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‘Academy of Sacred GeometrySacred Geometry Full Practitioner Course’ Group BuyGB status – OpenGB thread – HereGroSharing elsewhere will result in being banned                                                                                           Tao of Geometry with Mark Hanf and Marnie MulleThis multifaceted course integrates hands-on geometric drawing with dynamic multimedia presentations and invites students to explore the harmonic balance of Heaven and Earth, Form and Emptiness, Science and Spirituality, Mastery and Mystery, Yin and Yang. Deep within the ancient art and science of Geometry lies a beautiful and mysterious system of forms that has fascinated philosophers and sages from all spiritual traditions since antiquity. In this particular Foundation Course we invite participants to awaken their own deeper levels of perception and to access the golden key of Sacred Geometry to unlock secrets encoded in the sacred symbols of China.Deep within the ancient art and science of Geometry lies a beautiful and mysterious system of forms that has fascinated philosophers and sages from all spiritual traditions since antiquity. In this particular Foundation Course we invite participants to awaken their own deeper levels of perception and to access the golden key of Sacred Geometry to unlock secrets encoded in the sacred symbols of China.This multifaceted course integrates hands-on geometric drawing with dynamic multimedia presentations and invites students to explore the harmonic balance of Heaven and Earth, Form and Emptiness, Science and Spirituality, Mastery and Mystery, Yin and Yang.Through this dynamic foundation course you will:    Develop a deeper understanding of the connection between Feng Shui principles and Sacred Geometry    Gain proficiency in the classical skills of architectural compass drawing through meditative geometric practices and individual instruction    Draw a series of traditional Chinese geometric patterns and designs to include in your own portfolio    Explore how these archetypal geometric patterns and designs can be effectively applied to one’s personal and professional life.            Just remain at the center of the circle            And let all things take their course.            -Lao Tzu Mark Hanf is an artist and educator who has been exploring the nexus of science and art his entire life. In 1995, he was nominated to attend the NC Governor’s School in Science, Art, and Mathematics, and ultimately chose to study Fractal and Non-Euclidean Geometry. Mark went on to attend Davidson College, where he continued to study Math and Science through astronomy, chemistry, and physics, and integrated these topics into his art. He received a BA in Visual Arts from Davidson College in 2000, with a special focus on Science, Religion, and Environmental Architecture. While still in school, he researched, designed, and drew blueprints for a passive solar, off-grid, earth-sheltered home that incorporates key elements of geometric design like the golden ratio, as well as rain water cisterns, recycled materials, solar panels, and a bio-diesel generator. After graduating, Mark interned with Michael Reynolds at Earthship Biotecture in Taos, New Mexico and then returned to western North Carolina to build that home with his family.From 2001-2007, Mark taught at the Rainbow Mountain Children’s School in Asheville, NC, where Multiple Intelligence theory and a holistic approach are blended to create an interdisciplinary, experiential, life-long learning environment. He taught middle school math and science and developed a unique curriculum that integrated environmental science, astronomy, cosmology, synergetic and ancient geometry.In 2006, he was a participant in the Design Science Lab in Asheville, a ten-day international think-tank sponsored by The Buckminster Fuller Institute and the United Nations that addressed global sustainability with an emphasis on energy, environmental, health, and educational issues. Since then he has worked with the Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI) and a team of educators and multimedia artists to produce Aboard Spaceship Earth (ASE), a 21st Century Global Studies program that integrates Geography, Science, and Geometry. For the past 3 years he has served as director for ASE and has been designing the curriculum, as well as producing tools and materials. He has presented Aboard Spaceship Earth programs locally and regionally to a wide range of groups including elementary and middle schools, college students, and adults. He has also produced a range of events in collaboration with the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and The Education Committee of the BFI, sharing the work of Buckminster Fuller with “design scientists” of all ages.In 2008, Mark co-founded Geometry of Nature, LLC, and has served as it’s creative director ever since. He has presented numerous lectures, classes, and hands-on workshops in collaboration with a variety of schools and organizations including Sidwell Friends School, The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), the Washington DC Public School System (DCPS), UNC Chapel Hill-World View, Davidson College, The Global Institute for Sustainable Technologies, (NCCAT) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Mark is on the faculty of the Academy of Sacred Geometry along with some of the world’s leading teachers in the field. He is also on the faculty of the New York School of Feng Shui, where he regularly teaches a course entitled The Tao of Geometry that explores the relationships of chinese sacred symbols and fractal geometry.Since 2010, Mark has been partnering with MuseCycle Media to produce a range of digital educational products including STEM animation and videos (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), multimedia lesson plans, and iTextbooks for iPad.Mark is also a professional artist and creates work that weaves together his wide range of interests including science, math, and history. His paintings examine Nature’s architecture and symmetry and recently he has been using CNC (Computer Numeric Controlled) routers and lasers to create a body of sculpture and prints that explore fractal Geometry. His studio is part of Marshall High Studios, a complex located on a tiny island in the French Broad River in the Mountains of NC.Specializes in sharing “hands-on” experiential principles of this ancient geometry with participants of all ages Marnie Muller, MLA, has immersed herself in the love of geometry and the ancient mystery traditions since the 1960’s. In particular, she is interested in how kinesthetic /body wisdom awareness of these universal geometric forms and their interpenetrating and metamorphic qualities help stabilize the possibility for the human to exist as Body-Soul-Spirit and be in conscious co-participation and resonance with Heaven Above, Earth Below. She extensively studies ancient sacred geometry with Keith Critchlow, Randall Carlson, Robert L. Powell, Sr. and others and also includes the ancient Sophianic Wisdom tradition in her orb.She lives in the Asheville, North Carolina area and exchanges on a regular basis with a number of sacred geometry colleagues. Marnie specializes in sharing “hands-on”, experiential principles of this ancient geometry with participants of all ages as well as in designing and constructing large, life-size geometric forms for exploring the beauty, grace, and kinesthetic awareness of moving within these powerful, universal forms, both indoors and outdoors. Her body wisdom studies include contact improv, continuum, tai chi, primordial chi kung, classic eurythmy, and choreocosmic eurythmy.She has worked as research associate at the Foundation for Mind Research, as Project Director of Art/Environment at the Savannah Science Museum, as a Math-Science Teacher, and as an editor and as an author. Her UNCA Masters thesis was on The Classical Seven-Circuit Labyrinth as Transcultural Phenomenon. Presently she is Director of The Universe Story Journey and is a founding member of the EarthVoyage Team which focuses on developing and presenting interdisciplinary, inter-generational “hands-on” programs and multi-media on a giant, geometric Dymaxion map projection of the world designed by R. Buckminster Fuller.Her cosmological studies include the work of Rudolf Steiner and Thomas Berry, who has been a main mentor. Her focus is the Sacred Story of the Universe and its time-developmental processŠwith the inquiry: “How best do humans participate in the sacred community of the Universe”? As Project Director of The Universe Story Journey, she encourages others in their own inquiry process as cosmic citizens.The Universe Story Journey is a large, permanent outdoor museum quality exhibit which she co-designed, developed and directed its installation as a 60-foot wide spiral timescale Walk in the woods on the hundred acre-plus campus of a private, international high school. On the spiral path which winds back to the Origin of the Universe, every 36 feet equals approximately one Billion years. Along the way, one experiences large timescale stations with NASA color images portraying key “moments” in the story of the emergent Universe. Marnie also designs and guest teaches original curricula for the site including Ancient and Contemporary Cosmologies & Creation Myths from around the World, Exploring the Biological Kingdoms and their Place in the Universe Story, Origin of the Chemical Elements of the Periodic Table, and the Living Geometries of Nature.Recently her schedule has included teaching a 5-day Course at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching to teachers from around the state. She designed a “DaVinci-style” Studio space where teachers in that residential-retreat setting could come and work/play with “hands-on” materials, even into the wee hours of the night. She invited colleagues Mark Hanf and Thomas Belisle to join her and together they invited participants to see geometry in a whole new light.For the Black Mountain College Museum & Art Center’s exhibit, Ideas + Inventions: Buckminster Fuller and Black Mountain College/Exploring the genius of R. Buckminster Fuller in 2005, Marnie designed, constructed and installed a range of 3-D geometric forms based on Fuller’s work. In addition, she designed and conducted an experiential, inter-generational workshop, Great Circles + Spaceship Earth which included hands-on construction of geometric forms. She also coordinated a benefit concert as a tribute to Fuller, Music from the Dymaxion Dimension.Marnie Muller has a B. A., Cum Laude, in Philosophy with Interdisciplinary Studies, from Marymount College, Tarrytown, New York and an MLA from The University of North Carolina, Asheville. For over 20 years Marnie has studied and worked with the renowned cultural historian Thomas Berry, author of The Dream of the Earth, The Universe Story, and other works and has collaborated with educators from the US and Canada to develop innovative, experiential learning models for sharing his work with broad communities. Her UNCA Masters thesis was on The Classical Seven-Circuit Labyrinth as Transcultural Phenomenon.In the 70’s, Marnie has worked with the Savannah Science Museum in Savannah, Georgia as Project Coordinator of the Art/Environment Awareness Project in collaboration with Telfair Academy of the Arts & Sciences. She also designed and taught environmental education classes, conducted experiential nature walks for teachers and hundreds of students, and collaborated in planning the conversion of the museum from a “behind glass”museum to a “hands-on” museum (Boston Children’s Museum/SF Exploratorium style ). She also helped create the Resource Center Library on Sustainability and Environmental Education and authored the regional environmental education handbook: Let the Environment Become Your Classroom for The Coastal Office of the Georgia Conservancy, Savannah, GA. Her experience as an educator includes developing and teaching original, hands-on curriculum in Science and Mathematics.From 1983 to 1992 she was co-founder/editor and contributor for Katuah: Bioregional Journal for the Southern Appalachians, which focused on preserving the cultural and ecological diversity of the Southern Appalachians. She also served on the Board of Directors of the Appalachian Consortium, dedicated to celebrating and preserving the ecological and cultural heritage of Southern Appalachia.http://academysacredgeometry.com/online-courses/tao-geometry…                                                                                         NowExtreme User+  TBA Power User+ TBA User: Upgrade your account to Power User to gain access to this exclusive material                     (You need to upload 25 GB or donate and be a member for 4 weeks)