The Nature of Substance: Spirit and Matter
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Book Description
What is the nature of matter? Within conventional science, the reductionist materialistic view asserts that matter is solely physical. Hauschka shows that open-minded study, based on qualitative observation and quantitative research, can overcome this current, standard view. Without denying the laws of matter, he shows the limitations of science when restricted to those laws alone, and points to new research that indicates the primal nature of spirit.
This classic work is the result of Dr Hauschka's many years of research at the Ita Wegman Clinic in Arlesheim, Switzerland. Through decades of experimentation, he came to radical conclusions that suggest the possibility of new directions for science. This book includes the detailed results of Hauschka's experiments, though his approach is not restricted to measurement and surface observation. Based on the work of Goethe and Rudolf Steiner, he encourages a method of seeing nature that has an artistic quality and calls for direct experience instead of intellectual theorizing.
The Nature of Substance is accessible, and the author deliberately avoided technical terms and academic style in favor of vivid descriptions and lively discussions. His fascinating study takes in many substances, with chapters on plants, animals, oils, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, metals, carbon, oxygen, poisons, high dilutions, and much more.
This book is a companion volume to the author's other work, Nutrition, which is also newly available.
About the Author
Dr. Rudolf Hauschka was a personal student of Rudolf Steiner and founder of the Wala Pharmaceutical Company in Southern Germany.
The Nature of Substance: Spirit and Matter,Rudolf Hauschka,Marjorie Spock,M. T. Richards,Rudolf Steiner Press,1855841223,Body, Mind & Spirit,Chemistry - General,New Age,Science,Spiritualism - General,Controversial Knowledge & Mysteries
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