strawberries and cow horns
Point one: here on eastern Long Island we have the only commercial bd/organic strawberry patch. I have just learned that we were the only farm to even have strawberries locally. The chemical guys never had any fruit. So you can take your voodoo to the bank... point two: it was always my impression that the horn wored on the silica or the manure the same way it wored on the cow. The refined digestive process of the cows four stomachs is further enhanced by the chewing of cud and during that process the earthiness is rayed back in by the horn structure[which arises from skin, the most sensitive and largest organ on any creature]. It is via the horn that we get this wonderful manure from the cow and in bd we have capitalized on this effect for 500/501...sstorch ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow
Re: Re:501+clay against rust
To hurt the rust this would be a morning spray, tending toward noon to dry it up. Sing however you please...sstorch ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow
Re: Dornachian reactions?
Mr. Lovel, what radionic instrument do you recommend??? I will have time to work with it this season...sstorch ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow
Re: NZ GE - Humans / chimeras
In a message dated 6/18/03 5:06:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: embryo splitting and embryo selection, and the creation of human/animal hybrids for research purposes. that was the lat straw on Atlantis, build an ark...sstorch ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow
Re: Aphid control
aphids, we have severl beneficials that eat them. try a milk and honey/ bc / 501 spray to attract beneficial insects...sstorch ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow
equisetum
In a message dated 6/20/03 3:53:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Also, has anyone on the list made an anaerobic tea from equisetum? I think it w.b.nice to have 50gals of fermented equisetum sitting around, but would this be of prep quality? equisetum: make the tea and remove the leaves, that helps depress the intense anaerobic situation. I drop an airstone in and bubble it up with a small aquarium air pump. sstorch ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow
Re: Can error be turned to advantage?
In a message dated 6/16/03 8:51:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In my experience the energy of a place can be changed in a number of ways, sometimes simply, sometimes esoterically. Simplistically, I suppose I could say that whenever a plant is put in the ground it has the potential to change the energy, or change the manner in which inherent energy works, one way or another. For now I'll keep it simple. A few days ago I referred to the double spiral (vortex) in your 'Spiral Astrology' on your website. Think about that image for a moment. Walk anywhere there are trees and I guarantee you will find one or more that have twisted bark or branches that splay out in an unnatural circular manner. I'm sure you know the sort of thing I mean. Usually the cause is a pure energy vortex (in many cases a double vortex) which has positive polarity. That means the energy swirls clockwise and goes down into the ground. The energy itself is cooled and is being 'pulled' into the vortex from distances that depend on its size, and in the process that twists trees and shrubs (harming or killing them over long periods of time) and anything else which happens to be in the way, and is generally harmful for the soil making things harder to grow. I was under the impresson that the twisting had to do with the trees orientation to its etheric body or the group soul of the tree. That is interesting that you are saying it is an energy vortex. I'll have to give this some thought...sstorch ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow
Re: Preps 500 and 501 Effects as they relate to Sequential Spraying
In a message dated 6/5/03 4:05:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What am I doing when I do a sequential spray sequence? Can someone explain it to me the way Hugh Lovell is explaining in his post on 500 and 501, but in not quite so difficult a conceptual framewor Hi Merla, spray the 501 in the sequence as Courtney reccommends. It would be fine to add the horn clay remedy to the mix, I would get some and add to 500, bc, and 501. You do not need to separate. It is fine to spray in the woods or on the edge. What you are doing with a sequential spray is to organize the energy of earth and atmosphere to moderate forces involved with weather formation and the formation of due. This works strongly through the realm of the elementals...sstorch ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow
Re: small farm needed
Look in Tennessee...sstorch ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow
Re: Introduction
In a message dated 5/30/03 6:38:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Steve = I got all that. Let's hear about Arjen's experiences, ok? Sounds like he's working with some people who are onto something. ok, I'll shut up and lurk for a while...ss ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow
Re: Introduction
In a message dated 5/31/03 3:46:33 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In Holland lots of BDfarmers have been using preparations over a long
period of time, without ever seeing any results. Some subsequently quit
using them (until recently, use of preparations was not obligotary
according to Dutch Demeter Standards) at all, and others continued using
them without much enthousiasm. Since a lot of these farmers have learnt how
to access the etheric realm in different ways, and actually experienced
results from these actions, they work much more enthousiastically with the
etheric forces on their lands. One can ask oneself if that 'is BD'; it is
not BD in the rigid sense strictly according to what Steiner delivered in
the AgC; in my opinion it is BD because it aims for the same objectives
('develop' the etheric realm, cultivating on an etheric level) and should
be seen as new, free developments of the biodynamic approach of agriculture.
How were these bd preps used??? What is a typical spray regime??? I find it
hard to believe that these things don't work if properly applied. My sense
for this region is that silica is the dominant preparation needed. I would
base my whole spray regime on 501. I imagine that 508, equisetum should also be
a premier spray. In European biodynamic practice they got into using these
dry compost preps and the biology was too altered and the results were not
there. Biodynamics is about utilizing all the forces / energies not just the
etheric. If it were just etheric we would have everything plump and round and too
mushy. We need the astrality and also is the idea of bringing ego to the farm
individuality and the soil, somewhat liberating soil and plant from the
cosmic events that plants are so dependent on.
Here is a Dutch spray regime I recommend:
start in the Fall:
1. bc 2. 500/508 3. 501 4. bc/508 5. 501/508
if time permits repeat before Christmas in readiness for Three King's prep
6Jan: Spray Three King's preparation.
late winter: 1. 501 2. bc 3. 500/508/bc 4. 501/508
spring : repeat
late spring: repeat. Milk'n'Honey/501/508/bc spray [attracts beneficial
insects]
early summer: 1. 501 2. 508 3. bc/500/508 4. 501/508
midsummer: repeat
late summer: repeat
early fall: 1. 500/bc/508 2. 501 3. bc/508 4. 501/508
late fall: repeat cycle
If you need one, I have stirring machines or you can plug in a UAI
fieldbroadcaster and sit in your easy-chair...sstorch
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Re: Introduction
Welcome Arjen Huese, sounds like you can add some great energy to the list. I too have been working with orgone, bd remedies and the ideas of Schauberger. We will have to share some experiences of the soil...stephen storch ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow
Re: Introduction
In a message dated 5/29/03 10:15:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hey, what do you use to accumulate orgone for a field or farm? The farmer is the best orgone accumulator, next a chembuster device as discussed a few months ago, see yer archives...sstorch ___ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow
stirring
Well I like machine stirring. The big question today is how many folks that started a greg willis program are still on it, granted that a stirring machine can sit unused too but it tends to get used more than hand stirring for 100acres or more...sstorch In a message dated 4/2/03 9:10:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hugh Lovel said he likes human-powered BD prep stirring that is done with a tripod stirrer over a barrell, the kind made by Greg Willis, that they made a real nice vortex. These were in use at Topolos Vineyard in Sonoma County. Slide #3 and #4 in the RealSlideShow on my farm home web page shows the tripod stirring device and the vortex, from the Biodynamic Viticulture Field Day at Topolos Vineyard a few years back when Hugh was teaching with Peter Proctor over at Steiner College.
Re: Buddy, Can you paradigm?
