As noted by the translators in the Foreword to The Living Earth, “The increasing number of enthusiasts who are attracted by the rich variety of rocks and minerals around us may find this book difficult to lay aside. Walther Cloos' train of thought demands an almost meditative approach; for the mind has to live in a picture of life-processes very different from those of the present day. But how the old rocks come to life as one looks on them with new eyes!”

This classic book is a companion to Grohmann's The Plant, Vol. 1 and The Plant, Vol. 2, and is a helpful resource for those concerned with the soil and biodynamic agriculture and for teachers in Waldorf schools.

Topics covered include:

• The basic framework of the world of rocks
• Previous stages of the living earth
• The world of the “mineral-plants” and their “signature”
• The “world-plant-animal” and its “signature”
• The “plant-nature” and schists
• The “animal-nature” and limestone
• The human being and salt
• The mystery of oil
• The sedimentary rocks
• Volcanism and the birth of terrestial fire
• Natural radioactivity and the process of germination
• Meteoritic phenomena
• What is the mineral composition of our rocks?
• Metals and the life of the earth
• Embryonic development and the basic processes of rock formation
• “Time” in the development of the earth
• The earth as seed of a new world

Author: Walther Cloos
Translator: Katherine Castelliz and B. Saunders-Davies
Paperback: 160 pages
Illustrations: Black and white photos
Publisher: Lanthorn Press (1977)
Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.25 inches

Price: $16.95
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