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In this paper we look at biological evolution from a viewpoint that assumes concepts and ideas are structural as well as constitutive real causes. From this perspective, a biological organism is a lawful and active automorphic unit (law of inner nature) displaying a robust –... Read More

In order to study water, to come to know it on its own terms, one needs to become more fully human, to awaken inner capacities that are not unlike the very nature of water itself: to become inwardly mobile, open, flexible, selfless and true to purpose, to task. To work in... Read More

«Im Lichte, das aus Geistestiefen / Im Raume fruchtbar webend / Der Götter Schaffen offenbart: / In ihm erscheint der Seele Wesen / Geweitet zu dem Weltensein / und auferstanden / Aus enger Selbstheit Innenmacht.» (Rudolf Steiner)

«In diesen Zeilen spiegelt... Read More

Arbeitstage für Biologen und Biologinnen, 6. bis 8. Januar 2012: Gestalt und Form in der Biologie. Die Beziehung zwischen Gestalt und Leben.

Elektrizität im Spannungsfeld zwischen Vorstellung und Phänomen. Arbeitstage für Physiker und Physiklehrer. 22.-25.... Read More

After the biocrystallization method has been documented, standardized and applied on various agricultural and food samples, laboratory intercomparison is performed on wheat samples. Standardized and non‑standardized approaches in five different laboratories throughout Europe... Read More

This contribution describes the course of development of the use of oats from
food to medicine. We first present the cultural historical background of oats, their
ontogenesis and their plant physiological aspects which are reflected not least in
the... Read More

The process of metamorphosis is based on the reciprocal penetration of space and
time, of structure and movement – the same could be said for the acquisition of
knowledge (Witzenmann 1987). This essay seeks to cast light on a little-studied
phenomenon:... Read More

Levels of consciousness and order of nature: elements of a natural philosophy, part I:
representations in action, realism of universals and levels of supersensible knowledge
Background and objective: Thinking in representations (mental pictures) and
pure... Read More

This paper shows that the health of bee colonies largely depends on beekeeper
management. Firstly it characterises a way of beekeeping that accords with the
nature of the bee, as has been developed by the pioneers of biodynamic beekeeping
based on the... Read More

Die fossilen Menschenfunde aus Dmanisi (Südgeorgien) mit fünf weitgehend erhaltenen Schädeln, die zwischen 1991 und 2005 gefunden wurden, haben die Artbezeichnungen des frühen Homo ziemlich durchgerüttelt. Bei den Dmanisi-Funden handelt es sich um frühe Vertreter unserer... Read More

Bei seinem letzten Besuch am Goetheanum – zum Treffen der Generalsekretäre im November, wo er als Vertreter Australiens teilnahm, verabschiedete sich Peter Glasby mit den Worten: Wenn ich optimistisch bin, kann ich sagen: Ich freue mich, Euch im April wieder zu sehen – wenn... Read More

With the publication of the anatomical details of the prehistoric bird Archaeopteryx Wolfgang Schad laid in 1980 the foundations of work that eventually led to his dissertation on the transitional forms of the vertebrate groups. Other researchers had earlier noticed that, in... Read More