Suggested reading on Goethean & Spiritual Science
- Joel Wendt
https://thecollectiveimagination.com/2019/05/20/letters-about-magic/
GOETHEAN "GOSPELS"
- Physics: Man or Matter, 1st Edition & 3rd Edition | Ernst Lehrs
- Organic Chemistry: The Nature of Substance | Rudolf Hauschka
- Plants: The Plant” (Vol 1) & The Plant (Vol 2 ) | Gerbert Grohmann
- Water: Sensitive Chaos | Theodore Schwenk
- Animals: Man and Mammals |Wolfgang Schad
- Soul: On Becoming an Alchemist | Catherine MacCoun
- Imagination: Poetic Diction | Owen Barfield
👉 Download them all HERE or with the attached files.👇👇👇
This will be first set of many. Enjoy.
#goetheanbootcamp #goetheanscience #goethe #steiner #spiritualscience
- Joel Wendt
https://thecollectiveimagination.com/2019/05/20/letters-about-magic/
GOETHEAN "GOSPELS"
- Physics: Man or Matter, 1st Edition & 3rd Edition | Ernst Lehrs
- Organic Chemistry: The Nature of Substance | Rudolf Hauschka
- Plants: The Plant” (Vol 1) & The Plant (Vol 2 ) | Gerbert Grohmann
- Water: Sensitive Chaos | Theodore Schwenk
- Animals: Man and Mammals |Wolfgang Schad
- Soul: On Becoming an Alchemist | Catherine MacCoun
- Imagination: Poetic Diction | Owen Barfield
👉 Download them all HERE or with the attached files.👇👇👇
This will be first set of many. Enjoy.
#goetheanbootcamp #goetheanscience #goethe #steiner #spiritualscience
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Buddy James: Geometry of the Electric Universe | Thunderbolts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r7vweFUJdM
"Inside every significant philosopher, astronomer or scientist is a geometer trying to get out. First principles of geometry taught atomic material is formed out of nested platonic solid spinning and that the spiral is a core structure. Witness the whirlpool—part of worldwide folklore and symbol for origins of life and energy.
For example, we observe octaves, as well as harmonies of sound abiding scalar laws. Wave nested within wave behavior is called a Dougherty set. In a universe of electromagnetic induction, could the Dougherty set be a master key to the EU Model?
Cartographer, Interdisciplinary Geometer, and EU advocate Buddy James presents a primer on how geometry is embedded within the EU Model of Cosmology. Welcome a fresh voice devoted to decode this critical component in understanding the Electric Universe."
Here is an older Aether Force article highlighting Buddy's work:
https://www.aetherforce.energy/dougherty-set-by-buddy-james-a-projective-geometric-model-of-the-electric-vortex-universe
#electricuniverse #vortex #buddyjames #birkleand #plasmacosmology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r7vweFUJdM
"Inside every significant philosopher, astronomer or scientist is a geometer trying to get out. First principles of geometry taught atomic material is formed out of nested platonic solid spinning and that the spiral is a core structure. Witness the whirlpool—part of worldwide folklore and symbol for origins of life and energy.
For example, we observe octaves, as well as harmonies of sound abiding scalar laws. Wave nested within wave behavior is called a Dougherty set. In a universe of electromagnetic induction, could the Dougherty set be a master key to the EU Model?
Cartographer, Interdisciplinary Geometer, and EU advocate Buddy James presents a primer on how geometry is embedded within the EU Model of Cosmology. Welcome a fresh voice devoted to decode this critical component in understanding the Electric Universe."
