paigemcloughlin 's review for:

The Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: The Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science by Michael S. Schneider

5.0

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I read this book several times having a paranoid nature and some math ability no doubt I am going to read books linked to sacred geometry. There are lots of connections in math to keep a paranoiac mind occupied (better than worrying about mob or CIA) of course I have enough of skeptical nature to not get carried away but it is fun to engage in a little creative paranoia from time to time. Sacred Geometry may be a little removed from numerology but it is a fun historical subject with which to engage. a good chunk is devoted to five and the golden ratio of phi and its relation to the rabbit or Fibonacci sequence, the golden spiral, and the pentagram. A little flakey but enjoyable.

Update 1/5/2022 I think paranoids like myself should channel their conspiratorial musings into mathematics. The whole field is strewn with weird seemingly tangential connections. These connections show up in geometry and art and tend towards a harmless mysticism and may bring comfort in finding hidden order weaved into the cosmic fabric. Of course one can be carried away but it is fun to find more jewels in the cosmic design.



https://youtu.be/7upCqFaEDOU

https://youtu.be/73xCxHv2sXo

https://youtu.be/1Jj-sJ78O6M

https://youtu.be/cyW5z-M2yzw

A very Foucault's Pendulum treatment of this stuff. I know it's pareidolia (fevered overheating of pattern recognition) with numerology but it is a fun video.
https://youtu.be/R7oyZGW99os