In a message dated 4/2/03 8:24:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 'Well, you think that kelp is natural, but I'll tell you, there's nothing natural at all about beef eating seaweed. Tell the farmer that New England farmers would often bring their cows down to the beach to snack on seaweed, not so far out...sstorch
Re: Vitality and fertility ofsoils
In a message dated 4/1/03 6:15:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: OK Steve (and any others that would like to comment) - I'll try this - a couple of questions though - 1. will this stirred water hold the energy pattern long enough to use it in a vial in the broadcaster (weeks or months) - that doesn't work with stirred preps ? Otherwise I need to make your 'stirred water 'card. answer: It may hold the energy for a considerable time, you should experiment with it though, dowse it, and see how it goes, make a card anyway. 2. three of us are putting down some horns (of 500) this weekend and I'd like to include some clay, you have some different ideas on clay - any suggestions ? these are some options :: bentonite - its easy but I'd rather use local paddock reared clay :: I have a nice maroon clay from our subsoil layer - sticky and extremely dense, mostly magnesium it comes from about 6 to 18 inches deep in the profile. :: a yellowish sticky but highly dispersive, high sodium clay from our deep subsoil :: black pond muck - you talked about this stuff a while back - its a black silty clay that settles in the bottom of our farm water storage dams - powerful stuff - very nutrient rich - has some humic material included from organic wash in answer: I woud go with the maroon clay and the pond muck, stay away from high sodium. Do you have trouble with salts in this clime? I make a tree past type substance and put that through the horn process. 3. we will be doing this in a new pit - any suggestions to pre treat the pit for a better result - I'd thought to spray it out with stirred 500 before putting the horns in ? Line the bottom with good compost maybe? What else works? answer: Some bd compost finely screened is good but so is a bc bath to the pit and just good old soil. Thanks for any suggestions
Re: Vitality and fertility ofsoils
I do recommend your pipe. Phil Wheeler installed one at a consultation I did the day after I left. I endorsed it and will work within the parameters of these farmers wishes. They need to cover 2500 acres and they want good results. They have been 25 years no till and want to see more improvements. I have been asking you for some years to make a hand stirred reagent/malcom-rae card/fb reagent. Has that been done??? I even gave you some of my bc with 500-508, any report or use of it? I highly respect what you are doing and will take up radionics and field broadcasting in the near future when I feel I have my current ducks in a row. I ask you to make this stirred water reagent because you have the experience to see the difference, I would need to start from scratch, we don't have the luxury of that kind of time. And as for stirring time I think the hour number was tossed out there by Rudy. With the stirring machine you can observe the patterns in the water more readily than with hand stirring. I have prepared 500 and 501 in about 10-15 minutes. I have done this on properties that have never had an application with a one hour stir and have achieved obvious results. I have done this with water that has never been heated, cold out of the ground and you get results. There have been many impedences placed by dogmatic/armchair anthropop farmers to prevent folks from stirring the easy way. The making of the bd preps is an elevation of matter. The harvest of the sheathe material, the plant material, the marriage of the two, the human interaction, imagine a bd raised cow with proper feed and care and love and bd plants, then making them into these preparations, wow. Spirit and matter, that is what the man was talking about. Someone out there using radionics and field broadcasters please try making a stirred water preparation for these instruments, it would be ashame to wait for me to do it. Keep up the great work... SStorch
Re: Vitality and fertility ofsoils
In a message dated 4/2/03 1:16:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I know soil conservation used to recommend bentonite for repairing leaky dams and I thought I had heard of a calcium bentonite is there such a thing ? Maybe my ears were ringing at the time. Calcium bentonite is what Greg Willis uses for horn clay. I use it for clay preps and tree paste... sstorch
Re: Vitality and fertility ofsoils
In a message dated 4/1/03 9:36:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeez, Storch! Why not put your clay in a horn? What's the problem? Afraid it will get some cosmic forces? I use clay/manure or clay silica, I use clay caps in 500 and 501, I am ot really sold on horn clay. Is the horn really the right sheathe??? The Herbe clay prep goes inthe bovine esophagus... sstorch
Fwd: Vitality and fertility ofsoils
At 5:28 AM -0500 1/4/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, I am glad to here that you will get around to actually doing some realm of the living spraying. When you make your cards are the preps right out of the ground or are they stirred? How can you introduce the stirring process to radionics and field broadcasting? Is there a stirred water card??? Keep on... SStorch Good on you Steve. (I would have sent this to BDNow but am blocked from posting there these days). All the preps Steiner gave us to work with were real physical substances. (not all living as such, e.g. silica, etc.) but material substances. He could have given us voodoo, magic, prayer, but he didn't. We are working in the physical world, our job is to bring the spiritual into the physical. No spirit without matter No matter without spirit... regards -- Graeme Gerrard [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---BeginMessage--- At 5:28 AM -0500 1/4/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, I am glad to here that you will get around to actually doing some realm of the living spraying. When you make your cards are the preps right out of the ground or are they stirred? How can you introduce the stirring process to radionics and field broadcasting? Is there a stirred water card??? Keep on... SStorch Good on you Steve. (I would have sent this to BDNow but am blocked from posting there these days). All the preps Steiner gave us to work with were real physical substances. (not all living as such, e.g. silica, etc.) but material substances. He could have given us voodoo, magic, prayer, but he didn't. We are working in the physical world, our job is to bring the spiritual into the physical. No spirit without matter No matter without spirit... regards -- Graeme Gerrard [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---End Message---
Re: Vitality and fertility ofsoils
In a message dated 4/2/03 4:42:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear Steve, question: I don't know if I have missed something, but what would you perceive as the essential difference between broadcasting from an egg filled with compost teas and preps etc, compared to a Hugh Lovel field broadcaster or using a radionic instrument such as a Bruce Copen, Don Mattioda, Rae or Kelly? answer: James, according to Schauberger the egg shaped vessel exchanges energies with the earth and emits energies from what is within. The shape by itself promotes life, the womb is egg shaped, eggs are egg shaped, they contain life. During this soujourn in the egg in the earth the liquid in the vessel is imbued with the fructigenic energies of the earth and the egg shape further enhances. This is most likely similar to the energies that create the goodness in cow manure. If it is stirred for two to three consecutive evenings [by electric motor, emf's neutralized by the earth] and then sprayed out on the land this enhaces the soil energetically and therefore biologically. Possibly there is no difference between all of these contravances, it is simply my choice at this time. When I have things in order, I will take up radionics. Question The great advantage of radionic instruments is in the realm of analysis. There is no comparable method for making comparisons between different strategies before you use them. Many times I have found that the use of a particular BD preparation would actually decrease soil vitality. How do you work out whether homoeopathically potentised sea water will be a better ionising agent to induce cleaning up of the ether than BD preps.? answer When a problem or situation arises in the field I can make a judgement by asking myself a question as to how to solve it. At this point I can whip out the pendulum and consciously take a step back and remove myself from the decision making process and see what the pendulum says, or I may feel for the answer intuitively and instinctively and go with it. question: It is obvious that you see merit in being able to broadcast without actually having to cover the ground. So at least we are all on common ground with that one. The next question is how to measure the effectiveness of the broadcast. the only reliable and cheap method is to use the most sensitive of all instruments, the human body. This sensitivity of the human body is the basis of Radionics and Dowsing. You are obviously using the sensitivity of your antennae system to be able to declare unequivocally that the range of your broadcast mechanism is exactly 12000 feet. Is this an arbitrary estimation or do you have an internal measurement system that is able to measure exactly 12000 ft? When I set out to define the edge of a broadcast field it is only possible for me to roughly guess what the distance is, or to use my pendulum to find the distance. answer: I do not feel the necessity to measure and catalogue everything. I know it is important. I am looking at things like soil structure, earthworm activity, weeds. I have dowsed the broadcast distance as well as feeling the influence on the farm and seeig the way things respond when sprayed with preps with and without the egg filled. question: The most common question which beginners will ask about BD is 'how do I know if it is working'. How do I know what preps to use and when without having to rely on a cook book solution from whoever is in as the Guru of the day. Radionics and Dowsing can tell you this. They are tools which can enable a person to find what is happening in the natural realm of subtle energies, and it is in the realm of subtle energies that we must delve to be able to judge radionics. answer: Observation is the key to learning how these things are working, learninng to trust your eyes and instincts first, then I would see what the meter has to say. I would not start out in biodyn first with a meter. You will have your eyes all the time on the meter and not on Nature, the soil, the plant. Comprehend and copy Nature [Schauberger] Man does not make the energies that are used in radionics, as he does not make the energies that he detects or utilises with his antennae system. They are already there and mankind uses them or focuses them towards what he desires. You do not create the mechanism for electro magnetic wave propagation which is being used to broadcast the energies from your amphora, you are only using the phenomena to be able to focus energy and transmit it where needed. I perceive from previous posts a difficulty in reconciling your world view of substances as being either alive, or not alive. My world view is that everything is alive therefore I can't see such a dynamic system as homoeopathy as producing dead substance. answer: Yes everything is alive. There are positive and negative energies for each situation. You need to see what is right for
Re: Vitality and fertility ofsoils
Hey, I am glad to here that you will get around to actually doing some realm of the living spraying. When you make your cards are the preps right out of the ground or are they stirred? How can you introduce the stirring process to radionics and field broadcasting? Is there a stirred water card??? Keep on... SStorch In a message dated 3/31/03 11:02:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: long term. Heck I'm not trying to convert you guys to radionics you have no need of it - just see our side of the story - and try to appreciate why we (or some of us) are so interested in these other ways of doing things.
