What is Goethean Science? Although this question has received diverse answers from practitioners of Goethean science, they often share a common form – the form of classification. Two species of the genera science are imagined, Goethean science and normal science (or […]
Goethe Climbs a Mountain
Goethe’s Alchemical Experiments
Sol gold is, and Luna silver we declare; Mars yron, Mercurie is Quyksilver; Saturnus leed, and Jubiter is tyn, And Venus coper, by my fathers kyn. Chaucer, Canterbury Tales Once a month, the Moon meets each of the planets. When […]
The Sun produces gold; the Moon silver; Saturn lead; and Mars iron. Proklos of Byzantium, 5th century A.D. Some more practical details may not come amiss, for readers who wish to get their hands on some equipment. The paper: cut out […]
An account by Guy Desbiolles* The evening sky of May 2002 allowed us to see all the traditional planets with the naked eye. (Fig1). So I also wanted to try to follow their movements with the Kolisko method. For the […]
Kolisko’s gold-experiments require sunlight to perform them. One rises a solution of gold (1% gold chloride) up a filterpaper in diffuse daylight, preferably not direct sunlight. Gradually a photochemical (i.e., light-sensitive) reaction then takes place, so that colloidal gold precipitates.In […]
All the seven planets have opened their metal gates Goethe, West-Ostlicher Divan 3 June 1970 Conjunction This experiment followed a conjunction between the Moon and Saturn, which happened at 1.32 am on June 3rd, 1970. These old pictures show filterpaper-pictures […]
Kolisko has shown us the way to a new chemistry, a chemistry full of life, because it is in reality the forces of life which reach right down into the mineral world, creating there a realm of inner music in […]
He who knows what iron is, knows the attributes of Mars. He who knows Mars, knows the qualities of iron. Paracelsus A conjunction is a meeting in the sky, and happens when two heavenly bodies have the same celestial longitude. The […]