Adam and 3 archangels and the tetrahedron
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- By John Eagles, July 21, 2009.
This page is part of an ERW course, Divine Principle.
The Divine Principle teaches that Adam (or Eve) needs three archangels for spiritual protection. Here i want to study this understanding from viewing what is a regular tetrahedron.
Here first follows a picture of a regular tetrahedron:
A tetrahedron (plural: tetrahedra) is a polyhedron composed of four triangular faces, three of which meet at each vertex. A regular tetrahedron is one in which the four triangles are regular, or "equilateral", and is one of the Platonic solids.[1]
Imagine a creation made by God, this could for example be a human being, Adam or Eve. Adam is a single creation of God. When we imagine Adam to be at a certain location in space, how can Adam protect the space around him? From this viewpoint we could imagine Adam to be a dot. Another dot would be one archangel. When these two dots are connected, still no space is created. Also with a second dot or archangel, no space or volume is made yet. Only with the third dot coming into being, space is occupied between them, between Adam and his three archangels.
Imagine the situation that Adam and his three archangels are entirely united. In that case, Adam and the three archangels, although they are separate entities, all take the same distance from each other. The mathematical figure formed by them takes the shape of a regular tetrahedron. Not that it is only possible with minimal four dots or entities to form space between them, and that with more than four entities it is not anymore possible that each of all the four assume equal distances to all of the other ones.
The regular tetrahedron therefore appears to be the geometrical figure that is formed in space when Adam is protected by three archangels. Adam needs to be protected by minimally three archangels in order to have a guarded space around Adam.
Adam and each of the three archangels spread around them a sphere of influence, a radiation of energy. These four intersected spheres of radiance can be seen in the following picture.
The Divine Principle teaches that everything in the universe is created and grows according to what is called a Four-Position Foundation:
- "When .... the origin has divided into two separated substances of subject and object which have again united into one body, four positions are formed. One takes a subjective position while the remaining three stand as objects, thus producing three objective bases. When they enter into give and take action among themselves, one of the four positions assumes the role of subject, while the other three fulfill their objective purposes respectively."[2]
The one that takes the subjective position, that could be Adam united with God, while the remaining three standing as objects could be the three archangels of Adam. When Adam and the three archangels are entirely united while still standing as independent created beings, they will assume the positions of the four corners of a regular tetrahedron.
Of course, there is spoken here of a spiritual principle and a spiritual reality. Adam and his three archangels will not take such exact positions in the physical world. But in the spiritual realm, in terms of energy, such positions can be taken.
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