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Aspects of a natural classification of plant substances according to their formative processes

The question of the classification of plant primary and secondary substances is repeatedly raised and sometimes controversial. In the work presented here this question is investigated in relation to two ways. On the one hand the physical… Read More

A contribution to the methodology of Goethean physics using the example of the water cycle

Wonder at natural phenomena raises questions in us as to their inner circumstances. Rudolf Steiner provided the methodological foundation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe‘s practical science of inorganic nature, but in doing so, presented only very… Read More

An outline for a biology of freedom using songbirds as an example - Concerning the differentiation of the territorial song

The territory defended by songbirds is much more an acoustic territory than a foraging one. Therefore singing outside a territory more often leads to conflict than does searching for food there. The great… Read More

Substance changes by flow processes

The authors discuss this subject that was introduced by R. Steiner in 1920 for processing a pharmaceutical preparation from Viscum album.

In Part 1, the origin of the need for flow processing of mistletoe preparations is reported insofar as it can be traced back to lectures and recorded… Read More

Goetheanism as a grounding’ of anthroposophy - The meaning of sense perception for Goetheanistic and anthroposophical methods of knowledge

Consciously conducted and controlled Goethean study takes place by the following steps, characterised approximately:

1. Perception is fully focused on the object, and carries out with it all… Read More

Miniatures on the path. Two red algae in freshwater, two swallowtail butterflies, and two amphibians in comparison

Both native freshwater red algae, Batrac/oospermum and Lemanea, have been introduced. Their morphology in space and time are compared. A report on breeding both native swallowtail butterfly species - Ipbiclides podalirius… Read More

Evolutionary morphology a typological study of the development of form

The development of the inflorescence of Digitale lutea is described in detail from the formation of the primordium on the apex to the opening of the mature inflorescence and is documented by drawings of illuminated, complete preparations of the different… Read More

Morningnes and eveningnes in the night-day-rhythms

The following can be concluded from a study initiated by Gunther Hildebrandt, from further observations and from the literature:

Human subjects are generally inclz'ned towards being at their greatest productim'ty in the morning and in the afternoon towards their best 1nood. This… Read More

On meditation

Building up the content of a meditation begins with a contemplative work on the ideas contained in a short sentence or verse, for example one of the verses of Rudolf Steiner’s Calendar of the Soul. In this context it is helpful to do this together with other people in a group as something above the personal level. This… Read More

Goethe and Aristotle

Modern science presupposes a particular view of time. This is biased by the form time has in the present. If truth is supposed to be conceived in relation to what appears in time, it therefore becomes a phenomenon of the unity of time that is understood as a perpetual present. This is why this concept of truth must… Read More