Re[2]: Goodie fr jung

[Guest guest]

Alice writes:

> " If a mandala may be described as a symbol of the Self seen in

cross-section

> then the tree would represent a profile view of it, the Self depicted as a

> process of growth. " Vol. 13

This is indeed a goodie! To amplify on this, a cross-section of a tree

contains the " growth rings " we all learn about as children, so we come full

circle to another mandala. Growth rings contain at the center a single

point, the naissance of the tree. Each ring is another circumambulation of

the Ego about the Ego-Self axis.

> if u take an equilateral cross n spin it u will generate a potential

sphere -

> as with the Golden Rectangle once u add life to a geometric figure the

magic

> of spiritual implication is released.

And the " adding life " , the spinning, demonstrates the *process* or *verb*

nature of an archetype. Similarly, the Golden Spiral has no meaning without

the idea of " growing " involved, growth without change in shape, another

symbol of the Self...

So why don't trees exhibit the Golden Spiral property? Because they grow

from the tip of the tree, not the root. If you drive a nail into a tree

trunk, ten years later it will be in the same place, it doesn't move up the

tree. Conversely, fingernails, ram horns, nautilus shells, etc. all grow in

a GS pattern because they grow from the " root " . Anyone see any spiritual

meanings from this?

> " God geometrizes. "

And we philosophizes

Thanks for the goodie Alice. I've never known you to pen a baddie.

--Kurt