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baenheh
10-06-2006, 06:47 AM
Greetings, I am new here so I was not sure where to post this.

Hexagons have always fascinated me, and I think that a hexagonal structure would make more sense in a tree of life. For example 2 hexagons sitting ontop of eachother in a crystaline structure with one point in the centre would give 19 points. If you added another at the top mid axis point and one at the bottom mid axis point you would get 21 points.
19 is the hexagonal number the Egyptians used on their grid of 19 squares. The number 6 and number 19 was important to them in their understandings of time and space.

Hexagons have always become manifest, soil can manifest hexagonal structures from within itself and has been photographed in the frozen Tundra. There has also been a major hexagon appear on the planet Saturns North pole. All basic materials of soil, water, ice and clay are seen to have hexagonal manifestations.

Cell's connections are also hexagonal. Every cell is surrounded on the outside by a kind of skin called plasma membrane. Cell membranes are composed of endless rows of things with ' water loving heads' and 'water hating tails'.
Cell biologists call these respectively ' hydrophilic 'water loving' and hydrophobic ' water hating'.
The hydrophobic heads face inwards towards the watery interiors and the water hating tails point outwards. To seal them off really well, an identical layer forms and the two stick together as a kind of double layer pressing one up against the other. This is called bilayers. The tunnels between the bilayers are extraordinary hexagonal switches named 'gap junctions'.

You can read up on them here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gap_junction

When the 6 rods have twisted slightly, a narrow channel opens in the middle, and water or various small molecules can flow through from one cell to another. Then the 6 cylinders in a hexagon, twist back and snap shut, cutting off all flow. A complete gap junction actually consists of 2 of these units stuck toghether end to end, these units singly are called 'connexions' and are embedded in the cell membrane.
One scientist has gone so far as to say, ' the single cell is not the prime element of living bodies, but instead it is the double-cell as linked by a gap junction which is the true prime element'.
Small molecules pass freely from one cell to another through these channels which implies that the 'coupled cell system' is the functional unit in all respects.

(I can see where you are coming from, M1thr0s, about the double hexagrams.)

Its also important to realise that gap junctions are so widespread that we can say that they are a universal feature of all living things on earth. Not only do gap junctions consist of hexagonal rods which twist open and shut, but these junctions themselves pack together in vast masses. A hexagonal array of one fitting precisely into the other just like electric plugs. Its known that these channels form between membranes through the hexagons within as little as 4 minutes of being pressed into contact, even if the tissues are from different creatures. The gap junctions are therefore a kind of standardized kit assembly system in nature, for the construction of channels of communication between living cells, whether those cells pressed together are from the same species or not!

When a person has an awakened and flowing energy system like in kundalini activation, you can also feel a twist up the spine on strong surges of its
energy force which helps in opening up new channels through the nadis to all cells in the body for refinement. Blockages in the system hamper the flow and its possible the communication between cells is not in conjuction.

I cant help also to see a set of hexagons in the structure of a tree of life.
I found an interesting article on slicing a cube and turning it into a hexagon.

http://alem3d.obidos.org/en/cubeice/math

http://alem3d.obidos.org/i/cubeice/cui25.jpg

Also the notion of twisting hexagonal forms creating extra dimensional lines of force intruiges me. An example of this can be found on the following site about hexagonal grids being woven into spheres. It was based on the Leonardo grid and note figures 7-11. are the images of interest to me.

http://www.mi.sanu.ac.yu/vismath/bridges2005/roelofs/index.html

Just to finish up here and apologies for this posts length, a hexagonal tree of life would have an easier twist vortex of energy than a cube wouldnt it? I have not studied the tree of life extensively though, and I am largely working on inner alchemy transmutation.
I would like to know what others think about hexagons incorporated into a tree of life would be like.

Anibis
10-06-2006, 10:20 AM
Hexagons have always fascinated me, and I think that a hexagonal structure would make more sense in a tree of life. For example 2 hexagons sitting ontop of eachother in a crystaline structure with one point in the centre would give 19 points. If you added another at the top mid axis point and one at the bottom mid axis point you would get 21 points.
19 is the hexagonal number the Egyptians used on their grid of 19 squares. The number 6 and number 19 was important to them in their understandings of time and space.


Hi Baenheh. This a very interesting post. As you no doubt have already gleaned, Hexagrammic/agonal structures are of great interest to many of the people here, for a variety of reasons. The suggestion of a Hexagonalized Tree of Life is intruiging to say the least. Would you be able to provide a graphic example of this proposal? In these sorts of discussion, a visual is usually very helpful for understanding these of concepts. Sacred geometry really lends itself to this, anyways. Cheers;
-Ibisis-
P.S. I'd also like to know more about this grid of 19. 19 crops up in alot of places; in the vigidecimal math of the Maya, in all the various games people play with the number 418, and in the TwinStar figure, here (http://www.abrahadabra.com/twinstar001.htm). It would be great to add to the running list of 19's...

m1thr0s
10-06-2006, 12:51 PM
gap junctions! wow. that's new...I was aware of this but hadn't actually made the connection with molecular chemistry. that's big. I'll need to let that one spin around in my brain for a bit. thanks for pointing that out baenheh!

