Scott Olsen, Ph.D. and Lance Harding Ph.D

This workshop covers 4 days. the foundation principles of Sacred Geometry and the Advanced Practice of the Canon of the Human Body, and the Divine Proportionamp; Nature’s Elegant Principles of Design. For those who know how she works. Nature Her veil will be lifted, revealing a spectacular system of Elegant aesthetic delights The Golden Section is available at the center of You could have it all. the Foundation of the most beautiful ratio in Nature, and the Resonance, the bond that binds everything together by ratio, is very important and Self-similar harmony at all levels. Includes special evening lecture: Divine Proportionamp; the New Renaissance

THE ELEGANT PRINCIPLES DESIGN

For those who know how they can approach her Nature Her veil will be lifted, revealing a spectacular system of Elegant aesthetic delights The Golden Section is available at the Center of You could have it all. the Foundation of the most beautiful ratio in Nature, and the Resonance, the bond that binds everything together by ratio, is very important and Harmony at all levels is possible through self-similarity
This intensive program will introduce students to the basics of how to use a computer. the Golden Section, the The Divine Proportion is the root source of Nature’s Eurhythmic Principles of Design. Scott and Lance will show you the Beauty is the foundation of wisdom and pervasiveness of This golden mean is in everything, from DNA to plants and animals to humans and the Solar system, music, quarks, and pyramids and hurricanes. Plato is the author of hurricanes. and the Initiate of The classical Greeks the Golden Section’s ubiquitous presence in all things provides the means to allow us to progress towards higher states of In what is consciousness? the Ancients were referred to by the term “initiation into” the mysteries.
Scott: Special evening and Lance, with a visual presentation and lecture/discussion.

LECTURE TOPIC: DIVINE PROPORTION & THE NEW RENAISSANCE

PROFOUND NEW INSIGHTS into the Dominating role of the DIVINE PROPORTION is happening the world of both science and A new era in aesthetics. As an example, the January 7, 2010 teams of England: Collaboration of physicists and Germany reported their empirical observation of the Golden Section as the principle of Symmetry at the Herz of Quantum Mechanics. This visual presentation explains Quantum Mechanics. and We will discuss both. the TRADITIONS OF THE ANCIENT and Some of the Recent STUNNING DECOVERIES the The underlying role of A GOLDEN SEECTION centered SYSTEM DYNAMIC SMMETRY.

It is now central to PHYSICS (winding numbers, fine structure constants, quark masses) the PERIODIC TABLE ELEMENTS, BIOLOGY, (including PLANT PHILLOTAXIS, GENETICS) and DNA structure), HEART physiology and COMPUTER technology. ENCRYPTION. and the unfolding of CONSCIOUSNESS in itself. Many scientists, scholars, and aestheticians are beginning to recognize the importance of consciousness. and Leading thinkers the All aspects are affected by the underlying MATHEMATICS of HARMONY of life. We are literally always on. the threshold of A NEW RENAISSANCE in consciousness research the sciences, and arts. Perhaps the The most striking feature of many is that the SAME GOLDEN PRINCIPLE lies at the HEART of BOTH BEAUTY and Optimal function in all areas.

PRINCIPLES OF SACRED GEOMETRY: THEORY & PRACTICE

Scott A. Olsen, Ph.D. and C. Lance Harding (Ph.D.)
BOTH 2-DAY WORKSHOPS WILL BE TEAM TAUGHT BY OLSEN & HARDING
Olsen and Long-term, hardworking students of Keith Critchlow and John Michell, will help you with foundational drawings and Geometrical constructions in both the plane and the ground and solid geometry. Platonic philosophical background woven around an ancient Egyptian Pythagorean. and Honoring Nature’s fractal principles of Design, we will review the Seven transformational (infinite) and irrational) numbers of The sacred geometry. The foundations and Application of the Vesica Pisces, Rectangle of Genesis and the We will explore the Golden Mandala. We will delve into the Bedeutung and Application of the Three Greek mean proportions. Participants will also develop deep understanding of the Role of the Golden Section and Fibonacci and Lucas numbers in Nature and principles of design.

We plan to cover the The foundational principles of This 2-day workshop will teach you sacred geometry. This workshop will provide a great introduction to sacred geometry for those with experience, or new to it. the field. This will be a good refresher. and Extension of For anyone who is already familiar with geometric drawing, these are important new insights and constructions. We will be integrating into the workshop the Basic Pythagorean/ Platonic insights of the Most profound Ancient Wisdom ever taught the planet. We will also introduce the Use of the Golden Chalice Design Template. Participants will be grounded in both geometric drawing and golden chalice design template. and 3-dimensional model constructions. The 1st Workshop will cover all aspects of 3-dimensional model constructions. the Background information and There are some prerequisites that you need to be successful. the The best out of the 2nd Advanced Workshop.

