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The Meru Project is based on 40 years of research by Stan Tenen into the origin and nature of the Hebrew alphabet, and the mathematical structure underlying the sequence of letters of the Hebrew text of Genesis. The Project is sponsored by the Meru Foundation, registered California 501(c)(3) private nonprofit research and educational corporation founded in 1983.

From the Introductory Text:

"The Meru Project has discovered an extraordinary and unexpected geometric metaphor in the letter-sequence of the Hebrew text of Genesis that underlies and is held in common by the spiritual traditions of the ancient world. This metaphor models embryonic growth and self-organization. It applies to all whole systems, including those as seemingly diverse as meditational practices and the mathematics fundamental to physics and cosmology...Meru Project findings demonstrate that the relationship between physical theory and consciousness, expressed in explicit geometric metaphor, was understood and developed several thousand years ago."
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INTRODUCTORY ARTICLES

Hebrew alphabet between two hands


Index: Introductions to Meru Foundation Research
UPDATED 27 January 2004
A selection of introductory articles and interviews, from 1990 to 2003

Article: Secrets of the Hebrew Letters, by Cynthia Gage
Reprinted from Atlantis Rising Issue #13

26 November 1997
This article is ©1997 Atlantis Rising, and is reprinted here with permission.


KEYNOTE ARTICLES AND GRAPHICS

Poster:  A MODEL OF CONTINUOUS CREATION


Bronze Hand
click thumbnail for complete poster of First Hand(tm) sculpture above

Paper: THE GOD OF ABRAHAM: A MATHEMATICIAN'S VIEW
June 1999
This article, published in the Noetic Journal, Vol. 2 #2, introduces and explores
the philosophical implications of the Meru Foundation research.
It is essential reading for persons who wish to understand this work.
(An earlier version was published in the Meru Foundation TORUS Journal, Vol. 2 #3)
 

Paper: THE SHAPE OF INFORMATION: HOW TO TALK TO AN EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
21 July 2002
What if the natural geometry of the source of information also serves as the sign of information?
This article, published in the Noetic Journal, Vol. 3 #2, presents a new thesis, logically
extending and building on the foundation of The God of Abraham: A Mathematician's View.
 

Index: SQUARING THE CIRCLE: A PHILOSOPHICAL SOLUTION
Updated 24 February 2000
One method for constructing the Meru Foundation First Hand model provides
insight and answers to the ancient riddle of "squaring the circle."
Material in this section was compiled in conjunction with
Mr. Tenen's March 1999 lecture at the 3220 Gallery in San Francisco, California.
***A videotape of this lecture is available***



THE HEBREW LETTERS and THE LETTER-TEXT OF GENESIS

Index: A Matrix of Meaning for the Hebrew Alphabet
Updated 16 Dec 1997
This section explores the Matrix of Meaning for the Hebrew Alphabet, including an overview of the Matrix-structure itself,
and arrangements highlighting various different aspects of the relationships between the letters.
Each letter also has its own individual section, and posters of the Hebrew letters generated as views of
the Meru Foundation FIRST HAND™ Flame-Letter sculpture are included where available.

Index: Hebrew Alphabet Gestures, and the Relationship of Gestures to Language
Updated 15 February 2004

GimelGesture

These posters demonstrate the hand-gestures used to form the letters of the Hebrew Alphabet.

This section also includes links to recent research articles on the gestural origins of language.

Essay: The Hebrew Letters – First Hand: Appendix
6 January 1997
Answers to some of the frequently-asked questions on the Hebrew Letters
Originally published in Meru Foundation Journal TORUS, Vol. 2 #4

Index: Symmetry Groups and Autocorrelation Patterns
Updated 25 November 2001
Derivation of the four "symmetry groups" of the 27-letter Hebrew alphabet,
used to autocorrelate Genesis 1:1., and examples of the autocorrelation patterns that result.

Index: Genesis 1:1 – A Hierarchy of Letters and Words
25 November 2001   

Graphic: On the MNZPK Order of the Five Final Letters of the Hebrew Alphabet
25 November 2001


MODELS, ANIMATIONS, AND POSTERS

Graphic: Graphic Sampler of 1999 Meru Models
1 November 99
Meru Sacred Geometry Toolkit, plus other variations on the
"hand-vortex" model, including a version of the 3,10 Knot
constructed of 6 four-fingered "hands"

Index: Meru Animations and VRMLs
24 December 00
Animations and VRML renderings of Meru Foundation models

Index: Meru Presentation Posters
Updated 3 October 2003

Index: Computer-Generated Imagery
19 December 1996

Index: Images of Some 3D Models
Updated 1 November 99



PHILOSOPHICAL AND MATHEMATICAL ESSAYS

Index: Philosophical and Mathematical Essays by Stan Tenen
Short papers by Stan Tenen on topics arising from the Meru research findings.
Includes material inspired by Dini's surface.
Updated 17 Sept. 2003

Index: Collected Articles and other materials on the "Bible Codes"
Updated 3 February 2000
Articles on the "Bible Codes," or Equidistant Letter-Skip Patterns.
Includes complete article by Dr. Jeffrey Satinover, Divine Authorship?, originally published
in Bible Review magazine and reprinted with permission. Also includes unpublished letter by
Stan Tenen to the Editors of Bible Review in response to Dr. Satinover's article, and links to articles
by other authors, including statistician Prof. A.Y. Hasofer and Barry McKay, which are critical of the "Codes".

