong to the branches in both halves of the 1-tree. 76 yods in the branches belong to
each half, where 76 is the number value of YAHWEH ELOHIM. The eight hexagonal yods symbolizing
the eight simple roots of E 8 consist of four yods outside the 1-tree on either side of the Pillar of
Equilibrium (see Fig. 11). Outside the trunk are (76+4=80) yods on either side, where 80 is the number
value of Yesod. This is also the number of yods in the trunk when the (10+1) Sephirothic corners of the
19 triangles are included.
The 1-tree consists of 30 corners of 57 triangles with 82 sides, i.e., 112 corners & sides, where 112 is the
number value of Beni Elohim, the Order of Angels assigned to Hod, and 87 corners & triangles, where 87
is the number value of Levanah, the Mundane Chakra of Yesod. The 1-tree consists of 169 points, lines &
triangles. In other words, below its apex are 168 geometrical elements. The number value of Cholem
Yesodeth, the Mundane Chakra of Malkuth, is the number of geometrical elements needed to construct
the 1-tree, starting from the mathematical point represented by its apex. Here is yet more, truly amazing
evidence that the gematria number values of the Hebrew names of the Sephiroth, their Godnames, etc
have a geometrical basis.
Endnotes
Proof that 16800 is the sum of 240 odd integers
Using the identity
2
168 = 13 – 1,
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
16800 = 168×10 = (13 – 1)10 = 130 –10 = (2×65) – (2×5) = 4(65 −5 ).
2
65 = 1 + 3 + 5 +... + 129
and
2
5 = 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9.
Therefore,
16800 = 4(11 + 13 + 15 +... + 129),
i.e., 16800 is the sum of 4(65–5) = 4×60 = 240 odd integers, the largest of which is 129, the number of
YAHWEH SABAOTH, the Godname of Netzach, which is the fourth Sephirah from Malkuth (see Table 1).