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The Alchemy of Plant Hormones & Plant Spray Applications

By Dennis Klocek | September 14, 2023

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.

Adventures on the Symbolic Plane of Consciousness

By Dennis Klocek | October 22, 2021

As had been employed by mystery pupils of the past, modern explorers of the wisdom of self-transformation use symbolic imagery for enhancing their meditative practice. A specific practice which Rudolf Steiner called entering the astral body. Starting with the mandala as an archetype of consciousness, each session will use the methodology of breathing an image to enter into its symbolic content. Small workgroups will address the inner responses to these symbols using suggested protocols.

Soph and the Liar Bird | A Poetic Battle Between Truth and Lies

By Dennis Klocek | March 9, 2026

A darkened, restless void sits brooding
Upon a dream of world creating sparks.
Creation moves in time responding
As new worlds spiral out of dark.

Conflict and the Examined Life

By Dennis Klocek | May 14, 2024

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…

Traditional Medicine – Video Series

By Dennis Klocek | May 5, 2021

In a three-part series Dennis Klocek presents alchemical methods that unite substance and symbol in the pursuit of healing.

Creativity in Teaching

By Dennis Klocek | February 16, 2009

These three lectures are on the theme of how to avoid burnout when dealing with the demands of students, colleagues and parents. For the educational task of dealing with students the use of imagination in forming pictures of the destiny of the students will be addressed. For working with parents the use of imaginative perception in structuring productive conversations by asking questions will be the focus of a lecture. For working with colleagues the imaginative perception of placing issues into sleep will be addressed in the last lecture.

Christ in the Clouds: A meditation on form, balance, and the etheric Christ

By Dennis Klocek | April 22, 2025

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…

40th Anniversary – Biodynamic Book of Moons

By Dennis Klocek | June 6, 2023

The classic introduction to the alchemy of biodynamics With clarity and insight Dennis Klocek guides the reader through the essential tasks of the gardener’s year in harmony with the subtle rhythms of nature as they manifest in the garden. The Book of Moons is the Rosetta Stone for any gardener seeking to understand the mysteries…

The Great Passage: A Spiritual Journey Across the Threshold

By Dennis Klocek | July 8, 2008

This 7-lecture series covers the four subtle bodies, a survey of dream states, the eternal and temporal aspects of the self, the great paradox of physical existence, expectation and power in pursuit of spiritual experience, healing anxiety, understanding sickness, the role of moods in spiritual research, gesture and mood motif as an approach to conversation with the departed, the heart and the eternal feminine, and foresight and gratitude as healing forces for anxiety.