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Image source Dialogue, imaginatively designed by me, between the Master and his disciple on the famous Lucio Spira Mirabilis or spiral wonderful. What is it, what is not? Read the following if you have a minimum of curiosity about it ... otherwise jump clean over well on other shores. It's not obligatory to read ;)
********* "Teacher, tell me the story of the spiral wonderful?" - Lucius asked as he followed with his right index finger, the spiral shape of the shell fossil Ammonite, who was holding in the palm of the left hand . "Would you know the history of Spira Mirabilis, then?'s A long story.'s Find a quiet place" sand dollars alive - and, so saying, Master pointed to a big elm tree with thick foliage, around the trunk of which was available to mo 'seat a large flowerbed in tiers. It was a beautiful day in late spring and arrows of light heralding the incipient summer now. They sat on the bottom step of the flower, in the shadow of the great tree, remaining silent sand dollars alive for a few minutes. He felt only the rustle of leaves stirred by the gentle morning breeze, which, by breathing from the nearby sea, caressed his nostrils with a hint of saltiness. "A long story? How long?" - Lucius replied, in a tone of disbelief and concern. "A story that the age of the Universe! Must not, however, be worried because I did not intend to take it so distant. Want with it mean that the Spira Mirabilis is especially loved by Nature, being able to find in many forms of life both animal and vegetable, sand dollars alive and even they