ENS-PLAT-06
Origin: Brazil
Grade: AA
Dimensions: About 1.5cm
Total weight:
About 50g
Set composed of the 5 Platonic solids: 1 tetrahedron, 1 hexahedron (cube), 1 octahedron, 1d odecahedron and 1 icosahedron.
The tetrahedron is a regular polyhedron composed of 4 faces.
6 edges and 4 vertices. This pentagram is the "dual" of itself from the family of pyramids. It is associated with the symbol of FIRE and amplifies the incoming and outgoing energies from heaven to earth.
The cube or hexahedron is a regular polyhedron composed of 6 faces.
Plato associated the hexahedron (cube) with the EARTH.
The octahedron is a regular polyhedron composed of 8 faces, 12 edges and 6 vertices .
This pentagram is the “dual” of the cube. It is the symbol of AIR and it amplifies the energies on the different cardinal points (north, south, east, west, nadir and zenith).
All these points converge towards the center of the octahedron.
The dodecahedron is a regular polyhedron composed of 12 faces, 30 edges and 20 vertices.
It is one of the "5 Platonic solids" which has been widely studied throughout history by Aristotle, Leonardo da Vinci... as the symbol of perfection.
Plato associated the dodecahedron with "All", because this solid alone represented all forms (tetrahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, icosahedron).
Based on this postulate, Aristotle called the dodecahedron "ETHER" because this fifth element alone represented all the forms of the universe, therefore that of absolute perfection.
The icosahedron is a regular polyhedron composed of 20 faces, 30 edges and 12 vertices.
This pentagram is the “dual” of the dodecahedron. It is associated with WATER.
The icosahedron being the most elaborate form of a dodecahedron.