ø PHI: The Golden Ratio or Golden Section
(In Nature, Art, Science and Religion)

The Golden Section is a unique Ratio (or relationship between parts)
that seems to be preferred by Nature
as the best geometry for growth, energy conservation, elegance and has some
fundamental relationships to the platonic solids and the Mandelbrot set.

It was formally discovered by the Greeks and incorporated into their art and architecture, but it has been shown to occur even in prehistoric art, possibly as a function of Man's natural affinity for it's beauty.

The rectangle at left has a vertical edge length of 1
the horizontal or width of the rectangle is 1.618
If we make a line inside and form a square (far left)
it creates another 'golden rectangle' (at right)

this subdivision continues inward in a spiral fashion tracing the form of a perfect PHI spiral seen in galaxies, seashells ....





Even your hand, arm, ear, teeth, etc are in PHI Proportions!
This is more clearly illustrated in the next 10 images which I downloaded
from the great PHI resource site http://goldennumber.net (image credit: Gary Meisner)

Phi Proportions in Finger-bone Lengths ... pattern carries on out to hand and arm	Phi Spiral of the Ear
	Phi proportions in teeth and lips

Phi Proportions in Faces are used for creating realistic results in cosmetic surgery ...	Potential Relationships in Penta-Phi Matrix Reveal A Face
	Phi in plant growth Phi proportions in Moth wings and pattern

Masonic Mural In California Grand Lodge, based on Golden Proportion




Master Artist Paul Laffoley's Paintings (see gallery) often incorporate PHI on many levels

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More PHI in art and design

Dan Winter's Golden Section / DNA Theories
(His theory is that the PHI Geometry of DNA implies a wave-form preference for Phi-fractal self-embeddedness.
He relates this semi-proven phenomenon to the human properties of consciousness and love)







above: Icosa-dodeca phi-ratio recursive solid that most of the rant above is based on.

I don't really trust Dan Winter as a person, *same goes with 'Drunvalo Melchizedek', Dan is a plagiarist who got sued and lost (by Stan "the man" Tenen of MERU Foundation) for using copyrighted ideas and claiming them as his own, with no credit. but I do think despite his personal shortcomings, *some* of his ideas have merit and deserve investigation.