The Crooked Soley Crop Circle appeared at night on August 27, 2002. It was the very last major formation of the 2002 season. This short-lived masterpiece (it lasted only a few hours before the harvesters moved in), which was both beautiful and finely crafted, depicted an unbroken double helix strand of DNA - an extraordinarily sophisticated geometry which exhibits what Plato described as the heavenly pattern, which was the basis of the design of ancient monuments such as Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid.

The Crooked Soley formation measured about 300 feet across, and the pattern was made up of 1296 ‘curved squares’. In 504 of those squares the crop was left standing, and they depicted the double helix DNA spiral. The other 792 curved squares were flattened crop that enabled the DNA pattern to stand out in relief. 

These are the numbers of sacred geometry. If you multiply the number standing crop squares...504, by 10 you get 5040 which is the number used by Plato for the planning of his ideal city. The recommended number of citizens for the ideal city is 5040, and all the institutions in the city are based on that number, as is the physical radius of the city as well. Plato took this number to be the key for a divinely ordered Creation. 

In the fascinating book, 'Crooked Soley, A Crop Circle Revelation,' the authors point out that 5040 is also a most significant and auspicious number in numerology and arithmetic. It is factorial 7 (7!), which is the sum of 1x2x3x4x5x6x7. It is also the result of 7x8x9x10. It therefore occupies a pivotal position in systems based on real numbers that impact every facet of life. The number Seven has unique qualities that make it the natural symbol of the universal soul. Philosophers call it the Virgin and the eternal feminine in nature. 

The number seven is further emphasized in this depiction of the Crooked Soley crop formation with the inclusion of a seven-pointed star (the septagram) at its epicenter. The septagram is a sacred symbol in many spiritual traditions, but it is especially important in Western Kabbalah, where it symbolizes the sphere of Netzach, the seven planets, the seven alchemical metals, and the seven days of the week.

On the lower plane, where numbers multiply and grow elaborate, the archetypal Seven is represented by its factorial, 5040.  St. John, as well, in his vision of the Heavenly City, describes its radius as 5040, the same number that Plato adopted as the key to a divinely ordered Creation, the ‘heavenly pattern.’ 

(And by the way, if you multiply the number of curved squares of the flattened crop...792, by 10 you get 7920, which is the result of 8x9x10x11. Read the book, it's amazing.)