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Do-it-yourself venous tonic: ayurvedic trikatu In a blender put one cup of chopped ginger rhizome, one-half cup of chopped turmeric rhizome, two tablespoons of black pepper, one quarter cup apple cider vinegar, and one quarter cup honey. Blend them together then let the mash steep in a quart jar in a warm water bath (not…
The snake biting its own tail is Paracelsus’ picture of a spagyric remedy: a plant taken apart, each part purified, then married together again at a higher order. What that means in practice, from root and seed to the slow digestions that bring them together.
By Barbara Klocek Editor’s note: This article places Easter and Whitsun in the context of the year’s festivals, illustrating that these observances are part of a living whole. It also exemplifies a teacher’s striving to penetrate the deep significance of each season as a necessity for bringing joy and meaning into the festival life of…
[Ed: This was the first lecture of a series given by Dennis in 2002, but we only have this one transcription. It has been edited to be a stand alone. For a complete series like this, please see The Heart, Warmth and Karma: Integrating Steiner’s Spiritual Practices into Modern Healing, The Healing Power of Symbols,…
A great force in the human soul is the capacity to trust. This capacity is abundant in children. It arises out of the tremendous forces of life that pour into the embryo and then into the growing child. At the age of 21 the growth forces that form the life organs have completed their task…
In ancient times philosophers never considered their own soul life as existing separately from the world. It was widely believed that the personal will of a soul had a weak but perceptible effect on the way that the world unfolded. The weak effect became perceptible only if a soul took up the spiritual practice of…
Since the most ancient times, the application of fragrant oils to the body has provided a special and harmonizing experience. From the language of anointing in the ancient texts to the current research in essential oils the recognition that a unique dimension is offered to humans in the application of fragrant oils to different areas…
The pursuit of free energy has been a drive in human beings for millennia. The poet Goethe wrote a poem entitled The Sorcerer’s Apprentice [since made into a Disney movie] to describe the issues brought to bear by this innate human drive. In the poem an apprentice to a sorcerer is tasked with drawing water…
Using the alchemical language of sulf, sal, mercury, Dennis describes how certain minerals and hormones that govern plant growth can be seen as growth patterns of deposition and dissolution.
Understanding of these patterns can be used to select what elements to include in a plant spray.