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Cosmic Journal #031
Russell Blackstone welcomes autumn with Michaelmas reflections, gratitude for the elemental world, and practical care for living soil. This September 2024 Cosmic Journal connects fall planting, cover crops, biodynamic sprays, and the inward movement of the season with courageous spiritual development.
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Sequential Spraying: Illusion, Remarkable Coincidence, or Reality?
Hugh Courtney recounts the development of sequential spraying, bringing all nine biodynamic preparations into a concentrated period of farm care. This Winter 1993 archive essay shares field experiences, celestial timing, and the thoughtful observation behind a practice intended to harmonize the agricultural organism.
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Foundations of The Pfeiffer Recipe
Archival notes illuminate the care behind Pfeiffer Field and Garden Spray. Stewart Lundy traces its preparation-based foundation, sprouted enzyme base, diverse plant materials, rhythmic mixing, and monitored maturation, offering a view into the craftsmanship of this concentrated approach to biodynamic soil care.
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Biodynamic Preparations as Esoteric Fruits
What if preparation making were understood as cultivating a special kind of fruit? Stewart Lundy follows the transformation of herbs through summer hanging and winter burial, exploring the concentration of living qualities and the farmer’s creative participation in bringing Earth and sky together.
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Cosmic Journal #030
The harvest season turns toward Michaelmas in this September 2024 Cosmic Journal. Horn silica, autumn soil sprays, preparation making, and the care of fall crops accompany reflections on courage, inner initiative, and gratitude for the beings that have supported the garden’s growth.
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Hugh Courtney & DIY Quality Testing Biodynamic Preparations
A jar of water can reveal much about the character of a biodynamic preparation. Stewart Lundy shares Hugh Courtney’s simple observation method, comparing texture, coherence, cloudiness, floating material, and aroma as ways to become more familiar with the transformation of manure into living humus.
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Join Us for Our Fall Biodynamic Celebration
This September 2024 invitation introduced a fall biodynamic gathering at Perennial Roots Farm in Accomac, Virginia. Preparation making, farm-grown meals, spiritual study, and community support formed the heart of the planned weekend, alongside seasonal reflections on compost and gifts to the elemental world.
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Cosmic Journal #029
September’s changing light brings fall successions, ripening apples, and renewed soil care into focus. This 2024 Cosmic Journal follows the lunar calendar toward the autumn equinox, connecting preparation offerings and crop work with gratitude for summer and attention to the season ahead.
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On Building the Alchemical Vessel
Writing from IKÚ farm in Nayarit, Mexico, Alejandro Altamirano explores the farm organism as an alchemical work held in the farmer’s heart. His reflection joins practical cultivation, community nourishment, and inner transformation with an account of the devastating August 2024 flood and the relationships sustaining...
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Everything is Emblematic
Part four of the warmth series explores living beings as expressions of a larger spiritual world. Stewart Lundy follows warmth, movement, and growing independence through plants, animals, and human life, connecting biodynamic preparation work with enthusiasm, understanding, and the cultivation of wholeness.
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Cosmic Journal #028
Late summer harvests make way for cover crops, saved seed, and the next season’s plantings in this August 2024 Cosmic Journal. Lunar guidance accompanies practical soil care and preparation offerings, with invitations to notice ripeness, renew intentions, and carry summer’s abundance into autumn.
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The Human Being as a Preparation for a Sick Society
What can biodynamic compost teach us about caring for society? Stewart Lundy uses the concentrated work of the preparations as an image for inner development, compassionate presence, and the patient task of helping difficult transitions leave fertile possibilities for those who come after us.
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