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Articles and Essays
Sacred Agriculture Update: Japanese!
It is with great pleasure that I share with you a development in Dennis’ work on sacred agriculture. Kensuke Shimizu has translated the book into Japanese and it is now available for those who want to deepen their understanding of biodynamics and the inner work that underlies it. In Sacred Agriculture, Dennis shares his insights…
Growing your own compost (green manure)
In this video, Dennis shows us how to create high-quality compost using fava beans and clover as green manure. The process involves macerating and shredding these plants to produce nutrient-rich soil without the need for traditional fertilizers. Discover how to tiller fava beans for better nitrogen sequestration and see simple methods used to shred and…
Esoteric steps toward self-renewal
[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,…
The Alchemy of Making Incense
Join us in this video where Dennis shares his alchemical process of making incense. Learn how to combine charcoal, pine resin, essential oils, and other ingredients to create fragrant incense cones. This detailed guide walks you through the steps of grinding, mixing, and molding your ingredients, while also explaining the alchemical principles behind the process.…
Christ in the Clouds: A meditation on form, balance, and the etheric Christ
The formation of clouds is an interesting meditation on what an alchemist would call the lawfulness of the becoming of form, or what Goethe called the Archetype. In the ancient world, it was understood that forms in nature were images of the activity of world-creating beings: Gods and Goddesses and members of celestial hierarchies. The…
Christ in the Etheric
What does the phrase “Christ in the etheric” mean? “Behold, he cometh with clouds.” (Rev.1:7) Several enigmatic references to Christ returning again to the earth in the clouds are the centerpiece of much theological debate. Some think that the “clouds of heaven” point to the Rapture by which the faithful will be transported away from…
Audio and Video Lectures
Parenting as Initiation
This lecture was given to parents and faculty of the Sacramento Waldorf School in 2012. The topic addresses the original state of consciousness of human beings where the divine consciousness and the personality are mixed in the young child. Then it is necessary for these two outlooks to separate in order for freedom of the…
Mystery Wisdom Introduction
These presentations form a short course on the fundamental language that composes what Rudolf Steiner called mystery wisdom. Mystery wisdom is the teachings of the perennial philosophy presented in a context that addresses the soul issue present for human beings who are searching in vain for eternal teachings in the present technical world view. The…
The Human in Nature: child, spouse or steward
The subject of this lecture was the changing relationship between human beings and the natural world from Neolithic times until the present age of global environmental awareness. Topics include, something has changed in humans, Zen, Shinto, the oracle and the agent, Paleolithic, Neolithic, bronze age evidence of polarities between technology and religion, is an arrowhead…
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