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Edward BULWER-LYTTON. 1803-1873
George W CAREY: 1845-1924
| source: Inez Perry from the book The Zodiac and the Salts of Salvation Carey and Perry copyright 1932 and republished in 2013 by Martino Publishing |
Dr. George Washington Carey was born in 1845 in Dixon, Illinois. In 1847 his family traveled by covered wagon to Oregon, a journey which took 6 months. In his early forties he became the first Postmaster of Yakima, Washington. Years later, together with a number of physicians, he founded the College of Biochemistry in Yakima Washington.
Biochemistry is said to be an ancient Sanscrrit science. The Bichemic System of Medicine, a work of Dr Carey, was published in a Health Magazine in India, and he was recognized as a western brother helping to bring back the ancient of biochemestry.
Carey sold the copyright of this work to Luyties Pharmacal Company, of St. Louis. The founders of company had interviewed Dr. William Schuessler, [see listing on this page] the originator of biochemestry in Oldenburg Germany. They learned his method of preparating the cell salts or mineral constituents of the blood, and presented it in this country. It was Dr. Carey who ascribed to each sign of the zodiac its corresponding chemical element or salt (salt is an old term for earth). Carey wrote The Relation of the Mineral Salts of the Body to the Signs of the Zodiac. His work was never copyrighted and is said to ahve been copied and plagiarized. Carey wrote various other works and published these via Chemistry of Life Co. in Los Angeles in the early decades of the 20th century.
Edward R DEWEY: 1895-1978
| SOURCES: Cycles Research Institute; |
In 1930 Dewey was appointed Chief Economic Analist by President Hoover. His main task was to report on the cause of the Great Depression. From this point on the studies of cycles was the focus of Edward Dewey's life long research. He formed the FSC Foundations for the Study of Cycles in order to study cycles on anything for which sufficient time span of feliable data could be found. Studies were not limited to the economy and stock market but expand in such areas as wildlife, fashion, weather, wars and more. He wrote books, articles, reports and published a magazine focused on cycles. It is noteworthy that computers did not play a role in Dewey's research fields until the final years of his life, most analysis was completed by hand, computers not being accessibleuntil the latter decades of the 20th century.
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Rene DESCARTES: 1596–1650
| source: The American Mathematical Monthly Vol.V -year 1898 |
The third child born to his parents. His mother died as a result of his birth. It was recorded that at an early age he showed an inquisitive mind, and was called by his fath-
er, "my philosopher." He was sent to school at the age of eight, the school of
La Fleche where he continued from 1604 to 1612. In 1613 he had moved to Paris and here made the acquaintance of Mydorge, one of the foremost mathematicians of France. He devoted the years 1615 and 1616 to the study of mathematics. In 1617, at age 21 Decartes left France for the Netherlands.
It was during his time in the Netherlands that his mathematical career began and it was at this period that is noted as the birth of modern mathematics.
At the height of its power Descartes moved to Holland. There for twenty years he lived, giving up all his time to philosophy and mathematics. And with these subjects alone his writings are concerned.
"Science, may be compared to a tree; metaphysics is the root, physics is the trunk, and the three chief branches are mechanics, medicine, and m:orals, these forming the three applications of our knowledge, namely, to the external world, to the human body, and to the conduct of life ." -Rene Decartes
He spent the time from*1629 to 1633 writing Le Monde, a work embodying an attempt to give a physical theory of the universe. But finding its publication likely to bring on him the hostilitv of the Church, and having no desire to pose as a martyr, he abandoned it. The incomplete manuscript was published in 1664.
Pierre FERMAT: 1601-1665
Fermat ranked with his contemporaries Pascal and Descartes in shaping the course of modern mathematics. Yet he saw himself as a hobbyist and never sought to publish his work. He is known in our time
| source: Famous Mathemeticians .org |
Born in France to a wealthy family, he became a lawyer, married and had five children. He explored the world of mathematics claiming this to be a hobby. Fermat would send his work to famous mathemeticians in France. Through this he established a connection with Marin Mersenne which would eventually gain him international recognition. He was not generally recognized as a mathemetician during his lifetime but the work of his own which he shared was kept alive by others. Isaac Newton would later say sthat his invention of calculus was based on Fermat’s methods of tangents. Fermat, along with Pascal, is known as the founder of Theory of Probabilities, which grew out of Fermat's research into the theory of numbers.