Re: Vitality and fertility ofsoils
In a message dated 3/31/03 11:21:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are you meaning cow pat pit or horn clay as the BCR? Due to some bs government eyebrow raising on interstate shipments we stopped all reference to barrel compost or cow pat manure and call it biodynamic compound preparation. I make mine with a special arrangement of 500-508 with clay, not orn clay just clay, I am not sold on horn clay, will make the Hugo Herbe clay prep this fall...SStorch
Re: Vitality and fertility ofsoils
In a message dated 3/31/03 11:02:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Heck I'm not trying to convert you guys to radionics you have no need of it - just see our side of the story - and try to appreciate why we (or some of us) are so interested in these other ways of doing things. Cheers Lloyd Charles What about an egg shaped urn buried in the earth, the one I have has a 12,000 foot influence on the farm and surrounding area. I fill it with teas of 500, bc, 501 508, nettles, etc...sstorch
Re: Vitality and fertility ofsoils
In a message dated 4/1/03 8:53:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: broadcaster coils and blending with the patterns of the preps held in the well replicates the role of stirring. cosmic energies coming in through vortex and chaos to blend with the patterns of the preps. I have to dis agree. If it is not done by the human hand where does the farm individuality arise from. Take ten minutes, stir the water and make the reagent,, you owe it to yourself...sstorch
Re: Vitality and fertility ofsoils
In a message dated 3/30/03 7:08:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: how it can be measured and how it can be changed using Albrecht/Rheams. How can we enhance the vitality using the biodynamic remedies??? By doing sequential sprays of 500, 501, and biodynamic compound remedy [bcr] with 502-508, and 508, 500/508, 501/508 and bcr that is how. Is this a radionics or a biodynamic discussion group??? In the agriculture lectures Steiner refers several times to keeping the work on the farm in the realm of the living. Ergo, sheathe material from domestic and wild animals, plants, and manures. As far as I am concerned I do not care for any of these scientific evaluations until the preparations have been used for two years...sstorch
spring farm
Spirit wakes me at 430am. I haul out to do the chores. As I walk across the farm only a light coat is needed as Winter has finally lost its stinging cold. The earth worms push up through the frost free soil everywhere in the driveways and fields. In the east a verticle beam of sunlight reaches up to the heavens while the whispy clouds stretch horizontally across the horizen. A rebel cloud takes the opposite direction and looks like someone let the genie out of the bottle, twisted into a beautiful vortex. As I approach the cow pasture the bull, Cosmos, is still laying down and chewing his cud contentedly. The cow, Ruby awaits her meal anxiously. She will calf in April or May, she is always hungry and ready for a meal. Ginger the heiffer stretches and digs into her hay with casual abandon. Get home, put on the coffee and prepare the Agnihotra pot. Light the fire, pick out the unbroken kernals of rice, recite mantra and do the Qi Gong exercises. Is there really a war being waged with my money??? I send the energy of the morning to Iraq and the White House, those poor bastards...sstorch
Re: Chembusters/Organite
In a message dated 3/25/03 12:48:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nonetheless this could be more than mere paranoia, and I invite people to think for themselves. I also caution the naive that just because they don't know anyone who would set up a mind control system and use it to round up dissidents for execution and control the population does NOT mean such people do not exist. It does not take many giving the orders. A few will do, and a few such folks among us is NOT so hard to imagine. If you read the Pfeiffer Compendium, there is a lecture which Ehrenfried gave where he spoke about how he went to the Rockerfeller Foundation in NYC. He asked them if they were interested in his sensitive crystallization and chromatography techniques, the reply was can it be used for mind control. As you can imagine Pfeiffer was disgusted by this and left. Television soon became popular and now this. What will the assholes think of next??? SStorch
Re: Horn Clay
In a message dated 3/20/03 3:43:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After much calling around, I finally located a source for bentonite - a local well driller supply house - so we are about to make some horn clay for the farm. Greg Willis' instructions (below) don't say if the clay should be wet or dry when filling the cow horns. Bentonite expands considerably with water, so if wet, how wet? Also, I've heard about using clay plugs when making 500. Is that a good thing to use bentonite for as well wet the clay to a muddy consistancy and let it sit for a day, dip ends of horns filled with manure to cap,use this clay when stirring 500 too...sstorch
Re: Monsanto's Wheat
In a message dated 3/17/03 9:58:42 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Glad you gentlemen got a giggle! Sooner than not you gents will be passing the torch along to people in my age group (early 30's) and we will have to deal with this GARBAGE more than you. We are not that old dude, we are getting a chuckle cause it beats crying all the time. Now get out there and get to work... sstorch
Re: Monsanto's Wheat
In a message dated 3/17/03 2:57:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Believe it or not but there is a general ground swell of support against Monsanto because they rightly so have taken the blame for the embargo. Peace Eric They have the US wheat farmers about in the bag on this, last I heard they were about convinced...sstorch
Re: Help
In a message dated 3/18/03 8:51:58 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tony Robinson (Rambler Flowers) will probably remember digging up his horn clay when I gave a workshop at his place in August of 2000. It was one of the best examples of fungal (mycorrhyzal) development I've seen in horn clay. But, of course, I haven't seen as much horn clay as all that because it isn't so widely made as yet, having not been specifically recommended in the Agriculture Course. Nonetheless, I have slides of Tony's horn clay and you can see the rich fungal development. This is what you want on your plant roots. Mycorrhyzal colonization of plant roots can increase the mineral uptake of a plant by a factor of 10 or more. We have observed extensive mycorrhizal development in the soil of the 501 pits at jpi, a heavy clay soil...sstorch
Re: Monsanto's Wheat
Thirty Meteres??? Tell them that window cleaners on Manhattan skyscrapers were pelted with a substance up on there scaffolding. When collected and analyzed turned out to be wheat chaff...sstorch
Re: orgone and stirring
In a message dated 3/14/03 11:08:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are you sure it is an orgone accumulator that you are going to build and not a cloudbuster. Reich's accumulator is very powerful, and dangerous. It accumulates positive and negative energy; the operator cannot be around the machine for more than short periods of time and if contacted can cause serious physical harm. A cloudbuster is an orgone generator, keeps the energy moving. It is said to cause headaches in some people though my partner and I have never experienced them. They woud be safe to use, and in my experience attract moisture if it is in the area. I do not know if there is any way to measure output other than dowsing. We may not have ours located in the optimum spot, just handy. Working with subtle and not so subtle energies, err on the side of caution. Dwayne, can you see the orgone??? I observe it as a first measure of the health of a farm or place. Viewed through the atmosphere of a place treated with the bd remedies it is very organized and has a consistant pattern [energy]. Viewed from a place treated with chemicals it is less visable and disorganized. James DeMeo walks around with a small orgone accumulator blanket, this is what I am going to make to wrap around the stirring machine. I would like to build a cloudbuster next. The chemtrails are very common here, National Air Guard commeercial and passenger flights constantly in the air. In the Summer thunderstorm weather for weeks and no rain is produced, constipated skies, yuo can feel it. Maybe the stirring machine with the accumulator and the bd remedies will be enough to produce consistant rain, otherwise I will build a cloud buster... sstorch, Yankee Agricultural Institute, Water Mill, NY
Re: orgone and stirring
In a message dated 3/14/03 10:48:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Your idea of orgone accumulation around your stirring vessel isn't bad in
and of itself, but directing it with a cloudbuster array may have merit,
especially on days when the ether is mostly unhealthy and there's plenty of
DOR. The orgone accumulater, which is non-directional, would simply pick up
the DOR, while with the cloudbuster array you might be able to aim it
overhead at some relatively healthy point and draw a stream of healthy
ether.
