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truths. The evolution of the human, consciousness, the nonlocality of the soul and its eternal progression. He believes emphatically that there has been other ancient highly advanced civilizations before Egypt who were adepts in sacred geometry which he uses in his work. He has recognized and presented in his latest works more crop circles, his way of bearing witness to the truth underlying the fact that we are not alone in the universe, that we have been visited and are still being visited. Between 2004 and 2008, he cultivated the lifestyle of a hermit, reflecting, meditating and researching, coining the word
Microcron. He had discovered, as he has said and says, the ultimate symbol, the symbol of symbols, with its accompanying theory and philosophy that he also calls the Microcron.
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his thought that is looking for new outlets in his visual work. But one hopes he won't leave the linear strength and dynamism of his black-and-white compositions behind."
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