THE STANDARD BIOLOGICAL BODY

As we have seen, the parameters of the system of matched pairs was established in terms of the digit—the width of a human thumb. Based upon the notion that a human is created in the image of the Creator, the ancients used this particular part of the human body as a standard of measure to determine the dimensions of both the Cosmos and the Logos in accordance with principles of ratio and proportion.

The fact that this scheme can be used to make accurate, empirical predictions regarding the overall organization of the universe suggests that the human body presents a more or less ideal reflection of the whole. Put another way, we might say that the human body represents a standard biological body on the basis of which we can measure both the Cosmos and Logos. This notion of the standard biological body means that the human body—specifically, the human thumb, which forms the parameters of the system of matched pairs—can be used as a standard of measure to determine the overall dimensions of the physical Cosmos and the characteristic dimensions of the various layers within the metaphysical Logos.