Riddle of America, The - Waldorf Research Institute

Another example of this phenomenon is the development of theatom bomb. The theories and ideas necessary for its production came out ofEurope in a threefold way. Polish-born Marie Curie discovered uranium, thenecessary ingredient for its production. Albert Einstein and others in middleEurope developed the theoretical foundation for it. Ernest Rutherford andNiels Böhr in western Europe did the principal experimental work. Whatwas begun in middle Europe was carried to the United States by severalEuropean nuclear physicists, including Einstein, Enrico Fermi, John vonNeumann and Edward Teller, in order to be brought into physical production.These are examples of the practical application of the will as appliedin North America. Is it mere coincidence? Are there other mirrorings of thewill or threefoldness in America?The characteristics of a nation are represented and symbolized inthe memorials they construct in their capitals. Visitors to Washington, D.C.,are met by the trinity of three national monuments—a manifestation of thethreefold human being. Piercing the sky is an obelisk, reminiscent of ancientEgypt, built by the Masonic order as a symbol of George Washington. Thismonument is both an external and internal symbol of “will.”To the west, mirrored in the reflecting pool, is the Lincoln Memorial.Within classical Greek pillars and an open architecture, sits William French’swhite marble sculpture of Abraham Lincoln, so alive in its expression thatthe eyes seem to follow you as you walk through the horizontal space beforeit. There is a sense of goodness which prevails. Here we have an image ofthe purity of our life of “feeling.”Across the tidal basin, alone on a peninsula that juts into the PotomacRiver, sits a domed edifice—the Jefferson Memorial. Thomas Jefferson,perhaps the most inspired thinker of the new nation, is memorialized in abuilding whose very architectural form is representative of the contemplative.These three individuals and their monuments stand as testament toa wisdom we can only imagine today, but what are the hidden forces withinthe earth that affected them and everyone who lives here?Electricity/MagnetismIt would be impossible to discuss the geography of North Americawithout consideration of the subterranean forces of electricity and magnetismthat are especially strong in North America. The magnetic pole of theearth is situated in the Western Hemisphere in northwestern America. 7 Thismeans that the western hemisphere is the electromagnetic hemisphere. This43