The Fibonacci Life Chart Method as a Predictor of Spiritual Experience

Abstract

The Fibonacci Life Chart Method (FLCM) provides a framework linking development and spirituality. This study addressed the need for empirical research to test the hypotheses proposed by Sacco (Sacco, 2016). To address this problem, this study used case reports (N = 196) from the Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre. The dynamical aspects of ages 11, 18, and 30 were examined as predictors of increased spiritual experience in adolescents and young adults. Results showed only ages 17 and 18 predicted a higher frequency of spiritual experience between ages 11 and 35. Age 18 was associated with a higher effect size (r = .27). This finding provides some empirical support for the FLCM as a predictor of spiritual experience, but not all hypotheses found support. Limitations to the study's design are discussed along with implications for future research.

Fibonacci Harmonics: A New Mathematical Model of Synchronicity

“…Most of the findings pertain to biological and psychological changes, and it seems reasonable to conclude that Fibonacci time patterns predict the evolution of trajectories in phase space [11]. There is less evidence to indicate that Fibonacci time patterns continue to be relevant to synchronicity experiences, though some findings (such as involving religious and spiritual experiences) do suggest that the dynamical effects of age 18 are a predictor of spiritual experience [14]. FLCM ages specify exclusive discontinuity and change, as the person is removed from points of stability in dynamical phase space, and the psychological processes of that phase space are more relevant to nonlinear and fractal dynamics.…”

“…The bottom line is that golden section points have predictive value. Religious, spiritual, mystical, and synchronistic phenomena and similar experiences will have neural underpinnings triggered by the dynamical interaction between biology and mathematics [14]. Put another way, the formation and continuation of a series of synchronicities depends on whether their trajectories evolve by the rule of Fibonacci numbers than random chance; whether the synchronicity corresponds to nonlinear change than linear change, and so forth.…”

“…That is why the dynamical aspects of FLCM ages are also conjectured to relate to other discontinuous patterns, like synchronicity. A study by Sacco [14] The theoretical exposition noted that when people are at primary and secondary golden interval points, there are discontinuous forces, such that people may feel a change in their thoughts, emotions, or behaviors, whereas at other points people maintain a high sense of stability because the dynamical phase space is continuous and they are outside the beginning and end points of discontinuities.…”