Sacred Number and the Origins of Civilization: The Unfolding of History Through the Mystery of Number

by Richard Heath

An exploration of the origins and influences of number from prehistory to modern time

• Reveals the deeper meaning of the symbols and esoteric knowledge of secret societies

• Explains the numerical sophistication of ancient monuments

• Shows how the Templar design for Washington, D.C., represents the New Jerusalem

The ubiquitous use of certain sacred numbers and ratios can be found throughout history, influencing everything from art and architecture to the development of religion and secret societies. In Sacred Number and the Origins of Civilization , Richard Heath reveals the origins, widespread influences, and deeper meaning of these synchronous numerical occurrences and how they were left within our planetary environment during the creation of the earth, the moon, and our solar system.

Exploring astronomy, harmony, geomancy, sacred centers, and myth, Heath reveals the secret use of sacred number knowledge in the building of Gothic cathedrals and the important influence of sacred numbers in the founding of modern Western culture. He explains the role secret societies play as a repository for this numerical information and how those who attempt to decode its meaning without understanding the planetary origins of this knowledge are left with contradictory, cryptic, and often deceptive information. By examining prehistoric and monumental cultures through the Dark Ages and later recorded history, Sacred Number and the Origins of Civilization provides a key to understanding the true role and meaning of number.

Genres: Mathematics, Science, Numerology, Nonfiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published December 26, 2006

About the author

An engineer turned application developer, I became interested in megalithic astronomy and its numerical skillset in 1992 - working with Robin Heath throughout the 1990s.

Since then I have written six books revealing that the sacred use of numbers referenced the world of planetary time, known to ancient civilizations but forgotten today.

Sacred numbers are the origin of mankind's grandest religious cosmologies, within which such numbers play a significant role and, I propose only megalithic astronomy could have discovered these numbers prior to their being sacredized.

My findings clearly suggest the Earth's celestial environment was not created automatically by forces: it was also shaped by planetary intelligences, so as to create a living planet in which thinking beings could arise.

Reviews

[Mihaela Andreea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mai țineți minte rețeta fetițelor Powerpuff? "Dulce, acrișor și ceva fermecător! Iată ingredientele alese pentru a crea fetițele perfecte!"
Ei bine, cartea asta este un amestec mișto de geodezie, geomantică, metrologie, astronomie, astrologie, geometrie, matematică, filosofie, psihologie și mitologie. Mi s-au părut incredibile unele legături dintre legende, religie și alte domeniu și cum totul se explică simplu, matematic.

[Nate · Rating 4 out of 5]

There were some parts I didn't quite understand because my math skills aren't up to par with some things discussed in the book. But everything I did understand was very interesting and thought provoking. It's amazing to me what ancient civilizations knew without the modern technology we have and rely so heavily on today.

[Pen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Buncombe of the highest order. Anyone with a STEM education will immediately see that Heath falls victim to apophenia bias, the human tendency to find patterns in random information where no actual meaning exists. This is first apparent on Page 17 where he mistakenly ties the Golden Ratio to the orbit of Venus rather than to the actual and trivial source, the Fibonacci Sequence, a counting trick where each number is the sum of the two preceding ones, and which humans happen to find aesthetically pleasing, and which apophenia bias leads us to see in all manner of unrelated phenomena, while ignoring the billions of cases where it does NOT appear. It only gets worse from there. If you have a liberal arts education with a penchant for conspiracy theories, have a ball. Otherwise, skip it.