EarthStar Coloring Sheets

These four coloring sheets

we (Becker & Hagens) have used in classes at Governors State University and in our Conservative Technology workshops.

Our idea has been that they provide a relatively easy introduction into the worlds of geometry, metaphysics, and ancient cultures. The images seem to help people relax into the symbolism of other cultures -- and they appear to stimulate a desire to actually do in-depth reading about them.

The Conservative Technology Dragon. When we designed our logo, during the first year of our earth energies research, we seemed unable to escape the symbols of a cosmic egg, dragon, meander, spiral, crystal, serpent, bull, and worldwide catastrophe. Interesting research projects that might accompany a coloring exercise include: Serpent Mound in Ohio; Ouroboros (the mythic snake that bites its own tail); "living water" and dowsing; Gaia, Ge, and St. George and the Dragon; Quetzalcoatl.
The Zodiac, Our zodiac is reproduced from an 1890s astrology book and is used every term for Cultural Anthropology at Governors State. The jumble of mythical animals and figures that characterizes the uncolored zodiac is quickly transformed into a readily understandable cast of characters once colored. We have found this process a good analogy to what happens to the night sky once one has learned how to "see" it. The exercise provides an introduction to major characters that appear in myths around the world (e.g. Sirius [nose of Canis Major]. identified with the Inca end of the world; major astrology signs) as well as to the cycle of precession (note the small dashed-line circle in the center of the drawing that indicated the path of the earth's pole over a cycle of 25,920 years). Research projects might include procession of the equinoxes; the ecliptic; Platonic "months" and "year"; the "ages" of the traditional zodiac.
Double Hemisphere World UVG Spheres. The "grid" on the earth is what we think of as having its living energy skeleton. Every "line" is actually a "great circle" -- an equator that divides the earth precisely in half. The lines in dark black are the framework originally proposed by Russian and American researchers based on the position of odd areas like the bermuda triangle and the mid-ocean ridges. The smaller lines were added by us -- and are paths of energy predicted for a shpere by the late geometer-philosoher R. Buckminster Fuller. There are three types of major intersections on the grid -- where two great circles cross; where three great circles cross; and where five great circles cross. An interesting exercise for students is to have then color similar intersections uniformly -- and then to see if they detect any characteristics of earth that are similar for similar intersections.
Grid Images and Symbols in Culture and Nature. The patterns of the earth energy grid allow for almost endless speculation -- once one sees them, they seem to be everywhere. Our coloring sheet is really only a beginning to get people to start looking.
In the center of the sheet is our "armillary sphere," a device we propose was probably used in ancient times in the same way newer armillary spheres were used during the renaissance. By placing the device in the sun, a replica is created of how energies might be focused upon the earth (or "captured sphere") within the grid-cage.

(Beginning from the Christian cross and proceeding around to the right)
1. The Christian cross of the precise proportion of the grid.
2. Man also fits the proportions of the grid, in the figure reminiscent of Leonardo da Vinci's.
3. The caduceus, staff carried by the messenger of the gods Hermes (sometimes called Mercury). Many researchers feel the entwined serpents actually represent earth energies -- or even DNA! This is also the symbol of the American Medical Association.
4. The Star of David. This figure appears in artwork that is thousands of years old, and was proposed by James Churchward as a symbol of a lost civilization he called Mu.
5. Mars and its "canals." While we don't know what the lines are, they bear a striking resemblance to what we have proposed for the earth. Similar "lines" are visible on Venus, also. These lines are not capable of being photographed but are seen consistently by about 20% of astronomers.
6. Band widths of frequency tunability proposed for earth by R. Buckminster Fuller.
7. The Reed Sphere, a ritual object found all over southeast Asia.
8. Our "UVG" earth sphere, with grid lines emphasized that appear to replicate both the patterns of nos. 7 and 8.
9. Our UVG sphere with grid lines emphasized that appear to replicate no. 10.
10. Contemporary model of a virus! One of the primary patterns a virus takes is the icosahedron.
11. Energy patterns for a sphere proposed by R. Buckminster Fuller.

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