About Domes: Sacred Geometry

R. Buckminster Fuller–inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, poet and cosmologist was one of the most enlightened mystics of the last century. Fuller was truly a man ahead of his time.

His lifelong goal was the development of what he called “Comprehensive Anticipatory Design Science”–the attempt to anticipate and solve humanity’s major problems through the highest technology by providing “more and more life support for everybody, with less and less resources.” “Bucky” is best known for the invention of the geodesic dome–the lightest, strongest, and most cost-effective structure ever devised. The geodesic dome is able to cover more space without internal supports than any other enclosure. It becomes proportionally lighter and stronger the larger it is. The geodesic dome is a breakthrough in shelter, not only in cost-effectiveness, but in ease of construction and energy efficiency. The geometry allows proper circulation of the ambient air with little energy input.

Bucky was an expert at observing nature and extrapolating its fundamental geometry. Fuller was part of a lineage of master geometrists, one of which is credited with being the father of science and philosophy, Pythagoras.

The Pythagorean schools and their knowledge of the “music of the spheres” are the foundation of inspiration for all of the famous geometers that followed from Plato to Kepler. All of them had a profound sense that the geometry found in nature is fundamental to creation. Now many new and exciting unification theories are using these fundamental geometries to solve complex space equations, which supports the view that geometry structures space, and is fundamental to creation.

Imagine yourself living in a highly structured space replicating the fundamental geometry of creation—the same geometry at the root of heavenly spheres and of the molecules of your body.

Many healers use the dome because they believe that geometry helps reorganize the cells of the body and hence improve health and creativity.

Another advantage to the dome is that it can be used to remove stray electromagnetic waves by grounding the metal structure into the earth.

The ultimate geometry of creation is the sphere—ie., atoms, molecules, the earth, the sun and the stars etc. All these spheres mathematically generate a point of singularity at the center where all waves cancel out to create stillness—the Bindu point of ancient meditation practice. Although the dome is a hemisphere, it emulates these dynamics.

Many meditators use the domes to enhance their practice with great success. Similarly, because of these spherical coordinates the acoustics inside the dome are phenomenal and exquisite. Chanting at the point of singularity in the center of the dome generates the effect of hearing yourself from within. Many musicians enjoy the dome for practice and performing.