Nature's Secret Messages by Elaine Wilkes

Author:Elaine Wilkes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hay House
Published: 2009-02-14T16:00:00+00:00

From this sequence, we get a spiral shape. Author and Phi expert Gary Meisner, “the Phi Guy,” explains that Fibonacci numbers are related to spiral growth: “If you sum the squares of any series [pictured on previous page] of Fibonacci numbers, they will equal the last Fibonacci number used in the series times the next Fibonacci number. This property results in the Fibonacci spiral seen in everything from sea shells to galaxies.”5

Phi (also known as the golden ratio), a number discovered in the fifth century b.c., is related to spirals as well. It begins with 1.6180339887. . . (and goes on forever). Some people feel that it represents “the reflection of Divine consciousness at work,” “an outer ring of intelligence,” or “the God presence in all living things.” Author John Michael Greer says that the spiral “serves as a powerful image of the unfolding of what is hidden.”6 And Leslie Sloane, the color therapist and founder of Auracle’s Colour Therapy, refers to phi as “the radiation of the heart,” which may help explain why some people give roses to their loved ones on Valentine’s Day. (Check out the swirl pattern of a rose in the upcoming photo.) And wouldn’t you know, rose hips, the berrylike fruit of the rosebush, contain phytochemicals that protect against cardiovascular disease.

There are even references to it in the Bible. In Exodus 25:10, God commands Moses to build the Ark of the Covenant to hold his covenant with the Israelites (the Ten Commandments): “And they shall make an ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits shall be its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.” Our “Phi Guy,” Gary Meisner, provides insight into this verse: “The ratio of 2.5 to 1.5 is 1.666. . . which is as close to phi (1.618. . .) as you can come with such simple numbers and is certainly not visibly different to the eye.”5 Likewise, Gary also reveals that B-DNA (a form of DNA in the cell appearing as a double-stranded helix) and a DNA cross section are all based on phi.

If we examine the natural world, an astonishing 92 percent of plants displaying spirals or double whirls have Fibonacci patterns, according to Roger Jean, the author of Phyllotaxis, a book about the study of leaf arrangement.7 (Jean surveyed 650 species in literature and 12,500 specimens in making this observation.) It’s been said that Buddha once gave a teaching by simply holding out a rose, not speaking a single word. Is it a coincidence that the rose has this swirl, like phi? Was he teaching us to learn from Nature?

Before going any further, think of other swirl patterns you’ve seen in a natural setting. Even the rounded claws of numerous animals and the tusks of a walrus fit the phi proportions. How many can you name? Here are some examples:

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