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This book explores the captivating colours that appear in the atmosphere of the earth: coronas, glories, halos, rainbows, dawn and dusk. It invites the reader to observe these ephemeral appearances with renewed attention and understanding. In addition, it introduces us to... Read More

It was a matter of great concern to Rudolf Steiner that spiritual science should be connected with the scientific thinking of his time. He identified several linkage points which would enable an agreement between them. After examining the relationship between... Read More

Natural and spiritual sciences share a number of aspects. The most prominent di- stinction has to do with the focus of attention. The former is oriented towards the outside world, the latter scrutinises the inner soul life. Four fundamental aspects will be outlined and... Read More

This report is based on a keynote presentation given at the “Evolving Science 2015” Conference at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland, September/October 2015. This keynote was chosen to address the theme “Science in Society” by exemplifying how something that was developed... Read More

Goetheanism is characterized as a scientific attitude that attempts to merge carefully empirical observation and theory, perception and idea. It assumes that the researcher is able to comprehend the ideal content of the world, and that this ideal content has the same reality... Read More

Does empathic observation mean anything for nature itself? The answer of anthroposophical spiritual science to this question is a clear “yes”! (e.g. Steiner 1923). But can we perceive this ourselves? If so, then via observation of our inner experiences while we observe the... Read More

In the work presented here we describe the bud forming process of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.). In spring it takes some few weeks before a young shoot has completely opened out. The bud from which it comes has taken one and a half a year to develop to that stage. At... Read More

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

Levels of consciousness and order of nature: elements of a natural philosophy, part
II: causality and levels of nature
Background and objective: In modern conceptions of causality causes are treated
as conditions and effects as consequences. In view of... Read More

«Noise rules» betitelte die Fachzeitschrift «Nature» einen Bericht über neue Forschungsergebnisse, die ein Problem beleuchten, das die klassische Genetik seit ihren Anfängen kennt (El-Samad und Weissman 2011). Es wird als «unvollständige Penetranz» bezeichnet, in Fällen von... Read More

Zur Grundlagenkrise der Mathematik
 In der Zeit um die Wende 19. - 20. Jahrhundert setzten sich Mathematiker
 und Philosophen mit den Grundlagen der Mathematik und der Logik
 auseinander, weil sich gewisse scheinbar unentscheidbare Fragen,... Read More

Ars Herbaria – «Heilkräuterkunst» – schon im Titel klingt an, dass Karin Mecozzi kein einfaches Kompendium zum Bestimmen von Heilkräutern vorlegt, sondern den Umgang mit Pflanzen als Bereicherung in der Gestaltung eines guten Lebens anregen will. Den lesenden «KünstlerInnen»... Read More