Ray,
Thank you for your reply, I was anxious for somebody, anybody, to tell me that I was not crazy - but was willing to accept crazy as well ha. Go ahead and use the cube in your paper, it's not like that's not public information. I'll have to check out your book.
By the very definition of 'sacred geometry' as seen here ... "According to this belief system, the basic patterns of existence are perceived as sacred because in contemplating them one is contemplating the origin of all things. By studying the nature of these forms and their relationship to each other, one may seek to gain insight into the scientific, philosophical, psychological, aesthetic and mystical laws of the universe." It would indeed make sense that this e-8 lattice be described as "beautiful." The "contemplating the origin of all things" bit really makes me wonder, because this geometric display truly would describe the nature of all things, which are really the confluence of forces described in the lattice.
Much of this reminds me a of a quote I once heard from an interview with Clifford Pickover
Pickover: Mathematics and mysticism have fascinated humanity since the dawn of civilization. Has humanity's long-term fascination with mathematics arisen because the universe is constructed from a mathematical fabric? Is God a mathematician? Certainly, the world, the universe, and nature can be reliably understood using mathematics. Nature is mathematics. In THE LOOM OF GOD, I take the position that nature is almost always describable by simple formulas not because we have invented mathematics to do so but because of some hidden mathematical aspect of nature itself. I do not know if God is a mathematician, but mathematics is the loom upon which God weaves the fabric of the universe.
I'm more of an agnostic, but can definitely understand where he is coming from here.
I would also check out the following perhaps for some more inspiration...
The "Fruit of Life" symbol is composed of 13 circles taken from the design of the Flower of Life. The Fruit of Life is said to be the blueprint of the universe, containing the basis for the design of every atom, molecular structure, life form, and everything in existence. It contains the geometric basis for the delineation of Metatron's Cube, which brings forth the platonic solids.
The Fruit of Life pattern contains the basis for the layout of Metatron's Cube. The Fruit of Life has thirteen circles. If each circle's centre is considered a "node", and each node is connected to each other node with a single line, a total of seventy-eight lines are created, forming a type of cube. Within this cube, many other shapes can be found, including two-dimensionally flattened versions of the five platonic solids. However, as can been seen by the illustrations below, the points of intersection in a flattened Dodecahedron don't conform to the nodes of the circles, and thus the shape doesn't conform to Metatron's cube as the other shapes do. This is because the Dodecahedron is formed by rotating the overall cube, which is a 3-dimensional object. By dividing the sides using the Golden Ratio, one can draw in the lines needed to form the Dodecahedron on the 2-dimensional cube.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_of_Life#Tree_of_Life