In the vol 67-2 issue of Harvests magazine, there are two replies to my article ‘BD in the Rational World’.
One is by David Wright and the other is from Andrew Seeger.
Given I have recently resigned my membership of the BDANZ, I will not be replying to these articles in that forum, so this one will have to do.
In Hughs recent book ‘Quantum Agriculture – Biodynamics and Beyond’ in the chapter entitled ‘Beyond Biodynamics – Agriculture as it might be taught’ which specifically focuses on my approach and findings, he says regarding my efforts with chemistry “Time after time my knowedge of biochemical reactions has confirmed that Glen’s conclusions are spot on.”
Thanks Hugh……….
Biodynamics
what is it and how can we use it
Glen Atkinson is moving away from the Bay of Plenty and will
take his decades of research into Biodynamics with him.
He has offered to share his perspective on
‘the Agriculture Course’ with us before he leaves.
This is the series of lectures which Rudolf Steiner gave to
a group of farmers in 1924, and forms the basis of biodynamics.
Here is a letter from Steve Erickson , of Chaos Springs, telling of their success on their citrus orchard with ThermoMax (during -6C frosts). and with the control of the fungal disease varicoses, with FG4 – our environmental harmoniser
Over the years some criticisms of ‘my approach’ have gotten back to me.
Glen’s approach is too ‘heady’, and we are practical farmers
(1) No I am not a farmer, I have not been blessed with inheriting a farm, however I have continually been a gardener since 1976. I have had experience on larger properties, but mostly home gardens, with the last 10 years managing a 1 hectare mixed horticultural property.
Have you ever wondered why BD people do not make sense once their explanations move beyond the basic BD actions? Why they flit off into religious and faith based stories filled with elemental beings, angels and other unproven dimensions?
It is because ‘they’, as a movement do not have a co ordinated understanding, due to one central concept not being widely understood.
In my article ‘The Problem of the Etheric Formative Forces v4’, I identified ‘the problem’ as the difference between identifying the primary formative cause of lifeforms as ‘The Stars’ – in line with astronomy, several leading Biodynamic scholars of the past, and the Apop medical view of the world. While ‘Modern BD’ says the primary cause of lifeforms comes from the The Etheric Formative Forces which find their source in ‘The Cosmic Ether’. It then follows that the ethers are the main formative activities in life forms.
A central problem for Biodynamic Agriculture is they have two different worldviews, being told by different groups around the world. Worst of all ‘they’ do not know they are confused, and that they are confusing everyone who tries to understand them. This IS a problem.
Here is a link to an article on the role of the Spirit in Biodynamic Agriculture
