Philosophy of the Natural World

Philosophy of the Natural World features books which explore our physical world, often drawing on areas such as spirituality, philosophy and geometry. Includes books on alternative science, water and natural energies, sustainability, climate, and astronomy. This section includes books by Keith Critchlow and Brian Goodwin.

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Our Web of Inconvenient Truths: The Internet, Energy Use, Toxic Waste, and Climate Change

Our Web of Inconvenient Truths: The Internet, Energy Use, Toxic Waste, and Climate Change

Katie Singer
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Explores the energy used by the internet and electronic devices, and argues that we all need to make changes to change ... Read more

Astronomy for Young and Old: A Beginner's Guide to the Visible Sky

Astronomy for Young and Old: A Beginner's Guide to the Visible Sky

Walter Kraul; Translated by Christian Maclean; Illustrated by Dazze Kamerl
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A perfect introduction to astronomy for people of any age, whether or not they h... Read more

Basic Concepts of Modern Physics: Quanta, Particles, Relativity

Basic Concepts of Modern Physics: Quanta, Particles, Relativity

Georg Unger; Translated by Hanna Edelglass
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An introduction to the key concepts of modern physics including relativity theory and quantum mechanics.... Read more

Climate: Soul of the Earth

Climate: Soul of the Earth

Dennis Klocek
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Presents climate as the soul of the Earth which is intimately connected with human destiny.... Read more

Colors of the Soul: Physiological and Spiritual Qualities of Light and Dark

Colors of the Soul: Physiological and Spiritual Qualities of Light and Dark

Dennis Klocek
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This book is a meditation on the different aspects of colour, particularly its relationship to healing.... Read more

Coming Home: The Birth and Transformation of the Planetary Era

Coming Home: The Birth and Transformation of the Planetary Era

Sean M. Kelly
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Describes the phase in which the earth now finds itself, the Planetary Era, and explores its history and future relevance.... Read more

Cymatics: A Study of Wave Phenomena and Vibration

Cymatics: A Study of Wave Phenomena and Vibration

Hans Jenny; Edited by Jeff Volk
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A new expanded edition of Dr Hans Jenny's pioneering study of wave phenomena, featuring over 360 stunning images, and new commentaries which... Read more

A collection of meditations, exercises and rituals to help readers face the challenges of twenty-first century life.... Read more

Discovering Eris: The Symbolism and Significance of a New Planetary Archetype

Discovering Eris: The Symbolism and Significance of a New Planetary Archetype

Keiron Le Grice
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Explores the astrological significance of Eris, a new dwarf planet in our solar system.... Read more

Embryology, Genetics and Ecology: Windows into the Dynamic Nature of Living Organisms

Embryology, Genetics and Ecology: Windows into the Dynamic Nature of Living Organisms

Michael Holdrege
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A helpful companion for Steiner-Waldorf teachers teaching life sciences in the Upper School, filled with ways to make l... Read more

Global Hive: What The Bee Crisis Teaches Us About Building a Sustainable World

Global Hive: What The Bee Crisis Teaches Us About Building a Sustainable World

Horst Kornberger
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This thought-provoking treatise explores the lack of joined-up thinking in our society, through the lens of the bee crisis and... Read more

This thought-provoking treatise explores the lack of joined-up thinking in our society, through the lens of the bee crisis and... Read more

Goethe on Science: An Anthology of Goethe's Scientific Writings

Goethe on Science: An Anthology of Goethe's Scientific Writings

Edited by Jeremy Naydler; Foreword by Henri Bortoft
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A systematic arrangement of extracts from Goethe's major scientific works which reveal how fundamentally d... Read more

Grow Small, Think Beautiful: Ideas for a Sustainable World from Schumacher College

Grow Small, Think Beautiful: Ideas for a Sustainable World from Schumacher College

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A collection of essays on sustainable solutions to the current global crisis, from Schumacher College.... Read more

The Hidden Geometry of Flowers: Living Rhythms, Form and Number

The Hidden Geometry of Flowers: Living Rhythms, Form and Number

Keith Critchlow; Foreword by The Prince of Wales
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A beautiful and original book in which renowned thinker and geometrist Keith Critchlow focuses on flowers as... Read more

Hidden Nature: The Startling Insights of Viktor Schauberger

Hidden Nature: The Startling Insights of Viktor Schauberger

Alick Bartholomew; Foreword by David Bellamy
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Describes and explains Schauberger's insights in an accessible way, including his discoveries about sick water, ailin... Read more

Hidden Nature: The Startling Insights of Viktor Schauberger

Hidden Nature: The Startling Insights of Viktor Schauberger

Alick Bartholomew; Foreword by David Bellamy
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Describes and explains Schauberger's insights in an accessible way, including his discoveries about sick water, ailin... Read more

The Language of Plants: A Guide to the Doctrine of Signatures

The Language of Plants: A Guide to the Doctrine of Signatures

Julia Graves
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Covers all aspects of communicating with nature, learning to read the language of plants in connection with healing.... Read more

