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REVIEWS @ THE CANOPUS REVELATION: esoteric sources from the Holy Grail legend _ only has aesthetic appeal but is fundamental Stargate of the Gods and the Ark of to the infamous Priory of Sion's records. , to organic structures from shells to the Osiris Coppens learned that Canopus was identi- _ human skeleton. And there's more. by Philip Coppens fied with his Chest, his Ark, in which he was The pentagram of five Venus synods, cre- Frontier Publishing, The Netherlands/ transformed from mere mortal to resurrected _ated over an eight-year period, has special _ Adventures Unlined Press, USA, 2004 supergod. Thus, he surmises, the Egyptians _ significance in our times, too, considering its regarded Canopus as a "stargate" which solar flypast in June 2004 and again in eight ISBN 1-931882-26-6 (21 2pp tpb) allowed man to communicate with the gods __years' time in 2012. The section on the Availability: Frontier Publishing, oe and even enter other dimensions, to experi- Mars/Venus interplay portrays a 4:3 ratio http://www. fsf.nl; Adventures Unlimited ence rebirth of the soul after death. This is that Heath shows is reflected in many a Press, www.adventuresunlimitedpress at the core of the Osiris myth. Now frontier | myth and measure of the ancient world. He .com; or NEXUS offices in Australia, UK. physicists are using a similar "stargate" sym- _ has even found the irregular orbit of Me. Egyptologists, including recent re-_bolism in describing the structure of the Mercury depicted in the facial features of interpreters such as Robert Bauval and Universe. It will be interesting to see how Humbaba from the Gilgamesh epic. At least Alan Alford, have erred in identifying the the scholarly world responds to Coppens's the task of getting acquainted with these god Osiris instead of Horus with the constel- __re-interpretation of ingrained belief systems. numerical ratios and symbols is not so epic, lation Orion, says Philip Coppens. And helped by simple graphics. while the goddess Isis is teamed with the MATRIX OF CREATION: Sacred Heath brings the Cosmos back to Earth, star Sirius in Egyptian mythology, there's Geometry in the Realm of the Planets demonstrating that the sacred ratios were another star, the second brightest in the sky, by Richard Heath incorporated into ancient architecture such that was fundamental to the beliefs of the Inner Traditions, USA, 2004 (first pub- as Stonehenge and reflected in the musical ancient Egyptians as well as Sumerians, lished by Bluestone Press, UK 2002) tones that the ancients sounded to plug into Africans, Hindus and Greeks: the star ISBN 0-89281-194-3 (148pp tpb) the Divine. There's so much harmony that Canopus. To all these civilisations, Canopus ilability: iti i: he concludes our solar system may not have i | I Availability: Inner Traditions website, b ‘dental : was an important celestial marker for navi- http://www. innertraditions.com een an accidental creation. gation; indeed, located close to the constel- t can be argued that the ancient peoples of lation Argo, the star was bound up in the the world who understood number and Greek myth about Jason and the Argonauts. incorporated its mysteries into their lives To the Egyptians, Canopus was the south and works were reflecting the proportions polar star, and with its southerly position they observed in the sky over time. low near the horizon it was intricately linked In Matrix of Creation, Richard Heath (a in their mythology with death and the soul's web developer and electrical/computer engi- journey to enlightenment. And the god most peer from Scotland) turns his sights to the associated with death and the afterlife was solar system, showing that the planets form Osiris. Coppens asks why, then, the impor- _ interrelated numerical patterns with their tance of Canopus has been overlooked or orbits—a cohesion which forms the matrix. underplayed by scholars—surely not Readers with an interest in sacred geometry because they lived too far north to observe and grid harmonics will be fascinated with it? Or was there a hidden reason? Coppens the "phi in the sky" synodic periods of was surprised to find that recognition of the Jupiter and Saturn that reveal the Golden Canopus/Osiris link can be found in hidden Mean of 1:1.618..., the proportion that not esoteric sources from the Holy Grail legend to the infamous Priory of Sion's records. Coppens learned that Canopus was identi- fied with his Chest, his Ark, in which he was transformed from mere mortal to resurrected supergod. Thus, he surmises, the Egyptians regarded Canopus as a "stargate" which allowed man to communicate with the gods and even enter other dimensions, to experi- ence rebirth of the soul after death. This is at the core of the Osiris myth. Now frontier physicists are using a similar "stargate" sym- bolism in describing the structure of the Universe. It will be interesting to see how the scholarly world responds to Coppens's re-interpretation of ingrained belief systems. 68 * NEXUS only has aesthetic appeal but is fundamental to organic structures from shells to the human skeleton. And there's more. The pentagram of five Venus synods, cre- ated over an eight-year period, has special significance in our times, too, considering its solar flypast in June 2004 and again in eight years' time in 2012. The section on the Mars/Venus interplay portrays a 4:3 ratio that Heath shows is reflected in many a myth and measure of the ancient world. He has even found the irregular orbit of Mercury depicted in the facial features of Humbaba from the Gilgamesh epic. At least the task of getting acquainted with these numerical ratios and symbols is not so epic, helped by simple graphics. Heath brings the Cosmos back to Earth, demonstrating that the sacred ratios were incorporated into ancient architecture such as Stonehenge and reflected in the musical tones that the ancients sounded to plug into the Divine. There's so much harmony that he concludes our solar system may not have been an accidental creation. RECHAAD —_ = cred Geometry iW the Planets www.nexusmagazine.com DECEMBER 2004 — JANUARY 2005