Hugh,
The stirring machine actually does organize and accumulate orgone. I have
also observed {if my eyes don't deceive me] the opening of energy portals,
mainly from the northeasterly/ northern direction. Maybe I cannot see the
others due to the position of the Sun. I have not seen a cloudbuster in
person, only from a picture. The weather is so disturbed here that the bd's
by themselves sometimes do not cause rain. I thought this type of design may
help more than either alone, but I would love to trya cloudbuster. DeMeo
wants me to take some classes with him though first. It could be that I am
getting closer to taking the help of a fb.
Do you think that the positive energy of the stirring with the bd's would
eliminate the dor? Steiner after all said not to worry too much about
contamination, it may be good for the process and it is present
anyway...sstorch
Re: Violets as Soil Indicators
Sounds like some bound up nutrients, apply bc, 500, equisetum on snow and let melt in...sstorch
Re: Help
spray more silica/ bd501... sstorch
Re: Help
In a message dated 3/14/03 8:29:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What sort of experiences have you (anyone) had with using 501 in a greenhouse? I think that Grotzke advised that it is too strong for use in a greenhouse. (?) For this reason, I have held off using it. First outbreak of aphids makes me think of using it. I think heinz mentioned a residual and a generalized effect that henceforth makes the house uncomfortable for seedlings. I don't know how Heinz brought the climate of Germany to his New Hampshire greenhouse but I do not doubt that he did. If using the 501 to repel / make uncomfortable for aphids and not used to increase light, you may want to spray late in the afternoon, soaking the critters well; you may also try a nettles tea and ask the ants and lady bugs to come and eat...sstorch
Re: Vitality and fertility ofsoils
In a message dated 3/14/03 12:51:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Sorry but I left stirring machines out in discussing manual and radionic
methods and the enthusiasm of practitioners.
Nothin' to be sorry about. My caution / hesitation / criticism about these
type of methods is the absence of the real vitality created by actually
physically stirring and spraying these remedies. Any and all use of a field
broadcaster or radionic device would be greatly enhanced by the physical
application. I have put out there to actually stir water with the preps in
it and make a card or reagent for the broadcast. Have you all doe your
homework??? ... sstorch :-{
orgone and stirring
What would you think about an orgone accumulator built around my stirring machine. I have just recieved the materials and am going to try it...??? sstorch From this and your other post it looks like I'd be interested in your cloudbuster's design. Reich's original cloudbuster was intended specifically to suck up DOR and channel it into running water, as were Reich's medical DORbusters, which were smaller versions of the same sort. Though I am not currently working with cloudbusters I've spent roughly 18 years investigating the subject via such folks as James De Meo, Joel Carlinsky, and a fellow from out in Ojai, California whose name escapes me at the moment, all of whom attest to the kind of care that should go into operating such equipment. Not Trevor Constable, though I've encountered a good bit of material about him, as well as another Californian by the name of Bob Nelson and an Idahoan by the name of Jerome Eden. I've also seen several designs, some much more effective, and thus potentially more dangerous, than others. It's quite possible yours is a relatively safe design. Many years back a fellow Georgian, Galen Hieronymus built and sold some cloudbusters that were virtually harmless, and I've built a couple pretty harmless ones myself back when I didn't understand their design potentials nearly as well as I do today. So it might be interesting to see what your design is like and discuss what might be done to more closely approach Reich's design which he wrote about using in his last book CONTACT WITH SPACE, a bootleg copy of which I once read courtesy of someone who knew the fellow who stole a copy from the Reich archives at Organon in Maine (administered by Mary Higgins who never permitted anyone any access to Reich's papers, including Christopher Bird, a friend, author and researcher who otherwise did extensive research towards writing a book about Reich's orgone research
Re: water as information
The smallest entity evokes the greatest change. Adding a small amount of bd remedy to water and stirring. Think of the gathering of the plant material, the sheath material, all the focus and intent, the intensity of the wll forces to carry this out. Adding this substance to the water, stirring for the allocated time and applied to the farm, How does it evoke such great change in the physical properties of the soil. It is through the memory of water and it malleability...sstorch
Re: UPDATE ON HUGH IN OZ?
