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The Nature Institute has developed an approach to nature that is contextual, qualitative, and holistic — what we often call “Goethean science,” a mode of inquiry that the poet and scientist Goethe exemplified.
 

In Context #46

Fall 2021

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Letter to Readers

Feature Articles

“Genes and the Single Organism”
By Stephen L. Talbott
Comprising part of a chapter tentatively titled, “Inheritance: The Whole Organism” in Steve’s book-in-progress Evolution As It Was Meant To Be — And The Living Narratives That Tell Its Story, this article challenges the claim of evolutionary biologists that there is no evidence for more-than-genetic, whole-cell heritable change.

“Resonant Space”
By Jon McAlice
Drawing on the work of sociologist Hartmut Rosa, Jon explores the concept of resonance and the practice of creating resonant space to bridge a deeper connectedness, especially with nature.

Notes and Reviews

“Suzanne Simard’s Journey”
By Craig Holdrege
A review of Susan Simard’s book, Finding the Mother Tree — Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, and its implications for whole-organism science.

“Exercises with Polarity”
By Henrike Holdrege
This sample from Henrike’s second workbook on projective geometry, To the Infinite and Back Again, Part II, demonstrates through illustrations the mind-expanding idea of polarity.

“Living Perenniality”
By Craig Holdrege
In a new monograph, from which this essay is excerpted, Craig describes what it is to take a perennial view as a human being: “We consider—in the present—the past, and we look to the future. Grounding for living perenniality in a human context lies in the growing insight into the currents of life that are at work in the present.”

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