Course outline

DAY 1

1. VISUAL BACKGROUND: PYTHAGOREAN & PLATONIC TRADITION; DIVIDED LINE; PLATO’S GREAT MYSTERY IN THE TIMAEUS
2. FOUNDATIONAL DRAWINGS: BASIC POLYGONS – TRIANGLE, SQUARE, HEXAGON, PENTAGON, VESICA PISCIS, OCTAGON, DECAGON, & DODECAGON
3. ROOT & GOLDEN RECTANGLES
4. THE SEVEN TRANSFORMATIONAL NUMBERS (INFINITE & IRRATIONAL)
5. FIBONACCI AND LUCAS NUMBERS: NATURE’S METHOD OF DIVINE PROPORTION
6. MEASUREMENTS OF PARTICIPANTS (VOLUNTARY)
7. PRIMER ON RATIO, PROPORTION & APPLICATION OF THE THREE GREEK MEANS: ARTITHMETIC, HARMONIC & GEOMETRIC

DAY 2

1. VISUAL INTRODUCTION: THE NEW GOLDEN PARADIGM: HOW IT MANIFESTS THROUGHOUT NATURE & THE COSMOS
2. APPLICATIONS OF THE GOLDEN MANDALA, RECTANGLE OF GENESIS & VESICA PISCIS
3. THE GOLDEN CHALICE OFF ORION: WORKING MIT THE DESIGN TEMPLATE – A TOOL THAT INTEGRATES and
4. RESULTS FROM MEASUREMENTS
5. VISUAL INTERLUDE: MATHEMATICS OF HARMONY & THE GOAL OF EUCLID’S ELEMENTS
6. CONSTRUCTING GEOMETRIC SOLIDS: 5 PLATONIC (REGULAR) & 13 ARCHIMEDEAN (SEMI-REGULAR) SOLIDS
7. OVERVIEW & SUMMATION OF THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF HARMONY MATHEMATICS

DAY 3

Advanced Principles of Sacred Geometry & THE CANONS OF HUMAN PROPORTION: THEORY & PRACTICE with Scott A. Olsen, Ph.D. and C. Lance Harding (Ph.D.)
Our main focus will be the Ideal Canon of the Human Body Utilizing sacred geometry Participants will be familiarized with canons dating back to ancient Egypt (including the Old Kingdom, Amarna and New Kingdom, Greek and Roman canons. Byzantine Christian. Medieval and Modern canons. We will be focusing on modern canons. and Vitruvius offers individual canon studies (and His 10 measurements of the Man in the Square and circle), Leonardo da Vinci (geometry of His man in the Square and circle), Cesariano (two drawings of Man in the Square and Man in the Desiderius Lenz (his canon), circle of male and Vitruvius’ female geometry is compared to Vitruvius’ female geometry). and Corbusier (golden proportion modular). Finally we will study both Harding’s application of the Golden Mandala for various historical works of art and design, and Olsen’s construction of the Golden Chalice of Orion (fusing together),,?,?. and 1) in one very useful design template.

Participants should bring a sketchpad and a straight-edge. of Compasses are also known as a compass in American lingo. and pencils (regular & colored), and/ or pens, sharpener & eraser, transparency paper, masking tape and scissors. Some extra compasses and straight-edges will be available. and pencils available.
This Advanced Workshop will allow us to delve into the world of the Very sacred mysteries of the Canons of Human Proportion. These secrets were exposed during the Experiences that are initiatory the Halls and Temples of the An ancient mystery tradition. However, it was forbidden by law (under penalty). of To reveal these incredible revelations, death is required the un-initiate. You have trained with the The best sacred geometers the world, studied the An ancient tradition and We have all had our inner revelations and will now weave together what we have learned. of These ancient mystery schools are and the deep insights and epiphanies that are born into the SECRET MYSTERIES OF NUMBER. You should, too. “the whole Universe is enfolded into each part,” As David Bohm used the phrase, understanding is key. the The human canon is a way to discover the Universal Canon. This Workshop is not one you want to miss!