Johann Wolfgang GOETHE: 1749-1832
| source: New World Encyclopedia |
One of Germany's principle literary figures, a minister elected to public office, and Goethe also contributed significant work to the sciences. His great creation, the retelling of the tale of Faust, who sells his soul to the devil for success and fame, became a kind of Enlightenment manifesto against the church and religion. Goethe returned to the German legend of Faustus which could trace its roots back to the Middle Ages. While writing this distinctly Germanic tale he would incorporate his understanding of the classical Greek and Roman traditions which Germany along with the rest of Europe had inherited. Faust was written in stages. The first portion was published in 1808 and was widely popular. The full completed writing was published after his death.
It is said that Germans would rank Goethe as the William Shakespeare of Frankfurt. It is not an exaggeration to say that modern German literature begins with Goethe and that he ranks as one of the most important figures in European literature.
He was studied minerals, and early mineralogy. The mineral goethite is named for him.
His great work of writings inspired the thought of many philosophers, such as Hegel, Nietzsche, Steiner among others.
His works of poetry were set to music by almost every major German composer from Mozart to Mahler.
My favorite Goethe quotes:
"There is nothing worse than imagination without taste."
"Divide and rule, a sound motto; unite and lead, a better one."
"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."
As a minister elected to public office in Weimar, Goethe would attract large crowds of people who would come to hear him speak and to ask questions
H. A. GUERBER: 1859-1929
There does not appear to be much information on the person of Helene Adeline Guerberwas who was a lecturer on mythology, an author of books of which a portion seem to have been for schools. Encyclopedia
The original books were published in the 1890's but have been republished repeatedly in the 1980's and 1990's. I am guessing she was American, most original books were published by American publishing houses in the 1890's to early 1900's. Her books are listed in the U.S. Library of Congress data base.
Ernst HAECKEL: 1834-1919
| source: New World Encyclopedia |
According to New World Encyclopedia Haeckel was a professor of comparative anatomy at the University of Jena, and was an early popularizer of Darwin's work in Germany. Haeckel embraced evolution not only as a scientific theory, but as a worldview. He outlined a new religion or philosophy called monism, which cast evolution as a cosmic force, a manifestation of the creative energy of nature. A proponent of social Darwinism, Haeckel became increasingly involved in elaborating the social, political, and religious implications of Darwinism in the late nineteenth century.
Manly Palmer HALL: 1901-1990
Charles William HECKETHORN 1829-1902
Werner HEISENBERG: 1901-1976
A Nobel Prize winner for his work in theoretical atomic physics. He was the Director of the Max Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics in Munich. Heisenberg was one of the pioneers in the field of Quantum Theory. In 1927 he formulated the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, which is the underlying foundation for wave-particle duality, the heart of quantum mechanics.
Carl JUNG: 1875-1961
John Worrel KEELY: 1837-1898
Leon LEDERMAN: 1922-2018
Leon Max Lederman was born in Manhattan, New York, where his father operated a hand laundry. He received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from City College of New York in 1943. He served in WWII . In 1951 he received a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University. He work at the school's particle accelerator and after leaving Columbia University, he became the director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in 1979. His experiments deepened science's understanding of the subatomic world.
Lederman, Jack Steinberger, and Melvin Schwartz received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1988 for demonstrating that there were at least two kinds of particles called neutrinos.
Lederman wrote several books including The God Particle written with Dick Teresi.
He died on October 3, 2018 at the age of 96. He has been described by his peers as a giant in his field who also had a passion for sharing science, resulting in his book, The God Particle. His wife said of him after his death “What he really loved was people, trying to educate them and help them understand what they were doing in science,”
He is listed on the Nobel Prize website.
