Keystone by Patty Hardy

In this episode, we descend from the crystalline abstractions of higher-dimensional geometry into the messy, liminal space where symbols become doorways and contemplation becomes transformation. We explore how Patty A. Hardy IV°—a scholar-practitioner working at the intersection of mathematics, neuroscience, and esoteric tradition—seized upon a single enigmatic emblem and followed its implications into the hidden architecture of consciousness itself, declaring that the engine of magical power is not the incantation of words but the precise, deliberate engagement with geometric form.In a world that still seeks meaning in symbols, still yearns for transformation, and still debates the relationship between consciousness and form, do we have the courage to trace our own angles, or will we retreat into the comfortable flatness of the merely visible?🎧 ABOUT THE RUBY TABLETThe Ruby Tablet Podcast is a philosophical and spiritual journey through the essays of the Temple of Set, exploring the great traditions of human thought—from ancient Egypt to the present day. Each episode is a deep dive into the ideas that help shape the Self and fan the Black Flame.🔗 SOURCES & READING LIST:Essay: KeystoneAuthor: Patty A. Hardy IV° Date: September, XXVII Publication: Runes, X.3 Subject: Seal of Runa Reading List: This article is the result of Sir Setnakt's provocative remarks in the April issue of Runes and the image of the Seal of Runa found on the back cover of that issue among the cryptic glyphs of the Naath-R'unai.📚 RECOMMENDED READING:Aquino, Michael A. Commentary on the Seal of the Nine Angles, RUNES, vol. VI, no. 4 (June XXIII)Aquino, Michael A. Lovecraftian Ritual, NYCTALOPS, #13 (May 1977)Aquino, Michael A. The Ceremony of the Nine Angles in The Satanic Rituals by Anton LaVey, NY: Avon Books, 1972Dawkins, Richard. Memes: The New Replicators, The Selfish Gene, Oxford University Press, 1989 (2nd edition)Denny, J. Peter. Cultural Ecology of Mathematics: Ojibway and Inuit Hunters, Native American Mathematics, ed. by Michael P. Closs, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1986Flowers, Stephen. The Nine Angles of the Seal, RUNES, vol. VI, no. 2 (March XXIII)Goldstein, E. Bruce. Sensation and Perception, Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1989 (3rd edition)Hardy, Patty A. Horizonglass, Scroll of Set, vol. XV, no. 2 (April XXIV)Massey, Gerald. The Natural GenesisRucker, Rudy. The Fourth Dimension: Towards a Geometry of Higher Reality, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1984Schaefer, Heinrich. Principles of Egyptian Art, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1974Wilson, R. A., & Shea, R. The Illuminatus! Trilogy, NY: Dell Publishing Co., 1975🏷️ HASHTAGS#Keystone #SealOfRuna #PattyHardy #Geometry #GoldenRatio #Pentagram #Hyperdimensional #Tesseract #Pentahedroid #Trapezoid #DimensionalGate #NineAngles #OrderOfTheTrapezoid #TempleOfSet #RunesJournal #Lovecraft #Lovecraftian #Neters #Azathoth #YogSothoth #Nyarlathotep #ShubNiggurath #MemeTheory #Dawkins #Illuminatus #RobertAntonWilson #RudyRucker #FourthDimension #Neurotheology #SacredGeometry #OccultSymbols #EsotericTradition #LeftHandPath #Xeper #BlackFlame #TheRubyTablet #PhilosophyPodcast #OccultPodcast #Symbolism #Consciousness #Transformation #MagicalPractice #Gnosis #EgyptianSymbolism #StarDoorTeach #2001SpaceOdyssey #Monolith #AspectiveRepresentation #Phyllotaxis #GnomonicExpansion #Memetics #Psychohistory #Setnakt #Aquino #Flowers #Massey #Runa #ReynTilRuna