Recent astronomical thinking proposes the over 2000 year-old idea that our material universe and perhaps all of creation is in the basic
shape of a dodecahedron.
The Dodecahedron is one of five regular or perfect geometric solids, also known as The Platonic Solids, that compose or structure the fabric
of our universe or creation. The others are the tetrahedron, the cube, the octahedron, and the icosahedron.
The TETRAHEDRON is the simplest, is based on the triangle and looks like a simplified pyramid. It represents the fire element.
The next simplest is the CUBE, which is based on the square, and represents the earth element.
The OCTAHEDRON is next, resembling a double pyramid, and repesenting the air element.
The ICOSAHEDRON, with its twenty triangular faces, represents the water element.
Finally there is the DODECAHEDRON, which is composed of twelve pentagons, and which represents ether or the so-called
fifth element.
The SPHERE, which is the most perfect shape of all, contains all the former, and represents spirit, infinity, or completion.
What is special about the dodecahedron is that it is the creative link between the cube(4-based matter) and the sphere(infinity/eternity).
It is linked astrologically to the sign Leo and its ruler the Sun, and the principle of will or creativity.
The dodecahedron is composed of twelve equally fitting pentagons forming the beginnings of a sphere akin to a soccer ball. Its base, the five-sided pentagon
is the last or most complex shape that can form a perfect geometric solid. You cannot form a regular solid using hexagon shapes or higher. The pentagon is the "crowning"
(it looks like a crown or papal hat) shape of creation.
Each of the twelve pentagonal faces of our dodecahedron universe is suppopsedly some 30 billion light years wide, containing
countless galaxies, star systems, and worlds. These faces are generally "flat"(although somewhat curved) in nature, and each face has its
direct polar opposite. I surmise that there are actually ten faces which form the main shape, with two empty polar areas. This would make
our universe a HOLLOW entity with an 11th part situated in its inner center and the 12th perhaps orbiting outside of it just like our moon orbits
the Earth. The juncture points or sides between each face may constitute hyper "freeways" or paths to get from one face to the other. Each of these
faces or segments will of course have its own paths and structural organization. All of this is presently speculation of course, but its a fascinating
new concept of our universe and perhaps the whole of creation which even science is seriously considering.
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