Have anyone heard about this "Theory of Divine Proportion"? It is quite interesting when I heard it from one of my colleague today. I was wondering how brilliant our ancestors were in calculating this divine proportion. Somewhere in the arrangement of this world there seems to be great concern about giving us delight, which shows that in the Universe, over and above the meaning of matter and forces, there is a message conveyed through the magic touch of personality.
It is said that any objective observation we make must include a discussion of proportion for it is the rule of proportion in the examination of nature that causes us to observe an organized universe and a universe in chaos, rational and irrational numbers, harmony and discord, truth and falsity. These descriptions are merely proportional effects of the opposition that is inherent in all things.
We see harmony expressed by those emotions, feelings, and characteristics present within ourselves. This harmony is viewed within nature as the Divine Proportion. 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 can find it in the rising and falling patterns of a market, while the mathematician uncovers it in the examination of the pentagram.(Ref: http://www.summum.us/philosophy/phi.shtml)For Further references about this Theory of Divine Proportion:
a)http://www.summum.us/philosophy/phi.shtml
b)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio
c)http://www.keplersdiscovery.com/DivineProportion.html
d)http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/divine_proportion.html
