The point is the first thing that can be done. It is without dimension and is not in space. Without an inside or an outside, the point is the source for all that follows. It is represented as a small circular dot.
The first dimension, the line, comes into being as the One emerges into two principles, active and passive. The point chooses somewhere 'outside' of itself, a direction. Separation has occurred and the line comes into being. A line has no thickness, and it is sometimes said that a line has no end.
Three 'ways' now became apparent.
- With one end of the line stationary, or passive, the other is free to rotate and describe a circle, representing heaven.
- The active point can move to a third position equidistant from the other two thus describing an equilateral triangle.
- The line can produce another which moves away until distance are equal to form a square, representing Earth."
From Sacred Geometry by Miranda Lundy - found by Kristina.