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\nThe spiral is one of the oldest symbols for a macrocosm (space) or microcosm (snail shell, DNA), but also can be used to represent creation in general, which continues to evolve.<\/p>\n
Reference: de.wikipedia.org, www.mettmann.de<\/p>\n
Further reading:
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