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Ist die Natur grausam? Eine teilweise Antwort auf diese Frage
Is nature cruel?
The author's aim was to challenge with some facts the view extending from Darwinism that regards the natural world as an endless cruel struggle. For this he collected over 66 reports in the latter part of the 19th century by or about people who had survived an attack by a large predator. The great majority of the… Read More
Der Typus zwischen Irrationalität und Rationalität - oder: Das geheime Gesetz des Siebensterns (Trientalis europaea)
The ’typus’ between irrationality and rationality - or: the secret law of chickweed wintergreen (‘star-flower’, Trientalis europaea)
The theory of phyllotaxis, the positions of leaves on plants, describes the reciprocal 'annidation‘ of plant organs and thus the adaptation of the plant organism to itself so to speak. In this respect it… Read More
Vataireopsis amroba
Vataireopsis amroba. A plant for treating skin diseases
The wood of the tropical tree Vataireopsis araroba produces an exudate containing anthranoids (Goa powder, chrysarobin) which was used for topical treatment of psoriasis and other skin diseases. However, today it is larger obsolete and has been replaced by the synthetically… Read More
In die Welt gestellt sein zwischen Oben, Mitte und Unten
Being placed in the world between above, centre and below. A plea for trust in the phenomena
The directions of gaze 'above', 'centre' and 'below' are investigated for their phenomenological content. Photographic documents serve to illustrate. A tabular compilation with a commentary helps to classify and evaluate the phenomena. The… Read More
Beweisen oder Prüfen? Gedanken zur Bildekräfteforschung
Proving or testing? Thoughts concerning research on ‘formative forces’
Awareness of research on so-called 'formative forces' has greatly increased amongst the anthroposophical public. This is evidenced by the number of current articles and books, and above all by the Annual General Meeting of the Anthroposophical Society in Germany,… Read More
Die Dreigliederung in der Arznei-Therapie
Threefolding in medical therapy
The threefolding of the human being, the central basis of anthroposophical medicine, is presented in outline. From its anatomical, physiological and psychological aspects, the pharmaceutical requirements and therapeutic possibilities of medicines developed by Rudolf Steiner are indicated and clarified.… Read More
Immerwährende Bewegung
Continuous movement - ocean currents between sun and earth
Ocean currents develop in the energy fields between sun and earth‚ between the heat that comes from the sun and the salt that comes from the earth. They serve to balance out the heat of the climatic zones and transport gases and nutrients. The biggest ocean current, the… Read More
Die Senkrechte in der Evolution
The upright position in the evolution: ‘Why is the fluke of the Whale shaped horizontally?’
Dolphins and whales are water-based mammals and differ in various characteristics from fish, the predominant water species. A comparison of those two animal groups provides helpful insights into basic concepts of evolution. Evolutionary research… Read More
Peripherie und Zentrum
Periphery and centre — indicators for inversions in plant growth
Goethe said 'that nature has no secrets that she does not somewhere present naked to the eyes of the attentive observer' (Annals of 1790). A secret in two senses, i.e. not only for our inspection but also for our understamling, is the changing shape of the organ in the… Read More
Goethes und Schillers Xenien über »Die Philosophen«
Goethe's and Schiller's Xenien on 'The Philosophers'
The Xenien is a series of satirical epigrams that Johnnn Wolfgang von Goethe und Friedrich Schiller first published in 1797 in Schiller's Musenalmanach. The name Xenien was coined by the Roman poet Martial (1st century AD) who thus named the 13th book of his Martial Epigrams which… Read More
