Sacred Geometry
<p><b >Sacred geometry</b> is the geometry used in the design and construction of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_architecture" title="Sacred architecture" >religious structures</a> such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church(building)" title="Church (building)" >churches</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple" title="Temple" >temples</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque" >mosques</a>, religious <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monuments" title="Monuments" class="mw-redirect" >monuments</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altar" title="Altar" >altars</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_tabernacle" title="Church tabernacle" >tabernacles</a>; as well as for sacred spaces such as<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temenos" title="Temenos" >temenoi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_grove" title="Sacred grove" >sacred groves</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_green" title="Village green" >village greens</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_well" title="Holy well" >holy wells</a>, and the creation of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_art" title="Sacred art" class="mw-redirect" >religious art</a>. In sacred geometry, symbolic and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred" title="Sacred" >sacred meanings</a> are ascribed to certain geometric shapes and certain geometric<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportion(architecture)" title="Proportion (architecture)" >proportions</a>, according to Paul Calter and others:<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_geometry#cite_note-1" >[1]</a></sup></p>