Divine Proportion and Life (via Phi)

I came to know about Phi and it's related contribution towards the divine proportion, from a friend. It is the harmony and glue that holds the unity of the universe.

The Divine Proportion was closely studied by the Greek sculptor, Phidias, and as a result, it took on the name of Phi. Also referred to as the Golden Mean, the Magic Ratio, the Fibonacci Series, etc., Phi can be found throughout the universe; from the spirals of galaxies to the spiral of a Nautilus seashell; from the harmony of music to the beauty in art. A botanist will find it in the growth patterns of flowers and plants, while the zoologist sees it in the breeding of rabbits. The entomologist views it in the genealogy of a bee, and the physicist observes it in the behavior of light and atoms. A Wall Street analyst finds it in the rising and falling patterns of a market, the mathematician in the examination of the pentagram.

Phi ... The only possible creative duality within Unity. It is the most intimate relationship, one might say, that proportional existence – the universe – can have with Unity, the primal or first division of One. For this reason the ancients called it ‘golden’, the perfect division, and the Christians have related this proportional symbol to the Son of God.

Just as pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, phi is simply the ratio of the line segments that result when a line is divided in one very special and unique way. i.e., Only when a line is cut into two sections at one significant and "magical" point!

Phi with an upper case "P" is 1.6180339887..., while phi with a lower case "p" is 0.6180339887.

Golden Links:

@ What is Phi? A quick learning.
@ The Golden number and the human body
@ The Golden Mean
@ The Fibonacci Series
@ The Golden Section in Art, Architecture and Music
@ The Golden Rule