In a message dated 3/13/03 8:04:48 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have not heard of anyone being injured with a cloudbuster, maybe you are confusing them with Reich's orgone accumulator which were dangerous. The worst I have heard of in relation to cloudbusters is a possible headache if touched, and even that we do not experience with the two I have built. Cloudbusters are orgone generators, keeps the energy flowing It was my impression that cloudbusters are also orgone accumulators. I just recieved my material from Demeo for buikding an accumulator. I have material for three. I intend to build a jacket for the stirring machine... can't wait to see the results... It is my undersanding that there is much to do with biodynamics and orgone as well as ormus or monotomic elements. Microscopic observation of the bd remedies shows the bluish bions that Riech observed in his experiments, also in the compost teas that are brewed via the preps... more work needs to be done in this area SStorch
Re: Suma Rock Powder
I pay about $450-500 per ton, we usually split up a trailer
Re: Suma Rock Powder
We can deliver a trailer, 22 tons, to you for about $8000... sstorch
Re: On topic: physical and ehteric bodies of plants
In a message dated 3/8/03 2:06:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, the astral body that hovers around it does that belong to the plant? That I believe is under the jurisdiction on the plant devas, a sort of group soul for the plants. If you look at Garuda's site he has great pictures showing that for mineral, plant, animal and human kingdoms of Nature...SStorch
late winter farm
Sorry to say that I missed the big blizzard that crippled the northeast for a few days. The family trip included a drive from NY to FLA, some 1400 miles one way. We rode down south in front of the storm, leaving rain and snow in our wake. We boarded the SS Norway[exIle de France] and cruised east northeast by east for two and one half days and moored off of St. Maartin leaving Winter far behind. We left the care of the homestead and the cows to some friends from North Carolina who wanted to see some of NY. They arrived Sunday night to wake up to the umpending blizzard. It is about 2000 feet from our house to the cow pen, a tough trip in a blinding blizzard especially for some southern crackers. I do not know what the southern rebels would have done if they won the civil war. The green house is filling up with flats of newly seeded trays. This week I will go in and spray with a bc tea laced with trace minerals. This afternoon I will spray the thousand yards of leaves delivered to the farm by the town with equisetum, bc, and 500. The fields are messy so I will do some other sprays from the driveways and headlands of the farm. The tea brewers are will get fired up this week too. I sprayed two sites in Southampton Village yesterday on top of the snow and I sprayed a tree with the mix that is set up as a prep broadcaster. Hopeful that Winter has given us its best and is retreating to the north, surrendering to the inevitable spring, I sometimes wonder when the Earth Mother is going to say enough and not deliver Spring to us so readily. So here on the Green Thumb Farm we show her that there are those who care and love her and her bounty and work in service of the Earth. You all do the same, and don't forget who is the boss... sstorch
Re: late winter farm
In a message dated 3/9/03 5:20:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Steve - great post - great holiday too I bet! The green house is filling up with flats of newly seeded trays. This week I will go in and spray with a bc tea laced with trace minerals. Can you tell us exactly how you make the trace element fortified BC - lack of attention to trace element nutrition is one of the major problems suffered by BD. In a batch of five five gallon buckets I use about five shovels of trace minerals, sometimes I mix differnt types, three pounds of ground oyster or egg shell. What do you use as source of traces? Summa Minerals [basalt] CA, paramagnetic basalt 8000 cfm Ontario What special measures do you take to maintain the microbial integrity of your BC? . This would be valuable information for many on the list. I store some bc in the wet peat boxes outside or in the root cellar, some bc stays in the pits in the earth where it is made and I make a new pit and reuse other when empty. This afternoonI will spray the thousand yards of leaves delivered to the farm by the town with equisetum, bc, and 500. Our local town council gathers fallen leaves over autumn, I am investigating the cost of getting them delivered, almost exclusively london plane trees is this worthwhile? The town delivers to us for free. Some trucks are sent from the recycling center, some direct from clean-up. Those are fine leaves, get 'em. sstorch
Re: introduction
There is Seven Stars Dairy in Kimberton and the Camp Hill Village, both near Valley forge, a few hours from Wayne, but they may know of some closer bd farms...sstorch
Re: On topic: physical and ehteric bodies of plants
To really address and understand this problem of plant pathology and the use of the bd remedies it is very helpful to read Glen Atkinson's lectures about the withdrawl of the astral/ etheric body from the plant and the resultant dis-ease; or the too heavy an astral / etheric body of the plant and the resultant dis-ease. Glen describes the effect of the bd remedies and how they effect these outer bodies...sstorch
Re: world update
In a message dated 2/28/03 9:43:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Michael - When did Saddam stop working for the US government? I think he still is, he gets a two per cent bonus from the military industrial complex for staging his evil regime and taking the fall for starting the war... he's a business man sstorch
Re: powerful statement/levity
In a message dated 2/25/03 9:41:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: JANE: Besides all the doomstuff, can you find ANY uplifting articles to report? a good one for you Allan... One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteosly for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do . Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway, it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all of his neighbors to come over and help him. They each grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first the donkey realiized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement, he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer looked down the well and was astonished at what he saw. As every shovel of dirt hit his back, the donkey did something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed. The donkey stepped up and over the edge of the well and trotted off. The Moral:...Life is going to shovel dirt on you ,all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up. Shake it off and take a step up! Remember the five simple rules to be happy: 1. Free your heart from hatred. 2. free your mind from worries. 3. Live simply. 4. Give more. 5. Expect less O.K. That's enough B.S. The donkey later came back and kicked the shit out of the farmer. Then he went over to each of his neighbors' farms and kicked the shit out of them too for helping...The REAL Moral: When you try to cover your ass, it always comes back to get you sstorch, forwarded from rockittdude...
Re: FW: [globalnews] Dying Vietnam Vet Restores Health by Restoring Local Creek, Watershed
this is great, the Christ impulse in action...sstorch
Re: for the Future of the Preparations workshop...
In a message dated 2/13/03 10:27:32 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sorry, champ, what's 'ciocc'? -Allan A jack ass, in Italian...sstorch
for the Future of the Preparations workshop...
Unable to attend the Future of the Preparations workshop I am sending this along as a contribution to the meeting in Copake NY as to the biodynamic remedy making in Eastern Long Island...sstorch Eastern Long Island Biodynamic Develpement Group Stephen Storch, Johanna Halsy, Florence Rewinski, Laura Ricardi P.O. box 467, Water Mill, NY 11976, 631 726-6783 I have come to realize the role that the biodynamic remedies play in our lives and existence. Before elements or substance may manifest in a physical expression they must first be realized in a spiritual plane. Only after this realization occurs may it begin to fulfill its potential. In this spiritual plane exists the blueprint for substance, the possibility for base elements to be raised up into highly organized matter. The biodynamic remedies provide a refined substance and the pattern energy for the spirit to work with within the physical and spiritual realms. [inspired by sharon ingersoll, em working group] Human participation in the raising of livestock and the eventual harvest and gathering of the sheath material from this livestock raises the substance to a higher spiritual and physical plane, a higher vibrational energy. Human cultivation of the preparation plants treated with the biodynamic remedies compounds this synergy, again raising physical substance to a higher vibrational realm. The removal of the stag’s bladder reminds me of Arthur’s extraction of the sword from the stone making us not king’s; but farmer-priests in service of the Earth Mother. When we stir the water and create the vortex, the eternally creative intelligence of the Universe is imprinted into the ever malleable substance of water along with all of our love, divinity and human striving. The suctional energy of the vortex pulling in, pulling down the information of the moment streaming in from the universe, the home of the Logos. And the biodynamic remedies, becoming one with the water and the cosmic information coming down into the earthly realm. So the biodynamic remedies call forth this spiritual information from the cosmos and bring down to earth a new substance expressed in the form of grass or our foodstuffs and livestock. Eventually this reaches into earth’s humanity, for those who consciously choose to participate and live in this process. Over the thirteen years I have studied and worked with the biodynamic methods I have come to understand that it is a multifaceted discipline. There are things other great minds have