I revealed the Gravestone Diamond first because I instinctively sensed its existence when I stood behind Mr. Gann's stone on June 21, 2015.
And because it points to the place of the birth of the nation; Federal Hall where the Congress of the Confederation was seated in 1988 when the Constitution was ratified. Ground Zero for this Nation. You can place two of Mr. Gann's offices very near that same line; 82 Wall Street and 120 Liberty Street.
And because the Diamond points to the World Trade Center, which, some might argue, would be the "Harbinger" of an end to the nation as founded. Judgment in the place and according to the time of one's nativity. Perhaps a capstone.
Do the 12 occupants of those plots on the side of a hill in Green-Wood Cemetery constitute a jury or observer's of fact? Let the math and geometry speak for itself. Then let your imagination consider. As Lord Bacon said and I paraphrase, "We read not to argue, but to consider."
My first realization following that of the Diamond concerning the 12 gravestones was set of 3 right triangles created by stones 1, 5, 11 and 7:
A grand triangle formed by stones 1, 11 and 7 and lesser triangles formed by stones 1, 5 and 11 and 5, 11 and 7. How close might they be to right triangles? Pretty close:
Obviously, there are measurement problems previously noted. As well, I am using Euclidian geometry to evaluate distances measured by a spherical or non Euclidian system of geometry (Google or the Haversine formula)…should be minor but acknowledged. And still further, gravestones are heavy and might be expected to settle over the, at least, 60 years they have been in place.
So it seems incredible to me that the triangles are yet as perfect as they appear. The right angles, at an average of 91.2 degrees, are true to nearly one degree. Great effort and diligence must have been applied by not only the Masons entrusted with carrying out the arrangement instructions but the workers who placed the monuments as well. Just my opinion. If I find that Mr. Gann's stone was the last placed, then I expect he supervised the project over many years, leaving only the final placement.
There is a further gem among these three; it is the component angles of triangle 1-5-11. I expect the intent of that triangle is the perfect Pythagorean 3-4-5 triangle (an arithmetic progression of the sides) having angles of 90, 53 and 37 degrees. Not only does it impart Masonic meaning (in my non Masonic understanding)….but it is the "R.C." signifying the Rosicrucian. The sign of the Rosicrucian may well be the rose placed on Mr. Gann's gravestone at both the upper right and left corners (see them HERE and HERE).
But let's cross the 't' on the Rosicrucian thread. As Lord Francis Bacon allegedly inserted the rose on page 57 of certain of Shakespeare's works to confirm not only his authorship thereof but his Rosicrucian alliance, so Mr. Gann placed a rose on page 37 of "The Tunnel Thru the Air." Recall on the inscrutable page 37 of "The Tunnel Thru the Air" we find the "Rose of Charity". I have previously discussed this at length HERE. It is said that Rosicrucians believed they could predict the future.
The Triple Triangle… I have every anticipation that Mr. Gann gave us the "Triple Triangle" in TTTTA on page in 1927 full well knowing that it would be complete with the placement of the last gravestone, probably his in 1955 (I'm guessing his was the last but haven't that information as yet). And knowing, as well, that I would identify it 88 years later in 2015 (the 7th Prophecy of WD Gann). Remember the triple triangle:
I believe this may be the Triple Triangle spoken of in TTTTA. But that's me. Many other interesting and plausible meanings have been and/or will be proposed.
I am convinced there are many many more secrets in the WD Gann Memorial Triangle (GMT), the WD Gann Gravestone Geometry (GGG) and WD Gann's Philosophical Synthesis. Secrets that Mr. Gann and, perhaps, 11 other Masons took to the grave and enshrined in their gravestones with the intention of preserving the knowledge entrusted them and, ultimately, having it discovered. I don't know what that knowledge is…as yet and maybe never will. But I wonder if man is any more ready for it now than in 1927.
Jim Ross
Wish I was heading there tomorrow, but it is not in the cards. Wanted to mention that it is not entirely uncommon to have ones gravestone placed before ones death.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info. I'd wondered whether that was a possibility.
DeleteI purchased research time from Green-Wood Cemetery's Genealogy Research group and they have detailed the 12 lots I think are the 12 seen from the Google Earth shot. I say think because the lot layout is not the same as the actual picture.
As it turns out, the 12 lots I think are in the Google Earth picture were not purchased at or near the same time. 4 were purchased in 1932, 4 in 1942/43, 1 in 1956 and 3 in 1965/66. WD and Sadie Gann's lot was purchased only a day or two after she passed.
Its hard for me to envision a conspiracy of Mason's to construct the triple triangle that spans 3 decades. Still, those triangles are too perfect to be understood as chance in my book. There's also the possibility that the lot layout does not correspond the burial placements. For sure, the aerial shot doesn't look anything like the GWC planned layout.
I hope these questions will be answered tomorrow. Thanks for sharing the interest,
Jim