Biodynamics and the Taming of the Materialistic Lion
How Plato & Aristotle, Goethe & Steiner,
Herzeele, Holleman & Vysotskii, Adams & Thomas
may have changed our understanding of
life, chemical substance and nuclear transmutation.
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Table of Contents…
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[Old] Chapter 1-Part 5: Version 0.3: The Beginnings of Chemistry and the End of Realism
An early draft of a deprecated chapter on Medieval alchemy…
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[Old] Chapter 1-Part 4: Version 0.3: The Beginnings of Chemistry and the End of Realism: Plato & Aristotle – Matter & Substance
A draft version of a deprecated chapter about the later classical philosophers, including the Sophists, Plato, Aristotle and the Epicureans…
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[Old] Chapter 1-Part 3: Version 0.3: The Beginnings and Philosophical Foundations of Chemistry: Ancient Atomists
A draft of a deprecated chapter on the so-called Ancient Greek atomists…
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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] Preface: The Book Begins V0.2
Why I wish to write this book, the purpose of this website and why others might choose to read it…
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Prologue: Rethinking the Nature of Substance V0.3
This book was inspired by three little known paragraphs in the fifth of Rudolf Steiner’s Biodynamic Agriculture lectures, in which he introduced the possibility of alchemy in living organisms…
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Outline of Book
In which I introduce the main themes of the book: Biodynamics and Rudolf Steiner’s indications for a hidden alchemy in living processes; The taming of the atom – a sub-natural phenomenon; Biological transmutation of chemical elements and the requirement for…
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Worldviews, Outlooks and Tones: 1
My Anthroposophical friends have said that the ideas I am developing are somewhat one-sided. I must acknowledge that I struggle with spiritual, mystical concepts…
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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…
Rethinking the Nature of Substance 