said that ring true and help bring me to a deeper understanding of the potential that we call biodynamics. Wilhelm Reich, a researcher whose work describes orgone energy, bions and how humans and earth are effected by this pattern energy. My investigations under the microscope show an incredible expression of the bion energy in the biodynamic remedies and compost teas made with them. Bluish, vibrating bacterium in the teas exhibit the phenomenon. Blue particles of silica in earthworm castings bring it forth in another realm. Incorporatiing the theories of Viktor Schauberger into making earth healing fructigenic fertilizers with biodynamic remedies have brought astounding and dramatic results. For two years I have made horn manure and put the horns into an egg shaped urn buried in the earth to its rim back filled with barrel compost. The resulting humus substance is just like bd500, but used at the rate of one teaspoon per acre. Last year I had the opportunity to initiate the healing of twenty five acres of land in Southampton on Head of Pond Road just west of the intersection on Scuttlehole Road. It was chemically farmed since the war years without rest and what we would call care. It was not properly limed, rested or subsoiled because it was rented land and the potato farmer did not care. A horse barn was raised and a pasture planted. Late in the Spring of 2002 I did one spray of this “new” horn manure with equisetum, barrel compost and Agnihotra Ash. The pasture grew beautifully all summer with no irrigation and no rain. The roots quickened in the earth as if under bd care for three to five years. The urn acts as an amplifier and increases the effectiveness of the cowhorn vessel. The visual and physical evidence cannot be denied. This method merits further attention. Horn silica was also made this way. Similarly astounding results were noted on brassicas, strawberries and raspberries. We are also making yarrow, chamomile, nettles, and dandelion preparations. We will be creating an artificial “creek” for making oak bark and have several valerian plants to grow and propigate this spring. The vi neyard where I consult in Mattituck, Long Island keeps a herd of Texas Longhorn cattle. Here we harvest sheathe material several times a year, really more than we can use. Last summer the dandelion was collected dried and made into a beautiful
Re: horns
They are proably fine to use...sstorch
Re: In light of the Heightened Security State here in the Homeland, read this:
yeah, I believe that...wanna by a bridge??? sstorch
Re: COMPOST TEA was Re: Perry's recnt posts
Also stated by York is that even bd is not an answer in and of itself for a system as complex as a monoculture as an overhybridized vineyard. Premium viticulture and great farming practices are part and parcel. The tea is poo-pooed by Brinton because he did not raise it to the level it has attained. The science is young, but think of the diversity you can bring to the soil in a monoculture situation with these teas in a cheap fashion. diversity is the key here...sstorch
Re: In light of the Heightened Security State here in the Homeland, read this:
In a message dated 2/9/03 12:27:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Actually, I think that Steve meant the Brooklyn Bridge. For eons, it has represented gullability (I have this bridge for sale at just the right price...). Essie Bingo, that means you're right...sstorch
Re: COMPOST TEA was Re: Perry's recnt posts
In a message dated 2/9/03 9:50:43 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What about you, Steve? Have you gotten much follow up? -Allan I offered Marc Chien to do a practical work day rigging and inoculating a brewer with stirring and applying some bd remedies. Your November conf should include that. There is a big interest from Eric Morgan at Organic Approach...sstorch
Re: BD501 as a Weed Control
2003 experiment: for weed control I will try spraying 501 on the soil during tillage on on small block. I will split the block into two parts, one application in the am , one in the pm. reason: if you look at things burning what can we learn from them? Oak burns hot and slow as it releases the stored heat of the summer sun. Weeds burn hot and fast and leave almost no ash. They are usually highly silicious in nature, spikes or fuzz. Weeds are symptomatic of a soil deficiency, one of the deficiencies I see is the light energy generated by soil and earth mother. The Tibetan monks feel that light and heat are generated by the combined energy of earth and sun facing eachother. As you move away from the earth's surface and closer to the sun [as on a mountain or in a plane] it gets colder not warmer. Light and heat is provided by the synergy of the two planetary bodies. The horn silica should increase this effect of the generation of light and heat and we will experiment with it to heal the pattern energies that create light and heat, possibly decreasing weeds ...sstorch
Re: spraying
snow is an incredible expression of water, an intricate energy mat that will melt in to the soil. Farmers of old would spread their manure on snow to get extra Nitrogen, why not bc or 500???...sstorch
spraying
In a message dated 1/14/03 6:32:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Steve, Do you spray with snow on the ground? Merla Yes we spray with snow if the soil is frozen underneath...sstorch
Re: Lungworm problem
In a message dated 1/20/03 3:15:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I wonder if you or other members of the BD Forum have had other experiences with dustings with diatomaceous earth. Thanks a lot, Luis R. Calzadilla [EMAIL PROTECTED] I use DE as an occaisional fod additive and a dusting on the backs of the bovines. They have very healthy manure, no worms or skin problems. I make my own mineral/salt licks with bc, silica, 500 and kosher salt...sstorch
Re: endophytes was Re: Indigenous Microorganisms + Korean Natural Farming Association
In a message dated 1/20/03 3:16:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It would be so fine to find out that this sort of fungi can be 'overcome' through the use of CT, but I find it doubtful. Please, anyone who has any info on this, please share it. The beneficials in the CT would probably out compete the pathogens in a healthy environment..ss
Re: Earnest Questions: tree paste in the 'Spring'
In a message dated 2/7/03 12:07:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: omeone remind me: where does 'water glass,' or whatever it was, fit into this recipe? (Instead of sand?? instead of equisetum) AND, is 'water glass' a liquid? I would not use it, stay away from the sodium. Use sand, equisetum tea and horn silica...sstorch
Re: Kaolin or Surround? Sprayed Tree 'Paste' Did you use it? (Dave??)
In a message dated 2/7/03 11:41:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyone make use of SURROUND on their fruit trees this past season? Hugh Williams uses it as part of his program with great success... Anyone use any similar products? Anyone experiment with SPRAYED tree paste in the 2001/2002 season? Not this season but we tried this in the past for the vineyard. Out of that frustration I made some tree paste and stuffed it in horns. I stir this as 500 and spray the soil and vines... sstorch
Re: compost tea
In a message dated 2/4/03 12:43:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Compost tea has been used by BD farmers for a long time and no one bothered to get all technical about feeding the culture. Allan's explanation was very good; we just don't yet know if brewed compost tea is needed. There are several fertilizer companies that will pay you a small dividend if you let them clean the muck out of you pond every few years. What they are accumulating is an incredible quantity of microbes that live in this muck. As it turns of many of the same organisms that live in the soil also live in this pond environment. The extra attention given to aerobically brewed tea gives several orders of magnitude higher of these beneficial organisms in aerobic tea than anaerobic. Always, when cleaning out the brewer the muck smells wonderful and reminiscent of a big healthy lake. This muck goes back into the compost pile. Likewise the tea organisms can be reproduced through judicious use of the biodynamic remedies. With the tea what is not needed id spending thousans on a brewer when you can easily make one with the biggest investment being a tank and a great compressor...sstorch
Re: BD Brain Teasers
The bd remedies took up the numbers 500-508 because the medecal remedies ended at 499. If you arrange them in the compost heap energetically: 500* *[507]#***503*** 504* 505* **506**502* 501* 508* # according to the research from Joe Stevens and his careful look at the original German and other notes from Rudy, it really sez to add the valerian when the compost is finished. I have done several batches this way, as reported to bdnow, and have increasingly dramatic results from past experiences. Try it. I have been working with different clay remedies, not horn clay. I feel there is definite need for clay, Hugo Erbe has described a clay remedy with wheat groats and clay in a bovine esophagus. We will be making some at JPI this year. The compost remedies themselves take on a clay like property. Are we not the clay in the bd remedies ourselves??? I prepare all my composts with this arrangement of remdies. Notice how the last digits add up to nine, that i how the preps energetically compliment eachother. I have been adding the 500 and 501 for over a year and like the results. The 508 adds great fungal activity to the compost.
Re: BD Brain Teasers
In a message dated 1/31/03 8:20:51 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Steve - Do you place 500 and 501 in the pile as you would any of the (non-liquid) preps in the pile otherwise? -Allan Yes. That diagram represents the way the remedies go in the pile!!! sstorch
Re: BD Brain Teasers
In a message dated 1/31/03 8:33:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Steve Do you (or would you) use this same pattern and the main preps too (500,501,508) when you make barrel compost, and BD fish and kelp solutions? Thanks Lloyd Charles Yes, all compost and bc, and tea...sstorch
not to change the subject...
