OKTAEDRON

Chain of Names — 7 traditions

1. Egyptian

   ~2300 BCE

   Hermopolitan Ogdoad

   Eight primordial deities — the fullness before the One.

   Hermopolis cosmogony

2. Sanskrit / Vedic

   ~500 BCE

   Ashtakona / Ashtanga अष्टकोण / अष्टाङ्ग

   Eightfold figure — the eightfold path made geometric.

   Buddhist tradition, tantric yantras

3. Greek-Classical

   ~360 BCE

   OKTAEDRON ὀκτάεδρον

   Plato's element of air — eight faces, perfect double-pyramid.

   Plato, Timaeus

4. Christian-Mystical

   ~400 CE

   Baptismal Octagon

   Eighth day — resurrection beyond the seven of creation.

   Early Christian baptisteries

5. Physics / Elemental

   19th c

   Octahedral Coordination / FCC Lattice

   Six bonds in three axes — the closest-packed crystal.

   Crystallography, Bravais

6. Jungian

   20th c

   Crystallised Self

   Wholeness given lattice form — durable inner geometry.

   Jung, Mysterium Coniunctionis

7. Modern Wellness

   21st c

   Authenticate

   Prove it to yourself — durable form under your own pressure.

   Maddie, Sovereign Systems Spiral

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