Life's Code- Biophysics and Oriental Medicine

In 1974, a young postdoc in molecular biology named Harvey Bialy (who happened to be a poet and a student of esoteric religions) published in a literary magazine his observation that the mathematical structure of the DNA molecule is strictly analogous to the structure of the most revered test of ancient Chinese wisdom, the I Ching. ('DNA and the I Ching') It is interesting, looking at a deeper level, that all living things are animated by the language of these four letters: a, g, c, t, the four chemical compounds contained in the DNA double helix. The genetic code contains: 4x4x4=64possible 'words'?

The shape of this double helix can be traced back in many traditions and cultures as 'shamanic ladder's' of some sort, connecting sky and earth (J. Narby- 'Cosmic Serpant'). There are even suggestions that DNA, the molecule of life may have extraterrestrial origin, through the theory of 'panspermia'. That means that even the cells of our DNA hold sacred geometrical patterns. Sacred Geometry, is an ancient science that explores and explains the energy patterns that create and unify all things and reveals the precise way that the energy of Creation organizes itself. Divide any number in the Fibonacci sequence by the one before it, and the answer is always close to 1.61803. This is known as the Golden Ratio. Phi, 1.618 (approx.), which is also the angle of DNA. This 'golden ratio' mathematical formula appears in many structures in nature. From the tail of a seahorse, to seashells, flowers, plants, spirals of hurricanes, tornados, galaxies and planets. Even the human body, from toes to navel is 1.618 times longer than your navel to the top of your head. Neils Bohr was so impressed with the connection between the I Ching and the various dualities in quantum theory that, when he was knighted, he made the Tai Chi symbol a part of his coat of arms. The Taoists of China represent the caduceus with the yin-yang, which symbolizes the coiling of two serpentine and cmplementary forms into a single androgynous vital principle.