THE GOLDEN SPIRAL...FROM THE ALIGNMMENT OF THE PLANETS TO THE SNAILS IN YOUR GARDEN.

ALSO KNOWN AS THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE OR GOLDEN RATIO

      IT CAN BE SEEN  IN THE EYE OF HORUS

THIS CHART SHOWS BY SIZE THE " SPIRAL OF NOURISHMENT", WITH AIR BEING THE LARGEST PORTION OF SEVEN PARTS.

FROM THE SYMMETRICAL

TO THE SUBLIME

FROM THE OUTER REACHES OF SPACE

TO THE DEEPEST SEAS

FROM THE HAND OF GOD

TO YOUR GREEN THUMB

GROWN FROM A SEED

OR GROWN FROM A BLUB

FROM THE CHAKRAS THAT MAKE YOU

TO THE FOOD THAT YOU CONSUME

THESE FASCINATING GEOMETRIC MODELS HAVE BEEN CALLED BY MANY OTHER NAMES IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD.  THE SPIRAL HAS OFTEN BEEN TERMED THE "UNIVERSAL MASTER FORM", AND HAS LONG BEEN REVERED AS A SACRED SYMBOL OF LIFE, DEATH, AND TRANSFORMATION. FOUND ABUNDANTLY THROUGHOUT NATURE IN BOTH THE PLANT AND ANIMAL  REALMS.  MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SPIRAL WITH ITS LOGARITHMIC PROGRESSIONS HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED  IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF EVERY CULTURE, FROM THE MOST PRIMITIVE TO THE MOST ADVANCED.  IT IS IN THE LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL THAT WE FIND A CONSISTENT  THREAD OF KNOWLEDGE LINKING THE BELIEFS AND LIFESTYLES OF THE GREAT ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS THROUGH ART , ARCHITECTURE , ASTRONOMY, ENGINEERING AND EVEN AGRICULTURE, PASTORALISM , AND FOOD PRODUCTION.  


WHETHER IN INDIA , CHINA, THE MIDDLE EAST, THE FAR EAST, AFRICA, NORTH OR SOUTH AMERICA, THE STUDY OF TRADITIONAL FOODS REVEALS BASED ON A REMARKABLY CONSISTENT WISDOM OF SENSIBILITY , PRACTICALITY, AND PROPORTION.  ON THE SURFACE , THESE TRADITIONS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY OBVIOUS CULTURAL DIVERSITY; 



THERE ARE,  OF COURSE, BROAD DIFFERENCES BASED ON CLIMATE AND TERRAIN. COASTAL PEOPLES NATURALLY CONSUMED MORE FISH AND SEAFOOD THAN INLAND PEOPLES, WHO CONSUMED MORE FOWL AND MAMMAL PRODUCTS. YET AS FUNDAMENTALLY AGRICULTURAL PEOPLES, BOTH GROUPS CONSUMED ANIMAL PRODUCTS OVERALL IN A ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT PROPORTION TO ALL OTHER FOODS.

IT SEEMS THEN THAT A DIET OF TRADITIONALLY GROWN FOODS EATEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE GOLDEN SPIRAL MAY HOLD THE KEY TO HEALTH.  AFTER CAREFUL INVESTIGATION INTO THE SPIRALLIC NATURE OF THE TRADITIONAL DIETARY PATTERN LEADS TO A PROFOUND TRUTH AT ITS CENTER.

1. WHEN WE ARE BORN, THE FIRST BREATH , A SIMPLE  INHALATION OF AIR, IS THE BEGINNING OF AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY IN SELF-DISCOVERY THAT IS INDIVIDUALLY UNIQUE.  THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES, AIR WILL SERVE AS OUR MOST ABUNDANT RESOURCE OF NOURISHMENT. OXYGEN AND AIR WILL SPARK THE FIRES OF THE METABOLISM, HELPING TO REGULATE ALL MICRO-  AND MACRO CELLULAR FUNCTIONS IN THE PHYSICAL BODY.  THE CONSTANT EXCHANGE OF OXYGEN WITH CARBON DIOXIDE THRU THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM PLAYS A INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE BODY'S ABILITY TOO PROCESS ALL OTHER FORMS OF NUTRIENTS . AIR IS THE ONE FORM OF NOURISHMENT THAT THE BODY CONSUMES BOTH WHILE YOU ARE AWAKE AND ASLEEP. OTHER FORMS OF NUTRITION LISTED IN THE CHART HAVE A PROPORTIONALLY EQUAL INFLUENCE ON OXYGEN'S EFFECTIVENESS - RIGHT DOWN TO THE CELLULAR LEVEL.( INDICATED BY SIZE, IF AIR IS THE LARGEST / SUPPORTIVE SUPPLEMENTS ,THE SMALLEST.)