Essay: Damning by Faint Praise
If you are interested subjects such as magical healing powers, secret lost knowledge, psychic prophecy, UFO intervention
numerology,
Bible codes, astrology, palmistry, Tarot -- or conversely, if you have a profound skepticism regarding them --
then please read the new Introductory Letter by Meru Foundation Research Director Stan Tenen

New October 2003

Essay: The Three Abrahamic Covenants and The Car Passing Trick
–An Experiment in Reality–
A Science of Consciousness must be tested
18 Dec 1996


Index: MAKING PEACE WITH GEOMETRY
New, June 1993
In this section, we present essays and illustrations of new models for organic, healthy, and
life-affirming relationships among the three Abrahamic faiths -- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Index: MERU FOUNDATION eTORUS NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE
 Updated  October 2003
Archived past issues of Meru Foundation's quarterly emailed newsletter.
To subscribe, send email with "subscribe" in the contents to meru@meru.org
Includes announcement of First Sound(tm): The Music of Genesis and
1-minute sample of The Creation Overture by Daniel Gil



Index: Meru Research Archives of Early Work
Updated 1 November 1999

Early documents from Meru Foundation

Index: Arabic, Moslem, and Sufi Tradition Materials
Updated 24 December 1996


Index: Articles by Meru Foundation Advisory Board Members
and
Guest Essays
Updated 15 May 2000

Index: Meru Foundation Recommended Reading List
Updated 11 Jan 2001


Shushum Flower geometry pastel drawing



PAGE UPDATE NOTICES

**AUGUST 26 2004**

SPECIAL MESSAGE TO eTORUS SUBSCRIBERS

The most recent issue of our eTORUS Newsletter -- Number 24 -- was sent out
  on 20 August 2004.
IF YOU ARE A SUBSCRIBER and  IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED THIS ISSUE,
PLEASE update your email address with Meru Foundation! 

Many people have changed email addresses due to the proliferation of Spam, and we may not have
your most recent information.  We don't want to lose you!  Please re-contact us as soon as possible.
Thank you!  --  Levanah Tenen



**OCTOBER 2003**


If you are interested subjects such as the following -- or conversely, if you have a profound skepticism regarding them --

  • magical healing powers
  • secret lost knowledge
  • psychic prophecy
  • UFO intervention
  • numerology
  • Bible codes
  • astrology
  • palmistry
  • Tarot

then please read the new Introductory Letter by Meru Foundation Research Director Stan Tenen, titled
Damning by Faint Praise.


June 2003

—   NEW SECTION ON THE MERU WEBSITE  —

MAKING PEACE WITH GEOMETRY 

In this section, we present essays and illustrations of new models for organic, healthy, and
life-affirming relationships among the three Abrahamic faiths -- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.


 
 — The Meru music CD, FIRST SOUND(tm): The Music of Genesis is now available! —

For the liner notes, Stan Tenen's comments, AND a sample of the music, go to 
www.meru.org/Newsletter/SpecialNoticeFirstSound.html

For more information, go to www.meetingtent.com/firstsound.html

To go directly to our secure ordering page, click here





July 2002

—   Recent Articles by Stan Tenen  —

The Shape of Information: How to Talk to an Extra-Terrestrial

As published in the peer-reviewed Noetic Journal, Vol. 2 #2 (Summer 2002)
 

Draft Architectural Proposal for NYC Ground Zero:
Memorial World Peace Plaza and Gesture-Garden

A vision for Lower Manhattan incorporating aspects of Meru Foundation research; elements of this proposal would be appropriate for any world city. 
An earlier version of this informal draft  was published in Meru Foundation eTORUS Newsletter #10. 


December 2000

—   ANIMATIONS AND VRMLs  —

Meru's library of animations now includes two VRML renderings by Vincent Cunetto:
An alternate view of the 3,10 torus knot,
and the 3-Around-1 and 1-Around 3 double knot,
which Meru Foundation research suggests is fundamental to the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. 
 

These 3-D "virtual reality" models allow you to navigate around and through each model using a viewer in your browser or available free by downloading. 

