An Attempt to Interpret the Meanings of a Church Rose (Rosette) Mapped with the Help of Cymatics

Abstract

We can perceive and feel sound through visual and emotional perception. Sounds shape matter. They have the ability to create geometric patterns. Using cymatics, you can visualize the shapes created by specific sound frequencies. So you can see the effects of sounds. These are patterns that are created from matter that thickens under the influence of sound vibrations. Sound is reproduced through a specific shape, through the form of a broadly understood object. Throughout the animate and inanimate world, there are patterns of repeating rhythms in which everything exists in a state of constant vibration, oscillation, and pulsation. Nikola Tesla said: “If you want to understand the Universe, start thinking in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” The world we live in can be defined as the interaction of vibrational frequencies. Sounds create shapes (forms). The shapes of physical structures also produce sounds (vibrations), usually in the form of infrasound that is inaudible to the human ear. Such sounds have great penetration and a strong impact on inanimate and animate matter. The influence of this energy determines human behavior and determines his health. The harmonious flow of life energy is supported by shapes with gentle, rounded lines, created in accordance with the principles of Sacred Geometry. Shapes in the form of graphic signs and decorative motifs perpetuated in the traditions of many cultures have a similar effect. In architecture, you can discover relationships with figures created when sound interacts with matter. Some of these shapes are a representation of the rosette found, among others, in Christian temples. This work is an attempt to interpret the meanings of this commonly occurring shape. Any object can be a generator or amplifier of sound wave energy. The acoustic environment determines the specificity of a given space. The rosette is a specific element of architecture for many reasons. It is both a window through which color-filtered light enters the interior, it is a kind of moderator of the space of the interior acoustic environment, and it has a symbolic meaning, encoding the so far not fully understood reality of the broadly understood human environment.