1. ESOTERICA 1. SACRED GEOMETRY & INITIATION INTO THE EGYPTIAN & ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES
2. TWO CANONS EGYPTIAN PROPORTION
3. POLYCLITUS & THE GREEK CANON OF PROPORTION
4. VITRUVIUS THE INSITATE: 10 MEASUREMENTS of MAN IN A SQUARE OR CIRCLE
5. THE RENAISSANCE: THE CENTRAL ROLE OF LUCA PACIOLI’S DIVINA PROPORTIONE
6. CESARIANO, DURER & LEONARDO DAVINCI’S VITRUVIAN MAN
7. ESOTERICA 2. THE SECRETS OF SYMMETRY & ASYMMETRY: DEEP INSIGHTS FROM SCHWALLER DE LUBICZ’S THE TEMPLE OF MAN, AND THE MAHATMA LETTERS IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY

DAY 4

1. ESOTERICA 3. HOLOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE, FRACTALIZATION & THE GOLDEN SCIENCES
2. THE CANON OF PROPORTION OF FATHER DESIDERIUS LENZ
3. PHI CANON of ADOLF ZEISING
4. LE CORBUSIER & THE PHI MODULAR
5. MODERN CANONS OF KEITH CRITCHLOW & PAUL RICHER
6. ESOTERICA 4. THE ESOTERIC TETRAKTYS, AND GEORGE HENRY FELT & THE ROOTS OF THEOSOPHY
7. ESOTERICA 5. DIVINE PROPORTION: RESONANCE, MICROTUBULES AND THE GREAT MYSTERY OF CONSCIOUSNESS & ITS TRANSFORMATION

* Workshop participants should have a sketchpad, straight-edge, good pair of Compasses (American lingo simply calls them a compass) and pencils (regular & colored), and/ or pens, sharpener & eraser, transparency paper, masking tape and scissors
Scott Olsen: The Golden Section, Nature’s most Secretive Section

SCOTT A. OLSEN PH.D.

Professor of Philosophy & Comparative Religion at the College of Scott, a Central College student, won international acclaim when he successfully decoded the first time he attended college. the Geometric mysteries of Plato. His latest book, The Golden Section: Nature’s Greatest Secret has received rave reviews, and A 1st place award for design was presented by the University of Toronto in 2007. the Bookbinders’ Guild of New York. An unending student of the Ancient Wisdom, he has studied under physicist David Bohm, world religion expert Huston Smith, sacred geometers Keith Critchlow & John Michell, and esotericist Douglas Baker. Today as a member of the Theosophical Society of America, Scott speaks widely the Perennial Philosophy in both its ancient and contemporary forms and Modern forms) with special emphasis the Divine Proportion and Transformational states of consciousness.

C.LANCE HARDING, Ph.D.

Native of Utah studied art at Brigham Young University. She graduated from The Visual Islamic. and Traditional Arts Department, now called The Prince’s School of A student visits London’s Traditional Art. of Professor Keith Critchlow and John Michell was also a student.   Dr. Harding is an expert on Sacred Geometry and The ancient Canonical Proportions of the Human Body, and Intensively studied the “Man in the Square and Circle” Vitruvius, the Roman architect and illustrated by Leonardo da Vinci.

STUDY REFERENCES – SCOTT

These interviews would be a great help to participants in our workshops. of time.
Scott is currently writing his book. “Divine Proportion: The Mathematical Perfection of the Universe.”
A recent talk and sacred geometry workshop the Theosophical Society in America headquarters in Wheaton (Illinois) you can listen to the webcast of the Lecture: The Golden Section and the Roots of Online Theosophy (10 March 2011).

Interview on radio with Scott Olsen (March 19, 2011) – This interview has been highly praised by its content. You can access it online.
Scott Olsen cracked Plato. Finally, anyone who wants to know how Scott Olsen cracked Plato and solved his Divided Line issue, can do so here. and It was done. the Nature of the Indefinite Dyad and also created a template from which to derive the square root of 2 and the Square root of 3 the Golden Section and It is reciprocal and Square Root [that we will draw in our 2nd Workshop]You can find out more at the Follow the link to get to this site the 2002 paper in Nexus network Journal of Architecture and Mathematics. The title of the book is The Indefinite Dyad and the Golden Section: Uncovering Plato’s Second Principle.

Scott’s and Lance’s workshop will draw from the These are the 4 areas of expertise:

