The Spiral of Life
and
     The Healing Pyramid
       created by Stewart Stars Saxton 1967 - 1977

For Stewart to bring this work to completion he made an inward journey of paramount importance. Through meditation he made a journey into to heart center that was necessary to see his vision. In the heart center he entered a place he calls, "The Crystal Caves". The mystical caves of the soul are endless and the walls of these caves are made of diamonds. Each diamond having a world of it's own within. All of the happenings of existence are recorded in these caves, they are the DNA that spiral to infinity. This place is the center of the soul, the center of the self, the most valued entity in existence. A place of pure peace where there is no tension and all is true love. Describing such a place is difficult and to visually create a work to describe it is even more difficult. With the help of "Major Five" we have done our best to bring this place of pure peace and reason into a 3 dimensional work of art. The object being to use this work as a springboard to see the ourselves in and how we relate to the 4th dimension. These ideas are related to the teachings as expressed in Advaita Vedanta. "The Spiral of Life" exists in presence always, a vortex of pure peace.

This work of art is a sculpture made of polished steel, polished brass, glass, crystal, stone and wood. The height is 60 inches and the width is 26 inches at the center. The Spiral of Life hangs in a Chrome steel pyramid 11 square foot at the base and 7 feet 6 inches in height with a mirror polished chrome steel pyramid cap. The work represents a 3 dimensional image of the human soul. As far as is known it is the only one of it's kind in this world. The magnetic field mimics the magnetic field of the human form. This work has the healing qualities known to be present with pyramid energy. The four primary colors are used to enlighten the work and bath it in soothing and healing color.

The sculpture is a symbol of unity, a coming together of the positive forces for the enlightenment of all. It is a self contained vortex that represents symbolically all of the divergent entities that are the soul of humanity. The vortex is contained within the steel spiral of energy and it's movement is ascending. The steel spiral denotes the cosmic rays in motion and brings about the relationship between unity and multiplicity. It is the energy of and represents the serpent, the symbol of wisdom and eternity. The ascending spiral is the sun energy and descending spiral is the moon energy. The spiral with a symbolic serpent head at the top, the body spirals downward to the tail at the bottom ending in a 9 pointed polished brass gold star. This represents the awakening  of the serpents power as in the Kundalini energy of Tantrist doctrine. This vortex also represents the double spiral as seen in the eastern philosophy of Yin and Yang. Within the vortex are placed signs and symbols that give us the mathematical keys to the mysteries of humans and the universe. From this point let us take the Progression of Numbers (the whole numbers one through nine) and review them for their individual attributes.

ONE: Let us take each number in order, there is but one "Spiral of Life". There is one "Peace Bomb". There is one chrome steel pyramid that holds  "The Spiral of Life"  and makes up one whole unit. There is one central stellated dodecahedron of mirrored glass made up of 12 interlaced 5 pointed stars. There is each one of us. There is one humanity. All is one and one is all.  We are all one. The light is one, through out  the universe all light is from the same one source. Just as the candle flame is the same as the flame in the sun. It's essence is power and energy and is the image of heaven as the creative. All things are part of the one. There is only one existence in the omniverse we live in. From one grows the essence of two.

TWO: When we are able to see the one there must be an observer. Then there is that which is observed. Thus begetting the balance of opposites, the polarity of yin and yang forces. Also there is top and bottom, there is up and down there is over and under. There is the light and the dark. In "The Spiral of Life"  there are two light globes one above and one below, the light above is the yang force and the light below is the yin force. There is the beginning and there is the end. There is man and there is women. There is the creative and there is the receptive. Opposites attract and beget the essence of three. 

THREE: There are three centers of light in the work, it is the triangle. In "The Spiral of Life" there is, the light above, the light below and the white light in the center. The white light in the center emanates from the central star mass, just as we receive white light energy from the sun. There are four triangles one on each face of the pyramid. There is the top, the bottom, and the space in between. This is where three arises as spirit, mind, and body. The father is the creator, the mother is the receptive and the child is the coming together of the life force. The trinity is the father, the mother and the child. The trinity is seen in many ways. In religion, it is The father, The son and the Holy Ghost. There is the past, the future and the present. as the now. The now being where presence is. Being in the present is to be in a place of peace and tranquility. This trinity of light is enclosed in one whole unit and this begets the essence of four.