Just home from Harrisburg, PA where the Cornell Extension hosted their first Organic / biodynamic viticulture conference. Speakers on biodynamics included Gunther Hauk from the Pfeiffer Center, Alan York of Hopland California. Alan has extensive vineyard experience and has acheived Demeter Certification for Ceago and Benziger Vineyards in California. I brought my stirring machine and tea brewer and some preparations. Lots of interest and I will offer a hands on workshop in the Spring at a Vineyard in PA. This was attended by about two hundred vineyard owners and managers. Some of my neighbors on the south fork of LI attended. Another indication that BD is alive and well and growing, imagine that Cornell agents said the word biodynamics...sstorch
Re: Lungworm problem
Try a generous dusting with diatomaceous earth, also add to feed...sstorch
compost tea
In a message dated 1/15/03 7:38:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does this mean anything to you? This is not static work. It is not only work that is being refined but it is also work in which, perhaps, problems have been detected and corrections offered. (e-coli) this is an evolving work. How does one know how to evaluate a piece of archival data if they are operating in a vacuum. (Reading the archive without working with the BD Now! group) Why avoid the living organization? I really don't understand. The tea is really a facinating thing. In my preliminary studies of it last year we looked under a Nikon Phase Contrast microscope capable of flourescence, dark phase, phase contrast and compound microscopy. The first day took me four hours to look over 1/4 inch of a microscope slide. A few weeks later I went back and the sample with the same exact inoculants and brew time, and brewer were identical. The samples were completely different. Totally different biology, I was baffled. In speaking with a brewer in California who was having the folks at UC Davis analyze samples, said that they gave up because each sample brought hundreds of previously unidentified species to the plate. They could not afford the time to analyze the dataand biology. It is my hope that through working with my Alma Mater, Southampton College, we can use some Marine Biological methods to analyze the teas. One such test will be the diurnal sampling. Here a sample is drawn and tested every hour four 24 hours. I would like to modify it to extend for 36-48 hours to get a good picture of vitality and decline in the teas. It was alluded to in another conversation that populations shift on a 28 day lunar cycle, affected by cosmic events...sstorch
Re: GREG WILLIS: FWD Fixing Steiner Agriculture: a footnote
In a message dated 1/12/03 10:57:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We are now entering the wintertime crystallization period which extends from January 15 to February 15. Steiner discusses this on page 30. Neophytes and experienced Steinerites alike should know that Steiner, when giving a lecture, often referred to only one part of a vaster subject so as not to get sidetracked or confuse his audience. So it is with the concept of crystallization. The crystallization period is that time when the cosmic forces work to keep the earth atoms in existence. bla, bla, bla... Here on the Green Thumb Farm the spray season never ends. The Fall gets heavy applications of 500, bc, and equisetum and 501. This is done as sequential sprays leading up to the Three King's Remedy, [6Jan]. This is done over our 100 acres. It is now mid Winter, and yes the crystallization forces are at their peak. This week, during the mid Winter full moon, [which is waxing] we shall start a series of 500 sprays over the whole farm. By the Spring the soil will be bursting with Mycorrhizal fungi, visible to the unaided eye. The earthworms will be rarin' to go...spray on, SStorch
Re: Greg Willis: Fwd: Fixing Steiner Agriculture #2 The Power Of Myth
In a message dated 1/12/03 10:58:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: JPI refuse to recognize it or use it. Astonishing! in reference to clay that is wrong...sstorch
Re: Trees as broadcasters
This impulse was originally given to me by Hugh Courtney at the Josephine
Porter Institute for Applied Biodynamics.
The Tree as Cosmic Pipe
If we observe the physiology of the tree and apply the words of Steiner,
that the tree trunk proper is simply a more enlivened form of soil;
Schauberger, explaining that the growth rings from winter to summer create a
dielectric and are capable of absorbing and generating energy [please also
refer to the work of Wilhelm Reich {orgone energy and the orgone
accumulator}]. It becomes obvious that a tree is more than it appears. I,
among others believe that trees belong to another kingdom of Nature, [Ents]
set aside from plants like vegetables, perennials, or annuals. If we want to
use the tree for this purpose you can do several things. If you dowse, use a
pendulum, you would first ask permission, and then ask What is the proper
orientation of this tree in the earth?, the pendulum will respond. Next you
would ask, What is the current orientation of this tree in the earth?, the
pendulum will respond. Chances are that if the seed landed or if planted by
an unconscious human the tree is not properly oriented. It is not oriented
to the group soul of the trees, the physical and etheric bodies are out of
syncronisty with the astral body of the group soul and ego or overlighting
Devas of the species of tree. This may be observed through corkscrewing of
the trunk, or an obvious imbalance of the branches of the tree. If you do
not dowse you may go right to this aspect. You would next say, In
accordance with God's will and the Christ Jesus let this tree have it's best
possible orientation for its best possible future growth {and for the
reception and roadcast of the biodynamic earth healing remedies}. I added
the part in parenthesis. I encourage each person to personalize the prayer
of intent.
What is done next is that the biodynamic remedies are placed within the
energy field of the tree. They are loosely packed in small vials, about the
size that tinctures come in, lids down tight to keep water out. The horn
manure is place about three to ten feet from the trunk on the north side of
the tree [depending on size, use your intuition], barrel compost on the south
side, equisetum tea on the east side [2/3 full in case it freezes]. Depth
should bd from 6-18 inches deep, a core soil sampler works good for this.
The horn silica gets hung in the branches above the ground on the west side
of the tree. If using a pendulum you can ask what the broadcast radius of
the tree is, let each swing be ten or one hundred miles.
Fwd: Trees as broadcasters
This impulse was originally given to me by Hugh Courtney at the Josephine
Porter Institute for Applied Biodynamics.
The Tree as Cosmic Pipe
If we observe the physiology of the tree and apply the words of Steiner,
that the tree trunk proper is simply a more enlivened form of soil;
Schauberger, explaining that the growth rings from winter to summer create a
dielectric and are capable of absorbing and generating energy [please also
refer to the work of Wilhelm Reich {orgone energy and the orgone
accumulator}]. It becomes obvious that a tree is more than it appears. I,
among others believe that trees belong to another kingdom of Nature, [Ents]
set aside from plants like vegetables, perennials, or annuals. If we want to
use the tree for this purpose you can do several things. If you dowse, use a
pendulum, you would first ask permission, and then ask What is the proper
orientation of this tree in the earth?, the pendulum will respond. Next you
would ask, What is the current orientation of this tree in the earth?, the
pendulum will respond. Chances are that if the seed landed or if planted by
an unconscious human the tree is not properly oriented. It is not oriented
to the group soul of the trees, the physical and etheric bodies are out of
syncronisty with the astral body of the group soul and ego or overlighting
Devas of the species of tree. This may be observed through corkscrewing of
the trunk, or an obvious imbalance of the branches of the tree. If you do
not dowse you may go right to this aspect. You would next say, In
accordance with God's will and the Christ Jesus let this tree have it's
proper orientation in the earth for its best possible future growth {and for
the reception and broadcast of the biodynamic earth healing remedies}. I
added the part in parenthesis. I encourage each person to personalize the
prayer of intent.
What is done next is that the biodynamic remedies are placed within the
energy field of the tree. They are loosely packed in small vials, about the
size that tinctures come in, wide mouths are preferable, lids down tight to
keep water out. The horn manure is place about three to ten feet from the
trunk on the north side of the tree [depending on size, use your intuition],
barrel compost on the south side, equisetum tea on the east side [2/3 full in
case it freezes]. Depth should bd from 6-18 inches deep, a core soil sampler
works good for this. The horn silica gets hung in the branches above the
ground on the west side of the tree. Evidence of te living energy field is
that the vials dug up years later are still fresh and vibrant, possibly more
potent than when they went in. If using a pendulum you can ask what the
broadcast radius of the tree is, let each swing be ten or one hundred miles.
I have many trees thus rigged. The Crypotomeria has a world wide broadcast,
there are some 300-400 year old copper beeches that go 1200-1500 miles. If
you dowse or intuit, think about the cryptomeria, and ask the broadcast
potency. I like to aid all sights where the trees are with actual spraying
bd remedies.
SStorch
---BeginMessage---
This impulse was originally given to me by Hugh Courtney at the Josephine
Porter Institute for Applied Biodynamics.
