Agriculture Course: The Birth of the Biodynamic Method
by Rudolf Steiner
All of 2008
This set of nine lectures given in 1924, a spiritual foundation for a renewal of agriculture, is what began the biodynamic movement. Here we can read for ourselves as Rudolf Steiner discusses the cosmos, the earth and her relationship to numerous spiritual entities. Steiner explains how we can take another approach to agriculture, a spiritual approach and provides preparations, actions and insights to help us heal the earth. He paints a picture of the complex dynamic relationships at work in nature and gives numerous examples so that we can begin to understand. Learning from this translation of lectures is essential for the understanding and ability to practice biodynamic agriculture.
Secrets of the Soil: New Solutions for Restoring Our Planet
by Peter Tompkins
All of 2009
Secrets of the Soil tells the fascinating story of the innovative, nontraditional, often surprising things that farmers and mystics are trying to save our planet from self-destruction including using the techniques of Rudolf Steiner's biodynamic agriculture with its reliance on ethereal forces from the planets, including Dan Carlson's growth stimulating Sonic Bloom and azomite a rock dust fertilizer to revitalize depleted soils. They are gardening with music and analyzing how sound and the meaning of words can create form. Truly a new way of thinking about how to grow healthy food.