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Die Blutwurz, Potentilla erecta (L.) Räuschel.
Tormentil, Potentilla erecta (L.) Räuschel. Its capacity for connecting its polarities with one another
Tormentil, Potentilla erecta, belongs to the Rosaceae, but in all its organs it is morphologically different from its relatives. The 'cosmic soul' element of the plant deeply affects tormentil early in its development, thereby… Read More
Die Metamorphosen der Pflanzen (Stockholm 1755)
Nicolaus E. Dahlberg: Die Metamorphosen der Pflanzen (Stockholm 1755)
In 1755, under the direction of Carl von Linné, the Swedish botanist Nicolaus (= Nils) E. Dahlberg (1735-1820) published his botanical dissertation Metamorphoses Plantarum. It deals with seven types of plant metamorphosis. Its focus is on the formation of the organs… Read More
Zu den europäischen Arten der Ranunculaceen-Gattung Clematis L., Waldrebe
The European species of the Ranunculaceae genus Clematis L.
This text is based on the chapter entitled 'Clematis' from an unfinished book manuscript by Thomas Göbel. It was edited by Angelika Heinze for publication here as a single article. The European species of the genus Clematis are presented and organised into a series of… Read More
Zur anthroposophischen Jugendpsychiatrie
Anthroposophical adolescent psychiatry: why some young people harm themselves and others become violent
Based on the background of threefolding of the human organism (Steiner 1917), of the first medical course (Steiner 1920) and of the curative education course (Steiner 1924), the self-harm and external violence that are characteristic… Read More
Die evolutionäre Bedeutung des Spiels
The evolutionary significance of play
Human and animal play is both a fascinating and puzzling phenomenon. Its origin and function cannot be conclusively explained within conventional evolutionary theory. However, nowadays there exist extensive accounts and scientific descriptions that can provide us with a wealth of well documented… Read More
Von der Symbiose zum sogenannten Brutparasitismus
The three bird families, weavers, viduids (whydahs/indigobirds) and estrildids (waxbills), which today are classified separately, during the last century were regarded, often taxonomically variably, as one big family with corresponding sub-families. They probably once belonged to one family. In the weaver-bird group there is a genus whose males… Read More
Die Sinnlichkeit des Menschen
The sensoriality of man. The body as an instrument of the self‘s free orientation to the world
In search of a clear distinction between 'sensoriality' and 'desire' in man, our course leads past the traditional rejection of 'sensoriality' by the main religions of the world, and past the unclarity of popular concepts. From there it… Read More
Gicht und Rheumatismus aus psychosomatisch-anthroposophischer Perspektive
Gout and rheumatism from a psychosomatic-anthroposophical perspective
The introduction of imaging procedures in radiology has provoked not only questions by the general public about the human 'I', and about the self-knowledge and freedom of will of the human being, but has also shaken internal medicine, and rheumatology in particular.… Read More
Von der Symbiose zum sogenannten Brutparasitismus
From symbiosis to brood parasitism Part I: From the life of the cuckoo
Using the cuckoo family as an example, this article shows that likening the cuckoo to a brood parasite is not generally justified, as there are many cuckoo species that care for brood. Some of them - possibly the oldest - form social groups and brood communities… Read More
Verstehen wir das Leben in Entwicklung?
Do we understand life in development?
This contribution discusses the obstacles to understanding the evolution of living nature and the human being. What are these obstacles? Life can show us what true time really is, for which our concept of Newtonian time is inadequate. The way we ordinarily understand our soul and spirit is… Read More