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By Robert J. Gilbert, Ph.D.
We live in a remarkable time, when deeply hidden spiritual knowledge & practices are now being
publicly released. Great Spiritual Traditions around the world are making public much of their formerly
secret knowledge, including in recent years the Mayan, Tibetan, Taoist and European Rosicrucian
traditions. These world traditions are the caretakers of our birthright: our shared human legacy of
accumulated spiritual wisdom.
Perhaps the most fundamental— and essential — part of this spiritual knowledge is to know the
actual patterns, the energy blueprints, which everything in creation is based on. Everything is based
on a specific pattern; knowing that pattern unlocks the ability to make full practical use of it. This is
true whether speaking of patterns of higher spiritual realities, psychological and behavior patterns,
energetic patterns, or actual structures manifested in the physical world.
Only through our knowing these spiritual and energetic patterns can we achieve our full potential: to
become conscious, responsible creator beings in the world. In recent times, the term we use to
describe these core spiritual, energetic, and physical blueprint patterns is Sacred Geometry.
The foundation of all Life and all Creation is this geometric language in nature, which modern science
is using to tap the powers of Nature in modern technology. All modern technology is based on the
twin variables of SHAPE and MATERIAL; different shapes create different energetic effects, just as
different materials offer a full spectrum of different useful energy qualities (energy expresses
differently through metal electrical conductors than it does through wood, for example).
One key to understand this hidden energy science of Sacred Geometry is: Shape is really a pattern of
energy movement frozen in space, a pattern which nature gives a specific power. [1]
As I saw how important this geometric language of nature is for modern science, it became obvious
that some spiritual traditions have known parts of this information for thousands of years. Legends of
ancient high cultures such as the Egyptian Temple Science indicate how advanced — and how secret
— this information was in earlier times.
What was truly amazing to me, was how most of the patterns known and used in modern technology
were also clearly known and used in ancient cultures. Over a period of 20 years, I was able to create
Sacred Geometry courses in which I illustrate the large number of one-to-one matches between
patterns used in spiritual traditions, and those used in modern technology.
One little-known example: the same geometric form known and kept very secret by the Greeks over
2500 years ago (because they said it could cause great destruction if misused) is shown in modern
declassified military documents to be the exact same shape used to create the world's first atomic
bomb.
Similarly, Sacred Geometry patterns taught in the ancient schools as being related to Alchemy are
the same as those found in modern technology to transmute chemical poisons to be harmless, even
lethal toxins like Nerve Gas; these same alchemical patterns frozen in matter can destroy pollution,
and are even present in your car's catalytic converter.
As great as the achievements of modern technology are, they are creating pollution and death in
many cases. Modern science has rediscovered many of the patterns — blueprints of creation —
known to the world's great spiritual traditions, but only in materialistic fragments; it desperately needs
the holistic understanding and greater context the spiritual traditions have regarding these patterns, in
order to create a technology which is healing and life-positive.
The practical energy science used in the ancient spiritual traditions could create life-giving effects in a
way described today as "magic" or "miraculous"; however, to paraphrase Arthur C. Clarke, 'Magic is
what we call any science we do not understand.' This science was based on the knowledge of precise
geometric energy blueprints within and behind all things, and the energy functions of these patterns.
In Ancient Times, the Initiates of this great knowledge were called THE MASTERS OF THE NET.
This same energetic Matrix of Creation was known in ancient times, when it was called THE NET.
Similarly to how it is shown in modern physics texts, this NET of creation was shown as a squared
grid, often metaphorically as a physical Net being used to catch birds or fish inside of it. Such
illustrations were extremely common in ancient Egypt.
In cultures all over the world, the spiritual knowledge of this energetic NET (the geometric matrix both
behind all of creation and within every created being) was one of the highest levels of their Temple
Science and Spiritual Initiations. For instance, in India it was referred to as the "Jeweled Net of Indra",
and was part of a detailed initiation system which included learning to activate the power potential
(Shakti) within geometric forms in the 'Yantra' practice. In Egypt, the Initiates of this knowledge were
known directly by the name The Masters of the Net.
