Naometria (from the Greek naos meaning "temple" and metria meaning "measurement") is a massive, unfinished prophetic manuscript written by the German scholar and mystic Simon Studion (1543–c. 1605) between 1596 and 1604. Clocking in at around 2,000 pages in its revised form (Naometria Nova), it blends numerology, apocalyptic prophecies, mystical arithmetic, and allegorical architecture to interpret the dimensions and symbolism of an ideal "temple"—widely understood in esoteric traditions as a veiled reference to Solomon's Temple from the Bible.
This temple serves as a cipher for cosmic order, divine history, and end-times predictions, including the downfall of the Papacy and the dawn of a new Protestant golden age.
"a massive Cabalistic-Hermetic interpretation of Solomon's Temple"
Studion drew on Cabalistic (Kabbalistic) numerology and gematria—techniques for deriving prophecies from numbers and letters—through influences like his teacher Samuel Heyland and associates such as the cabala expert Tobias Hess. Hermetic elements come via its ties to Rosicrucianism: Studion dedicated the work to Duke Frederick I of Württemberg (a Rosicrucian patron), and it inspired the Tübingen Circle, which later produced the Rosicrucian manifestos.
The manuscript envisions the temple's measurements as a blueprint for spiritual rebirth,with Solomon's Temple as the ultimate symbol of divine harmony and hidden knowledge.
Though never fully published in Studion's lifetime, Naometria circulated in manuscript form and sparked the short-lived "Society Naometrica" in Tübingen, a group of intellectuals exploring its prophecies. It also influenced early Freemasonry and Rosicrucian lore, where Solomon's Temple motifs recur as allegories for initiation and enlightenment