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Despite claims that they are over 6,000 years old,<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WZ6Qw3xg7E |title=''Sightings: The Secret of the Sphinx & Edgar Cayce''|publisher= SciFi Channel}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=May 2015}} recent research shows that these engravings can date no earlier than 535 BCE, and most probably date to the 2nd and 4th century CE, based on photographic evidence of Greek text, still to be fully deciphered, seen alongside the Flower of Life circles and the position of the circles close to the top of columns, which are over 4 meters in height.<ref name="furlong2">{{cite web|author=Furlong, David |url=http://www.kch42.dial.pipex.com/egypttour_osirion.html |date=2008 |title=The Osirion and the Flower of Life |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007135918/http://www.kch42.dial.pipex.com/egypttour_osirion.html |archive-date=Oct 7, 2014 |accessdate=May 15, 2015}} (Photographic evidence from the Osirion.)</ref> This suggests the Osirion was half filled with sand prior to the circles being drawn and therefore likely to have been well after the end of the [[Ptolemaic dynasty]].<ref name="furlong2"/> As the drawings are not mentioned in the extensive listings of [[graffiti]] at the temple compiled by [[Margaret Murray]] in 1904,<ref name="murray">Margaret Alice Murray: ''The Osireion at Abydos,'' London 1904, p. 35 ff., [http://www.etana.org/node/666 online here] (retrieved Jan. 5, 2014)</ref> it even cannot be excluded that the drawings were added in the 20th century CE. |
Despite claims that they are over 6,000 years old,<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WZ6Qw3xg7E |title=''Sightings: The Secret of the Sphinx & Edgar Cayce''|publisher= SciFi Channel}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=May 2015}} recent research shows that these engravings can date no earlier than 535 BCE, and most probably date to the 2nd and 4th century CE, based on photographic evidence of Greek text, still to be fully deciphered, seen alongside the Flower of Life circles and the position of the circles close to the top of columns, which are over 4 meters in height.<ref name="furlong2">{{cite web|author=Furlong, David |url=http://www.kch42.dial.pipex.com/egypttour_osirion.html |date=2008 |title=The Osirion and the Flower of Life |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007135918/http://www.kch42.dial.pipex.com/egypttour_osirion.html |archive-date=Oct 7, 2014 |accessdate=May 15, 2015}} (Photographic evidence from the Osirion.)</ref> This suggests the Osirion was half filled with sand prior to the circles being drawn and therefore likely to have been well after the end of the [[Ptolemaic dynasty]].<ref name="furlong2"/> As the drawings are not mentioned in the extensive listings of [[graffiti]] at the temple compiled by [[Margaret Murray]] in 1904,<ref name="murray">Margaret Alice Murray: ''The Osireion at Abydos,'' London 1904, p. 35 ff., [http://www.etana.org/node/666 online here] (retrieved Jan. 5, 2014)</ref> it even cannot be excluded that the drawings were added in the 20th century CE. |
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==As a New Age symbol== |
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[[Image:Sun of the Alps vs Flower of Life rosette shape.svg|thumb|right|[[Sun of the Alps]] and filled Flower of Life rosette]] |
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The ''[[New York Times]]'' quoted a New Age artist as saying, "The Flower of Life has been found in sacred sites throughout the world. Within two weeks of discovering it, I was painting."<ref>"From Nature's Geometry, 'Healing' Art." ''The New York Times'', March 4, 2007</ref> |
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===Miscellaneous=== |
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The album [[Sempiternal (album)|Sempiternal]] by [[Bring Me the Horizon]] (published 2013) uses the Flower of Life as the main feature of its album cover. |
The album [[Sempiternal (album)|Sempiternal]] by [[Bring Me the Horizon]] (published 2013) uses the Flower of Life as the main feature of its album cover. |
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The petals of the [[Sun of the Alps]], the rosette on the unofficial flag of [[Padania]], resemble the center of the Flower of Life by their geometrical construction. It is confined by a ring of uniform thickness, while for the Flower of Life rosette, the (lens shaped) petals are repeated exactly at the perimeter. There is no evidence for any linkage between these two symbols regarding origin or significance. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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The Flower of Life is an ornament consisting of multiple evenly-spaced, overlapping circles. The name was coined in the 1990s by the New Age movement author Drunvalo Melchizedek,[1] who propagated a “sacred geometry” where this shape and parts of it were associated with several historical, mythological and spiritual claims. There is no evidence that the name was used before.[2]
Occurrences of the ornament
The ornament can be constructed easily by pen and compass, by creating multiple series of interlinking circles of the same diameter touch the previous circle's center. The re-occurrence of the figure throughout history are said to prove the significance of the ”sacred geometry” by Melchizedek and his followers.[1]
Abydos (Egypt)
Possibly five patterns resembling the Flower of Life can be seen on one of the granite columns of the Temple of Osiris in Abydos, Egypt, and a further five on a column opposite of the building. They are drawn in red ochre and some are very faint and hard to distinguish.[3]
Despite claims that they are over 6,000 years old,[4][failed verification] recent research shows that these engravings can date no earlier than 535 BCE, and most probably date to the 2nd and 4th century CE, based on photographic evidence of Greek text, still to be fully deciphered, seen alongside the Flower of Life circles and the position of the circles close to the top of columns, which are over 4 meters in height.[3] This suggests the Osirion was half filled with sand prior to the circles being drawn and therefore likely to have been well after the end of the Ptolemaic dynasty.[3] As the drawings are not mentioned in the extensive listings of graffiti at the temple compiled by Margaret Murray in 1904,[5] it even cannot be excluded that the drawings were added in the 20th century CE.
As a New Age symbol
The New York Times quoted a New Age artist as saying, "The Flower of Life has been found in sacred sites throughout the world. Within two weeks of discovering it, I was painting."[6]
The album Sempiternal by Bring Me the Horizon (published 2013) uses the Flower of Life as the main feature of its album cover.
References
- ^ a b Melchizedek, Drunvalo. The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life. Light Technology Publishing, 1999 (vol. 1), 2000 (vol. 2).
- ^ Schneider, Wolf: Kleines Lexikon esoterischer Irrtümer: Von Astrologie bis Zen (German; “Small encyclopedia of esoteric errors, from astrology to Zen”). Gütersloh 2009, ISBN 9783641032418
- ^ a b c Furlong, David (2008). "The Osirion and the Flower of Life". Archived from the original on Oct 7, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2015. (Photographic evidence from the Osirion.)
- ^ "Sightings: The Secret of the Sphinx & Edgar Cayce". SciFi Channel.
- ^ Margaret Alice Murray: The Osireion at Abydos, London 1904, p. 35 ff., online here (retrieved Jan. 5, 2014)
- ^ "From Nature's Geometry, 'Healing' Art." The New York Times, March 4, 2007