Below is a very short introduction to the appearance of the NET initiation in a series of Western
cultures, leading up to the story of how this knowledge has appeared in a new form in Modern Egypt.
Each of these cultures has a wealth of knowledge and practices which go beyond the brief
descriptions below. [2]
Ancient Egypt
Egyptian spiritual texts and Temple wall illustrations are filled with explicit references to the Net, and
to the Initiation process of becoming a Master of these geometric energy patterns. Human Initiates
are shown in Temple illustrations learning how to use Nets to "Catch and Cast Magic." The spiritual
beings who serve the Initiator of the Egyptian Culture, called the "Baboons of Thoth", are shown
casting their Nets into the water to catch fish; the hieroglyphic texts which accompany the illustrations
give the true meaning of these Temple teachings. Their hieroglyphic texts refer to uninitiated human
beings "caught in the Net" in the spiritual world after their Death, and not capable of free movement,
whereas the Initiate understands the Net well enough to be able to use every part of the Net (all the
geometric blueprints of Creation) and move freely in the spiritual world.
Thoth himself was shown on the Temple Wall at Karnak in the act of "stretching the cord", which is
the act of moving from a spiritual center outwards in order to create forms in the physical 3-
dimensions of space; the great hermetic Egyptologist Schwaller de Lubicz labeled this Temple
illustration "Thoth, Master of the Net". [3]
Chapter 153 of the Egyptian Book of the Dead (in Ancient Egypt this text was known by the much
more beautiful title The Book of Coming Forth into the Light) has a long description of every part of
the Net which the Initiate has mastered. Having mastered the Net, the Initiate in the text constantly
refers to himself as Osiris, having merged in Resonance with this divine being who has conquered
death and knows how to navigate the higher spiritual realms.
When the Egyptian high spiritual culture began to decline with foreign invasions, its knowledge went
in two prominent directions: to the Jewish culture in Israel, and into the Greek tradition.
3 "Mother Letters"
7 "Double Letters" and
12 "Elemental Letters"
What even most modern Kabbalists do not know, however, is that these numbers represent the
actual coding pattern of the human subtle bodies. There are THREE key anchor positions for the
human soul (astral body) at the head, heart, and hara (belly area). The human life body (etheric body)
anchors at SEVEN positions, and the human physical body at TWELVE specific locations. This
coding system — the secrets of which are also part of later medieval alchemical manuscripts — also
includes details on the sources of power for these parts of the human subtle body, at the planetary
and star levels.
With this knowledge, now take a look at the well known Kabbalistic Tree of Life diagram (if you don't
know it, a picture of it can easily be found on the internet): it has THREE horizontal lines, SEVEN
vertical lines, and TWELVE diagonal lines. Within these sacred geometric patterns there are deep
secrets of the spiritual construction — and potential healing — of every human being. [4]
Ancient Greece
In Greece the NET was referred to very directly, as it was in Egypt. There was a famous Greek
Gnostic text bearing the title of "The Net." Ancient Greek coins depict Apollo (the Sun Being) sitting
on the Foundation Stone of Delphi; beneath him a Net of energy covers the Foundation Stone of this
spiritual city. Interestingly, modern esoteric energy research has shown that the Sun does indeed
create critical energetic networks and effects on the surface of the Earth. [5]
The term "The Net" was also integrated directly into the Greek temple designs. Greek (like Hebrew
and other languages) has a system which exchanges every letter of the alphabet for a given number:
the Greeks called this system 'Gematria.' Names thus have a specific vibratory number quality, in
addition to the power of the vibrated sounds of the name. In Ancient Egypt the 'REN', the name of the
person, was understood to be so important that it was considered to be one of the levels of the
human subtle body. [6] The Egyptians and Greeks knew that the 'Names of Power' carry the true
Vibrational Code of the being they name, and can access the power of that being through the Name.
