Lineage
PYRAMIS
Primordial mound — the first land, sun-ray crystallised.
Chain of Names — 7 traditions
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Egyptian
~2600 BCE
Benben / Pyramid
Primordial mound — the first land, sun-ray crystallised.
Old Kingdom monuments
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Sanskrit / Vedic
~1000 BCE
Meru मेरु
Cosmic axis — the mountain that organises the worlds.
Vedas, Puranas
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Christian-Mystical
~600 BCE+
Holy Mountain / Sion
The ascent — where heaven touches and the soul is raised.
Psalms, John of the Cross
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Greek-Classical
~360 BCE
PYRAMIS πυραμίς
Geometric solid — fire-form, four faces ascending to point.
Plato, Timaeus
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Physics / Elemental
17th c
Tetrahedral Sphere-Packing
Densest local arrangement — the apex of efficiency.
Kepler conjecture
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Jungian
20th c
Ascent toward the Self
Individuation as climb — narrowing focus toward apex.
Jung, Psychology and Alchemy
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Modern Wellness
21st c
Elevate
Rise above the baseline — sustained climb past survival.
Maddie, Sovereign Systems Spiral
Lenses Present