I. SACRED GEOMETRY – we will do geometric drawings & 3D constructions from which one can derive an exhilarating alignment and Attunement the Aesthetic principles of the Cosmos itself.  We will be examining in particular the ratios and Through the years, proportions have increased the golden mean, root 2, root 3, root 5, and the Fibonacci and Lucas numbers.
II. II. the Teachings of the An ancient mystery school and Translated into the Pythagorean/ Platonic Traditions (e.g. As the Principles of the Oneamp; the Indefinite Dyad the Tetraktys, and the Music of the Spheres).  We’ll examine the understanding of these traditions the Mysterious of the These sacred numbers were revealed secretly in carefully planned initiatory and transformative experiences.
III. TRANSFORMATIVE STATES of CONSCIOUSNESS- We will look at how hardwired we really are via the To experience transformations, use divine numbers of consciousness.  Understanding the Holographic presence of the All of the Cosmos are possible within each of We, the students, will see how resonance, atunement and entrainment using the Numbers can lead to top experiences and Complete stages of self-identity, fulfillment & inner contentment with life.
IV. IV. Nature’s elegant numbers pervade the The entire Cosmos from top to bottom. the Solar System, morphology of People, animals and plants. the DNA, subatomic particles, microtubules. Clathrins. and Even the quarks in themselves.  We’ll be able to see how. the Cosmos fractalizes the Below down the Below, you will see a Hermetic self similarity at all levels in a grand harmonic scheme. Students will examine humanity’s awakening recognition and employment of These numbers can be found in stone circles and tombs, temples or pyramids, sculpture, paintings, and other places such as stones circles, tombs, shrines, temples, pyramids, or even stone circles. and music.  We will also consider canons of Human proportion as we take in-class measurements to determine how each one is done of us both synchronously and uniquely express the Holy ratios and Our bodies have proportions.  Let’s end with templates and Each one makes a golden caliper to take our wisdom with them for practical application. the future.

CANONS OF PROPORTION

The object of a canon of The goal of establishing ideal human or animal proportions is to create an ideal of A beautiful body is one that can be reproduced in art or nature. The implicit assumption of aesthetics in the Use of These canons were found in classical Antiquity and are diametrically opposite to the A beautiful outlook of the 20th/21st century, is it by reproducing exactly? the Proportions of A beautiful, healthy body and Transfer them to bronze or stone (with compensation for certain distortions). of Optical perspective the An artist can create a beautiful piece of work of art. This assumption is also present in Isaiah (44.13): ‘The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it [the image] out with a line; he fitteth it with planes and he marketh it out with the compass, and marketh it after the figure of a man according to the beauty of a man.’

VITRUVIAN MAN LEONARDO DA VIINCI

Vitruvian Man, a famous drawing featuring accompanying notes by Leonardo da Vinci, was made in around the In one of his journals, year 1490. It shows a naked male figure with his arms separated in two superimposed positions. and Both circumscribed in a circle and square. The drawing and Text is sometimes called text the Canon of Proportions.
The drawing is done in pen and ink and Metalpoint over watercolor and Measures 34.3 x 24.5cm It is currently part of the Collection of the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice.
According to Leonardo’s notes in the It was created as an example text. of the Proportions of the (male) Human body described in a Treatise the Vitruvius, an Ancient Roman architect, wrote this in the human body:

• A palm is the Width of four fingers
• A foot is the Width of four palms
• A cubit can be described as the Width of six palms
• a man’s height is four cubits (and Thus, 24 palms
• The pace is four cubits
• the Length of man’s outspread arms are equal to his height
• the Distance from the hairline to the Bottom of the One-tenth of a chin of a man’s height
• the Distance from the top of the Go to the Bottom of the One-eighth of the chin is called the chin. of a man’s height
• the Distance from the hairline to the Top of the Breast is one-seventh of a man’s height
• the Distance from the top of the Go to the One-fourth of nipples are nipples of a man’s height
• the maximum width of the Shoulders are one-fourth of a man’s height
• the Distance from the Forearm to the Tip of the Hand is one-fifth of a man’s height
• the Distance from the To view the full article, click here the Armpit is one-eight of a man’s height
• the Length of the Hand is one-tenth of a man’s height
• the Distance from the Bottom of the To the chin the One-third of the nose of the Length of the Face
• the Distance from the hairline to the One-third of the eyebrows are brows of the Length of the Face
• the Length of the One-third of an ear is actually one-third of the Length of the Face

The rediscovery of the Calculating mathematical proportions of the Human body the 15th century by Da Vinci and One is not considered to be another of the Great achievements have led to the Italian Renaissance.

The drawing is used often as an implied symbol of the essential symmetry of the human body, and To extend, the universe as a whole, regardless of whether it is mathematically ordered or intelligently designed, or both.