Just as similar sounds will resonate together (one tuning fork, struck and brought close to a second
tuning fork of the same musical note, will create vibration in the second fork), so similar number
qualities will resonate together also. A Greek Temple for example may have the name 'Apollo'
translated into a number, and the name "The Net" also translated into a number, and those numbers
become then a particular measurement used in designing the Temple. This hidden practice is also
related to the power of specific sacred measurement systems — The Egyptian Royal Cubit, the
Remen, etc. — used in the ancient world. [7]
Islamic Tradition
Islam has extremely deep Spiritual Initiation teachings, which tragically are rarely represented in the
media outside of the Middle East; as in Christianity, it is the intolerant fundamentalist sects which
appear most often in the news. Islam actually contains within it many classical secrets from the
Middle Eastern traditions, especially Ancient Egypt.
One example is that Islam is one of the only world traditions to focus on the Power of the Holy
Number 19. [9] The power of the number 19 and its proper use was a fundamental teaching in the
Ancient Egyptian Temple Science. One of the primary grids used in Ancient Egypt to lay out designs
on the Temple walls was the grid based on 19 vertical divisions; this is known to Egyptologists, but
they have no idea of the significance of this fact.
In brief, the number 19 is built into the spiritual blueprint of the human being and all of creation. It is
related to an energetic grid surrounding every human being, which contains within it the precise
positions and functions for all of the spiritual energy centers in the human being (not only chakras, but
a large number of power centers not taught publicly by any tradition even today.) The Egyptian
priesthood knew that the Grid of 19 was in reality the background of the human archetypal energy
blueprint. They also knew that the correct use of the 19 in design (as 19 design elements, or by
building the number into measurement and proportional systems in design) creates a very powerful
emanation of beneficial energy; this is the Golden light often referenced in ancient Egyptian texts as
essential for spiritual development and for consciousness after death. [10]
European Rosicrucians
It is within these Rosicrucian works from Steiner that one can find advanced information which is
intentionally hidden in the earlier traditions; Steiner as a Rosicrucian knew that we are living in a time
when the Mysteries need to be made public, as a natural step in human spiritual evolution. To give
just one example of the information revealed in his work: for thousands of years, initiation traditions
have used the symbols of the five pointed (pentagram) and six pointed (hexagram) stars in public
material to represent certain ideas; however they never taught the public the real energy science
behind what these forms actually are and what they do. Steiner was teaching back in 1907 that the
Pentagram actually exists as a key pattern within every human being's Etheric Body of life energy,
and the Hexagram in 3-Dimensions (commonly referred to today by Leonardo's term 'Star
Tetrahedron') is one form of the human Astral Body. [12] The five and six pointed stars (and many
other important forms beyond them) were used in Initiation to resonate with higher beings & higher
planes, to activate functions within the human subtle bodies, and for powerful spiritual protection. [13]
SHAPE or
ANGLE or
PROPORTION or
MOVEMENT or
COLOR or
SOUND etc.
In my 25+ years of intensive research, and collection of relevant practices & information from around
the world, I have also searched for modern teachers of this knowledge. In Egypt today, a modern
master of this energy science has emerged who can and does use all of these qualities to create
powerful effects at will — and is willing to teach the inner secrets of this work to the public.
The Architect is Dr. Ibrahim Karim of Cairo, who has developed an entire holistic science of energy
quality which he has trademarked under the name of BioGeometry?. His work only began to be made
public in Egypt in the 1990's, following an astonishing series of scientific projects where he
demonstrated the ability to create energetic effects considered 'theoretically impossible' by orthodox
scientists. Here are just a few of these projects:
The experiments were so successful that Dr. Karim was named the head of a special new research
project at the Centre, studying the Effects of Geometric Forms on Life Processes.
Project leader Dr. Khalifa also announced the successful results with BioGeometry on a national
prime-time Egyptian television program. This television show revealed the existence of BioGeometry
to the Egyptian public for the first time, and featured numerous patients from the BioGeometry control
group of the Hepatitis C research project speaking about their experiences. Many of the patients on
the program even brought with them their official medical records, proving that their blood now tested
clean of Hepatitis C. That program and other television coverage elevated Dr. Karim to celebrity
status in Egypt.
