03-20-2010, 08:01 PM
Hi Richard,
Oh I would love to meditate in a tipi. However I've got my mind set on the pyramid for now. And I am finally taking action.
I've determined that I want a pyramid made of equilateral triangles. I am going to purchase eight 2 x 2 pieces of wood and, using the suggestion of a friend, connect them with wooden dowel rods. (The pyramid needs to be able to be disassembled, no room for permanent pyramid.)
Because the pyramid will be made of equilateral triangles, I believe that all eight pieces (four at the base and four rising to the apex) should be of equal length. Is anyone able to validate this?
At what angle to make the cuts on the wood is the difficult part. The four base sides forming the square is easy, 45 degree cut to create a 90 degree angle. It is the cuts on the four pieces rising to the apex that the challenge comes in, especially the cuts where the four pieces join at the apex.
Fortunately I have a neighbor who owns a small carpentry business. He thinks he can help me.
I'll post to this thread concerning the success or failure of the project. And Gemini Wolf, good luck!
: ) GLB
Oh I would love to meditate in a tipi. However I've got my mind set on the pyramid for now. And I am finally taking action.
I've determined that I want a pyramid made of equilateral triangles. I am going to purchase eight 2 x 2 pieces of wood and, using the suggestion of a friend, connect them with wooden dowel rods. (The pyramid needs to be able to be disassembled, no room for permanent pyramid.)
Because the pyramid will be made of equilateral triangles, I believe that all eight pieces (four at the base and four rising to the apex) should be of equal length. Is anyone able to validate this?
At what angle to make the cuts on the wood is the difficult part. The four base sides forming the square is easy, 45 degree cut to create a 90 degree angle. It is the cuts on the four pieces rising to the apex that the challenge comes in, especially the cuts where the four pieces join at the apex.
Fortunately I have a neighbor who owns a small carpentry business. He thinks he can help me.
I'll post to this thread concerning the success or failure of the project. And Gemini Wolf, good luck!
: ) GLB
(03-19-2010, 11:35 AM)Richard Wrote: Hi Gary,
I stumbled onto the following yesterday. In light of that info, a tipi or conical shape might be easier to fabricate. For those of us that are less, uh, carpenter – arily inclined, lol.
Interesting to note that nearly all the great churches, mosques and other religious edifices use dome, minaret or peaked architecture almost exclusively. Yet most western cultures use a box for living purposes. Farther into this channelling Ra mentions the fact that the cube or box is the least conducive shape for the transmission or conductance of spiritual energies.
Kind of makes you wonder then.
Richard
Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear, but love unexplained is clearer. - Rumi