Hamilton Wright MABIE: 1846-1916
| Source: The Life and Letters of Hamilton W Mabie published 1920 -Edwin W Morse |
"The story of the life of Hamilton W. Mabie is of public interest and importance for two principal reasons. In the first place his influence as an educational force, through his writings and his lectures, was vastly greater than most people were aware of. This influence was nationwide in extent, and was powerful in effect, especially upon the young people of his generation. Through his contributions for nearly forty years to The Christian Union and The Outlook, through his books, and through his addresses before popular audiences on literary subjects, he was always a torch-bearer on the difficult path leading to high ideals, attainable only through intellectual enrichment and spiritual enlightenment. His followers, who gained courage and inspiration from his words, were
numbered by the thousands, and their debt-to him was great."
Claude MYDORGE: 1585-1647
| source: The Galileo Project -online resouce |
The premier mathemetician of his day, Mydorge's work was primarily in mathematics and optics, but also astronomy. His geometry was directed to the study of conic sections and published work on the subject included ingenious and original methods that later geometers frequently used. He was a wealthy man and was married to the sister of La Haye, the French ambassador to Constantinople.
Mydorge was a close and faithful friend to Decartes. In the year 1627 he spend more than 100 thousand ecus, the French coin of the day, to make lenses and optical instruments to aid Decartes in his search for an explanation of vision. He also played a role in the reconciliation between Descartes and Fermat after 1638.
Pieter van MUSSCHENBROEK : 1692–1761
German professor, -[ our modern resources of information refer to the professor as a Dutch scientist], of the University of Leyden, known for the Leydon Jar experiment.
Wolfgang PAULI: 1900-1958
Linus PAULING: 1901-1994
Historically this man was the only person to ever receive two unshared Nobel Prizes. One for Chemistry in 1954 and one for Peace in 1962. In his era, decades ago, these Nobel Prizes meant something more.
Pauling was born in Portland Oregon. In 1917 he entered Oregon Agricultural Collage which is now Oregon State University, in Corvallis, Oregon, he graduated in 1922. Pauling studied physical and chemical properties of substances as related to the structure of atoms.
He then moved to Pasadena to further his studies at California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech). He received his doctorate, in chemistry in 1925.
Pauling traveled in Europe for two years following his studies at Cal Tech. In Europe he continued with studies in the new field of quantum mechanics. . In the fall of 1927 Pauling was appointed assistant professor on Cal Tech's faculty of theoretical chemistry. Later he was made a full professor of chemistry. Pauling stayed at Cal Tech until 1963.
The contibutions that Pauling gave humanity over his long life are vast and varied. Several writings will discuss his work and spirit and more resources offered through out these current and upcoming articles.
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RUMI : Jalil al-Din Rumi. Maulan 1207- 1273
Jalaluddin was born in Balkh [modern province is in Afghanistan]. The name Rumi is how he is known in the West but other names attributed to Rumi are Mawlana, Mevlana and Jalaluddin. For many years of his life he lived in Anatolia [Turkiye] which in his day was refered to as Rum, [East Rome] as it was designated from the Byzantine. This is how Rumi became attached to his name.
He is known as a Persian Poet and Sufi mystic, [see Sufism] but at the time of his death he was mouned not only by Muslims, but also Christians and many other regious creeds. The volume of works we associate with Rumi were not written by him, but are thought to be works written by followers from oral teachings.
Rumi's father was a masters of Sufism in Balkh and a leading theologian of his day . In his youth Jalaluddin -Rumi received a thorough education in the Arabic and Persian classical texts and religious studies of his time, the 13 Century.
Dr. Wilhelm Heinreich SCHUSSLER: 1821-1898 [also spelled Scheussler]
| source: direct from -Schuessler Cell Salts: Biography of Dr. Schuessler |
Dr. Wilhelm Heinrich Schüssler was a homoeopathic doctor. He became fascinated by the discoveries of Dr. Virchow [see listing on this page]who discovered the cells of the human body. Schuessler began to do research in the base of the cell knowledge for the causes of illness and their treatment. He laid his main focus on mineral salts and trace elements. Over time he discovered twelve mineral salts which are very important for the functioning of the human body.
