24/04/2026
Maybe you have come across talk of and ? Before we moderns started to compartmentalise knowledge and called it 'progress' the ancients had other ways of looking at reality. For example we can appreciate that yoga includes biology, anatomy, philosophy, movement etc. In a similar (but more profound) way a yogi is also a master the 5 sheaths - just as a ***ic must master the . The Vedic culture does not map well with cartesian dualism (sorry mind and body yogis - yoga psychology doesn't exist and will fade away just like the and did), to be ayogi is also a vedantin, , ayurvedic, vastu student.
The 5 Platonic solids relate to:
tetrahedron → fire - Agni
cube → earth - Pritvi
octahedron → air - Vyu
icosahedron → water - Apah
dodecahedron → Ether - Akash.
Incidentally, the 12 sides of the dodecahedron are the reason why we have 12 signs in the zodiac. has all this - the symbols of the chakras show the sacred geometry.
Still think modernity equates to progress? Another crazy tangent, remember the movies? the rational/scientist duelling the occultist/Draula was a herald of the battle between science and spirituality. The funny thing is, science itself became a religion! Debate not allowed, questioning not allowed, opposing views not allowed. At least we we're not in China or Russia. My God its like the dark ages there... 😐
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free".
