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Biodynamics and the Future

When Rudolf Steiner gave his original Spiritual-Scientific Foundations for the Renewal of Agriculture, he restricted himself to the situation of the people who had demanded he give these lectures. In Koberwitz, which is now part of Poland,...

Biodynamics and the Future

When Rudolf Steiner gave his original Spiritual-Scientific Foundations for the Renewal of Agriculture, he restricted himself to the situation of the people who had demanded he give these lectures. In Koberwitz, which is now part of Poland,...

Rediscovering Indigeneity

There is often skepticism towards indigenous life by European culture -- the testament to this is not just the problematic relationships of colonial presences, but the eradication of traditional ways in most of Europe itself. When...

Rediscovering Indigeneity

There is often skepticism towards indigenous life by European culture -- the testament to this is not just the problematic relationships of colonial presences, but the eradication of traditional ways in most of Europe itself. When...

A new way of farming is and old way

Once upon a time, people worked with the soil without having to think about it. Such an Edenic scene is hard for us to imagine now, especially with how estranged and mechanized things have become. But...

A new way of farming is and old way

Once upon a time, people worked with the soil without having to think about it. Such an Edenic scene is hard for us to imagine now, especially with how estranged and mechanized things have become. But...

Dead Warmth & Living Warmth (Part 2) - The Josephine Porter Institute

Dead Warmth & Living Warmth (Part 2)

  “I change my mind a lot… I don’t usually agree with what I say very much.” - David Bowie “Even the seemingly most unappealing thing has hidden qualities that are revealed when we do not simply...

Dead Warmth & Living Warmth (Part 2)

  “I change my mind a lot… I don’t usually agree with what I say very much.” - David Bowie “Even the seemingly most unappealing thing has hidden qualities that are revealed when we do not simply...

Equisetum and Fungus: Good and Bad - The Josephine Porter Institute

Equisetum and Fungus: Good and Bad

In a prehistoric epoch, the earth was too hot for water to condense into rivers, lakes, or oceans. Instead, other compounds like silicon were fluid. We might say molten but the entire earth did not yet have a...

Equisetum and Fungus: Good and Bad

In a prehistoric epoch, the earth was too hot for water to condense into rivers, lakes, or oceans. Instead, other compounds like silicon were fluid. We might say molten but the entire earth did not yet have a...

Discovering Spiritual Concepts in Nature

Discovering Spiritual Concepts in Nature

What we experience in the world always begins as the outermost surface of things. If it is a flower, we see the light that is rejected by the plant. If it is a green leaf, the...

Discovering Spiritual Concepts in Nature

What we experience in the world always begins as the outermost surface of things. If it is a flower, we see the light that is rejected by the plant. If it is a green leaf, the...

The Reality of the Zodiac - The Josephine Porter Institute

The Reality of the Zodiac

  On our farm, we raise sheep, hogs, cattle, geese, and a variety of other animals. One thing you’ll notice is that even if you feed the same food to each animal, every animal only becomes...

The Reality of the Zodiac

  On our farm, we raise sheep, hogs, cattle, geese, and a variety of other animals. One thing you’ll notice is that even if you feed the same food to each animal, every animal only becomes...

How To Balance Biodynamic Soils: a Comprehensive Guide - The Josephine Porter Institute

How To Balance Biodynamic Soils: a Comprehensive Guide

  “Life is a universal omnipresent principle, and nothing is without life. In some forms life acts slowly—for instance, in stones; in others (organized beings) it acts quickly. Each element has its own peculiar living existences,...

How To Balance Biodynamic Soils: a Comprehensive Guide

  “Life is a universal omnipresent principle, and nothing is without life. In some forms life acts slowly—for instance, in stones; in others (organized beings) it acts quickly. Each element has its own peculiar living existences,...

When Should I Spray Biodynamic Preparations - The Josephine Porter Institute

When Should I Spray Biodynamic Preparations

  One question I’ve frequently encountered is: when should we spray out the biodynamic preparations? I do not think it is in the spirit of biodynamics or anthroposophy to give a rigid time because the spiritual day...

When Should I Spray Biodynamic Preparations

  One question I’ve frequently encountered is: when should we spray out the biodynamic preparations? I do not think it is in the spirit of biodynamics or anthroposophy to give a rigid time because the spiritual day...