Here is an older Aether Force article highlighting Buddy's work:
https://www.aetherforce.energy/dougherty-set-by-buddy-james-a-projective-geometric-model-of-the-electric-vortex-universe
#electricuniverse #vortex #buddyjames #birkleand #plasmacosmology
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Buddy James: Geometry of the Electric Universe | Thunderbolts
Inside every significant philosopher, astronomer or scientist is a geometer trying to get out. First principles of geometry taught atomic material is formed out of nested platonic solid spinning and that the spiral is a core structure. Witness the whirlpool—part…
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Etheric Imagination as Participatory Knowing:
A Whiteheadian Reading of Rudolf Steiner's "Light Course" | Matthew Segall
🖥 Video: https://youtu.be/r7i72EJBk6Y
📝 Transcript: https://urphanomen.substack.com/p/etheric-imagination-as-participatory
In Mathew Segall's MysTech presentation, he reflects on the importance of integrating spirituality with scientific research, particularly within the context of the Mysteries of Technology conference. They highlight the necessity for anthroposophists to engage with technological developments to counteract materialistic and transhumanist attitudes. The presentation, titled “Etheric Imagination as Participatory Knowing,” explores Rudolf Steiner's light course through the lens of process philosophy, emphasizing the need for a participatory relationship with sensory experiences, rather than a purely mechanistic understanding. Drawing on the works of Goethe, Whitehead, and Steiner, the speaker discusses the metamorphosis of phenomena and the limitations of abstract mathematical models in fully grasping the essence of nature. The esoteric physiology of sensory organs, the relationship between etheric and astral bodies, and the role of spiritual science in understanding the qualitative aspects of reality are all discussed. True knowledge of the physical world requires integrating spiritual perception and recognizing the interconnectedness of all phenomena, rather than succumbing to materialistic interpretations.
#steiner #whitehead #processtheology #whitehead #mystech #goetheanscience
A Whiteheadian Reading of Rudolf Steiner's "Light Course" | Matthew Segall
🖥 Video: https://youtu.be/r7i72EJBk6Y
📝 Transcript: https://urphanomen.substack.com/p/etheric-imagination-as-participatory
In Mathew Segall's MysTech presentation, he reflects on the importance of integrating spirituality with scientific research, particularly within the context of the Mysteries of Technology conference. They highlight the necessity for anthroposophists to engage with technological developments to counteract materialistic and transhumanist attitudes. The presentation, titled “Etheric Imagination as Participatory Knowing,” explores Rudolf Steiner's light course through the lens of process philosophy, emphasizing the need for a participatory relationship with sensory experiences, rather than a purely mechanistic understanding. Drawing on the works of Goethe, Whitehead, and Steiner, the speaker discusses the metamorphosis of phenomena and the limitations of abstract mathematical models in fully grasping the essence of nature. The esoteric physiology of sensory organs, the relationship between etheric and astral bodies, and the role of spiritual science in understanding the qualitative aspects of reality are all discussed. True knowledge of the physical world requires integrating spiritual perception and recognizing the interconnectedness of all phenomena, rather than succumbing to materialistic interpretations.
#steiner #whitehead #processtheology #whitehead #mystech #goetheanscience
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Etheric Imagination as Participatory Knowing: A Whiteheadian Reading of R. Steiner's Light Course
https://urphanomen.substack.com/p/etheric-imagination-as-participatory
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Exotic Vacuum Objects (EVOs) | Kenneth Shoulders
Kenneth Shoulders observed Exotic Vacuum Objects (EVOs) using a super simple device consisting of a sharp tipped cathode, an anode (sometimes with a target plate), a gap between them, and a power supply. When he pulsed the device, the electric field would amplify at the tip of the cathode and the matter at the apex would be vaporized. The result would be a cloud of positive ions, electrons, and nano-particles. A self generated magnetic field produced by the motion of these charged particles would make filaments self organize out of the plasma “soup” that had been produced. In less than micro-seconds, these filaments would form torodial or spheroidal plasma structures – a higher level of self organization. These Exotic Vacuum Objects had a negative exterior and a positive interior resulting in a double layer which would act like a cellular membrane, allowing matter and energy to be absorbed and emitted from this structure.
Revealing their micron-scale size, these tightly bound electron clusters exhibit soliton-like behavior, maintaining their structure during interactions. EVOs can create craters in metal, highlighting their immense energy potential. Toroidal in shape, EVOs may self-organize into chains and tap into the energetic plenum of the universe.
