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: Here's a recommendation for a new edition of a controversial clic: : "NATURE'S OPEN SECRET: INTRODUCTIONS TO GOETHE'S SCIENTIFIC WRITINGS" by Rudolf Steiner (including an essay on "participatory sci­ence" by John M. Barnes) : ABOUT THE BOOK -- : The holistic paradigm, Gaia, deep ecology, and new alchemy, all have a hidden ances­tor: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : At the young age of twenty-one, Rudolf Steiner was chosen to edit Goethe’s sci­entific writings for the principal Goethe edition of his time. Nature’s Open Secret, Steiner’s introduction to Goethe, is noth­ing less than a re-visioning of what it means to know the world. Natural sci­ence had created powerful tools for understanding the inorganic world, but failed to comprehend the phenomena of life. Goethe discovered how thinking could be applied to organic nature, and he understood that this experience requires not just rational concepts but a whole new way of perceiving. : In an age when science and technology have been linked to great catastrophes, many are seeking a different way to address nature. With a fundamental dec­laration of the interpenetration of our con­sciousness and the world that surrounds us, Steiner shows how Goethe’s approach is the way to a more compas­sionate, intimate involvement with nature. : Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) became a respected and well-published scientific, literary, and philo­sophical scholar, particularly known for his work on Goethe’s scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his earlier philosophical principles into an approach to methodical research of psychological and spiritual phenom­ena. His multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, philosophy, religion, education (Waldorf schools), special education (the Camphill movement), economics, agriculture (biodynamics), science, architecture, and the arts (drama, speech and eurythmy). In 1924 he founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which has branches throughout the world. : from Anthroposophic Press : 320 pages, cloth with dust jacket : 6 x 9 1/4 : ISBN 0-88010-393-0 : $35

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