This can be detected by carefully inspecting. the That is what you should draw the Combination of arm and The four poses that can be created by a leg position are actually different. The pose with the Straighten your arms and the In this picture, feet are arranged together. the superimposed square. On the On the other hand, the “spread-eagle” In pose, the definition of pose is defined the superimposed circle. This is an illustration the Principle that is the Change between the two poses, the Center apparent of the Although it seems that the figure is moving, in reality, the Naviga of the figure, which is the True center of Gravitation, however, is still motionless

The Vitruvian Man

Vitruvius, the architect says in his work about architecture that the Measurements of the Human body is as follows, 4 fingers are made into 1 palm. and 4 palms make 1 foot, 6 palms make 1 cubit; 4 cubits make a man’s height. And four cubits makes one pace and 24 palms makes a man. The length of a man’s outspread arms is equal to his height. From the Roots of His hair was a mess the Bottom of His chin is the Tenth of a man’s height; from the Bottom of the To the chin the Top of the Head is the eighth of His height; the Top of the Breast to the Roots of the Hair will be the Seventh part of the The whole man. From the Nipples the top of the The head will be the Fourth Part of man. The greatest width of the The shoulders contain the entire body the Fourth Part of man. From the Forearm to the Tip of the The hand will be the Part five of A man and Starting at the Forearm to the angle of the Armpit will be the eighth part of man. The entire hand will be the Tenth part of the man. Distances from the Bottom of the To the chin the Nose and Starting at the Roots of the hair to the In each case, eyebrows is the key. the same, and Like the Third ear of the face.
-Text from the Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, Vol. 1 (of a 2 vol. Set in paperback) pp. 182-3, Dover. ISBN 0-486-22572-0

Leonardo’s vitruvian man

“We know very little about Leonardo’s apprenticeship in Verroccio’s workshop, but the short account provided by Vasari confirms that it included architectural and technological design, according to a concept that was being revived on the model of Vitruvius, as reproposed by Alberti” (Pedretti 14). Having had access to Alberti’s and Vitruvius’ treatises, it is no surprise that Leonardo produced his own version of the Vitruvian man looking at his notebooks.

This rendering of the Vitruvian man, which was completed in 1490 is fundamentally more different than other people in two ways. and Overlaid square image on top of Together, they form one image. This was a crucial adjustment that other people had missed. and So, they were forced to make unnecessary appendages.

“Leonardo’s famous drawings of the Vitruvian proportions of a man’s body first standing inscribed in a square and then with feet and arms outspread inscribed in a circle provides an excellent early example of the way in which his studies of proportion fuse artistic and scientific objectives. It is Leonardo, not Vitruvius, who points out that ‘If you open the legs so as to reduce the stature by one-fourteenth and open and raise your arms so that your middle fingers touch the line through the top of the head, know that the centre of the extremities of the outspread limbs will be the umbilicus, and the space between the legs will make and equilateral triangle’ (Accademia, Venice). Here he provides one of his simplest illustrations of a shifting ‘centre of magnitude’ without a corresponding change of ‘centre of normal gravity’. This remains passing through the central line from the pit of the throat through the umbilicus and pubis between the legs. Leonardo repeatedly distinguishes these two different ‘centres’ of a body, i.e., the centers of ‘magnitude’ and ‘gravity (Keele 252).”

Associated with ideas of Beauty ‘proportion’ Harmonic relationships are often referred to as the Parts and Any part can be used as a bridge and the Whole of An object, such a building or body. It has been often associated with the Concept of Harmony in the cosmic. Leonardo’s (Trattato 33) was a reflection of this. the Beauty of A beautiful face is made up of ‘the divine proportionality in the composition of its members’He was thinking in terms of a universal harmony of This is an intellectually apprehensible reflection. This type of Although not universal, the view was common. the field, before it was replaced by a subjective one in the 17th and 18th centuries. Plotinus for instance stated that: ‘Practically everybody asserts that visible beauty is produced by symmetry of the parts towards each other and towards the whole’ (Enneads, 1. 6). However, he himself refutes this view. the Ground is where beauty is found the Proportion of the parts, the simple parts of A beautiful object can’t be beautiful by itself. and This he does not want to accept. He also claims that the Idea of It is impossible to extend proportion to moral and intellectual beauty. Thomas Aquinas ( c. 1225 – 74 ) names ‘due proportion or harmony’ As one of the Beauty is made up of three essential ingredients (Summatheologiae). And the Theological or cosmic extension granted to the Mathematical idea of In this example, proportion is obvious the Follow the scholastic Definition of the Trinity ‘Three Persons co-ordinate in a marvellous harmony, the Son being the image of the Father and the Holy Ghost the link between them’ (Ulrich Engelbert, De pulchro). Alberti, who believed beauty depends on rational order, admitted that ‘there are some whoŠsay that men are guided by a variety of opinions in the judgement of beautyŠand that the forms of structures must vary according to every man’s particular taste’. Dürer , who worked out more systems of He was more than any other great artist and tells us how he first heard of music in his youth of a canon of ideal human proportion from Jacopo de’Barbari and From this and Vitruvius (1st Century BC) set out to do some work. the ideal canon.

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