Resources
https://www.lenr-forum.com/attachment/3805-kenneth-shoulders-transcript-pdf/
http://www.rexresearch.com/shoulders/shouldersevoarchive.htm
https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/xyc1bu/ken_shoulders_primary_research_a_search_for_the/
http://rulev-igor1940.ru/theme_203_A.html
https://archives.sciencehistory.org/repositories/3/archival_objects/10216
#plasmacosmology #plasma #plasmoid
Kenneth Shoulders observed Exotic Vacuum Objects (EVOs) using a super simple device consisting of a sharp tipped cathode, an anode (sometimes with a target plate), a gap between them, and a power supply. When he pulsed the device, the electric field would amplify at the tip of the cathode and the matter at the apex would be vaporized. The result would be a cloud of positive ions, electrons, and nano-particles. A self generated magnetic field produced by the motion of these charged particles would make filaments self organize out of the plasma “soup” that had been produced. In less than micro-seconds, these filaments would form torodial or spheroidal plasma structures – a higher level of self organization. These Exotic Vacuum Objects had a negative exterior and a positive interior resulting in a double layer which would act like a cellular membrane, allowing matter and energy to be absorbed and emitted from this structure.
Revealing their micron-scale size, these tightly bound electron clusters exhibit soliton-like behavior, maintaining their structure during interactions. EVOs can create craters in metal, highlighting their immense energy potential. Toroidal in shape, EVOs may self-organize into chains and tap into the energetic plenum of the universe.
Resources
https://www.lenr-forum.com/attachment/3805-kenneth-shoulders-transcript-pdf/
http://www.rexresearch.com/shoulders/shouldersevoarchive.htm
https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/xyc1bu/ken_shoulders_primary_research_a_search_for_the/
http://rulev-igor1940.ru/theme_203_A.html
https://archives.sciencehistory.org/repositories/3/archival_objects/10216
#plasmacosmology #plasma #plasmoid
Phonon Guided Biology: Architecture of Life and Conscious Perception Are Mediated by Toroidal Coupling of Phonon, Photon and Electron Information Fluxes at Discrete Eigenfrequencies – Dirk Meijer and Hans Geesink.
https://library-of-atlantis.com/toroidal-energy-fields/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311869830_Phonon_Guided_Biology_Architecture_of_Life_and_Conscious_Perception_Are_Mediated_by_Toroidal_Coupling_of_Phonon_Photon_and_Electron_Information_Fluxes_at_Discrete_Eigenfrequencies
Abstract:
"Recently, a novel biological principle, revealing specific electromagnetic (EM) radiation frequencies that sustain life, was presented by us on the basis of an evaluation of 175 biological articles concerning beneficial effects of electromagnetic waves on the state of living cells. This concept was also based on a very similar range of frequencies emitted by a clay-mineral catalyst of RNA synthesis that may have been instrumental in the evolutionary initiation of first life, and therefore was tentatively designated as “Algorithm of Life”. The particular spectrum of frequency bands indicate that nature seems to employ discrete eigenfrequencies or standing waves that match precisely with an acoustic scale, with frequency ratios of 1:2, and closely approximated by 2:3, 3:4, 3:5, 4:5 and higher partials, allowing the discrete frequencies to be expressed in scalars. Our further studies clearly indicate now that this “life algorithm” pattern matches very well with the mathematical calculations of W. Ritz (1909) to compute eigenfrequencies of the sound induced geometric patterns. These have been earlier demonstrated through membrane vibration experiments of E. Chladni (1787), as well as several follow up studies from 1970-2013. Our findings, therefore, touch upon the science of acoustics, also since we show that the discrete frequencies could be modeled by music torus geometry. We postulate that the spectrum of EM frequencies detected, exhibit a quantum ordering effect on life cells on the basis of induction of geometric wave patterns. These constitute phonon/photon and electron wave energies, and quantum oscillations at far-infrared frequencies, that are communicated through toroidal constructive interference into scalar wave information. This idea is supported through our identification of potential intrinsic toroidal eigenfrequencies and minimal energy levels. The particular torus topology for information processing may also provide quantum error correction and protection against decoherence. Finally, we propose a phonon guided organization of cells and integral brain function by three elementary processes:
1) A phonon mediated geometric organization of coherent arrangement of water molecules in cellular plasma, leading to instructive functional organization of cellular structures and metabolic processes and enabling the origination and sustainment of life processes.