For more details, to find all our animations, and to download the VRML renderings of these two torus knot models, go to the 

Meru Foundation Animations Index.


November 2000
Attention German-Language Readers!

Ron Engert, editor of Tattva Viveka magazine, has translated and published 
several key articles by Stan Tenen in this excellent German-language magazine on Science, Spirit, and Culture.
He has now posted these articles to the Internet, on a special German website 
he has created which is dedicated to information about Meru Foundation:
www.meru-info.de
These articles include The God of Abraham: A Mathematician's View, and the only published version of Stan's essay on the
Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismagistos, The Emerald Tablet Identified  (not available in English), as well as other articles and information about Meru Foundation. 

Ron Engert is also the European distributor for PAL-format Meru videos (in English), available online through his website at Magic-Carpet-Buchdienst,
along with many other  videos and books of interest to readers of German.  You can also email Ron directly at <ron@tattva-viveka.de>.
We want to thank Ron for making information on Meru Foundation's research  available to a wider audience, and we highly recommend his publications.



 May 2000
—   Animations  —
We have been adding to our library of animations that feature  three pairs of First Hand(tm) models displayed as 3,10 torus knots. 

The 3,10 Torus Knot Growing, Blossoming, and Fading

The 3,10 Torus Knot in Rotation

The 3,10 Torus Knot: Growth and Unfurlment

 

February 2000
—   Meru Foundation e-TORUS Newsletter Online   —
 Meru Foundation publishes an e-mailed newsletter approximately four times per year. 
Past newsletters, and short articles associated with them, are available in the e-TORUS Archive on this website.

To subscribe, email your request to meru@meru.org. 

View the Meru Foundation e-TORUS Newsletter Archive
Updated 3 October 2003

November 1999
—   Secure-Server Website Now Open for Meru videos   —
We now have an easy and convenient way for you to order Meru Foundation videotapes and other materials online, with our new secure server website.  Please go to
www.meetingtent.com
for more information on new videos and other items, and special offers, and to order.
Please send comments to us at service@meru.org.



Meru Foundation is a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit. Our work is ongoing, and our resources are limited. If you like what you see, and would like to see more of it, we need your help.

Please consider ordering our videos or other materials, making a tax-deductible contribution, or referring our work to others who might be able to help. We need funding, but we also need to build scholarly and collegiate relationships, and the opportunity to make presentations that can enhance our credibility and allow our work to be more widely known and appreciated.

To order videos  see our secure-server site:
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Information on Meru Foundation
Updated 15 March 1999

Meru Foundation Advisory Board
and Links to Board Members' Websites
Links to Board Members' websites are included in that member's individual listing
Updated 3 November 2001

Meru Foundation Videos: Supplemental Printed Material
18 Dec 1999
Index to supplemental printed material for Meru videotapes,
keyed by video.

Ordering Meru Foundation Materials
Updated November 1999
This link now goes to Meru Foundation's new secure-server website,
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Contents of this page are ©1996-2004 Stan Tenen, and licensed to Meru Foundation, POB 503, Sharon, MA 02067 USA.
Email inquiries to: meru@meru.org

TELEPHONE NUMBER CHANGE
Meru Foundation's telephone area code was changed on October 1, 1997, from 617 to 781.
Please note that some of our graphics pages may have the old area code embedded in the graphics. We apologize for any possible confusion this may cause.
Our telephone number is now: +1-781-784-8902



 
PLAGIARISM NOTICE UPDATE SEPTEMBER 1998
For the past 10 years, Meru Foundation's original "flame-letter" sculptures have been misused, abused, and misrepresented by a self-promoting plagiarist who masquerades as a scientist, and who is obsessed with the golden mean spiral. Forced association with this aggressive plagiarist, and his odd, untrue, and unscientific claims, has damaged our work and our reputation. Based on its review of the evidence, the United States Federal Court for the Western District of New York at Rochester has now adjudicated our copyrights as valid and enforceable, has found that the plagiarist acted willfully and maliciously, and has provided us with proper remedies. The plagiarist and his associates also created false and disparaging personal and work histories, anti-Semitic characterizations, false claims of harassment, and even falsified mathematics to rationalize their behavior. All of these claims were dismissed "with prejudice" by the court.

The court-adjudicated Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order, call for the maintenance of a public Corrective Notice on the Internet.

To view the Corrective Notice and for further legal information:    click here.

For the titles of works containing plagiarized material, as they are listed in the 
court-adjudicated Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order:    click here.
      To return from these two pages to Meru Foundation's website, use the "BACK" button on your browser.

For a technical discussion and information on the golden mean spiral:   click here.

Thank you all for your patience, your understanding, and your support of the integrity of Meru's work.
 

Stan Tenen
Director of Research, 
Meru Foundation



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