Another interviewee in the article reported similar success with an entirely different problem: "Hassan
Hafez Amin, 57, a retired marketing consultant with gout, says Karim's methods had worked where
others had failed. 'I went to Ibrahim with an open mind and he gave me a medallion inscribed with a
geometric pattern to wear. In one month my uric acid levels decreased from 9 to 4.8,' he said." [17]
Dr. Karim was so successful that the Hemberg town council gave Dr. Karim the Key to the City and
demanded that the Swiss National Government implement similar BioGeometry corrections
throughout the country. This led to Dr. Karim being invited to clear similar problems from the city of
Hirschberg Switzerland, while being observed by Swiss government representatives; just as in
Hemberg, the project was tremendously successful and was reported in newspapers and Television
news programs across Switzerland. [20]
This is only a very short list of Dr. Karim's successful projects: there are many more projects
conducted with Government agencies, European Universities, Medical Doctors, etc. which are
beyond the scope of this article. [22]
We should note that Dr. Karim, an Architect by profession and not a Medical Doctor, makes no
medical claims for his work for obvious reasons. Instead, as he puts it, 'My job is to carry out an
experiment with BioGeometrical shapes, demonstrate a fact, repeat this experiment until it becomes a
scientific phenomenon, and allow specialists in every field to start research work.'" [23]
Although still almost unknown in North America, Dr. Karim is having a powerful impact in the Middle
East. He has been given his own Arabic language television show, broadcast on satellite throughout
the Middle East; it's title translates as "God Grant Me More Wisdom"; in it Dr. Karim teaches simple
ways to improve one's life and transform the energetic environment around us using BioGeometry.
Remarkably, BioGeometry is also now taught at the University level in Egypt for advanced
Architecture students. In these courses students are shown how to design according to energetic
principles, tie buildings into the Earth's own energy patterns as was done in the Sacred Design of
ancient times (so that buildings act as living organs conducting the Earth energy through them, as
was done with the Ancient Egyptian Temples), and much more.
I first heard of Dr. Karim around the turn of the century, and sought him out to learn his methods.
Although beyond the scope of this short article, I should note that the principles, patterns, and
methods of his work are of amazing depth and power. I have found that Dr. Karim is willing to publicly
teach highly practical, advanced energetic information which is literally not available anywhere else in
the world. His system allows one to be able to directly detect, manifest, and transmute powerful
energy qualities through the precise use of shapes, angles, proportions, movements, colors, and
sounds. His work applies to energy balancing not only buildings, environmental areas, and objects,
but also all living beings as well.
I am extremely fortunate that after years of working together, Dr. Karim allowed me to become the
first non-Egyptian instructor of BioGeometry, with authorization to teach both the Foundation and
Advanced levels of his training in North America. I now teach his work through the Vesica Institute in
Asheville North Carolina, and sponsor him to come to North America to teach specialized topic
courses to graduates of the Advanced BioGeometry training. [24]
Endnotes
1. This concept is summarized by Dr. Ibrahim Karim as "Energy into Shape creates Function." In
other words, energy is programmed to perform a specific function, take on a certain power, by the
movement pattern it is given by Nature. That movement pattern, frozen in space, is Shape. An
overview of this and other keys to the Energy Science of Sacred Geometry is provided in the Sacred
Geometry Foundation Training DVD set available atwww.vesica.org; this set contains the first two
days of a 7-day intensive Sacred Geometry training.
2. For a more detailed and fully illustrated overview of the Masters of the Net lineage in these different
cultures, please see the Sacred Geometry Foundation Training DVD set mentioned in Footnote 1.
3. See Jeremy Naydler's excellent Temple of the Cosmos for representative illustrations of the Net,
and Wallis Budge's Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary for hieroglyphic phrases related to the Net.
4. For an illustration of the 231 gates, see Aryeh Kaplan's Sepher Yetzirah. For more on the 1-3-7-12
coding system, see the Vesica Sacred Geometry DVD set in footnote 1 above. For advanced
discussions on the geometric forms taken by the Tree of Life, see Leonora Leet's Secret Doctrine of
the Kabbalah and also Daniel Feldman's Qabala: Mystical Heritage of the Children of Abraham.
