Biodynamics

The Significance of Transforming Agriculture into an ‘Agriculture of Spiritual Deeds’

By Guests January 27, 2025
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In this session Matias explores the meaning and practice behind creating spiritual deeds in nature. He shares a story of a healing ritual and how this healing can inspire our biodynamic path.  By forming a sacrality around our biodynamic preparation work, this can lead to new insights for new agricultural research and remedies. Ultimately, this…

Biodynamics and Cosmic Nutrition

By Guests January 27, 2025
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Biodynamics offers a rich new view on nutrition for human beings, animals, and the earth that encompasses the realms of life, soul, and spirit. Farmer and educator Anthony Mecca guides us on a journey through the foundations of a spiritual scientific approach to nutrition, developing our understanding and demonstrating how we can more consciously participate…

A Dialogue Session with Agriculture Section Co-lead Eduardo Rincon

By Guests January 27, 2025
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Eduardo Rincon joins us from the Goetheanum for a dialogue session with Soil, Soul and Spirit. Topics for the discussion include: Eduardo’s personal relationship to work on the land, how biodynamics entered his life, the aspects of traditional farming Eduardo believes can most readily connect with biodynamic practices and his thoughts on Steiner’s suggestion that…

On the Book of Nature and the Book of Man

By Dennis Klocek January 27, 2025
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In this episode, Dennis Klocek, founder of the Coros Institute and former director of the Goethean Studies and Consciousness Program at Rudolf Steiner College, shares his profound insights on integrating science and mysticism. Discussing topics like anthroposophy, biodynamics, and the significance of warm-heartedness (Gemüt), Dennis delves into how personal dedication and creative imagination can heal…

Article treasure trove from older Biodynamic Journal

By Ben Klocek January 23, 2025
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A month or so ago, Dennis shared something special with me – an old three-ring binder containing articles from Biodynamics Journal from the 70s and 80s, when he was first learning about biodynamics. We had been discussing how Biodynamic research seems to have shifted with the focus on profit. Dennis reflected that the research he…

Biodynamics: Between abstraction and mysticism

By Dennis Klocek January 22, 2025
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[Don’t miss our Evolution of Biodynamics Symposium on Jan 24-26, 2025 for more like this.] In his late twenties Rudolf Steiner was engaged in editing the science writings of Goethe. Steiner discovered a fundamental thought of Goethe that would later inform his work in natural science on one hand and spiritual science on the other.…

Wood and Weeds – Compost Medicine

By Dennis Klocek December 27, 2024
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Transforming horse manure, wood and weeds into rich humus compost. In this video, Dennis demonstrates the process of turning horse manure into a rich, humus-filled compost. Starting with partially decomposed horse manure, Dennis shows the impact of adding humus to accelerate the breakdown process. He explains the creation and maintenance of a log berm, a…

Growing Powerhouse Fava Beans for Many Uses

By Dennis Klocek December 27, 2024
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In this video, Dennis shares his techniques for growing fava beans to produce shoots, flowers and beans, and to fix nitrogen in the soil. He explains the process of utilizing decomposed leaf water, rich in fulvic acid, to create an inoculant with nitrogen-fixing bacteria and how the inoculated fava beans develop robust rhizobia colonies, boosting…

Gem Spray Lettuce Trial

By Dennis Klocek April 16, 2024
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Dennis presents an experiment involving a spray made of crushed gems and fulvic acid applied to lettuce plants to encourage the formation of heads. The experiment compares the sprayed lettuces to the control group and evaluates the effectiveness of the gem spray in creating balanced and substantial lettuce heads. The results indicate that the gem…

Biodynamics & the Alchemical Cycle of the Year

By Guests January 30, 2024
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Matias Baker – Biodynamic Consultant/Researcher Matias explores the alchemy and pictorial language of the biodynamic remedies and the significance of how they are woven into the cosmic yearly cycle.  This leads into a further exploration of how the pictures coming to us out of biodynamics can support our search for soul healing and the renewal…