A Glimpse of the Spiral as a Symbol for the Transcendental Mystery of God by Paula Vaugan
			The Spiral
	There is one symbol that universally proclaims the absolute reality of a path to God:   the spiral. The spiral is the most widely recognized and repeated archetype used to symbolize our inner and outer journey to God and the Self.  Spirals symbolically represent a passage into the collective unconscious and then back into the world renewed with a greater psychological understanding of who we are and why we are here.  This journey helps us achieve what should be our highest goal: the full realization of the potential of our individual Self. Spirals symbolize our Soul, our essence, remaining the same while experience deepens and elevate our egos, or personalities, simultaneously.  The center of the spiral is the center of the Self as it goes through the forward movement of time, yet never loses the essential spirit of its origin.  Ascending spirals represent the reconciliation of the old order (unconscious) with some element of new creation (conscious).  The unfolding of the spiral is the Soul incarnate unfolding upon itself time and again throughout our lives. The global, collective spiral depicts the truth that as we endeavor to know ourselves, our Soul, we come to realize that God, the Creator, is literally, physically within us all. Many indigenous cultures use the spiral to show that there is a conscious energy force within all living things.  The ancient Celts, for example, used the spiral as a symbol for reaching the Soul and thereby, God. The most illuminating examples of the spiral exits in the human body.  Within the cochlea, brain, fingertips, an entire nervous system is a dinergetic double structure consisting of peripheral and central component systems united by the brain - the ultimate spiral form.  Even the smallest measure of life, molecular DNA, is a double helix spiral that brings together the reflection of its creator: man himself. The spiral journey is a death and rebirth process of continual growth and becoming.   Layers of connected information fit together in a spiraling psychic web that has no conceivable beginning or end. If we courageously, heroically choose to become aware of the spiraling spiritual and psychological awakening taking place in our lives at all times, ten we will find ourselves face to face with Divinity. Spirals in nature, the body, brain and Soul reflect our kinship with God.  The spiral represents the cyclical ebb and flow of God's energy that is always moving the collective mind, body and spirit of humanity toward balance and health.  God's existence is witnessed through spiral archetypes in art, dreams, symbols and the synchronous, collective unconscious that bridges the gaps of culture, time, space, and reality.
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