5. For a discussion of important French research related to the Sun creating fundamental energy
effects on the Earth, see my book Egyptian-European Energy Work at www.vesica.org, Another
important perspective can be found in the work of Bruce Cathie, such as his text The Harmonic
Conquest of Space.
6. See the rare French text Mysteries of Life and Death by Enel for the best modern description of the
subtle body names and powers in Ancient Egypt.
7. See the excellent description and illustrations of the use of these Names as measurements in
Greek Temple design in David Fideler's Jesus Christ, Sun of God.)
8. See David Fideler's Jesus Christ, Sun of God for a discussion of the Sacred Geometric meaning of
the 153 fish caught in the Net, a discussion based on John Michell's City of Revelation.
9. See for example the discussion of the Holy Number 19 in Henri Corbin's Temple and
Contemplation. There are also many internet resources on at least the more surface aspects of the
Holy Number 19, on a variety of Islamic spiritual websites.
10. This information on the true nature and power of the number 19 has been shared with me by Dr.
Ibrahim Karim of Cairo Egypt, whose BioGeometry? teachings are described later in this article. Dr.
Karim's BioGeometry is the only body of work I have found anywhere in the world which teaches how
to detect, manifest and apply this Gold Energy, (technically known as "The Higher Harmonic of Gold")
as well as how to detect and practically use the energy quality of the Holy Number 19.
11. For example, most Westerners cannot understand the cultural references which fill the Egyptian
tradition. An Egyptian would have seen that the baboon stands up and call out to greet the Sun at the
moment of Dawn, just like the priests in the Egyptian Temple did in their daily rituals. So when they
saw a "Baboon of Thoth" on a temple painting they knew the Baboon is connected to the priestly
knowledge of the Sun mysteries.
12. See the 1907 lecture and illustrations on the topic of the Pentagram and Hexagram in From the
History and Teachings of the Esoteric School 1904-1914 by Rudolf Steiner, recently translated into
English from the original German by Steiner Books.
13. One of the hidden Initation schools using these advanced methods was revealed to the public in
the 1980's by a Professor from the University of Maine: the school of the Greek master Daskalos,
located in Cyprus. Some of their practices using the five and six pointed stars are contained in the
important book by Daskalos' daughter entitled Gates to the Light, available from Cyprus
at www.researchers-of-truth.com)
14. Quote from the Scientific Report "Observations on the Interaction of Bio-Geometrical Shapes and
the Growth of Microorganisms" issued by the National Research Centre of Egypt; it was authored by
Prof. Dr. Badr-El Din, the Head of the Department of Microbial Chemistry.
15. Quote from the article "Healthy Signs" in Egypt Today, October 2000 issue.
16. Quote from the article "Healing the Sick with Geometric Designs", distributed worldwide by
Reuters New Service, and carried by ABCNEWS.com and CNN.com.
17. Ibid.
18. From the article "A Whole New Angle" appearing in Al-Ahram Weekly, issue of 2-8 September
1999.
19. Copies of the offical report of the Hemberg project (translated into English from the original
German) are available from the Vesica Institute, as are a limited number of copies we have imported
of a short book written by one of the Hemberg residents about her experiences with Dr. Karim in the
project. There are also copies of English and German language news reports posted on Dr. Karim's
own site, www.biogeometry.com.
20. Ibid.
21. Photographs of the Water Crystals and more details on the project will soon be posted
on www.vesica.org.
22. Details of all these projects are integrated into the BioGeometry trainings, along with instruction
on how to apply the same methods employed in the projects. The book Egyptian-European Energy
Work sold at www.vesica.org also includes important information on key concepts behind
BioGeometry.
23. Quote from the article "A Whole New Angle" appearing in Al-Ahram Weekly, issue of 2-8
September 1999.
24. For more details on North American BioGeometry training and a list of upcoming courses, please
see the Vesica Institute website www.vesica.org.