Category: Part III: Sublimation – Rudolf Steiner, Life, Goethean Physics and the Harmony of the Spheres
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Today’s Inspiring Reads discovered during my searches for Goethe on matter and spirit
My favourite – the one that resonated with me the most – a quote from Annie Dillard’s essay: What have we been doing all these centuries but trying to call God back to the mountain, or, failing that, raise a peep out of anything that isn’t us? What is the difference between a cathedral and…
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Etheric Formative Forces
Several years ago a friend shared this wonderful artistic overview of Ernst Marti’s etheric research. I wish I knew who drew it – if it is copyright please can someone inform me – I can either remove it or at least attribute it to the person who created it. It seems to be a work…
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Notes on Counter-Space
Some quick notes and references relating to the counter-space ideas of George Adams and his source from Alfred North Whitehead…
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[Old] Rethinking Biological Transmutations – My Story so far…
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. I am getting bogged down with my first chapter. It largely covers Ancient Greek philosophical insights into many of the important matters that are to be explored in later chapters of this book. Every single one of these philosophers (at least the most significant figures up to and including Aristotle)…
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[Old] Chapter 17: Conclusions – Rethinking the Nature of Substance [New Ch.21 V0.2]
In this book I hope to have introduced the minimum of knowledge necessary to attain at least the beginnings of an understanding of one of the greatest scientific challenges that I am aware. The existence of the phenomenon of biological transmutation of chemical (isotopic) elements would not be denied by pretty much every scientist on…
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[Old] Chapter 16: Chemistry, the Atom & the Harmony of the Spheres [New Ch.21 V0.1]
In which a synthesis of the previous chapters is attempted, linking them all with biodynamics and the harmony of the spheres.
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[Old] Chapter 15: Nick Thomas – Space and Counterspace [New Ch.19 V0.2]
Nick Thomas, based on indications by Rudolf Steiner, developed a mathematical formulation of his etheric conceptions based on projective geometry. …
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[Old] Chapter 14: Rudolf Steiner – A Spiritual Scientific World View [New Ch.16 V0.1]
Rudolf Steiner took the philosophical ideas which were implicit in the works of Goethe and took them further. Significantly further. It has taken me many years to even begin to understand just some of his philosophical and scientific ideas…
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[Old] Chapter 13: Goethe’s World View [New Ch.15 V0.1]
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was an observer of nature and laid the foundations for a phenomenological science. His collected scientific works were edited by Rudolf Steiner. Goethe’s ideas and methodologies inspired Herzeele, Preuss and Holleman. Holleman recommended that the biological transmutation phenomenon might best be studied using a Goethean scientific methodology. Unfortunately he did not…
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[Old] The story so far…
As I make this sketch it has begun to become apparent which of the ideas form its golden threads and the manner of their appearance. One of those threads is that of the lion of alchemy…
Rethinking the Nature of Substance 