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The Alchemy Key.pdf - Veritas File System

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Julius Caesar’s dimensions of ancient Britain also allow a square<br />

to be developed from a circle, having the same perimeter as the circle’s<br />

circumference. 1464 Caesar described Britain as a triangle with sides 475,<br />

665, 760 miles. Britain’s geography bears no relation to this shape. Ehe<br />

dimensions Caesar obtained are esoteric and the represent sacred<br />

dimensions of a holy isle. <strong>The</strong> sides have the ratio of 5:7:8 and can be<br />

used to Square the Circle follows:<br />

1. Draw a circle with radius 7 units.<br />

2. Place Caesar’s 5:7:8 triangle on the circle so<br />

the apex of the 7 and 8-sides meet at the centre<br />

of the circle and the 8-side is vertical. Mark<br />

the point on the circle at the apex of the 5 and<br />

7-sides.<br />

3. Flip the triangle over with the 8-side in the<br />

same position. Again mark the the point on the circle at the apex of<br />

the 5 and 7-sides.<br />

4. Draw an 11 unit line through the marked points. This 11 unit line<br />

divides the 8-side into two pieces, one 5.5 units in length and the<br />

other 2.5 units. As 5.5 units is half of 11 units, this 5.5 unit<br />

measurement can be used as a scale to draw each half of the 11 unit<br />

line.<br />

5. <strong>The</strong> 11 unit line is the base of a square with the same centre as that of<br />

the circle. Complete the square with 3 more sides of 11 units each.<br />

<strong>The</strong> square’s perimeter is 44 units, which is the same as the circle’s<br />

circumference (2 π . . 7 = 44 units). <strong>The</strong> error in this method is only<br />

0.04%.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Star of the Goddess<br />

<strong>The</strong> 2 x 1 rectangle has another very<br />

interesting property, the star of the Goddess. Herein<br />

is the famous Alchemists’ formula of ‘draw a square,<br />

circle, then a triangle then a circle.’ Starting with a<br />

square (or bisecting the 2 x 1 rectangle in two<br />

squares) proceed as follows:<br />

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