Emergent Holistic Consciousness

<p>Natural Science underpinned the modern Darwinian theory of evolution-<u>physical</u>: Seeing Eye empiricism: physical (sensory) mode. Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) philosopher scientist and educator introduced a Natural Science post-modern understanding a <u>physical-spiritual</u>: Seeing Eye and connecting mind's <b>I</b> delicate empiricism: spiritual-physical (non-sensory) mode-underpinning and enhancing the theory of evolution. For historic accuracy we trace Rudolf Steiner's 'quest' to bring both these modes together-modern natural scientific materialism (the dragon) and philosophical spiritual scientific knowledge-that lights our path and enables a threefold exploration of our spiritual-physical evolutionary development (Spiritual: invisible - Physical: visible).</p><p><b>The 'body - soul' divide:</b> (body: physical sensory mode - soul: spiritual non-sensory mode).</p><p><b>Natural Science: Nature and Super-Nature:</b> The use of the term super-natural is very different from the way the word 'supernatural' is commonly used and understood (fantasy black magic). Super-natural here equates to Nature and Natural Science: super-natural phenomena are only natural phenomena presenting at a higher or super -though- still natural level.</p><p><b>Evolution:</b> Goethe's <i>Naturphilosophie</i> was a metamorphosis of 'Nature philosophy'. In this same way Steiner's Spiritual Science a higher form of <i>Naturphilosophie</i> conceived a purely active spiritual element a <i>Meta</i> transmutation had taken place: <i>Naturmetaphilosophie</i>.