2.  WATER IS THE SECOND MOST PROPORTIONALLY IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN OUR DAILY DIET. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ARE MOSTLY WATER. GRAINS BEANS, SOUPS, AND BOILED OR STEAMED FOODS ARE PREPARED IN WATER. ABOUT 75% OF THE HUMAN BODY IS WATER. WE REQUIRE LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER DAILY FOR COOLING THE BODY AND CLEANSING THE BLOOD, CELLS, AND ORGANS OF TOXINS AND WASTES. WATER IS ALSO ESSENTIAL IN MAINTAINING AND REGULATING HEALTHY BOWL FUNCTION AND PERISTALSIS.

3. WHICH LEADS RIGHT TO THE NEXT PROPORTIONALLY CONSUMED  IS CARBOHYDRATES. IDEAL ARE THOSE CONSUMED BT TRADITIONAL PEOPLE; WHOLE GRAINS AND WHOLEGRAIN PRODUCTS, SUCH(  BREADS , PASTA, ETC.) PSEUDO- CEREAL (QUINOA, AMARANTH, TEFF ) AND STARCHY VEGETABLES.( ROOTS, AND TUBERS; SWEET POTATOES , POTATO, YAM, YUCCA, SQUASH.  THIS SECTION ALSO INCLUDES SUPPLEMENTARY  CARBOHYDRATES (ALL FRUITS, AND SWEETENERS). SOME TYPICAL SWEETENERS ARE GRAIN MALTS, HONEY, MAPLE SYRUP, SUGAR CANE, ETC. AMONG THE CARBOHYDRATES, REVERED ABOVE ALL OTHER FOODS , APPEAR THE " SACRED GIFTS OF THE GODS", THE GRAINS AND PSEUDO-CEREALS. ANCIENT PEOPLES BELIEVED THESE STAPLES HELD THE GENETIC MEMORY OF HUMAN ORIGIN AND SPIRITUAL ESSENCE OF MAN AND WOMEN.


4.   VEGETABLES INCLUDE ALL EDIBLE LAND AND WATER PLANTS. ROOTS, SEEDS, LEAVES, STALKS, BUDS, AND MARINE- AND FRESH WATER ALGAE ARE BUT SOME OF THE PLANT FORMS CONSUMED AROUND THE WORLD. ALTHOUGH MANY VEGETABLE S CAN BE CONSIDERED ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF CARBS,  THEY WERE PLACED IN A SEPARATE BECAUSE OF THEIR DIETARY IMPORTANCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR ANCESTORS.


5.  PROTEIN SOURCES FOLLOW WILD AND DOMESTICATED PLANTS AS THE NEXT  CATEGORY IN THE SPIRAL . THIS INCLUDES A WIDE  RANGE OF TRADITIONAL FOODS: EGGS,  WILD GAME , FOWL, WATER FOWL, CATTLE, LAMB, GOAT , PIG, ORGAN MEATS, DAIRY PRODUCTS, SHELLFISH, FISH, BEANS, SEEDS AND NUTS ARE SOME OF THE TYPES OF PROTEIN CONSUMED HISTORICALLY THRU OUT THE WORLD.


6.   FATS AND OILS HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF DIETARY TRADITIONS.  CONSUMED EITHER AS A PART OF OTHER FOODS OR AS A BASE USED TO PREPARE PARTICULAR FOODS.  OLIVES, AVOCADOS, AND NUTS ARE WHOLE- PLANT SOURCES OF FAT. SALMON , EGGS, AND BEEF ARE EXAMPLES OF ANIMAL SOURCES.  SOME TRADITIONAL , STANDALONE FATS INCLUDE, ANIMAL- DERIVED BUTTER,(GHEE) AND LARD, AND THE PLANT OILS FROM OLIVES, SESAME SEEDS, HAZELNUTS, PALM KERNELS, AND COCONUTS. 


7.   THIS SECTION OF THE DIETARY  SPIRAL INCLUDES HERBS, SPICES, SALT, MINERALS,  AND NATURAL MEDICINAL FOODS , SUCH AS BEE POLLEN, SPECIALIZED FUNGI AND MICRO ALGAE. IT CAN ALSO INCLUDE " NON-SYNTHETIC", WHOLE FOOD SUPPLEMENTS.



THE GOLDEN SPIRAL,( GOLDEN RATIO)....HOLDS SO MANY SECRETS.  THE TIME IS NOW TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD AROUND US. FROM THE AIR YOU BREATH , TO THE FOOD YOU EAT , TO THE PEOPLE YOU TOUCH. WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THE BIG PICTURE....HAVE RESPECT FOR THE THINGS AROUND YOU!!! THEY MAY HOLD THE ANSWERS TO WHAT LIES AHEAD... BENEATH..... BEYOND!!!!!!        REF; www.stevegagne.com. ( THE GOLDEN SPIRAL OF TRADITIONAL FOODS. ) DTD: 2004/2009......