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Beweisen oder Prüfen? Gedanken zur Bildekräfteforschung
Proving or testing? Thoughts concerning research on ‘formative forces’
Awareness of research on so-called 'formative forces' has greatly increased amongst the anthroposophical public. This is evidenced by the number of current articles and books, and above all by the Annual General Meeting of the Anthroposophical Society in Germany,… Read More
Die Dreigliederung in der Arznei-Therapie
Threefolding in medical therapy
The threefolding of the human being, the central basis of anthroposophical medicine, is presented in outline. From its anatomical, physiological and psychological aspects, the pharmaceutical requirements and therapeutic possibilities of medicines developed by Rudolf Steiner are indicated and clarified.… Read More
Betrachtungen zum Todesgeschehen in der Natur. Zugleich ein Vorwort zum nachfolgenden Beitrag von Joseph Crowther Hirst
Fliegende Juwelen Südamerikas
About 235 species of orchid bees (Euglossini) inhabit the rainforests of Central and South America. Of the five identified genera, three are nest building and two are brood parasites. They are distinctive amongst the bees for three unusual features: they have extremely long tongues; many species gleam with iridescent colours and the males of… Read More
Ist die Natur grausam? Eine teilweise Antwort auf diese Frage
Is nature cruel?
The author's aim was to challenge with some facts the view extending from Darwinism that regards the natural world as an endless cruel struggle. For this he collected over 66 reports in the latter part of the 19th century by or about people who had survived an attack by a large predator. The great majority of the… Read More
Der Typus zwischen Irrationalität und Rationalität - oder: Das geheime Gesetz des Siebensterns (Trientalis europaea)
The ’typus’ between irrationality and rationality - or: the secret law of chickweed wintergreen (‘star-flower’, Trientalis europaea)
The theory of phyllotaxis, the positions of leaves on plants, describes the reciprocal 'annidation‘ of plant organs and thus the adaptation of the plant organism to itself so to speak. In this respect it… Read More
Die Senkrechte in der Evolution
The upright position in the evolution: ‘Why is the fluke of the Whale shaped horizontally?’
Dolphins and whales are water-based mammals and differ in various characteristics from fish, the predominant water species. A comparison of those two animal groups provides helpful insights into basic concepts of evolution. Evolutionary research… Read More
Peripherie und Zentrum
Periphery and centre — indicators for inversions in plant growth
Goethe said 'that nature has no secrets that she does not somewhere present naked to the eyes of the attentive observer' (Annals of 1790). A secret in two senses, i.e. not only for our inspection but also for our understamling, is the changing shape of the organ in the… Read More
Goethes und Schillers Xenien über »Die Philosophen«
Goethe's and Schiller's Xenien on 'The Philosophers'
The Xenien is a series of satirical epigrams that Johnnn Wolfgang von Goethe und Friedrich Schiller first published in 1797 in Schiller's Musenalmanach. The name Xenien was coined by the Roman poet Martial (1st century AD) who thus named the 13th book of his Martial Epigrams which… Read More
Ur-Experimente zur phänomennahen Bildung der Begriffe »Polarisation des Lichtes« und »Optische Aktivität« einer Substanz
Archetypal experiments for conceptualising both the polarisation of light and the optical activity of a substance while staying close to the phenomena
In the 17"‘ century, C. Huygens described the 'phénornéne merveilleux', a 'wonderful' optical experiment with two calcite (Iceland spar) crystals. ln connection with this, a series of… Read More
