Mechanism of Life

by Stephane Leduc (Author), W. Deane Butcher (Translator)

Leduc argued that biological phenomena could be explained through physical and chemical processes, particularly osmosis and diffusion. His work sought to challenge the notion that a vital force or spirit was necessary to explain life. Instead, he showed that life-like structures could form through physical forces alone, suggesting that biology might be understood as an extension of physics and chemistry.

This remarkable volume introduces “Synthetic Biology.” And, not unlike works of Littlefield and others, this topic covers a multitude of experiments with inanimate substances that seem to mimic various animate structures – crystal growth, mineral formations, electrolytic and colloidal solutions that react and develop similarly to cellular structures, tissues, and nuclei. The ultimate aim of the book is to present the reader with new ideas about the nature and definition of Life, the physico-chemical basis for biological activity and evolution, and Morphogenesis.

Spiral Bound: 172 pp
Language: English
Product Code: B0428

Price: $25.95

The Psychic Life of Micro Organisms

by Alfred Binet

Binet proposed that even the simplest forms of life, like microorganisms, exhibit psychological behaviors such as perception, memory, and volition. This suggested a continuum of psychological activity from the simplest to the most complex organisms, which aligns with vitalistic notions of life having an inherent, non-material aspect.

This essay endeavors to show that psychological phenomena begin among the very lowest classes of beings; they are met with in every form of life.

Stapled: 60 pp
Language: English
Product Code: B0129

Price: $12.95

The Origin of Life

by Henry Charlton Bastian

Bastian was a proponent of spontaneous generation, arguing that life could emerge from non-living matter under certain conditions. His concept of “heterogenesis” suggested that living organisms could produce offspring radically different from themselves, challenging the prevailing theories of biogenesis and supporting a form of vitalism where life forces could manifest in diverse forms.

This later work by the esteemed Bastian was completed after a number of years of teaching and experimentation at University College, London. After the Royal Society rejected Bastian’s proposal for a work on “The Origin of Life” Question, as it was unsuitable for these men of science, he proceeded to publish his complete works on the subject.

Comprising more than 30 years of experimental research, this treatment lends support to his position that life-evolving processes are and have been going on since the times they first commenced. Bastian offers a great wealth of evidence in opposition to many conventional academic views on the origin of life.

Stapled: 124 pp
Language: English
Product Code: B0420

Price: $24.95

The Beginnings and Way of Life

by Charles Wentworth Littlefield

This is an original edition copy of the work of Dr. Charles Littlefield (very few copies are known to exist). Littlefield demonstrated life-forming activity in the mineral realm, with organic lifeforms actually springing from inorganic matter! While crystallizing inorganic substances he demonstrates the creative power of mind by imprinting thought forms into the “inert” substances. Chapters include: The Vital Force, Crystal Prototypes of plants, The Law of Organic Forms, Fixing Thought-Forms in Matter, and more.

Language: English
Product Code: B0382

Price: $52.95

The Morley Martin Experiments and the Experiments of Dr. Charles W. Littlefield & Wilhelm Reich

To the great consternation of the scientific world, Morley Martin succeeded in creating organic life forms in inert Precambrian azoic rock! He proved that there is no death, only latency, and that life is not special to this planet but is a spontaneous universal phenomenon. Dr. Littlefield demonstrated life-forming activity in the mineral realm, with life actually emerging from ‘dead’ rock! While crystallizing inorganic substances, he described many organic forms imprinted into ‘inert’ substances. Includes documentation on Andrew Crosse’s extraordinary experiments where spider-like insects were created from ‘inert’ volcanic pumice, after being treated with galvanic currents. Learn of Dr. Wilhelm Reich’s ground-breaking bion experiments — the creation of living, pulsating energy from heat-sterilized substances! Also contains a brief description of disease diagnosis through crystallized blood spots.

Stapled: 47 pp
Language: English
Product Code: B0057

Price: $12.95