2) Toroidal phonon/photon/electron coupling, protecting standing wave coherency of resonant cell components such as proteins and DNA.
3) A toroidal integration of electromagnetic and phononic fluxes of information into scalar standing waves, promoting quantum flux of informational excitons such as Ca2+- ions and electrons (polaron and polariton formation). Our brain, therefore, can be placed in a 4+1 geometry, supported by internal and external quantum states and makes use of geometrical defined information fluxes, that are converted to standing waves. The integration of these interrelated processes is considered to be instrumental in the creation of conscious perception and is proposed to be organized in a fractal, nested, 4-D toroidal geometry."
#biophoton #lightbody #phonon
https://library-of-atlantis.com/toroidal-energy-fields/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311869830_Phonon_Guided_Biology_Architecture_of_Life_and_Conscious_Perception_Are_Mediated_by_Toroidal_Coupling_of_Phonon_Photon_and_Electron_Information_Fluxes_at_Discrete_Eigenfrequencies
Abstract:
"Recently, a novel biological principle, revealing specific electromagnetic (EM) radiation frequencies that sustain life, was presented by us on the basis of an evaluation of 175 biological articles concerning beneficial effects of electromagnetic waves on the state of living cells. This concept was also based on a very similar range of frequencies emitted by a clay-mineral catalyst of RNA synthesis that may have been instrumental in the evolutionary initiation of first life, and therefore was tentatively designated as “Algorithm of Life”. The particular spectrum of frequency bands indicate that nature seems to employ discrete eigenfrequencies or standing waves that match precisely with an acoustic scale, with frequency ratios of 1:2, and closely approximated by 2:3, 3:4, 3:5, 4:5 and higher partials, allowing the discrete frequencies to be expressed in scalars. Our further studies clearly indicate now that this “life algorithm” pattern matches very well with the mathematical calculations of W. Ritz (1909) to compute eigenfrequencies of the sound induced geometric patterns. These have been earlier demonstrated through membrane vibration experiments of E. Chladni (1787), as well as several follow up studies from 1970-2013. Our findings, therefore, touch upon the science of acoustics, also since we show that the discrete frequencies could be modeled by music torus geometry. We postulate that the spectrum of EM frequencies detected, exhibit a quantum ordering effect on life cells on the basis of induction of geometric wave patterns. These constitute phonon/photon and electron wave energies, and quantum oscillations at far-infrared frequencies, that are communicated through toroidal constructive interference into scalar wave information. This idea is supported through our identification of potential intrinsic toroidal eigenfrequencies and minimal energy levels. The particular torus topology for information processing may also provide quantum error correction and protection against decoherence. Finally, we propose a phonon guided organization of cells and integral brain function by three elementary processes:
1) A phonon mediated geometric organization of coherent arrangement of water molecules in cellular plasma, leading to instructive functional organization of cellular structures and metabolic processes and enabling the origination and sustainment of life processes.
2) Toroidal phonon/photon/electron coupling, protecting standing wave coherency of resonant cell components such as proteins and DNA.
3) A toroidal integration of electromagnetic and phononic fluxes of information into scalar standing waves, promoting quantum flux of informational excitons such as Ca2+- ions and electrons (polaron and polariton formation). Our brain, therefore, can be placed in a 4+1 geometry, supported by internal and external quantum states and makes use of geometrical defined information fluxes, that are converted to standing waves. The integration of these interrelated processes is considered to be instrumental in the creation of conscious perception and is proposed to be organized in a fractal, nested, 4-D toroidal geometry."
