Hosted by the ICAA Philadelphia Chapter
In 2010, a book called Harmony was published. It was written by King Charles III — or the Prince of Wales as he was then — along with Tony Juniper and Ian Skelly. It expressed a vision of the world as a set of interconnected and interdependent parts. But it also expresses a deep concern about a lack of this kind of vision in the current times in which we live. The subject matter focuses particularly on the natural world and our relationship with it and how the loss of a spiritual engagement in modern culture appears to have led to what could be described as an ‘age of disconnection’. The book suggests that this shows itself in many different ways such as, for example, in modern farming techniques. Another key subject in the book is architecture. There is a whole section of the book which focuses specifically upon sacred architecture along with the use of sacred geometry within its designs. This talk will focus on the importance of geometry as both a sacred language and a fundamental design principle as well as being the basis for the workings of the natural world and the wider cosmos.
Speaker:
Tom Bree has been involved in the practice and study of Sacred Geometry for over 25 years. This artistic journey emerged from a spiritual awakening, experienced in his early twenties, which eventually led him to the Master-Geometer Professor Keith Critchlow. Bree studied with Professor Critchlow at the Prince’s Foundation (now the King’s Foundation) from 2001 to 2003 for an MA in Visual Islamic and Traditional Arts (VITA). He has been teaching Sacred Geometry for the past 20 years and is renowned for his joint focus upon both technical practice as well as spiritual meaning. From 2010 to 2022 Bree also slowly researched the use of geometry, cosmology, musical ratios and arithmetic (the Quadrivium) in the design of English Gothic cathedrals. This culminated in 2023 in publishing his ground-breaking book: The Cosmos in Stone – Sacred Geometry of a Master Mason.
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