title: Da Vinci Decoded: Discovering the Spiritual Secrets of Leonardo's Seven Principles
author: Michael J. Gelb
description: Author Michael Gelb ignited the current fascination with all things Da Vinci with his runaway bestseller, How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day. Just as that book showed readers how to use the seven Da Vincian principles to develop their creative potential, his new book, Da Vinci Decoded, will help you use the same principles to cultivate your spiritual potential. <br />Wonder. Appreciation. Awareness. Wholeness...In the Western world of the fifteenth century, these personal qualities were all boldly embodied in one extraordinary man. From art to botany, anatomy to mechanics, Da Vinci was a profoundly original thinker fully in tune with the world of man and nature, and with the divine spirit that bridges the two. In this bold new guide to awakening the soul, Michael Gelb draws on Leonardo's writings, inventions, and works of art to show how you, too, can practice the seven essential principles by which Leonardo lived and worked: <br />Filled with practical exercises that will help you put each of the seven principles into use, a series of reflective questions designed for self-assessment, and inspirational sayings drawn from the world's great wisdom traditions, Da Vinci Decoded offers a wide range of tools to use in your spiritual quest. Now you can let Leonardo and this book be your personal guides to creating your own personal spiritual renaissance today.
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  By L. A. Braun
  
  Copyright © 2013 (2020) by L. A. Braun
  
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  CONTENTS
  
  
  
  SECTION I: LEONARDO DA VINCI'S HIDDEN RIDDLES: We explore how Leonardo Da
  Vinci really had hidden a few secrets in his artwork.
  
    
  
  SECTION II: THE ‘PHI CIRCLE’: We focus a spotlight on the PHI CIRCLE in
  Leonardo Da Vinci's 'Madonna of the Rocks'—reconnoitering upon a variety of
  PHI CIRCLE diagrams to uncover his possible message about the physical and
  spiritual world. We consider several experiments with the mysterious PHI
  CIRCLE and ponder its true meaning.  
  
  
  
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  ABOUT THIS BOOK
  
  Leonardo Da Vinci had wanted us to take a circle and subdivide it by the PHI
  ratio. _Huh?_ Well, this book explores _why_ . Just pitch much of what you
  thought you’d known about Da Vinci out the window—because his works had
  concealed plenty more hidden sacred geometry secrets than had immediately met
  the eye. The surpris