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Rainbows, Halos, Dawn and Dusk
(Höfe, Regenbögen, Dämmerung)
by Johannes Kühl
This book explores the captivating colors that appear in the atmosphere of the
earth: coronas, glories, halos, rainbows, dawn and dusk. It invites the reader
to observe these ephemeral appearances with renewed attention and
understanding.
Using the holistic phenomenological method developed by Goethe in his
Theory of Color, this book offers the reader a new way of relating to
atmospheric colors. In addition, it includes an intimate introduction to
Goethe's work. In its attempt to bridge the wide span between the physics of
atmospheric colors and a spiritual approach to them, the path of unfolding
descriptions and thoughts becomes artistic in itself. Extraordinary photographs and references to modern literature and websites round out the work.
The book should prove helpful to scientists looking for a different approach to
optics or an introduction to Goethe's phenomenological science, to teachers
seeking a new approach to optics lessons, and to anyone who loves these
colors and wishes to deepen their relationship to them.
Originally published in German in 2011, this book is now being translated
into English. This flyer is part of a fundraising effort to help with the cost of
publishing.
The Author
Johannes Kühl, physicist and leader of the Science Section at the Goetheanum, was born in 1953 in
Hamburg, Germany. He studied physics in Hamburg and Göttingen, finishing with research in fluid
dynamics at the Max Plank Institute. After a year of research at the Science Section at the Goetheanum,
he taught physics, chemistry and mathematics at the original Waldorf School in Stuttgart Uhlandshöhe.
Since 1996, he has been the leader of the Science Section at the Goetheanum and a member of the
collegium for the School of Spiritual Science.
Since high school, core areas of interest for him have been modern physics and optics, as well as Goethean
Science. He has given numerous lectures and seminars on these themes and finally put some of his thoughts
into a book: Rainbows, Halos, Dawn and Dusk.
“The insight that the love of science and the love of the earth need not be separated
from concrete experienced spirituality – this I owe to Anthroposophy.”
The Research Institute at the Goetheanum
The Natural Science Section is one of eleven sections of the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum.
The Research Institute is operated jointly by the Natural Science Section and the Section for Agriculture.
Fields of research include biology, agricultural sciences, medicinal plants, chemistry, physics, and imageforming methods. We draw from a spectrum of phenomenological methods originating in Goethe's
scientific work and developed further through Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophy as spiritual science.
Good research always changes one’s image of the world and creates new perspectives and possibilities for
orientation in contemporary issues such as genetic engineering and climate change; it makes it possible for
new questions to arise and allows us to take responsibility for our future. Our objectives include supporting
the evolution of Goethean science in relation to modern science, society, and anthroposophy, while
facilitating collaboration among scientists, research groups, and institutions worldwide.
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