Applied Biodynamics — Issue 033 (Summer 2001)
शेयर करना
Applied Biodynamics Issue 033 is explicitly corrective and methodological. It does not introduce new seasonal technique as much as it refines how biodynamic practitioners think, train, and evaluate—especially around the Michaelmas impulse and the valerian preparation (BD 507).
Hugh Courtney’s “Michaelmas 2000 Revisited for Clarification” functions as an addendum to the prior issue’s Michaelmas emphasis. Rather than repeating festival language, Courtney clarifies what constitutes a Michaelmas impulse in practice: a movement from inspiration to accountable work, with emphasis on steadiness, courage under pressure, and the refusal to substitute enthusiasm for responsibility. The article positions Michaelmas as a discipline of follow-through, with implications for how preparations are made and used—namely, that method requires inner firmness as well as outer technique.
The issue’s central institutional report, “Preparations Making Seminar at JPI – June 2001,” documents a hands-on seminar format focused on preparation work as practiced craft. The seminar write-up foregrounds process: participant involvement in making and handling preparations, sequencing of tasks, and the transfer of practical competence rather than passive instruction. The article emphasizes that seminar outcomes depend on participant engagement with materials, timing constraints, and the realities of preparation making under variable conditions.
Courtney’s third contribution, “New Insights on the Valerian Preparation – A Call to Examine Old Habits in Biodynamics,” is designed to disrupt routine. Rather than explaining BD 507 generally, the article challenges habitual, unexamined valerian use and calls for a renewed observational relationship to timing, dosage, and intention. Courtney frames “old habits” as a threat to biodynamic legitimacy: when BD 507 is applied as a reflex rather than as an evaluated intervention, the practice becomes indistinguishable from superstition. The article urges practitioners to test assumptions through observation, comparison, and restraint—especially where BD 507 is treated as a universal remedy.
Taken together, Issue 033 links inner impulse, training infrastructure, and technical critique. Michaelmas clarification supplies the moral and practical stance; the seminar report supplies the method of skill transmission; the valerian article supplies the corrective challenge—converging on a single theme: biodynamics remains credible only when practice is examined, taught, and evaluated, not repeated by habit.
Articles
- Michaelmas 2000 Revisited for Clarification (H. Courtney)
- Preparations Making Seminar at JPI – June 2001
- New Insights on the Valerian Preparation – A Call to Examine Old Habits in Biodynamics (H. Courtney)
- Prepared Valerian: The Secret of Finished Compost (J. Stevens)
- Valerian Experiment Form
- Book Review: Summer with the Leprechauns: A True Story by T. Helliwell (C. Korrow)
Key Topics Covered
- Michaelmas clarification as accountable follow-through
Inner discipline as a prerequisite for reliable practice - JPI June 2001 preparations-making seminar format and aims
- Hands-on transfer of preparation competence through seminar work
- Valerian preparation (BD 507) critique of habitual use
- Call to re-examine timing, dosage, and intention in BD 507 practice
- Observation and comparison as safeguards against superstition
Citation
Source: Applied Biodynamics, Issue 033, Josephine Porter Institute, Summer 2001.