#biophoton #lightbody #phonon
Bio-soliton model that predicts non-thermal electromagnetic frequency bands, that either stabilize or destabilize living cells
https://library-of-atlantis.com/bio-soliton-model/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321268842_Bio-soliton_model_that_predicts_non-thermal_electromagnetic_frequency_bands_that_either_stabilize_or_destabilize_living_cells
"Solitons, as self-reinforcing solitary waves, interact with complex biological phenomena such as cellular self-organization. A soliton model is able to describe a spectrum of electromagnetism modalities that can be applied to understand the physical principles of biological effects in living cells, as caused by endogenous and exogenous electromagnetic fields and is compatible with quantum coherence. A bio-soliton model is proposed, that enables to predict which eigen-frequencies of non-thermal electromagnetic waves are life-sustaining and which are, in contrast, detrimental for living cells. The particular effects are exerted by a range of electromagnetic wave eigen-frequencies of one-tenth of a Hertz till Peta Hertz that show a pattern of 12 bands, and can be positioned on an acoustic reference frequency scale. The model was substantiated by a meta-analysis of 240 published articles of biological electromagnetic experiments, in which a spectrum of non-thermal electromagnetic waves were exposed to living cells and intact organisms. These data support the concept of coherent quantized electromagnetic states in living organisms and the theories of Fröhlich, Davydov and Pang. It is envisioned that a rational control of shape by soliton-waves and related to a morphogenetic field and parametric resonance provides positional information and cues to regulate organism-wide systems properties like anatomy, control of reproduction and repair."
https://library-of-atlantis.com/bio-soliton-model/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321268842_Bio-soliton_model_that_predicts_non-thermal_electromagnetic_frequency_bands_that_either_stabilize_or_destabilize_living_cells
"Solitons, as self-reinforcing solitary waves, interact with complex biological phenomena such as cellular self-organization. A soliton model is able to describe a spectrum of electromagnetism modalities that can be applied to understand the physical principles of biological effects in living cells, as caused by endogenous and exogenous electromagnetic fields and is compatible with quantum coherence. A bio-soliton model is proposed, that enables to predict which eigen-frequencies of non-thermal electromagnetic waves are life-sustaining and which are, in contrast, detrimental for living cells. The particular effects are exerted by a range of electromagnetic wave eigen-frequencies of one-tenth of a Hertz till Peta Hertz that show a pattern of 12 bands, and can be positioned on an acoustic reference frequency scale. The model was substantiated by a meta-analysis of 240 published articles of biological electromagnetic experiments, in which a spectrum of non-thermal electromagnetic waves were exposed to living cells and intact organisms. These data support the concept of coherent quantized electromagnetic states in living organisms and the theories of Fröhlich, Davydov and Pang. It is envisioned that a rational control of shape by soliton-waves and related to a morphogenetic field and parametric resonance provides positional information and cues to regulate organism-wide systems properties like anatomy, control of reproduction and repair."
The Library of Atlantis
Bio-soliton model
This page summarises the paper by Hans Geesink and Dirk Meijer “Bio-soliton model that predicts non-thermal electromagnetic frequency bands, that either stabilize or destabilize living cells&…
Health Risks of Microplasmoids in Transmutation/Energy Generation Experiments and Devices
https://infinite-energy.com/iemagazine/issue166/LewisIE166.pdf
"Micro ball lightning (mbl) may be dangerous. Few people know about mbl, even though their effects have often been observed in experiments for special transmutation or energy generation since 1989 when the cold fusion or LENR field began. These are also called microplasmoids. They are very
common, typically produced in electric discharges such as electric arc welders, and are also common in electrolysis transmutation cells. Now, through the 2020 paper of Evgeni Priakhin, Leonid Urutskoev et al.1 about tests on plants and cells, there is more clear laboratory test evidence that mbl might damage people’s health."
This presentation focuses on:
A) Evidence of damage to health.
B) Identity, history, general characteristics and energetic
effects.
C) Suggestions for shielding, protective clothing and gear,
health protection.
D) Methods for detection.
#plasmoid #plasma #electrobiology
https://infinite-energy.com/iemagazine/issue166/LewisIE166.pdf
"Micro ball lightning (mbl) may be dangerous. Few people know about mbl, even though their effects have often been observed in experiments for special transmutation or energy generation since 1989 when the cold fusion or LENR field began. These are also called microplasmoids. They are very
common, typically produced in electric discharges such as electric arc welders, and are also common in electrolysis transmutation cells. Now, through the 2020 paper of Evgeni Priakhin, Leonid Urutskoev et al.1 about tests on plants and cells, there is more clear laboratory test evidence that mbl might damage people’s health."
