Conclusion
This journey of exploration through the world of the Biodynamic preparation plants has been an adventure. The project subject was chosen out of necessity yet after completion I am more than thankful for the experience. With all plants if you look further they will show you more. These plants and the processes they engage combined with our will and the animal sheaths allow the farm organism the individuality, vitality and sentience which is characteristic of Biodynamic farms.
One can only marvel at the exact nature of the indications relating to the plants given by Steiner. The specific processes which each plant goes through clearly shows that
“The process not the substance is important”.
Each one of these plants brings a certain quality which is physical and spiritual, these qualities are amplified and solidified. It is as though the inner nature of the plant is brought out to be a physical substance in itself as the preparation.
Biodynamic farming is an agricultural system which works towards community whilst acknowledging ,respecting and nurturing the interconnected nature who houses it.
In Southern Africa like most of the world the deep cultural roots which make up the individuality of a society are being cut off from the people by people in their attractions for a modern style of life.
Biodynamic farming can almost be seen as a modern technology of working with nature in the correct way in order to bring about the highest achievement of balance and progression. I wish to work with the traditional healers and University graduates to find suitable alternatives to the B.D. plants. This will be done collectively via scientific routes and spiritual ones. The growing interest in Indigenous plants has spelled much research into their properties. Local knowledge has always been there and the connection to the spiritual world is well maintained. Domestication of many of the wild plants is a task to be taken , Biodynamics is the only way to go in the transition from bush to field and I hope to be a part of that process.
The principles and their interrelationships is something I have only just started to grasp after eight months or so of studying them, this is a life time exploration.
I definitely would have it no other way.
This journey of exploration through the world of the Biodynamic preparation plants has been an adventure. The project subject was chosen out of necessity yet after completion I am more than thankful for the experience. With all plants if you look further they will show you more. These plants and the processes they engage combined with our will and the animal sheaths allow the farm organism the individuality, vitality and sentience which is characteristic of Biodynamic farms.
One can only marvel at the exact nature of the indications relating to the plants given by Steiner. The specific processes which each plant goes through clearly shows that
“The process not the substance is important”.
Each one of these plants brings a certain quality which is physical and spiritual, these qualities are amplified and solidified. It is as though the inner nature of the plant is brought out to be a physical substance in itself as the preparation.
Biodynamic farming is an agricultural system which works towards community whilst acknowledging ,respecting and nurturing the interconnected nature who houses it.
In Southern Africa like most of the world the deep cultural roots which make up the individuality of a society are being cut off from the people by people in their attractions for a modern style of life.
Biodynamic farming can almost be seen as a modern technology of working with nature in the correct way in order to bring about the highest achievement of balance and progression. I wish to work with the traditional healers and University graduates to find suitable alternatives to the B.D. plants. This will be done collectively via scientific routes and spiritual ones. The growing interest in Indigenous plants has spelled much research into their properties. Local knowledge has always been there and the connection to the spiritual world is well maintained. Domestication of many of the wild plants is a task to be taken , Biodynamics is the only way to go in the transition from bush to field and I hope to be a part of that process.
The principles and their interrelationships is something I have only just started to grasp after eight months or so of studying them, this is a life time exploration.
I definitely would have it no other way.
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