Unhurried observation of the interaction between land/sea borders and latitude lines reveal the subtle traces of the effects of grid geometry on the forms of coastlines and landmasses. Once the characteristic gesture reveals itself to the eye, its traces may be observed on every plate of any good atlas. (The Times Atlas of the World works particularly well). This observation, that harmonic vibration modes of the planet have influenced the spatial distribution of water and land, leads us naturally to question how this could be so. Here we can begin to discern the operation of the etheric formative forces in the earthgrid geometry of our world.

To simplify the picture, we restrict ourselves to looking at one particularly simple aspect of the geometry: the horizontal lines of latitude.

The reason that the lines of latitude are chosen is that they provide a set of convenient modes of vibration of the earth which also happen to be marked on maps. Because there are 180 degrees of latitude between the north and south pole, these lines represent that particular very natural division of the sphere. Some will be more prominent than others. The lines at 30° multiples for example are the nodes of a 6 fold wave between the poles; the 36° multiples are the nodes of a five fold wave. If such harmonic wave patterns are present, we should expect to see these lines in particular exhibiting the effect.

To help visualise these modes, imagine a spherical, water filled balloon, held somehow vertically at its poles. If a wave is sent out from, say, the North Pole, it will propagate down the sphere as a circular, horizontal wavefront, traverse the sphere regathering itself into the point of the South Pole. It will then reflect back to reverse the procedure, returning again to the North Pole. If conditions are such that these waves return to the starting point in phase with the next out-going wave, they will form a standing wave pattern, and some of the horizontal latitude lines will act as nodes of vibration. These lines may be thought of as the equivalent of nodes in a standing wave on a piece of string, such as a skipping rope being held at both ends and swung back and forth, except here we are dealing with a 3 dimensional spherical system rather than an essentially 2 dimensional linear one.

There are of course many other potential modes of vibration of the earth considered as a three-dimensional, spherical Chladni plate. However, we restrict ourselves to that pattern formed by the horizontal latitude lines to be able to examine its influence on the shaping of land/sea boundaries.

The maps below are a representative selection of illustrations of the "gesture". The images were prepared by the XEROX/PARC World map Viewer. The name of each map links to an interactive version which allows the viewer to zoom in and out, simply by clicking on the point of interest on the map. Notice in particular in each case how the latitude line of interest tends to define the boundary between land and water, either by breaking through a landbridge, or by acting as a defining line for a coastline.

The primary gesture is that of a latitude line breaking through a landbridge. Invariably, the landbridge is breached by the sea along a line of least resistance which appears to be given by the latitude line. A careful search of the Times Atlas of the World reveals, perhaps surprisingly, very few counter-examples to this principle. That is: there are very few landbridges which are crossed by a latitude line, which have not been broken up by the sea, usually at that line. The archetypal example of this gesture is the breach in the land bridge which once held between Europe and Africa, Straits of Gibraltar. It is noteworthy that the northern extent of the Straits occurs precisely on the 36° N parallel of latitude.

It is as though water reveals a tendency to try to flow along the latitude line, or node in the harmonically vibrating earthsphere, as though it insists on its right to occupy the line itself. We envisage the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterannean Lake eating away at the landbridge along the 36th parallel, until the moment when the two bodies of water touched each other, again, on or very close to that line. Once the "tension" inherent in this imperative to attain a flow along the line is achieved, the processes of the great masses of water and earth take over, breaking the land away where it cannot provide resistance, in this case, to the south of the breakpoint.

The first map illustrates this relationship between the 36th parallel and the Straits of Gibraltar. The sequence then follows this particular line of latitude to the east, to show its relationship with other land bodies, all of which reveal the same underlying gesture. Other examples from around the world then follow, and by no means exhaust the instances which can be found.

The 36°N parallel and the Straits of Gibraltar:

Note how the 36° North latitude line exactly defines the northern limit of the Straits of Gibraltar. The harmonic tension on this line has induced water to breakthrough the land bridge along this line.

We continue with a series of maps tracing the path of the this 36° North parallel of latitude across the Mediterranean Sea, from west to east. Note again that this 36° line represents the one/fifth harmonic division of the globe from pole to pole.

The 36°N parallel dividing the islands of Malta and Gozo

To the east of the first map, the 36°N line passes between the small islands of Malta and Gozo, in the midest of the Meditteranean. Again, the humming line has allowed water to break through what was once a single island.

The 36°N parallel in the Greek Isles

Further east again, the 36° N line passes through the Greek isles. The islands can be envisaged as an unbroken land bridge. Major breaks have occured at the crossings of 36° N.

The 36°N parallel at the coast of Turkey and the most easterly point of the Mediterranean

In fact, the line of the 36°N parallel crosses a greater expanse of the Mediterranean Sea than any other latitude line! Here it is shown defining the southern extent of Turkey, and, at right, breaking through into the coastline at its most easterly landfall.

The Hainan Peninsula and the 20°N parallel

Here is another stunning example of a latitude line breaking through as it crosses a landbridge. The Hainan Peninsulal, in China, is traversed by the 20°N line of latitude, and has split along this line to form Hainan Island.

Niagara Falls and the 43°N parallel

Other major water features may also be found situated exactly on latitude lines. Here is Niagara Falls, which occurs on the intersection of 43°N latitude and 79°W longitude. Note that this is also the latitude of Rennes-le-Château.

Istanbul, the Bosphorus and the 41°N parallel

The Bosphorus River links the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, and thereby to the Mediterranean. Istanbul, sited at its mouth, lies at the intersection of 41°N latitude and 29° longitude.

Java and Sumatra and the 6°S parallel

At one time, the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra were joined together. Water breakthrough eventually occurred at the location where the island was crossed by the 6°N latitude line.

The Persian Gulf and the 30° parallel

The northern end of the Persian Gulf is defined sharply by the 30°N latitude line.

The Horn of Somalia and the 12° parallel

This detail shows the Horn of Somalia in north-eastern Africa exactly touching the 12°N line. This is also the southern boundary of the chessboard of Europe.

The Mouth of the Amazon on the Equator

The largest river on the planet breaks through to the sea precisely on the Equator.

Further Links:

The gesture of the etheric formative forces in the shape of coastlines and landmasses

Etheric technology of ancient Egypt: The Temple of Hathor at Denderah

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The Great Eclipse of 1999: The Alchemical Marriage of Sun & Moon

The Identity of Le Serpent Rouge

MERU Grid Activation Protocols

The Curious Affair of the Sauniere Bookplate

Gaia Matrix: Arkhom and the Geometries of Destiny in the North American Landscape

The Etheric Formative Forces in Cosmos Earth and Man by Gunther Wachsmuth (1932)

The Gates of Dan and the Straits of Gibraltar

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