This presentation focuses on:
A) Evidence of damage to health.
B) Identity, history, general characteristics and energetic
effects.
C) Suggestions for shielding, protective clothing and gear,
health protection.
D) Methods for detection.
#plasmoid #plasma #electrobiology
Physical Analogies in Biology: From Photons, Phonons, Bloch Waves to Non Linear Oscillators
https://www.academia.edu/11033926/Physical_Analogies_in_Biology_From_Photons_Phonons_Bloch_Waves_to_Non_Linear_Oscillators
"The existence of physical analogies in biology is more evident nowadays than it had been in the past. Efforts of physicists trying to understand biological systems are increasing rapidly. For instance, the field of photonics can explain the color of many insects. Here we discuss several interesting physical concepts that could help us better understand many biological systems ranging from microtubules, muscles, dendrites and human perception."
The article "Physical Analogies in Biology: From Photons, Phonons, Bloch Waves to Non-Linear Oscillators" examines the intricate connections between physical and biological systems by leveraging precise analogies rooted in quantum mechanics, solid-state physics, and nonlinear dynamics. It begins by exploring the role of photons in mediating energy transfer in both photosynthetic complexes and quantum coherent processes within biological systems. The author discusses how phonons, which are quantized lattice vibrations in crystals, serve as an analogy for mechanical vibrations and waves observed in protein structures, influencing conformational changes and enzymatic activity.
The article further delves into the concept of Bloch waves, typically associated with the propagation of electrons in periodic potentials, and draws parallels to wave-like behaviors in biological macromolecules, particularly in the context of DNA's helical structure. This analogy is extended to describe solitonic excitations that may travel along the DNA, facilitating energy transport and signal transmission without dispersion.
Moreover, the paper addresses the significance of non-linear oscillators in biology, particularly in the context of circadian rhythms and cardiac dynamics. The author highlights how biological systems often exhibit non-linear behaviors, such as synchronization and chaos, which are better understood through the lens of non-linear dynamics. The discussion includes mathematical modeling of these oscillatory systems and emphasizes the importance of considering non-linear interactions when analyzing biological rhythms and their stability.
#biophoton #lightbody #electrobiology
https://www.academia.edu/11033926/Physical_Analogies_in_Biology_From_Photons_Phonons_Bloch_Waves_to_Non_Linear_Oscillators
"The existence of physical analogies in biology is more evident nowadays than it had been in the past. Efforts of physicists trying to understand biological systems are increasing rapidly. For instance, the field of photonics can explain the color of many insects. Here we discuss several interesting physical concepts that could help us better understand many biological systems ranging from microtubules, muscles, dendrites and human perception."
The article "Physical Analogies in Biology: From Photons, Phonons, Bloch Waves to Non-Linear Oscillators" examines the intricate connections between physical and biological systems by leveraging precise analogies rooted in quantum mechanics, solid-state physics, and nonlinear dynamics. It begins by exploring the role of photons in mediating energy transfer in both photosynthetic complexes and quantum coherent processes within biological systems. The author discusses how phonons, which are quantized lattice vibrations in crystals, serve as an analogy for mechanical vibrations and waves observed in protein structures, influencing conformational changes and enzymatic activity.
The article further delves into the concept of Bloch waves, typically associated with the propagation of electrons in periodic potentials, and draws parallels to wave-like behaviors in biological macromolecules, particularly in the context of DNA's helical structure. This analogy is extended to describe solitonic excitations that may travel along the DNA, facilitating energy transport and signal transmission without dispersion.
Moreover, the paper addresses the significance of non-linear oscillators in biology, particularly in the context of circadian rhythms and cardiac dynamics. The author highlights how biological systems often exhibit non-linear behaviors, such as synchronization and chaos, which are better understood through the lens of non-linear dynamics. The discussion includes mathematical modeling of these oscillatory systems and emphasizes the importance of considering non-linear interactions when analyzing biological rhythms and their stability.