Lord of the Elements: Interweaving Christianity and Nature

Lord of the Elements: Interweaving Christianity and Nature

Bastiaan Baan; Translated by Matthew Dexter
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An experienced Christian Community thinker brings the classical elements together with elemental beings.... Read more

The Marriage of Sense and Thought: Imaginative Participation in Science

The Marriage of Sense and Thought: Imaginative Participation in Science

Stephen Edelglass, Georg Maier, Hans Gebert and John Davy
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A classic work on the relationship between science and human qualities.... Read more

Metamorphosis: Evolution in Action

Metamorphosis: Evolution in Action

Andreas Suchantke; Translated by Norman Skillen
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Presents an integrated view of evolution as a dynamic process, based on the author's lifetime of biological research.... Read more

The Mutual Evolution of Earth and Humanity: Sketch of a Geology and Paleontology of the Living Earth

The Mutual Evolution of Earth and Humanity: Sketch of a Geology and Paleontology of the Living Earth

Dankmar Bosse; Translated by Frank T. Fawcett
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A comprehensive picture of the evolution of the earth, and life on earth in... Read more

Old Growth: The Best Writing about Trees from Orion Magazine

Old Growth: The Best Writing about Trees from Orion Magazine

Foreword by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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A collection of the best articles and poems about trees from Orion Magazine to connect readers to nature and inspire contemplatio... Read more

Pythagoras the Master: Philolaus, Presocratic Follower

Pythagoras the Master: Philolaus, Presocratic Follower

Carol Dunn
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A in-depth study of one of the most under-recognised mathematicians, bringing Pythagoras's true legacy to light.... Read more

The Quality of Numbers One to Thirty-one

The Quality of Numbers One to Thirty-one

Wolfgang Held; Translated by Matthew Barton
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Explores the fascinating characteristics of numbers in relation to humans and the world around us.... Read more

This unique book explores the captivating colors that appear in the atmosphere of the earth: corona... Read more

Explores the connection between humans and animals, and asks what our responsibility is towards our fellow creatures. ... Read more

Rudolf Steiner and the Atom

Rudolf Steiner and the Atom

Keith Francis
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Explores the connections between materialist research on the atom and Rudolf Steiner's spiritual science.... Read more

The Secrets of Metals

The Secrets of Metals

Wilhelm Pelikan; Translated by Charlotte Lebensart
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Discusses the importance of the seven classic metals to humankind and nature, and considers their various effects in the light of spiritual science.... Read more

Seeing Colour: A Journey Through Goethe's World of Colour

Seeing Colour: A Journey Through Goethe's World of Colour

Nora Löbe, Matthias Rang and Troy Vine; Foreword by Arthur Zajonc
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A fascinating journey through Goethe's world of colour, explaining phenomena such as polarisa... Read more

Seeing Colour: A Journey Through Goethe's World of Colour (Fixed Format Edition)

Seeing Colour: A Journey Through Goethe's World of Colour (Fixed Format Edition)

Nora Löbe, Matthias Rang and Troy Vine; Foreword by Arthur Zajonc
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A fascinating journey through Goethe's world of colour, explaining phe... Read more

Seeing the Animal Whole: And Why It Matters

Seeing the Animal Whole: And Why It Matters

Craig Holdrege
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Presents an insightful and fresh way of looking at animals and nature in order to highlight how we can learn and grow from them and ultimately, improve the health ... Read more

Sensitive Beekeeping: Practicing Vulnerability and Nonviolence with your Backyard Beehive

Sensitive Beekeeping: Practicing Vulnerability and Nonviolence with your Backyard Beehive

Jack Bresette-Mills
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An approach to small-scale beekeeping which results in healthier, more sustainable hives and a physically, menta... Read more

The Silent Language of Life: Research into Formative Forces in Water Drops

The Silent Language of Life: Research into Formative Forces in Water Drops

Inge Just-Nastansky; Translated by Konstanze Kuhla
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A fascinating glimpse into the secret world of water drops and how they manifest on a range of m... Read more

Sky Phenomena: A Guide to Naked-eye Observation of the Stars

Sky Phenomena: A Guide to Naked-eye Observation of the Stars

Norman Davidson
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This is an unusual and practical guide to the sky as we see it -- with the naked eye. Leads the reader from the stars to the Sun, Moon and variou... Read more

String, Straight-edge and Shadow: The Story of Geometry

String, Straight-edge and Shadow: The Story of Geometry

Julia E. Diggins; Illustrated by Corydon Bell
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This engaging book weaves together history and legend to explain the story of geometry and the discoveries of the most f... Read more

String, Straight-edge and Shadow: The Story of Geometry

String, Straight-edge and Shadow: The Story of Geometry

Julia E. Diggins; Illustrated by Corydon Bell
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This engaging book weaves history and legend to explain the story of geometry and the discoveries of the most famous mat... Read more

Thinking Like a Plant: A Living Science for Life

Thinking Like a Plant: A Living Science for Life

Craig Holdrege
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Argues that taking on some of the characteristics of plants will help us and our relationship to our world.... Read more

Threefoldness in Humans and Mammals: Toward a Biology of Form

Threefoldness in Humans and Mammals: Toward a Biology of Form

Wolfgang Schad
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Two volume expanded and updated edition of this landmark work on mammals, which is the fruit of a lifetime of observation, research and meditatio... Read more

