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The ‘Fruit of Life’ symbol is composed of 13 circles taken from the design of the Flower of Life.

The shape of the Egg of Life is said to be the shape of a multi-cellular embryo in its first hours of creation. The ‘Egg of Life’ is also a symbol composed of seven circles taken from the design of the Flower of Life. According to some, the seed of life depicts the 7 days of creation in which God created life. The ‘Seed of Life’ is formed from seven circles being placed with sixfold symmetry, forming a pattern of circles and lenses, which acts as a basic component of the Flower of Life’s design. He drew geometric figures representing shapes such as the platonic solids, a sphere, a torus, etc., and also used the golden ratio of phi in his artwork all of which may be derived from the Flower of Life design. He drew the Flower of Life itself, as well as various components such as the Seed of Life. Leonardo da Vinci studied the Flower of Life’s form and its mathematical properties. Metatron’s Cube is a symbol derived from the Flower of Life which was used as a containment circle or creation circle. ALCHEMYĬomponents of the Flower of Life have been a part of the work of Alchemists. The most common form of the ‘Flower of Life’ is hexagonal pattern (where the center of each circle is on the circumference of six surrounding circles of the same diameter), made up of 19 complete circles and 36 partial circular arcs, enclosed by a large circle. The symbol can be found in manuscripts, temples and art throughout cultures around the world. The flower of life symbol represents important meaning to many throughout history. There are groups of people all over the world who derive particular beliefs and forms of meditation based (at least in part) on the Flower of Life.

In New Age thought, the Flower of Life has provided what is considered to be deep spiritual meaning and forms of enlightenment to those who have studied it as sacred geometry. In the pagan sense, it is believed to contain a type of Akashic Record of basic information of all living things and is the visual expression of the connections of life that run through all sentient beings. Pagans consider it to be sacred geometry containing ancient religious value depicting the fundamental forms of space and time. The perfect form, proportion and harmony of the FOL has been known to philosophers, architects and artist around the world. The flower of life is a geometrical shape composed of multiple evenly-spaced, overlapping circles arranged in a flower like pattern with six fold symmetry like a hexagon.