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serious doubts as to whether this was so, and it was disappointing to witness how begrudgingly some conceded the existence of such a remarkable construction. “Remarkable” is probably a gross understatement when its properties are fully appreciated. A sim- ple comparison with the regular pentagram will give the reader some insight into the ingenuity of the designers. The regular pentagram is constructed as shown (Figure 1, top). It is considered ‘sacred’ in that the chords intersect each other in the ratio of the Golden Section (see Trigonometric Tools box in Part 1, NEXUS vol. 3, no. 4). It is also of interest that the pentagram was supposedly the secret sign of the initiated Pythagoreans and was considered by Paracelsus to encompass all the occult forces of Nature. The cele- brated French occultist Eliphas Lévi was quoted as saying, "Those who set at nought the Sign of the Cross, tremble before the Star of the Microcosm”. This figure, like the circle which encompasses it, was always considered to be an explicitly feminine symbol—in contrast with the masculine hexagram. It was further considered that to solve the geometric relationship between these figures would place one on the road to the solution of the "Great Work". These matters are dealt with in more detail in the book, Genisis. Turning our attention to the extended pentagram displayed in the geometry of Rennes-le-Chateau, we see that the body of the female symbol has now acquired an orientation which, by virtue of the extension, allows the identification of the limbs. The Golden Section of the chords has been sacrificed, but it is super- seded by the fact that it manifests itself in the axial division of the body triangle from the centre of the circle to the apex of the head, the Golden Section being achieved at the circumference of the cir- cle (see Figure 3). This sacred measure is also found in the rela- tionship of the distance between the feet and the extended chord forming the side of the body triangle. In simple terms, the changes have improved and enhanced the sacred factors far beyond those of the regular pentagram. ... it was becoming increasingly obvious that we were witnessing a sophisticated geometric manipulation of the phi factor which could never have occurred by chance. At this stage it was becoming increasingly obvious that we were witnessing a sophisticated geometric manipulation of the phi fac- . tor which could never have occurred by chance. In fact, after years of searching, it has been found that this extended pentagonal figure had never previously occurred in any geometrical work, sacred or otherwise. An impressive unification of the feminine symbology now occurs, in so much as there is a near-perfect equation of the perimeter of the body triangle with the circumference of the circle. It is awesome to find that the body chords of the female symbol enclosed within the circle are precisely those required to construct a hexagram. This is undoubtedly the long-sought-after “Star Union", held in such reverence by the occultists (see Figure 4). Throughout this discussion we have been referring to the extended pentagram as a symmetrical figure, whereby its forma- tion is based on the 15 divisions of the circle being precisely 24 degrees each, and the resultant extended pentagram being precise- ly 36 degrees at its star-points. The major axis is thereby the bisector of the angle at the apex, and, of necessity, passes through the centre of the generating circle. The regularity of the figure allows it to be analysed systematically using elementary trigonom- ateu etry. Later we will see that the ground figure has minor eccentricities which, at first sight, may be misinterpreted as the inability of the designers to reproduce the perfection of the symmetrical design. NEXUS ° 35 AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1996