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.