Dr. Schüssler found out where these mineral substances exists in the human body. He developed a method to process the mineral salts homeopathically, that they can be assimilated by the body especially well. Nevertheless, according to Dr. Schüssler his new method clearly differs from the homoeopathy because with his mineral substance treatment the Simile principle is not applied what is so vital for the homoeopathy (Simile principle: The similar is cured by similar).
Dr. Schüssler called his method of treatment "biochemistry", because the chemical connections of the human biology are considered. In english the healing method is often called biochemic cell salts.
Isha SCHWALLER de LUBICZ:1885-1963
R A SCHWALLER de LUBICZ: 1887 -1961
To summarize any persons life is antithetical to life itself. But as humans we do this to chisel a material record of the soul that once liminted the vast essence to the condensed physical body, for a time, and affected the material reality in this way. Following, is offered a summary of the man R A Schwaller. To know who he was in his vastness, one must look to his works.
| source: Translator's Preface of The Temple In Man -1977 English Translation- Robert and Carol Lawlor |
In 1949 an unusually large academic controversy began in the renowned Department of Egyptology of the College de France, Paris. It was was created by the book The Temple In Man. Rene Adolphe Schwaller, author of the book, was born in France. At the age of eighteen, after having completed his apprenticeship in pharmaceutical chemistry, he went to Paris. There he studied modern chemistry, physics and every alchemical text he could get his hands on. He was for a time a painter and student of Matisse and himself inflenced many artist in Paris at the time. One such was Prince O.V. de Lubicz Milosz who in 1919 conferred his family title on Schwaller as a means of expressing his admiration and gratitude.
Schwaller served as a chemist in WWI, at the close of the war he published works on implementing peace. Later he moved to the Swiss Alps where during this time his scientific and philosophic vision coalesced around an understanding of universal laws of harmony.
| source: Serpent In the Sky -John Anthony West |
"When Le Temple de l'Homme [The Temple of Man] first appeared in French in 1957, the eminent Egyptologist Etienne Drioton counseled his colleagues to "build a common wall of silence" around it lest it find its way out into public view. With just a few notable exceptions, that injunction was obeyed within Egyptology itself." -JA West
"Schwaller de Lubicz began his work at Luxor on the hunch that the Great Temple there was the Parthenon of Egypt — that is, a sacred structure built according to strict harmonic proportions. If this hunch could be proven, it would mean that knowledge of harmony and proportion existed some fifteen hundred years before their alleged invention by the Greeks. This in turn would necessitate a drastic revision of widely-held opinions of
human social evolution. By the time he had finished his fifteen years' work at the site, the nature of the revelations forced upon him by the Temple had led Schwaller de Lubicz to reinterpret the whole civilisation of ancient Egypt." -
"The Temple of Man is not bedtime reading, but readers willing to put in the effort to study it in depth will finally understand why ancient Egypt was regarded by the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome as the source of all wisdom." -JA West
Upton SINCLAIR: 1878-1968
Rudolf STEINER: 1861-1925
The length and scope of this man has been reduced in our time to just a few splashes that come up when one dives into his deep and potent personage. To skim over Steiner's volume of work is to accept a handshake upon meeting as a deep and imtimate relationship. An overview may be read here.
The biography by Johannes Hemleben and autobiography by Steiner himself are essential. The resources of Thomas H Meyer, based in Basel are high quality, and additionally the archives of books and lectures are highly valuable if one is fully aware of choosing the translations of his work done by persons who lived among him and were indeed a part of his world and work. Modern non human translation will loose the very essence of being, and relay instead merely the mechanical material words fashioned without soul.
| source: Rudolf Steiner An Illustrated Biography JOHANNES HEMLEBEN |
Steiner called his spiritual philosophy 'anthroposophy' which he defined as 'the consciousness of one's humanity'. As a highly developed seer, he spoke out of his direct perception of the spiritual world. But rather than founding a new religion or sect, he provided suggestions for renewal of many human activities, including education, agriculture, medicine, economics, architecture, science, philosophy, the arts. His many published works, his books and lectures, feature his research into the spiritual nature of the human being, the evolution of the world and humanity, and methods of personal development. During his life he wrote some 30 books and delivered over 6000 lectures across Europe.
