The Organisation of phi

The revelation of John.

21.v9 « Then one of the seven angels that held the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke to me and said, « come, and I will show you the bride, the wife of the lamb, » So in the spirit he carried me away to a great high mountain and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from GOD. It shone with the glory of GOD ; it had the radiance of some priceless jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. It had a great high wall, with twelve gates, at which were twelve angels ; and on the gates were inscribed the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.

This passage from the revelation of John describes the Holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of Heaven from God. It had twelve gates, with twelve angels and on the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. Following the initial moment of creation, the 2:1 division and the seven-fold numerology, the divine enters into the material through a twelve-fold organisation. The unity between consciousness and the divine pattern is most obviously found in the twelve-fold numerology associated with the disciples of Jesus, the twelve knights of Arthurian Legend, twelve monks that founded the abbey at Clairvaux and the twelve signs of the zodiac. The twelve-fold symbology is obtained from the square table by adding to it four equilateral triangles (fig 9).

We can now consider how the compliance with the divine pattern as explained symbolically by Saint John and Plato has influenced the construction of Auxerre and its zodiac.

The Sacred Geometry of Auxerre

Auxerre lies in the middle of north west Burgundy and the department of the Yonne, of which it is the capital. The ancient settlement gained its greatest recognition in 346 AD when it became an important seat of bishops.

The length of one side of the square table contained within Chartres cathedral is 9,656 m (fig 9). Four equilateral triangles fit around this square to multiply the square’s length by two . A continuation of this multiplication gives :

9,656 x 2⁶ = 0,618 Km

or 1/phiKm

1/phi Km is the distance between points of the equilateral triangles (fig 10). A twenty four division of the pattern (fig 9) forms the blue-print of Auxerre town centre. However, it is the seal of Solomon that is most obviously highlighted in the construction of the town centre.

Fig 10 and fig 11 illustrate how the ancient religious monuments and street plan conform with the pattern.