Patterns of Eternity: Sacred Geometry and the Starcut Diagram

The front cover of this beautiful and profound book depicts the starcut diagram, which is a way of demonstrating an internal geometry of the square by creating triangles from each corner to the opposite apex. The thesis, which I find persuasive, is that this diagram underlies many developments of sacred geometry in different parts of the world. The author takes the reader on a cultural adventure from Pythagoras to the Pyramids, from the Vedic fire altar to Chinese shamanism, from Sufism to Raphael. All of this is beautifully illustrated with both diagrams and photographs, so that the reader is able to understand the subtleties of the geometric patterns as well and the way in which they have been put into practice. The underlying harmonic of this shape could contribute a healing presence to our jangled and fragmented consciousness; the book is an outstanding achievement and deserves a wide readership.