Balfour STEWART (1828-1887)
was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist who was interested in psychical research. He was co-author with PG Tait of The Unseen Universe published 1875, a much-discussed attempt to reconcile modern physics with Christianity.
Nicola TESLA: 1856-1943
Lynn THORNDIKE: 1882-1965
Thorndike taught history at Columbia University from 1924 until 1952. He was an authority of medieval history and science, and was also president of the American Historical Association from 1954 to 1955. He wrote college textbooks, and his major work an encyclopedic eight volume A History of Magic and Experimental Science.
Frances E TOWNSEND: 1867-1960
| SOURCES: online -encyclopedia .com; Social Security History -SSA.gov website |
Townsend was a medical practionaer in the early decades of the 20th century. In 1919 he moved to California and settled in Long Beach. During the peak of the Depression years Townsend sought to reform some of the state politics and introduced a plan to assist citizens 60 years of age and older. The Townsend Plan sought to establish a pension plan of $200 a month funded by a 2% sales tax in the state. Suppoters of this plan became known as Townsendites, and formed a pressure group to push reform. On August 14 1935 President Roosevelt created the SSB, the Social Security Board which evolved into the Social Security Administration. Townsend and his plan supporters played a role in this part of California and U.S. History. article.
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Rudolf VIRCHOW: 1821-1902
| source: Boston Medical and Surgical Journal October 22 1891 |
Rudolph Ludwig Karl Virchow (13 October 1821 – 5 September 1902) was a
German doctor, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician,
known for his advancement of public health. Referred to as "the father of modern
pathology," he is considered one of the founders of social medicine.
.. no physician of our time has done more to promot the change, or by individual efforts to win his generation to accept, than Rudolf Virchow. He founded, in 1847 the celebrated archive, which now in its one hundred and twenty eighth volume, is the greatest storehouse of facts in scientific medicine possessed by us today.
Francesco Redi coined the maxim Omne vivum ex ovo ("every living thing comes from a living thing" — literally "from an egg"), Virchow (and his predecessors) extended this to state that the only source for a living cell was another living cell.
| source: Virchow: The Pope of Medicine, Richard B Gunderman MD, PhD The Pharos, Winter 2025 |
"Virchow exerted huge influence on medical education in Germany, helping to teach influential figures such as Ernst Haeckel, [see listing on this page] a physician and biologist who originated such terms as ecology, phylum, and Protista and played an improtant role in promoting Darwin's theory in Germany"
"Virchow also taught pathology to tow highly influential American phuysicians who served as founders of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, William Weich and Sir William Osler.
Norman WALKER : 1886-1985
| source: drnwwalker.com |
Dr. Norman Wardhaugh Walker was born in Genoa, Italy, and moved to New York City in 1910. Later Dr. Walker moved to Long Beach, California and opened a juice bar together with a medical practitioner. By 1930 they invented several fresh juice formulas catering to specific conditions and ailments. His invention in 1930 of the ‘Norwalk Juicer’, one of his key contributions to the health of people.
After the San Francisco health department banned the sale of unpasteurized vegetable juices Dr. Walker began manufacturing his juice machine. The manufacturing plant which was set up in Anaheim, California, sustained despite the steel shortage during World War II. By the late 1940s, Dr. Walker had moved to St. George, Utah where he established a juice plant in an old cotton mill. However, when local health department regulations once again proved to be a stumbling block, he sold his share to his business partner. He then concentrated his energies on publication of a health magazine, The New Health Movement Review. For several years Dr. Walker ran a health ranch in Cottonwood, Arizona, but he eventually gave up the ranch to devote himself entirely to writing.