#biophoton #lightbody #electrobiology
Rudolf Steiner and the Dream of External Matter: An Esoteric Physiosophy of the Senses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHKJBXpxPHw
This video serves as an addendum to Matthew Segall's previous talk for the MysTech 2024 conference entitled "Etheric Imagination as Participatory Knowing: A Process Philosophical Reading of Rudolf Steiner's Light Course"
Segall reflects on a talk given at the Mysteries of Technology conference, focusing on some ideas that couldn’t be covered during the presentation. He explores the connection between William James and Rudolf Steiner, particularly how Steiner may have misinterpreted James' pragmatism. Segall highlights the surprising alignment between James' view of consciousness as a lived process and Steiner's ideas about spiritual science. Steiner's thoughts on how our sensory organs—like eyes, ears, and lungs—connect us to different elements and work together as a unified system are discussed in detail. Segall also critiques the materialistic approach of modern science, advocating for a more imaginative and spiritually aware perspective that can bridge the gap between physical phenomena and deeper spiritual truths. The discussion touches on quantum physics, emphasizing the need for science to embrace a more holistic understanding of nature. He concludes by stressing the importance of recognizing the spiritual underpinnings of the physical world, using the Christ event as an example of how science and spirituality can be integrated. The message is clear: to truly understand the world, we must look beyond mere matter and embrace the spirit that animates it.
#steiner #goethe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHKJBXpxPHw
This video serves as an addendum to Matthew Segall's previous talk for the MysTech 2024 conference entitled "Etheric Imagination as Participatory Knowing: A Process Philosophical Reading of Rudolf Steiner's Light Course"
Segall reflects on a talk given at the Mysteries of Technology conference, focusing on some ideas that couldn’t be covered during the presentation. He explores the connection between William James and Rudolf Steiner, particularly how Steiner may have misinterpreted James' pragmatism. Segall highlights the surprising alignment between James' view of consciousness as a lived process and Steiner's ideas about spiritual science. Steiner's thoughts on how our sensory organs—like eyes, ears, and lungs—connect us to different elements and work together as a unified system are discussed in detail. Segall also critiques the materialistic approach of modern science, advocating for a more imaginative and spiritually aware perspective that can bridge the gap between physical phenomena and deeper spiritual truths. The discussion touches on quantum physics, emphasizing the need for science to embrace a more holistic understanding of nature. He concludes by stressing the importance of recognizing the spiritual underpinnings of the physical world, using the Christ event as an example of how science and spirituality can be integrated. The message is clear: to truly understand the world, we must look beyond mere matter and embrace the spirit that animates it.
#steiner #goethe
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Rudolf Steiner and the Dream of External Matter: An Esoteric Physiosophy of the Senses
an addendum to this talk: "Etheric Imagination as Participatory Knowing: A Process Philosophical Reading of Rudolf Steiner's 'Light Course'": https://youtu.be/r7i72EJBk6Y?si=MBiNRGZxz8zLDowO
Alfred North Whitehead: Continuous Fields or Discrete Particles?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml2ZN4cFK0k
"Alfred North Whitehead was an English mathematician (best known among scientists for his work with his student Bertrand Russell on the Principia Mathematica). But in philosophy and theology, Whitehead is best known as a philosopher whose later work at Harvard included his Process Philosophy and the subsequent development of a Process Theology.
At Harvard, Whitehead supervised Willard van Orman Quine‘s Ph.D. thesis on the Russell and Whitehead Principia Mathematica. Russell and Quine would become giants in the twentieth-century fields of logical positivism and logical empiricism. Although logical positivism and later analytic language philosophy overwhelmed Whiteheadian “process” thinking in philosophy departments, Whitehead’s “process theology” has grown strong in divinity schools around the world. And “Whiteheadian” physicists. impressed by Whitehead’s analysis of events in space and time in special relativity as organic “occasions.” are prominent in debates about the role of quantum mechanics in consciousness and panpsychism.
