The Spiral is itself a spiral process, doubling back on itself, reassessing and regrouping.

If water spins clockwise when it drains in the northern hemisphere and water spins counterclockwise when it drains in the southern hemisphere...which way does it spin at the equator?
The Spiral is dialectical as compared to the circle which is theological. like a circle, it is distended to infinity, but on it, things recur, but at another level: there is a return in difference, not repetition in identity.

The Spiral is a real producing life-principle, directed to the periphery. the fact that, in plant, organs push their way outward is proof that the spiral tendency dominates the life of plants..
The Spiral is simply a failed circle. When we come to the end of a cycle we ought to move up to another level and proceed accordingly.

The word “helicopter” is not a combination of “heli” and “copter”, but “helico” meaning spiral, and “pter” meaning "one with wings" (like pterodactyl)


The Spiral is a spiritualized circle. In the spiral form, the circle, uncoiled, has ceased to be vicious... it has been set free.