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Such a price the Gods exact for Song:
To become what we Sing.

Physics, Kabbalah, Sacred Geometry, DNA, Sufi, Linguistics, Hebrew, Astronomy, Biology, Meditation, Physiology, Greek, Egyptology, Music, Knots, Anthropology, European Iconography, Topology, Zohar, Dance, Arabic, Hero's Journey, Genesis, Coding, Artificial Intelligence, Isaac Newton, Trinity, Tree of Life, Pi, Metaphysics, Talmud, Unity, History, Sri Yantra, Pythagoras..... What do these all have in common? I just finished viewing the latest Stan Tenen video, Squaring the Circle: The One and the Many; Mind and World. Stan continues with the finest set of videos on the market for a deep and genuine insight into the philosophical concepts based on goemetric thinking. If you have not experienced Stan Tenen's videotaped talks, available from the Meru Foundation, you must start NOW. (I get no money for saying this.) Geometric Metaphors of Life is the video to start with. It is a tour de force scholarly presentation. If the contents of this site mean anything to you, and you do not own this video, then order it now from MeetingTent.com. You will not be disappointed. On the Meru Foundation web site, Stan has many of his articles and essays, but for these series of discoveries, you must hear him talk and see him present the information. This is not to be confused with the more new-agey examplars of bogus geometry--This is the real thing. A major set of discoveries that penetrates through the Jewish tradition into ancient Egypt. Buy yourself or a friend a present for the new millenium. Get the complete set, including A Coat of Many Colors, A Matrix of Meaning for Sacred Alphabets, Dance of the Hebrew Letters, The Alphabet in Our Hands (Parts 1 & 2), and more. Or get Stan's latest: Squaring the Circle:The One and the Many; Mind and World. I cannot recommend these videos strongly enough! Please e-mail me, Mark Alexander, and let me know what you think after you view any of these. No other set of videos come close to being as exciting as these!

Some fascinating Web sites: First up is the Lambdoma Research Institute, for those of you interested in the Pythagorean Lambdoma., musical ratios, and Cymatics. Next is the Tomatis Home Page, which features the research of Dr. Alfred Tomatis, an extraordinary French researcher into the ear and voice and author of The Conscious Ear. Then there is Sound Healing, which has many good links, including a fascinating Correspondances Between Vibratory Rates and Mental States, Colors, Planets. And Mark Newbold has a Rhombic Dodecahedron Page.

Also, if you are tired of searching for out-of-print books, despair not! First try Bookfinder.com, the best used bookstore search on the Net. Next try Kessinger Publishing, which offers reprints of an outstanding array of books. And the prices are relatively reasonable.

I have finally received permission to post in its entirety Ernest G. McClain's essay "Musical Theory and Ancient Cosmology" which was published in the journal The World and I. This brilliant essay, which requires some time and effort, points out that the understanding attributed to Pythagoras is actually of a more ancient origin. The Greeks were not offering us original discoveries -- they were conveying a legacy. Also, check out McClain's website.

If you wish to have an advanced introduction to sacred geometry and why it is an important study, read the review of Initiation by Elizabeth Haich. She presents aspects that even experienced researchers may not have considered.

Interested in the archetypal harmonic pattern of the universe? (Akin to the underlying binary structure of computer software.) Check out these versions of the Pythagorean Lambdoma.

Also, if you have not been exposed to the humor and clear thinking of Richard Mitchell, check out The Underground Grammarian website. If you can appreciate his essays, you will find your mind clearing wonderfully, and you will get a deeper insight into why public education is actually succeeding at an alarming rate.

Here is a quick Biography of Pythagoras and an outline of his teachings.

The following texts are the best I have found for getting close to the heart of Pythagorean teachings. You will notice many references to the ancient Egyptians and other ancient civilizations. Pythagoras was trained in Egypt, where he received instructions in the universal mysteries. Math, geometry, and astronomy are important, but an indepth study of music, harmonics, and intervals, as they relate to states of consciousness, is an indispensable component.

I have given a demo of each book. You can purchase the full-featured version from your local bookstore, or from the on-line bookstore mentioned below. I will periodically add more demos of the other texts. Near the end of the page, I have listed related web sites.

If you have any comments or recommendations, please email me. If you have purchased any of these books in response to this web site, please click here. If you wish to read only a few key selections, then look for this indicator:

Introductory Texts Sacred Music, Geometry, and Architecture

The Secret Power of Music by David Tame

The Music of Life by Hazrat Inayat Khan

A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe by Michael S. Schneider

The Third Ear by Joachim-Ernst Berendt

The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot

The Healing Energies of Music by Hal A. Lingerman

Music: Physician for Times to Come edited by Don Campbell

Healing Sounds: The Power of Harmonics by Jonathan Goldman

Intermediate Texts Sacred Music, Geometry, and Architecture

Sacred Geometry by Robert Lawlor

Homage to Pythagoras edited by Christopher Bamford

The World is Sound Nada Brahma by Joachim-Ernst Berendt

Music, Mysticism and Magic by Joscelyn Godwin

The Divine Proportion by H. E. Huntley

The Power of Limits by Gyorgy Doczi

Sacred Architecture by A. T. Mann

Advanced Texts Sacred Music, Geometry, and Architecture

The Reflexive Universe by Arthur Young

The Geometry of Meaning by Arthur Young

Music and the Power of Sound by Alain Danielou

Islamic Patterns by Keith Critchlow

Cymatics I & II by Hans Jenny

The Myth of Invariance by Ernest G. McClain

The Pythagorean Plato by Ernest G. McClain

Theoretic Arithmetic of the Pythagoreans by Thomas Taylor

The Egyptian Miracle R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz

Sacred Science by R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz

The Temple of Man by R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz (2 volumes - Available 1997)

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The longer I research Pythagorean thought, the more I understand that the sources lie in Egypt, particularly pre-dynastic Egypt. Much information has come out in the last two years that reveals the riddle of the Sphinx and Giza complex of pyramids. Since these books are written by "Generalists", errors are bound to occur that "Specialists" are quick to point out in order to discredit the speculations of the Generalists. This is unfortunate, because Generalists can synthesize a larger picture that Specialists fail to see, a picture that holds validity despite some particular errors.

Many Egyptologists and other members of the "softer" sciences are having their professional lives made irrelevant as new findings reveal a startlingly advanced culture existing prior to 3000 B.C. So it is understandable that they struggle to hold onto their rapidly disintegrating views, that they discount the absurdly evident and strive to strangle the dissemination of information and far-reaching speculation.

The following books are highly recommended (in sequence) to aid in an understanding of the legacy left to us, embodied in the Sphinx, the Great Pyramid, and associated pyramids and structures. You will also get a healthy dose of astronomy and measurement, which is indispensable for an understanding of ancient Egyptian thought.

Be sure you don't miss Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt by John Anthony West. He and Robert Lawlor (Sacred Geometry and Homage to Pythagoras) write with the most clarity and insight.

History, Myth, Astronomy, and Ancient Cultures

The Sirius Mystery by Robert K. G. Temple

Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt by John Anthony West

The Orion Mystery by Robert Bauval & Adrian Gilbert

Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock

The Mayan Prophecies by Adrian Gilbert & Maurice M. Cotterell

The Message of the Sphinx by Graham Hancock & Robert Bauval

Initiation by Elizabeth Haich

The Secret of the Incas: Myth, Astronomy, and The War Against Time by William Sullivan

History, Myth, and Astronomy Sourcebooks

Secrets of the Great Pyramid by Peter Tompkins

Mysteries of the Mexican Pyramids by Peter Tompkins

Hamlet's Mill by Giorgio Santillana & Hertha Von Dechend
(See the web site The Mill of Time for an interesting essay.)

A Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library by K. S. Guthrie

The Case for Astrology by John Anthony West

Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race
by Michael A. Cremo and Richard L. Thompson Read some Reviews.
You can also check out an abridged version: The Hidden History of the Human Race

Other Key Sourcebooks on Ancient Egypt

Other Interesting Books

The Mysterious William Shakespeare by Charlton Ogburn

Of Water and the Spirit by Malidoma Patrice Some

The Meaning of Shakespeare by Harold C. Goddard

Voices of the First Day by Robert Lawlor

Less Than Words Can Say by Richard Mitchell (Full book available online.)

To order many of the above books, check out

Related Web Sites

Meru Foundation Stan Tenen's Site -- In Progress	The Enterprise Mission Former Mars Mission -- Richard Hoagland's Home Page
Buckminster Fuller	Planetary Mysteries Page
Sacred Geometry Home Page	The Cydonia Zone
More Sacred Geometry	WWW Home of Graham Hancock
The Platonic Solids	Fingerprints of the Gods Page
The Sacred Landscape	The Graham Hancock Page
Arthur Young Home Page	Mystery of the Sphinx Page
The Hypersphere	The Orion Mystery Page
Pythagoras: Music and Space	Defence of The Orion Mystery
Pythagorean Mosaic	The Sphinx Group
Science Hobbyist	The Mayan Prophecies Page
Tesla Coil Page	Mayan Cosmogenesis
Weird Science	Mayan Sound and Acoustics
KeelyNet	Mayan Glyphs And Architecture
Sumeria	Hermes Trismegistus
More Controversial Books	The Poetry of Jalaluddin Rumi
A Wide-Ranging Bibliography	Sufi Poetry and Music
Sacred Science Institute	The HU Page
zoomQuake--More Links	The Underground Grammarian
Art Bell Web Page -- Taped Archives	The Laura Lee Show -- Taped Archives

Skeptics Web Sites

CSICOP	Critique of "The Mysterious Origins of Man"
Skeptics Info	Martin Stower's Critiques
The Skeptic's Dictionary	Skeptics Society