Richard HeathSacred Geometry in Ancient Goddess Cultures
The Divine Science of the Female Priesthood
Richard Heath, M.Sc., is a system designer who studies the technical achievements of the ancient world, from those of the megalithic astronomers to sacred building design. He is the author of six books, including Sacred Number and the Origins of Civilization and Sacred Geometry: Language of the Angels. He lives near Cardigan in Wales.
Preface
PART ONE
Megaliths Built by the Goddess
Introduction to Part One
The Atlantic Megalithic
The Mediterranean Megalithic
1 The Language of the Mesolithic
The Northern and Southern Branches of Megalithism
Stepping-Stones to Numeracy
The Geometrical Origins of the Measures
The Numerical Nature of Mesolithic Astronomy
Resequencing Prehistory
2 The Mediterranean Tradition
Initial Analysis of Göbekli Tepe
A Matriarchal Megalithic
The Sleeping Goddess of Malta
Stellar Astronomy at Malta
Interpreting Göbekli Tepe
3 Reunion of the Megalithic Latitudes
The Bluestone Culture
The Significance of Latitude for the Megalithic
A Pyramidion for the Great Pyramid
Britain’s Circular Geodetic Monument
The Stonehenge Trilithons as Synods of Venus
PART TWO
The Mediterranean Transmission
Introduction to Part Two
4 Time, Gender, and Human History
Gender Selection within Prehistory
Gender Transformational Themes
Origins of The Mysteries
5 Matriarchal Crete in the Bronze Age
The Monolith Basement at Knossos
The Kernos of Malia Palace
The Horns of Consecration as Alignments
The Oval House
Why Matriarchal Astronomy Happened
The Significance of Form to Megalithic Astronomy
The Iconography of the Double Axe
6 Pythagoras, the Bible, and Plato
Numbers as Multidimensional Symbols, Rather Than Lengths
Pythagoras
The Parthenon
Plato’s Dialogues
The Bible as a Neolithic Tale
PART THREE
The Role of Providential History
Introduction to Part Three
7 Cappadocian Crossroads in Anatolia
Early Christianity and the Four Gospels
The Cappadocian Creed
Secrets within Orthodox Churches
Interpretation of Ayvali Kelise
Interpretation of Haçlı Kelise
Evolution of Orthodox Churches in Cappadocia
Orthodox Transmission of the Perimeter and Area Models
The Cappadocian Cross
8 The Arctic Origins of Astronomical Symbolism
The Phenomenology of Indra
The Arctic Framework and Its Motion
9 The Vedas in Southeast Asia
Angkor Wat
Water, Time, and Irrigation
The Middle Enclosure
The Inner Temple and Enclosure
10 Rome: The Goddess within the Vatican
Rebuilding Saint Peter’s Basilica
Extending the Design
The Vinca and da Vinci
11 Design for a Living Planet
The Chaldean Model
The Moon as Football for the Gods
Integrating Gravity Using Square Areas
The Grand Design
POSTSCRIPT
The Deep Significance of Our Past
APPENDIX
Astronomical Periods and Their Durations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