Time, Light and the Dice of Creation: Through Paradox in Physics to a New Order

Time, Light and the Dice of Creation: Through Paradox in Physics to a New Order

Philip Franses
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This stimulating book unravels the knots that surround elusive concepts such as matter, chance, time, light, darkness, emptines... Read more

Viktor Schauberger: A Life of Learning from Nature

Viktor Schauberger: A Life of Learning from Nature

Jane Cobbald
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Second edition of a biographical approach to Schauberger, uncovering his remarkable ideas and inventions through his life and experiences.... Read more

Water Sound Images: The Creative Music of the Universe

Water Sound Images: The Creative Music of the Universe

Alexander Lauterwasser
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A book of stunning imagery showing the effects of sound in water.... Read more

Water Talks: Empowering Communities to Know, Restore, and Preserve their Waters

Water Talks: Empowering Communities to Know, Restore, and Preserve their Waters

Betsy Damon; Foreword by Jane Goodall
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A comprehensive and insightful conversation about our independence with water, featuring inspiring perso... Read more

The Wholeness of Nature: Goethe's Way of Science

The Wholeness of Nature: Goethe's Way of Science

Henri Bortoft
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Examines the phenomenological and cultural roots of Goethe's approach to science, and argues that Goethe's insights represent the foundation for a future scien... Read more

Animals: An Imaginative Zoology

Animals: An Imaginative Zoology

Karl König; Translated by Richard Aylward; Introduction by Imanuel Klotz
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A unique understanding of individual mammals, fish and birds which also offers insight into human nature.... Read more

Flowforms: The Rhythmic Power of Water

Flowforms: The Rhythmic Power of Water

John Wilkes
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Working with his remarkable invention, the Flowform, Wilkes has uncovered many hidden secrets of water, and also created an artform of great beauty.... Read more

Grow Small, Think Beautiful: Ideas for a Sustainable World from Schumacher College

Grow Small, Think Beautiful: Ideas for a Sustainable World from Schumacher College

Edited by Stephan Harding
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A collection of essays on sustainable solutions to the current global crisis, from Schumacher College.... Read more

The Living Origin of Rocks and Minerals

The Living Origin of Rocks and Minerals

Walther Cloos; Translated by Katherine Castelliz and Barbara Saunders-Davies
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Offers new ways of looking at static, inert rocks and minerals as part of the dynamic development of the ... Read more

Movement and Rhythms of the Stars: A Guide to Naked-Eye Observation of Sun, Moon and Planets

Movement and Rhythms of the Stars: A Guide to Naked-Eye Observation of Sun, Moon and Planets

Joachim Schultz; Translated by John Meeks
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A comprehensive guide to the basic movements of the skies from different parts of the e... Read more

Nature's Due: Healing Our Fragmented Culture

Nature's Due: Healing Our Fragmented Culture

Brian Goodwin
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Challenges modern ideas on the interaction of science, nature and human culture, with far-reaching consequences for how we govern our world.... Read more

Projective Geometry

Projective Geometry

Lawrence Edwards
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Lawrence Edwards' clear and artistic exploration of the fascinating qualities of projective geometry illustrated with over 200 diagrams and exercises.... Read more

Space and Counterspace: A New Science of Gravity, Time and Light

Space and Counterspace: A New Science of Gravity, Time and Light

Nick C. Thomas
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Presents a wider science based on counterspace, which offers important new ways of understanding phenomena such as gravity and light, and whic... Read more

The Spirit of Trees: Science, Symbiosis and Inspiration

The Spirit of Trees: Science, Symbiosis and Inspiration

Fred Hageneder
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A holistic appraisal of 24 of the most common, best-loved trees of Europe and North America, presented with stunningly beautiful paintings, drawings an... Read more

The Story of Water: Source of Life

The Story of Water: Source of Life

Alick Bartholomew
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Discusses all aspects of water and the evolution of life, including how water acts as the medium of communication between all living organisms.... Read more

Understanding Water: Developments from the Work of Theodor Schwenk

Understanding Water: Developments from the Work of Theodor Schwenk

Andreas Wilkens, Wolfram Schwenk and Michael Jacobi
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Uses Theodor Schwenk's Drop Picture Method to display the qualities of different types of water.... Read more

Viktor Schauberger: A Life of Learning from Nature

Viktor Schauberger: A Life of Learning from Nature

Jane Cobbald
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Second edition of a biographical approach to Schauberger, uncovering his remarkable ideas and inventions through his life and experiences.... Read more

The Vortex of Life: Nature's Patterns in Space and Time

The Vortex of Life: Nature's Patterns in Space and Time

Lawrence Edwards; Edited by Graham Calderwood
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Pioneering work on bud and plant shapes, indicating there are universal laws which guide an organism's growth into prede... Read more

Color Meditation

Color Meditation

Kees Veenman; Translated by Laura Liska
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From exploring light therapy to considering the relationship between colours and the seasons, colour specialist Kees Veenman help readers understand the spirituality... Read more

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