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  • From: Steve Diver <steved@ncat.org>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [permaculture] Re: question re pattern recognition
  • Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 17:33:12 -0600

"when the white lily sets flowers, we gayfully go down to the
lake to harvest the eggs of the swan"

= phenology

See:

Phenology Web Links: (1) Sequence of Bloom, Floral Calendars,
What's in Bloom; (2) Birds, Bees, Insects & Weeds
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/phenology.html

The other term offered, phenomenology, reminds
me of Geothe and Steiner.

The phenomenology of Goethe seems particularly
well suited to permacultural observation. For example,
plant metamorphis studies aim to understand a plant
by observing it and experiencing it, rather than by
dissecting and analyzing it.

See:
An example of Goethean Metamorphosis - The Leaf Sequence
http://www.kheper.net/metamorphosis/Goethean.html

These two books on Goethe + Phenomenology + Nature
are really good:

Goethe's Way of Science: A Phenomenology of Nature
(Suny Series in the Environmental and Architectural Phenomenology)
http://hallphilosophy.com/philosophy/496.shtml

The Wholeness of Nature: Goethe's Way toward a
Science of Conscious Participation in Nature
http://www.lindisfarne.org/lhtml/1897.html

The Louis Bolk Institute has published several items
on phenomenolgy, including Arnica montana studies.
The English web pages are under re-arrangement,
but LBI is worth visiting to learn about organic farming,
organic food quality, and phenemenology.

Louis Bolk Institute
http://www.louisbolk.nl/english/index.htm

This online article from The Trumpeter gets into
Geothe's ideas, environmental philosophy, and
and Nature observation and perception.

All is Leaf: Goethe's Intuitive Intellect and Environmental Philosophy
The Trumpeter (1998)
Chris Storey
http://trumpeter.athabascau.ca/content/v15.1/storey.html

Regards,
Steve Diver






  • [permaculture] Re: question re pattern recognition, Steve Diver, 03/16/2003

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