...and don't worry about lengthy posts...we're all a bit wordy around here anyway and there's a lot of ground to cover in all of this so it's no problem at all...

cool links...especially the third one...will need to go over all of this more carefully...

great to have you here baenheh...I can see you've been doing your homework!

m1thr0s

baenheh
10-06-2006, 06:07 PM
First of all thankyou both Ibisis and M1thr0s.
The 19 square grid was used in Egypt by the scribes and is based on the proportions of a human standing figure in the Egyptian canon of art. It seems art and mathematics is always a favourite human expression.
Here is an image of the grid

http://www.legon.demon.co.uk/grid.htm

There interestingly is similarities with the number 64 used in what the Egyptian scribes called Hekat divisions 64/64.
Here is some info on Egyptian mathematics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_mathematics

The number 6 like the hexagon and hexagram numbers were very important to the Egyptians and they had a set of 6 fractions namely the 'Horus Eye Fractions'. 64 is there also.

Here is a site for Heirglyphics, Egyptian, Mayan and Chinese characters

http://www.valdostamuseum.org/hamsmith/eghier.html

Thats a lot to go through but Im sure at some stage you could digest some of its similarities to what is being discussed at this forum in cross referencing different mathematical sources.

And I must apologise Ibisis, I am computer illiterate and cannot do graphics so maybe we should hound Kain to have a play and see what he can come up with in regards to a hexagonal tree of life structure.
I will PM him and ask about that favour when he has time. :cool:

Kain
10-06-2006, 06:44 PM
First of all a formal welcome baenheh, it's great to see you finally here at AF :)

Also, I'm really glad you decided to start this thread, as you see there's indeed plenty of interest and related feedback by the other members. Seems like we are gathering quite a team already in this internet community...
And I must apologise Ibisis, I am computer illiterate and cannot do graphics so maybe we should hound Kain to have a play and see what he can come up with in regards to a hexagonal tree of life structure.
I will PM him and ask about that favour when he has time. :cool:Well, I'm quite a beginner at graphics myself really...there are some truly great knowers of the art here, m1thr0s's images are just awesome, and MythMath and Ibisis are a few other members I have already noted for their skill. This is interesting stuff though...I guess something can be arranged. Since I know you fare better with actual drawing rather than digital art, perhaps you could begin by making at some point a hand-drawn (and scanned) representation that we could then use in order to make a digital one.

Kain

Kain
10-07-2006, 03:38 PM
I think this is what you mean...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Goyios/Forum%20stuff/Hexagonaltree.gif


Very similar in some respects to this (http://Kain.zoints.com/album/?imgid=30626) structure come to think of it...

Kain

baenheh
10-07-2006, 04:43 PM
Wow! :D

Thanks Kain for this perfect graphic image of what I meant in regards to a hexagonal tree.
I have to agree yes, it is similar to your depiction of the three gunas, and integrating the higher and lower extremes of force.

Thanks again it is much appreciated. :)

m1thr0s
10-07-2006, 04:49 PM
how cool...it's a cubegram! lol...

m1thr0s

Kain
10-07-2006, 05:35 PM
Lol, yeah, it is...!

You're welcome baenheh. I'm glad I got it right.

Kain

MythMath
10-07-2006, 07:38 PM
I'd like to propose establishing a central location for all of the
amazing graphics that have been (and will be) created here...

Perhaps with a short descriptive paragraph
and a link back to their original threads...

There is such a trove of knowledge represented here,
but it is becoming more difficult already to navigate
and the ravens keep eating my breadcrumbs...:rolleyes:
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This forum is amazing...

It is literally revolutionary that we can all be in this
common space together and compare notes...

Thank you all,

baenheh
10-07-2006, 07:57 PM
I love the graphics here too, and think it would be a great idea too Mythmath. :D
I would like to see the cubegram/hexagonal tree with the elements around it.
The fire elements on the points of the right side, the water elements down the points of the left side. The air elements at the top two middle points and the earth elements at the two middle lower points. ;)

m1thr0s
10-07-2006, 09:34 PM
I'd like to propose establishing a central location for all of the
amazing graphics that have (and will be) created here...It should be possible to create a graphic links library at least in the form of a topic that could catalog all the images coming out. I know I still have some untold hundreds left yet to disclose and of course as we build we discover new things etc... What I want to avoid is having to duplicate the images themselves as they do chew up a chunk of server space...I think the library idea would work...short description along with author info and link. Plus it would not be too hard to update periodically...

edit: I suppose thumbnails would be a nice touch and save search time etc...

m1thr0s

Kain
10-08-2006, 08:20 AM
It should be possible to create a graphic links library at least in the form of a topic that could catalog all the images coming out. I know I still have some untold hundreds left yet to disclose and of course as we build we discover new things etc... What I want to avoid is having to duplicate the images themselves as they do chew up a chunk of server space...I think the library idea would work...short description along with author info and link. Plus it would not be too hard to update periodically...

edit: I suppose thumbnails would be a nice touch and save search time etc...

m1thr0sI agree. That would be most helpful and actually quite feasible, great idea MythMath.

Kain

baenheh
10-08-2006, 04:28 PM
Getting back to topic, I have found an article on yijing matrices where there is a conversion of eight trigrams into a unit cube. I am still reading this and trying to digest a lot of this sites information.

http://myweb.usf.edu/~pkho/yijing/a_yijing.htm

Its interesting so far. :)