Flower of life
The Flower of Life is the name coined by New Age author Drunvalo Melchizedek for a geometrical figure composed of multiple evenly-spaced,
overlapping circles. This figure,
used as a decorative motiv since ancient times, forms a flower-like pattern with the symmetrical structure of a hexagon.
A "Flower of Life" figure consists of seven or
more overlapping circles, in which the center of each circle is on the
circumference of up to six surrounding circles of the same diameter. However,
the surrounding circles need not be clearly or completely drawn; in fact, some
ancient symbols that are claimed as examples of the Flower of Life contain only
a single circle or hexagon.
New Age followers ascribe many forms of significance to the
Flower of Life and three similar figures, called the "Egg of Life,"
the "Fruit of Life," the "Seed of Life,"and the "Tree
of Life." Melchizedek and others assert that these figures are symbols of sacred geometry, that they represent
ancient spiritual beliefs, and that they depict fundamental aspects of space
and time. They claim that Metatron's
Cube may be derived from the
Flower of Life pattern, and that the Platonic
solids within it were
"thought to act as a template from which all life springs."
The Flower of Life and the Seed of Life are linked by New
Age authors with the Biblical prophet Enoch,
the Archangel Metatron, the six
days of Creation, the Vesica Piscis religious symbol, and Borromean rings.
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