This paper presents a literature review of the topic of geometric communication with non-human intelligences (NHI). The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) hypothesizes that mathematics may be universal language. Efforts to date have focused on encoding binary or pictographic messages within radio waves. Alternatively, constructive geometry may be a direct means of geometric communication because it does not require the additional steps of decoding or encoding meaning.
Ruler and compass geometry also relates any communication to the fundamental or unity circle, which may be understood as a mandala or archetype of self. Mandalas are often associated with entity encounters, like Buddhist deities or archetypal imaginations like Jung’s Basilides. This paper explores the hypothesis that dream telepathy in addition to ruler and compass geometry may be an effective and well-precedented means of SETI.
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