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Book Signing Reminder
This March 2024 reminder thanked readers supporting Biodynamics for Beginners and explained how paid subscribers could have their purchased copies personalized. It also honored the editorial team and the heart of the collection: Hugh Courtney’s enduring contribution to biodynamic preparation making.
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The Dynamics of Becoming Like a Plant
Root, leaf, flower, and seed become images for inner development in this meditation on learning from plants. Drawing on Steiner, Goethe, and other spiritual voices, Stewart Lundy explores attentive will, freedom, love, and the renewal of individuality through a life that bears fruit for others....
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Cosmic Journal #016
Spring’s approach brings seed sowing, grafting wood, orchard care, and fresh preparation work into focus. This March 2024 Cosmic Journal follows the ascending and descending Moon while inviting gratitude, careful observation, and a conscious welcome to the growing season.
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Interview: Introducing Biodynamics for Beginners
In this interview, Stewart Lundy shares the story behind Biodynamics for Beginners and the preparation-making legacy of Hugh Courtney. The conversation explores mentorship, artistic collaboration, the farmer’s conscious role, and a vision of JPI as a place where practical knowledge helps new farmers grow.
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How-To: Balancing Biodynamic Soils
Healthy soil asks for coordinated care of structure, minerals, biology, and living rhythms. Drawing on farming experience and a broad reading list, Stewart Lundy outlines a practical sequence for soil renewal that brings observation, mineral testing, cover crops, compost, and biodynamic preparations together.
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Under The Influence of Walden: To Build A House
Inspired by Walden and traditional building, John Carr recounts hand-hewing a timber-frame cabin from trees on his Vermont land. The work becomes a meditation on place, inherited skills, conscious attention, and the beginnings of a homestead shaped by the individuality of its landscape.
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Cosmic Journal #015
Late winter’s garden work unfolds within a larger rhythm in this February 2024 Cosmic Journal. Transplanting, fruit-tree pruning, seed sowing, and preparation sprays are considered alongside the descending Moon, the full Moon, and the meeting of lunar and Saturnian influences.
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JPI Biodynamic Winter Farm Update
Winter at JPI brought new connections, new garden spaces, and two Highland cows with a special history. Ben Nommay shares progress in compost making, perennial plantings, and herd care, alongside a personal reflection on the cattle that helped inspire his life in biodynamics.
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2024 Study Group - Spiritual Foundations for the Renewal of Agriculture: Life based on Love
A companion to the 2024 Agriculture Course study with Spikenard Honeybee Sanctuary, this short post gathers a resource folder, recording information, and a place for questions. It supports shared exploration of Steiner’s lectures and the spiritual foundations of agricultural renewal.
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New Book Release: Biodynamics for Beginners
Biodynamics for Beginners gathers practical wisdom from Applied Biodynamics into an illustrated guide to preparation making. This release announcement introduces the collection, shares Stewart Lundy’s reflections on living nature, and previews a contents list shaped by generations of hands-on biodynamic experience.
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Liron Israely: A Journey to Biodynamics in the Holy Land
Liron Israely traces a decade of building biodynamic practice in Israel through apprenticeship, local relationships, and patient experimentation. His story follows the search for preparation materials, the growth of an herb nursery, adaptation to Mediterranean seasons, and the development of a chromatography laboratory.
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Biodynamic Tree Paste Recipe
Biodynamic tree paste brings attentive care directly to orchard trunks and branches. This illustrated guide explains the place of clay and preparations in tree care, shows ways to apply the paste, and shares both Pfeiffer’s original formula and JPI’s adapted recipe.
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