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Die Goetheanisten und die Verständigen - Zur Metamorphose und Systematik der Pflanzen und Pflanzengesellschaften
Efforts to demonstrate the compatibility of the Goetheanistic approach to observing nature with the conventional mode of the academic field are the order of the day for Goetheanists, who have also sufficiently experienced the value of the latter. Here examples, especially from the field of inflorescence morphology and phytosociology will… Read More
Zur Gestaltbiologie der Schlangen
In the last years of his life, it was a great concern of Mathias Küster (1950–2022) to write down his ideas on the gestalt biology of snakes, even though he no longer saw himself in a position to do so alone. However, the project, which was started together in 2021, could only be completed after his death. With regards to content, the… Read More
Parrots and People
The approximately 398 species of living parrots (macaws, parakeets, cockatoos, etc.) comprise a more or less homogeneous group of birds found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. No other group of wild birds has attracted such strong human interest, and conse- quently parrots are the most popular avian pets around the world, from the… Read More
Cup-and-Ring Marks
This study examines the phenomenon of the so-called »cup-and-ring marked rocks« from the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age, as they occur particularly in Scotland and on the Atlantic fringe of Western Europe. This research report has its focus on their aesthetic ef- fects. A phenomenology of their appearance is worked out by starting with the… Read More
Die Steigbildmethode
Until the 1980s, the »Rising Picture Method« was valued in anthroposophical contexts as one of the »Picture-forming Methods« and was considered particularly suitable for making statements on the quality of plants and plant extracts. It turned out, however, that many of these assumptions did not hold true; for example, the relationship of the… Read More