Ben Klocek

Ben Klocek, web designer, teacher, and Sacramento Waldorf School alumni, has worked in tech for over 20 years. He has been studying and lecturing on how our use of screen technology affects our lives, and promoting the work of his father Dennis Klocek through Soil, Soul and Spirit (this website). He is the father of two, ages 13 and 16, and is an avid naturalist, artist, and gardener.

Posts by Ben Klocek

Colours of the Soul: The Sunrise Within

By Ben Klocek / October 4, 2022 /

Editor’s note: This email was sent as part of the promotion for Soul Course Series Three: Soul and the World Hi friends, We’re taking another look at color this month, cause it’s been blowing my mind :D As I mentioned in the last email, the next Soul Course class is on Soul and Color and to prepare, I’ve been digging into…

Transformation: Soul & Substance

By Ben Klocek / September 13, 2022 /

Editor’s note: this letter was sent to the Soil, Soul and Spirit list in autumn 2022, when the Transformation of Substance lectures were newly posted. Hi friends, Thanks to our donors, my assistant and I have been publishing new content to soilsoulandspirit.com regularly. (I don’t always send out updates immediately.) With all this talk of “soul work”, I wanted…

Soul to Soul: Awakening in the Other

By Ben Klocek / February 15, 2022 /

Editor’s note: this letter was sent to the Soil, Soul and Spirit list in early 2022, ahead of the first Soul Course. Hi Friends,  Many thanks for your enthusiasm for the series, Alchemical Dew, Pathogens and Immune response. So many good questions were asked and Dennis gave us a view into the germ/terrain worldview conflict that’s…

New Book! The Alchemical Marriage

By Ben Klocek / October 19, 2021 /

We’re pleased to announce the publication of a book that has been many years in the making, The Alchemical Wedding – Christian Rosenkreutz, the Initiate of Misunderstanding. From the back of the book: Filled with alchemical metaphors, coded words, and images, Dennis Klocek describes—in his inimitable style—much of the profound meaning behind the colorful and…

Video Series: Plant Sprays

By Ben Klocek / August 24, 2021 /

This new series is the result of several days spent with Dennis over 6 months, in which he shared how the plant sprays he uses affect growth, how to make them, and some tricks he’s learned along the way. Video 1: Why Use Plant Sprays? Secrets to abundant oil, flower and fruit production in the…

Video: Fine Art Wood Sculpture by Dennis Klocek

By Ben Klocek / February 24, 2021 /

As a master of fine art, Dennis has been sculpting in wood for many years. Dennis was invited by an anthroposophical art gallery in the Jarna Community of Sweden to a virtual art show. We created several videos using his art and stories to share with them. Some of Dennis more recent sculptures have been…

Video: Alchemical Extraction using a Mary’s Bath

By Ben Klocek / February 1, 2021 /

We’re using a device called a mary’s bath to extract resin from powdered myrrh to make a preparation called the three Kings. Learn how to use a Mary’s Bath to safely “loosen” compounds for making medicinal or biodynamic substances.