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| The Hermetic Code in DNA: The Sacred Principles in the Ordering of the Universe | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Hayes
Creator: Colin Wilson
Publisher: Inner Traditions
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 207568
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 1594772185
Dewey Decimal Number: 572.86
EAN: 9781594772184
ASIN: 1594772185
Publication Date: May 27, 2008
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Product Description
An examination of the precise code that connects ancient spirituality with modern science
• Shows how the numerical patterns in ancient philosophies are evident in both the structure of the universe and the helical structure of DNA
• Reveals that music theory comes from an intuitive understanding of the resonant harmony of the cosmos
Many have observed the distinct numerical patterns embedded in ancient philosophies and religions from all over the world; others have noted that these same patterns are apparent in many of the theories of groundbreaking science. Michael Hayes reveals that there is a precise code, the Hermetic Code, that connects these patterns--information once known to ancient cultures but apparently lost over time. Mirrored in the structure of this code are the ordering principles of the universe and, intriguingly, also the harmonic ratios of music. Our notions of what is harmonious in music may therefore arise not from an abstract aesthetic sense but as a response to an intuition of a fundamental cosmic harmony.
The resonance between biology and cosmology shows that life is music, complete with “overtones”--nowhere more strikingly present than in the helical structure of life itself: DNA.
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 Piece of Pi October 7, 2008
22/7. That about sums up most of the concrete information in this book. The author provides a wide ranging survey around metaphysical concepts surrounding the nature of reality and Hermetics. If you don't know anything about Hermetics, resonance, or any metaphysical books printed in the past few years then this is a good place to start.
However, if you are aware of many of the authors around alternative human histories then your search for the secrets that this book may claim to have at face value will leave you largely frustrated. You get short segments around the octaves comprising 22 notes (8 notes to the octave, thus 7 notes *3 octaves +1 to cap the transition to the fourth octave, 7*3+1 = 22). And you get some cursory math around Pi in the pyramids of Giza and Central America. But that's about all you are going to be able to point to here.
There are many interesting bits here. The author surely does draw from a great number of sources. But in the end you feel that the synthesis of information as to where the author was pointing to never really got concretized.
If you want to get into harmonics and resonance then better places to start are with either Nassim Haramein (resonance project) or Hazrat Inayat Khan (a Sufi).
 A good book but difficult to read September 2, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is not an easy read; however I enjoyed it and many of the proposed ideas are eyeopening and, I believe, important for our times. The reader should have a good understanding of science, particulary quantum mechanics, sub-particle physics, and molecular biology. Some knowledge of music theory will also be very helpful. On the other side of the scale, the reader should also have some background in esoteric ideas and be somewhat familiar with the tenets of the world's major religions. Without some background knowledge about these things one will probably be lost at some point in this book. I had much physics training a long time ago, and while I am not a scientist, this past education definately helped me to get through this book. The basic ideas that are proposed are that the universe is ordered according to the "hermetic code", certain numerical relations that repeat and mirror themselves according to the old hermetic tenet "As above, so below". The author leads the reader to discover that these numerical relations are the same on the microcosmical level of the atom, the molecule, and the DNA (the genetic code) as well as on the macroscopic level, the solar system, the galaxy, etc, and everywhere in between (the human brain). The end fazit is that we live in a holographic universe, where everything is essentially light and music, light and sound, something that many students of spiritual paths will have discovered in a way different from scientific logic.
He also devotes much time to ancient Egypt and proposes that the immense monumemts such as the Pyramids (with stone blocks weighting up to 1200 tons!) were built, according to musical and psychic influences (telekinesis). These ideas in themselves were not new to me, but what was new and fascinating to me was that here was a scientific approach to them. The scientific approach is sometimes a bit tedious for someone who may already "know" these things from more direct perception, however I believe it is books like this one that offer an important bridge between the scientific community and those more spiritually attuned.
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