The Matrix of Creation : Inner Traditions : 9780892811946 : 0892811943 : 21 May 2004 : Reveals the ancient mathematical principles refuting the notion of the solar system as an accidental creation ? Reveals how ancient civilizations encoded their secret knowledge of the sky in mythology, music, and sacred measures ? Shows how modern culture can benefit from the ancient astronomical and astrological worldview based on number ? Shows the role of ratio and harmonic proportions in the creation of the material world Humanity's understanding of number was deeper and richer when the concept of creation was rooted in direct experience. But modern sensibility favors knowledge based exclusively on physical laws. We have forgotten what our ancestors once knew: that numbers and their properties create the forms of the world. Ancient units of measurement held within them the secrets of cosmic proportion and alignment that are hidden by the arbitrary decimal units of modern mathematical thinking