Golden Ratio Collections

Golden Ratio Collections — Animal Wisdom Collection — Wisdom Collection

Books of Wisdom for the Cosmopolis

Images of good and evil, The Wulf and the Crane – Annelie van Steenbergen

With the Golden Ratio Collections, the QfWf aims to give voice to the intercultural art of living, given the hardening social debate. With a cosmopolitan ethos, transcultural values and practices to unite people and make connection between cultures. Harsh voices and destructive forces on the geopolitical stage are threatening both humanity and the entire planet, with all its winged, scaly, hairy and arthropod inhabitants. As a response(-ability), the QfWf-authors with Wild Hair of the (Animal) Wisdom Collections provide answers of humanization and ecological awareness. In doing so, the QfWf aims to contribute to the good life in the cosmopolis – with values of inclusion, cultural diversity and global responsibility. 

Drawing and other forms of cocreation

By cocreation, the QfWf wants to propagate this mission as an intercultural community through artistic forms: by drawing, musical expressions, dancing and … By disseminating the developed artistic materials as inspiring examples of global citizenship in wider circles of concern. With this in mind, the Quest for Wisdom foundation has launched the Golden Ratio Collections that stimulate cosmopolitan and ecological awareness, reciprocity and respect for other beings within the cyclical processes of our Mother Earth. 

Animal Wisdom Storytelling

The mythical significance of animals as bearers of wisdom and natural power links cultures, however different they may be. This transcultural phenomenon of Animal Wisdom storytelling forms the basis on which the QfWf-authors have collected narratives on Animal Wisdom, enhancing ecological and cosmopolitan values. Examples of stories are presented on the Animal Wisdom website and explained in more detail in the Animal Wisdom (e-)book Collection:

  1. Dieren Wijsheid ― uit Noord, Zuid, Oost en West
  2. Wisdom of Animals ― North, South, East and West
  3. Buddha as an Animal ― Boeddha wijsheid  met vertellingen uit de boeddhistische Jatakatamala.
  4. Caught in the Cosmic Web — Ghanaian Folk Tales in the Twenty-First Century
  5. Gevangen in het Kosmische Web — Ghanese Volksverhalen in de 21e Eeuw
  6. Jewels of Indian Folklore ― Blurring and Blending of Cultures
  7. Madagaskar, Land van Orale Cultuur, Lemuren en Kameleons

Golden Ratio Collections — Authors with Wild Hair

QfWf-event on Global Citizenship -Presentation Amor Mundi

Two series of the Wisdom Book Collection are aiming at passing on old treasures to new generations in appealing, contemporary forms. The QfWf-Circle of authors with Wild Hair have collected these as (e)books in the (Animal) Wisdom Collection — since 2024 around a yearly theme of social importance in artistic and musical forms that is collected on the QfWF-platform The Golden Ratio.

Worldwide, cultures have developed wisdom traditions containing artistic, philosophical and spiritual forms expressing the art of living with different perspectives. The QfWf aims to unveil these precious treasures in a unique and artistic way to make the cosmopolitan future happen.

Boekpresentation Amor Fati in the OBA Reigersbos 25 jan 2025

Amor Fati, containing “playing wisdom for the cosmopolis” opens the Wisdom Collection. This first as well as the third book from the Series, Amor Mundi documenting the development of the World Citizenship Project, were presented in 2024-2025 at the Amsterdam Public Library, locations Weesp and Reigersbos, with a colourful intercultural programme, thanks to many involved hands and hearts of the project-group and the QfWf Soul Circle.
Amor Fati describes the QfWf background philosophy of the eponymous board-game as well as of the Wheel of intercultural life art of living. Greg Suffanti’s English-language intercultural reflections on his watercolour series give the reader — together with the visual work of Agnes Roothaan, Louis van Marissing, Annelie van Steenbergen, Caroline Young, Nour Kayali, Klaske Rehorst, Josee Tesser, Elin Maljaars, Maya Plas & Mitra Muijen around the mythic-philosophical themes of Amor Fati — a surprising route of the imagination through the book.

Wisdom (e-book) Collection:

  1. Amor Fati: exploring the Quest For Wisdom vision;
  2. Koloniale wa(a)r(d)en: enlightening the historical colonial context of the Caribean intercultural identities, poetry and music. 
  3. Amor Mundi: documenting the QfWf-project on “Global Citizenship”;
  4. Walking Two Roads, Accord and Separation in Chinese and Western Thought;
  5. Russische Zigeunerromances: presenting the Gypsy romances with its rich cross-cultural and historical sources;
  6. Middeleeuwse Chirurgie in Woord en Beeld: with drawings by Şerefeddin Sabuncuoğlu (1385-1468) with the text of “The Method of Medicine” by Albucasis (936-1013).
  7. Ik ben iemand die intens leefde … — Bloemlezing: gedichten en illustraties: een grote collectie gedichten en gedigitaliseerde mandala’s die uiting geven aan een intens doorvoelde kosmische verbondenheid.
  8. Knipoogjes: Korte en luchtige tijdreisjes in gezelschap van Henry Bergson, bestaat uit columns waarin wezenlijke kwesties lichtvoetig worden aangekaart;
  9. Het duurde maar even … – Gedichten die mij raakten: gedichten met vertalingen en bewerkingen van zo’n 40-tal dichters in Creools, Duits, Frans, Galicisch, Papiaments, Portugees, Spaans en Russisch …;
  10. Eye of the Tiger – Colorful Heritage of the Far East bevat een unieke verzameling Chinese penseeltekeningen met historische en mythische verhalen uit het verre oosten.

Purchase of Educative Materials

One hundred percent of the money raised by the sale of all of the products will be used in realising our upcoming QfWf educational projects, all of which are non-profit and run by volunteers.

Update 2025-02