The World Grid.

"...the idea of the earth as a geometric shape goes back in history at least to the Pythagorean school of thinking in ancient Greece. Its famous adherent, Plato, wrote that ‘the earth, viewed from above, resembles a ball sewn from twelve pieces of skin.’"

 

'Because of the advanced geodetic and geographic science of the Egyptians, Egypt became the geodetic centre of the known world. Other countries located their shrines and capital cities in terms of Egyptian 'zero' meridian, including such capitals such as Nimrod, Sardis, Susa, Persepolis, and apparently, even the ancient Chinese capital of An-Yang... As each of these geodetic centres was a political as well as geographical 'navel' of the world, an Omphalus or stone navel, was placed there to represent the northern hemisphere from equator to pole, marked out with meridians and parallels, showing the direction and distance to other such navels'.

Extract from Peter Tompkins 'At the Centre of the World' (1)

(The world was re-mapped in 1493-94 A.D.)

It would appear that in the remote past certain geomantic vortex points on the earth’s surface were found to be conducive for the interconnection between sub-terrestrial, terrestrial and cosmic influences and vibrations. A specific vibrational field was created by the interaction of these forces which proved conducive to spiritual activities and higher communement with other dimensional frequencies. It was at these geomantic points that sites of spiritual worship were often established, and thus we find megalithic stone monuments (circles, standing stones and dolmens etc.) and later temples, monasteries and churches, all strategically placed at these geomantic power points and almost always sited in some form of alignment with each other. These alignments invariably follow certain ‘lines of force’, or earth energy ‘leys’, which appear to cover the whole planet in a huge grid format. There may also be specific geometric overlays upon the global grid system itself, the ramifications of which may prove to be far reaching indeed, and suggests the out-working of highly sophisticated spiritual dynamics. Interestingly, German geomantic researchers refer to earth energy leylines as Holy Lines (Heilige Linien).

The suggestion that the world might have been accurately plotted and mapped by prehistoric people c. 4,000 BC stretches the imagination of most historians to breaking point. However, a picture is beginning to form from a variety of sources that suggests that a global-mapping project was indeed initiated at around this time.

One of the strongest pieces of evidence for this comes in the form of a map. The Piri-reis map has several interesting features, primarily, in relation to this page, is the fact that it accurately displays the outline of the Antarctic continent, a feat that i said to have been impossible before 4,000 BC. In addition to this, the map centres on the 'Tropic of Capricorn' and the longitude of 'Alexandria', suggesting  knowledge of astronomy, geometry, and astrology at the same time. We can reasonably conclude from this that the makers of the map either originated from that region or had a good knowledge of it. As the map also includes evidence of accurate longitude and latitude, they would have been required to be familiar with the concept of a spherical globe, and the mathematics necessary to translate compass points onto a two dimensional representation.

The Piri-Reis map is a fragment of a larger world-map, composed from several smaller maps, all of which centre on Egypt. The fact that the continent of Antarctic is included indicates that the map (or portions of it), were created no more recently than 4,000 B.C., as established by core-sampling from the Ross-sea, which shows that the continent was obscured with snow and ice after that date.

The implications of the Piri-Reis map are considerate. There is a clear suggestion from the location and dimensions of Egyptian Temples and sacred sites that they were aware of the dimensions of the earth, and included both longitude and latitude.

It has long been suggested that the builders of the the Great pyramid were well acquainted with geometry, astronomy and mathematics, as evidenced by the 'Great pyramid'. P. Tompkins says of this:

'Whoever built the great pyramid knew, as the legends accurately report, how to make excellent charts of the stars with which to correctly calculate longitude, draw maps of the globe, and so to travel at will across its continents and oceans'. (1)

It is then perhaps a curious fact that the great pyramid was known as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, of which each was ascribed a different planet, and a magic square (According to Levi, as quoted by J. Michell), In this ancient scheme, the Great pyramid was associated with the planet Mercury (Hermes, Thoth), and the magic square of Mercury is an 8x8 square, which is the same as the 'twelve-wind' system operated by the Piri-reis map makers, and which, when superimposed on the Giza complex, (see right), appears to confirm the idea that the same design was used there.

Parts of Giza been variously dated, (along with other ancient Egyptian structures) to a timeframe that accords with the evidence provided by this map. Manetho, Lockyer, Petrie and all estimated dates of early dynasty constructions at 4,000 - 4,500 BC.