Four: The square at the base of the pyramid grows from the four triangles on the pyramid sides. Each triangle represents one of the seasons. Spring, where life is born, Summer where life comes of age, Fall where life goes into decline, and Winter where life ends only to be reborn again. In "The Spiral of Life: there is a cosmic cross made of two steel plates from which the internal symbols grow. Also known as the 10,000 things. Four is symbolic of the earth with the four directions and the four seasons. It is the foundation of life, the basic building block. From the mystic cross grows the essence of five.

FIVE: The pyramid has five points, the four corners at the base join the center point to give us the five points of life. The four cardinal points and the center form five. Five represents humans with four extremities and the head. The four fingers and the thumb on each hand. The four toes and the big toe on each foot. There are five holes on the face. Humans have five main upper and five main lower organs. The five senses and the five elements bring humans to fulfillment. The central mirrored star called a stellated dodecahedron in the center of "The Spiral of Life" has 12 interlaced five pointed stars. Humans are a system of fives. These interlaced stars represent the completion of the Zodiac in humans, but humans must have more than flesh to exist and this begets the essence of six.

SIX: From the five of the body arises the six of intellect. The central star mass when hung by one point and started to spin forms a six pointed star when viewed from the side. The six pointed star can be seen on each steel plate in the center of "The spiral of Life". The stellated dodecahedron is attached to a small motor and spins continually at one revolution per minute. The star has spun continually in "The Spiral of Life" since 1974.
The six pointed star is made up of the interlaced triangles of personality (the physic and the physical triangles) and the interlaced triangles of individuality (the triangles of mind and reason). In the "I Ching" one of the oldest works of Chinese literature there are six steps to heaven. As in the "I Ching" Wilhelm Baynes version , it states All movements are in six steps and the seventh brings return. This begets the essence of seven.

SEVEN: There are seven inner levels in "The Spiral of Life". These levels are as represented as in the Seven        Bodies and Seven Chakras. The bodies are, The Physical (earth, physical), The Etheric (water, emotional) The Astral (fire, ego), The Mental (air, social), The Spiritual (sound creative), The Cosmic (light, self)  and The Nirvanic (thought, self knowledge). The Seven Chakras in Hindu are The Muladhara, The Svadisthana, The Manipura, The Anahata, The Visuddha, The Ajna, and The Sahasrara. There are seven days in the week and the seventh day brings return. In the ocean each seventh wave is a larger wave. Seven represents what you put in is what you get in return. Thus arises the essence of eight.

EIGHT: Eight is the infinite path we travel to seek enlightenment. Eight is the double cube forming the fulfillment of man's dreams. The cross is doubled giving us eight directions, north, south, east, west, northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest. These eight directions also represent the eight trigrams in the "I Ching". These represent the coming together of the family in which all social relationships are to be found. Eight is infinity and the strength to endure. Eight is the cube doubled and represents both the higher and lower planes. It is the two interlaced serpents signifying the balancing of the opposite forces. It is the spiral of the DNA. The DNA is a based on the golden section and the pattern for all life. When the fulfillment of life is reached the essence of nine arises.

NINE: Nine is the highest degree to which man may attain on this level. In it is contained the triangle of the ternary. It symbolizes the creation of spirit out of matter and the active life out of the inactive life. Each triplisity of the nine is the syntheses of the lower, central, and higher planes of consciousness. The nine points in the tail of the serpent represent this triplisity. This is the last frontier from which man returns to unite with the mystic spirit to be born again, to be renewed. As in the Tarot, IX The Hermit, whose light is veiled is initiated into the new way. where the light shines bright again.

The Tarot is represented with 56 hanging bead strands, one for each of the lesser arcana. Within the 7 levels described previously there are 22 sections that represent the Greater Arcana The tarot trumps, the keys to the evolution of life. From top to bottom there are nine levels representing as in Tibetan understanding the chakras or vortexes and are as follows. The 1st is the Pineal (the crown), 2nd is the Pituitary (the third eye), 3rd is the Thyroid (the throat), 4th is the Thymus (the chest), 5th is the Solar Plexus (the rib cage), 6this the Adrenals (behind the Solar Plexus), 7th is the Pancreas (right of the Solar Plexus), 9 is the Root (the base of the Spine. These vortexes are the bases for Tibetan medicine. The round glass mirrors on the outer edges of "The spiral of Life" are energy exchange points similar to that of The Tetraktys in Pythagoreans as a symbol of creation. There are many more symbols and mysteries within the "Spiral of Life", "The Peace Bomb". We have tried to show there is a relationship of all things with one another. All energy arises from the same void at the command of the great force. Life is there for all, all is one and one is all. We are all one. We all are.

Revised: Stewart Stars Saxton, January 6th, 2006 

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