Metatron's Cube: An Aspect of Sacred Geometry

Artistically, I was struck by the visual impact of the Metatron's cube, pictured above, when I first came upon it. After doing some further reading, I found that Metatron's cube can be derived from the Fruit of Life, which is a special thirteen circle arrangement. This arrangement emerges from a series of intersecting circles placed in radial symmetry to form the approximation of a hexagon, known as the Seed of Life. The Seed of Life arrangement begins first with a single circle which is then intersected by a second circle, so that the circumference of each of the two circles travel through the center of the other, creating the so called vesica pisces, from which the "Jesus Fish" can be derived. Adding five more circles in radial symmetry creates the Seed of Life, and then after one expands this initial form by adding more circles in the same vesica pisces manner while removing earlier circles, one arrives at the Flower of Life. From further expansion, the Fruit of Life emerges. Connecting the centers of each of the thirteen circles of the Fruit of Life forms the Metatron's cube above.

Take a few moments to stare at the image, and notice how your mind visually shifts and reorganizes the Metatron's cube mandala so that new shapes and patterns emerge. In this way, the actual viewing of the painting is an act of creation between you and the picture.

This piece, Temple Metatron by contemporary artist Luke Orsborne, illustrates the way Metatron's cube can interlock with other Metatron's cubes, creating even more complex and striking images. I digitally altered the original design for Temple Meatron, which I have made available as the mandala poster print above. To find out more about this original abstract acrylic art piece and several others I have done based on Metatron's cube, take a look at my Etsy product page where they are featured.

If you take a look at the back of a dollar bill, you will see the familiar pyramid with an eye along with the Great Seal on the opposite side. The thirteen stars on the seal are arranged in a slightly different manner than the thirteen circles of Metatron's Cube, but they none the less create a hexagram. And if one examines the points of the hexagram or Star of David, superimposed on the pyramid on the left, at each point there is a letter. These letters can be arranged to form the word MASON. In addition, you will find that various elements of Washington DC may be seen to correspond to a flattened Metatron's cube.

The free masons, however, deny involvement with developing the iconography on the US dollar, and if you read Wikipedia's history of the Great Seal, you will find that though Ben Franklin was indeed a mason, and did sit on the initial committee to design the seal, you will also discover that there were three separate committees, through which the seal's final design changed and evolved. There is no hard evidence to show that the key players in the design were masons, though perhaps the masons and the designers of the seal were drawing from similar fascinations and influences. There certainly was a masonic presence during the formation of the early US government. If and how that relates to Metatron's Cube and where that leads is for you to decide.