Metatron's Cube

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:33:53 +0000

Metatron is an angel described in Jewish and other Abrahamic religious texts, variously identified as the Scribe of God, the Lesser Tetragrammaton, et cetera. He/it is closely identified with the prophet Enoch, and by many accounts they are one and the same entity.

The cube itself consists of thirteen (doz. 11) circles, six of which emanate out from seven hexagonally packed circles in the center, with line segments connecting the center of each circle with the center of every other circle. This has the effect of producing a highly hexagonal pattern onto which one can map orthographic projections of all five Platonic solids. Note that this figure can also be expressed in the form of an actual cube, which sixteen (doz. 14) spheres instead of thirteen circles.

Hexagonal projection of the platonic solids

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:16:00 +0000

In this diagram we see that four of the five platonic solids can be projected in two dimensions as hexagonally-symmetric figures. The hexahedron, octahedron, and icosahedron can all be orthographically projected as regular hexagons, and the dodecahedron can be so projected as a somewhat lopsided yet equal-angled hexagon (not shown), or as a hexagonally-symmetrical dodecagon (shown here). The tetrahedron—or "freak" polyhedron if you will—can of course be projected as an equilateral triangle, which although not truly hexagonal is still of the same general angular family.

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Metatron's Cube

Hexagonal projection of the platonic solids