15-Charles R. Henry
USA

The Human Form From Sacred Geometry Interdisciplinary Research

by Charles R. Henry

The image in this mandala is a simulation of the reflection patterns that are created inside a cluster of reflective spheres. The geometry of the close-packing structure is based on principles of Sacred Geometry. The Golden Mean, Pi and the geometry of The Great Pyramid are factors that determine the positions and sizes of the spheres. In 1975, I discovered a crude image of the human face and torso while photographing the patterns in clusters of Christmas tree balls. After many attempts to refine the image by physically constructing various clusters of reflective spheres for photography, I realized that the most flexible medium for this research is computer modeling because it can simulate the physical and spatial properties of the real world mathematically.

In 1992 I began this research which takes the viewer into the simulated, virtual world of idealized geometry. The geometry for the nesting concentric shells of spheres (that fit 10 within 10) that I discovered is related to the space-filling properties of 3D space itself. The fact that the human face image is generated by the multiple reflections (viewed on the surface of one sphere inside the cluster) is presented in this work.

Note: See Charles' website for a more complete description of his research linking Pi, the Golden Mean and the geometry of The Great Pyramid.

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