Whitehead’s “philosophy of organism” analyzes the perception of experience as a continuing series of discrete “events” that are created and destroyed. He goes beyond the simple materialist view of elementary particles interacting in space and time, merely following the laws of classical and quantum mechanics. Beyond the atomic particles and the electromagnetic and gravitational fields, and beyond the conservation laws for energy and momentum, Whitehead sees an “organic” evolutionary process of creation and valuation.
We need to understand what it is exactly that Whitehead thinks is being created and why it can serve as a basis for values. We will argue that Whitehead’s process is “organic” because it explains evolution, not merely biological evolution but the cosmic evolution of the galaxies, stars, and planets as well as the creation of all matter from the primordial elementary particles.
In addition to his deep understanding of mathematics, Whitehead may have understood the development of modern physics better than any living philosopher in his day. He saw the greatest invention of the nineteenth century as the invention of the method of invention, namely the scientific method and newly created scientific information, but even more deeply, the means by which novel ideas of all kinds are created.
Whitehead identified four great novel ideas as the new nineteenth-century foundations of physical science, fields, particles, conservation principles, and evolution. The great question for Whitehead as a mathematician (and for Einstein as a physicist) was “Is nature continuous or discrete, fields or particles, infinities or a finite number of objects?”
Whitehead wrote in his great book Science and the Modern World,
One of the ideas is that of a field of physical activity pervading all space, even where there is an apparent vacuum. This notion had occurred to many people, under many forms. We remember the medieval axiom, nature abhors a vacuum…Thus in the seventies of the last century, some main physical sciences were established on a basis which presupposed the idea of continuity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml2ZN4cFK0k
"Alfred North Whitehead was an English mathematician (best known among scientists for his work with his student Bertrand Russell on the Principia Mathematica). But in philosophy and theology, Whitehead is best known as a philosopher whose later work at Harvard included his Process Philosophy and the subsequent development of a Process Theology.
At Harvard, Whitehead supervised Willard van Orman Quine‘s Ph.D. thesis on the Russell and Whitehead Principia Mathematica. Russell and Quine would become giants in the twentieth-century fields of logical positivism and logical empiricism. Although logical positivism and later analytic language philosophy overwhelmed Whiteheadian “process” thinking in philosophy departments, Whitehead’s “process theology” has grown strong in divinity schools around the world. And “Whiteheadian” physicists. impressed by Whitehead’s analysis of events in space and time in special relativity as organic “occasions.” are prominent in debates about the role of quantum mechanics in consciousness and panpsychism.
Whitehead’s “philosophy of organism” analyzes the perception of experience as a continuing series of discrete “events” that are created and destroyed. He goes beyond the simple materialist view of elementary particles interacting in space and time, merely following the laws of classical and quantum mechanics. Beyond the atomic particles and the electromagnetic and gravitational fields, and beyond the conservation laws for energy and momentum, Whitehead sees an “organic” evolutionary process of creation and valuation.
We need to understand what it is exactly that Whitehead thinks is being created and why it can serve as a basis for values. We will argue that Whitehead’s process is “organic” because it explains evolution, not merely biological evolution but the cosmic evolution of the galaxies, stars, and planets as well as the creation of all matter from the primordial elementary particles.
In addition to his deep understanding of mathematics, Whitehead may have understood the development of modern physics better than any living philosopher in his day. He saw the greatest invention of the nineteenth century as the invention of the method of invention, namely the scientific method and newly created scientific information, but even more deeply, the means by which novel ideas of all kinds are created.
Whitehead identified four great novel ideas as the new nineteenth-century foundations of physical science, fields, particles, conservation principles, and evolution. The great question for Whitehead as a mathematician (and for Einstein as a physicist) was “Is nature continuous or discrete, fields or particles, infinities or a finite number of objects?”
Whitehead wrote in his great book Science and the Modern World,
One of the ideas is that of a field of physical activity pervading all space, even where there is an apparent vacuum. This notion had occurred to many people, under many forms. We remember the medieval axiom, nature abhors a vacuum…Thus in the seventies of the last century, some main physical sciences were established on a basis which presupposed the idea of continuity.
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