Sensitive Chaos : Theodor Schwenk [ Rudolph Steiner , Anthroposophy ]

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Well illustrated anthroposophy book Sensitive Chaos by Institute of Flow founder Theodor Schwenk demonstrating purported universal principles between air and water flow and biological forms inspired by the work of Rudolph Steiner

 

Schwenk, Theodor. Whicher, Olive and Wrigley, Johanna (trans). Roggenkamp, Walther (illustr). Sensitive Chaos : The Creation of Flowing Forms in Water and Air. Rudolph Steiner Press : London. 1971. First English edition, second impression.

 

A fascinating and beautifully illustrated book of esoteric philosophy, Sensitive Chaos by German engineer Theodor Schwenk demonstrates the principles of anthroposophy by examining the parallel forms seen in the movement of air, water and living organisms. Arguing that one can trace the “archetypal forms of movement” in the path of a river or the patterns of ocean waves Schwenk’s text (as well as the introduction by Jacques Cousteau) attempts to connect science to spirituality in the vein of earlier works by Goethe and Rudolph Steiner.

 

4to, 144 + 88pp, blue cloth boards with title, author and publisher gilt stamped to spine. Corners and spine ends bumped. Front board slightly bowed. Bookseller’s sticker for the Anthroposophic Press front pastedown. Pages clean. Includes numerous in-line illustrations and 88 black and white photoplates. Very good. Non-price clipped dustjacket with scuffing to fore edge hinge. Wear to edges with 1″ tear to lower front edge. Wear with losses to spine ends. Good.

 

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