The Tree as Cosmic Pipe
If we observe the physiology of the tree and apply the words of Steiner,
that the tree trunk proper is simply a more enlivened form of soil;
Schauberger, explaining that the growth rings from winter to summer create a
dielectric and are capable of absorbing and generating energy [please also
refer to the work of Wilhelm Reich {orgone energy and the orgone
accumulator}]. It becomes obvious that a tree is more than it appears. I,
among others believe that trees belong to another kingdom of Nature, [Ents]
set aside from plants like vegetables, perennials, or annuals. If we want to
use the tree for this purpose you can do several things. If you dowse, use a
pendulum, you would first ask permission, and then ask What is the proper
orientation of this tree in the earth?, the pendulum will respond. Next you
would ask, What is the current orientation of this tree in the earth?, the
pendulum will respond. Chances are that if the seed landed or if planted by
an unconscious human the tree is not properly oriented. It is not oriented
to the group soul of the trees, the physical and etheric bodies are out of
syncronisty with the astral body of the group soul and ego or overlighting
Devas of the species of tree. This may be observed through corkscrewing of
the trunk, or an obvious imbalance of the branches of the tree. If you do
not dowse you may go right to this aspect. You would next say, In
accordance with God's will and the Christ Jesus let this tree have it's best
possible orientation for its best possible future growth {and for the
reception and roadcast of the biodynamic earth healing remedies}. I added
the part in
Re: Monsanto submitted its petition for comm. of GE Wheat
Hugh, what do you think about beginning some trials with eradicain these super weeds with peppers??? sstorch
Re: Copper sulfate
In a message dated 1/2/03 12:08:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Steve-- What are you trying to do? What is the desired influence? What is your source? Copper sulfate is a potent algaecide I do not mean Cu SO4, but elemental copper and zinc, from the metals. The hammering charges' it and the stirring, well that imprints the pattern energy of it in the water, like the bd remedies. That brings a cumultive influence to the soil if used regularly...sstorch
Re: Copper Sulfate
hey, an unrequieted answer, going through old mails... Get some copper dust and zinc dust, the metal filings, place on a large log, end grain, and beat with a hammer, early morning is best. Place filings in your stirring barrel when stiring bc, 500, 501 or 508, this will bring in the desired influence in the proper way...sstorch
Re: Copper Sulfate
In a message dated 1/1/03 11:57:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Steve - sorry to be dim, but do you mean place the log end into the stirring barrel (maybe actually stir with the log) or add similar filings themselves - in which case, what exactly do you do with the log ? Tony NS. place the filings on top of the log and beat them with a hammer to align their charge as with a magnet. Scoop up the filings and put them in the stirring vessel and stir... leave the log where it is, maybe you should st on it while stirring...sstorch
Re: spraying of remedies
In a message dated 12/28/02 1:28:19 PM, Maskillman2 writes: Hi Steve, I am on the BDNOW! list and I also went to the conference in Lovettsville . . I know that you went to the prep making classes at JPI. I am receiving the Three Kings Prep from Hugh Courtney and will make it on New Years Eve and dispense it on the 6th of January as directed. I also know that I need to get barrel compost out before that time . . . I have used barrel compost and the preps on my house plants but not outside around the perimeter of the grounds which has many diverse plants. I live 3 blocks from the White House so I really wanted to do this. This is my question: do I need to spray The Three Kings Prep or can it be sprinkled by my hands? I know that I can not use any metal container and I want to be as low profile as possible as people get arrested easily where I am - I do not want to draw attention as I am doing it if possible so I can cover as much ground as I can. I have to be careful spraying anything because of the anthrax stuff, etc. etc. Maybe it will be dark by 4PM anyway on the 6th. Any suggestions? Thanks. Mary Ann Skillman
Re: Perfect Orchard -soil test
Per, if you are going to start using the biodynamic remedies or compost teas it is my recommendation to not place too much emphasis on a soil test. The increase in biological activity will unlock bound nutrients and minerals. This will manifest in an increase in natural ground cover diversity; different native grasses and clovers will spring up and grow where none have been before. This is something I have observed time and again in vineyards, pastureland, turfgrass, and farms. The use of hardwood chips, [ramial chipped wood, put that in search engine] is a great promoter of highly fungal soils mimicking ancient forest soil that has a long term storage of nutrients for grapevines. Just start spraying teas and bd remedies, keep this up through the winter so long as it is not frozen, muddy or too nasty, you can't go wrong... sstorch
Fwd: OFF RE: Droughts and Rainmaking
In a message dated 12/3/02 11:25:08 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Steve, I have been trying to get back on the list with no luck or I would have sent this to the list. There is more on this subject in the book The Awesome Life Force by Joseph Cater. Baron Carl Von Reichenbach was able to see the subtle emenations coming off the ends of magnets. He did some extraordinary research (early 1800s) into this energy which he called the Odic Force. And we all know about Wilhelm Reich's orgone energy. Now comes Joseph Cater who sees the Odic Force and orgone energy as two different aspects of the same force. In his book, Cater combines his own research with the research of Von Reichenbach and Wilhelm Reich into a fascinating treatise on what he calls soft particles or soft electrons. Soft particles can capture hard electons and release them when they disintigrate. Soft electrons make chemical changes possible. Cater goes on to say that any living organism can survive and thrive without water if it is continuously bombarded with the right type and right concentration of soft electrons. There is a simple device described in the book that will break photons down into their constituent soft particles. He has another book out that I haven't read yet. Very cool stuff. Cheers, Chris T If you stare at the sky you can see these dots and squiggles. This is the orgone energy as discovered by Wilhelm Riech. He must have really knew his stuff, he was murdered in a US prison days before his sentence was up [for doin his scientific research]. At any rate the distribution of the orgone energy is what helps create rain and our weather patterns. Strip mines, nuclear power plants, and other energy disturbing and polluting activities by man disrupt the orgone and reek havoc on the weather, we are all experiencing it. I have looked at this research and the orgone energy is generated by the biodynamic remedies. You can tell via microscopic examination of 500 or barrel compost by the blue coloration of the chips of silica in the materials. Compost tea made from the bd remedies have billions of these blue vibrating bacterium present. More research is needed here. Oh, by the way mention Riech's name around old school anthropops and you'll be ostrecized, maybe not a bad thing, mmm. At any rate this fall I could see the symptoms of disturbed orgone energy. This manifests in these puffy small dirty grey clouds floating in a blue sky. As I stared into the blue you could see large patches devoid of the orgone. I pondered this and tried an experiment. I stood [by the cows] and imagined the orgone all nice and organized, solid no holes. It came to pass. That night it clouded up and we had nice rain. This was mid september and we have had weekly rain since. I don't know if that was coinkidink or what but we are caught up on water. I had to put some silica back in som e trees to try and dry it of a wee bit. I would appreciate it if someone down under would give that a wack. Put a snag on the bobbie and think about it, good on ya,...sstorch ---BeginMessage--- Steve,I have been trying to get back on the list with no luck or I would have sent this to the list. Thereis more on this subject in the book "The Awesome Life Force" by Joseph Cater. Baron Carl Von Reichenbachwas able to see the subtle emenations coming off the ends of magnets. He did some extraordinary research(early 1800s) into thisenergy which he called the "Odic Force".And we all know about Wilhelm Reich's orgone energy. Now comes Joseph Caterwho sees the Odic Forceand orgone energy as two different aspects of the same force. In his book, Cater combineshis own research with the research of Von Reichenbach andWilhelm Reich into a fascinating treatise on what he calls soft particles or soft electrons. Soft particles can capture hard electons and release them when they disintigrate. Soft electrons make chemical changes possible. Cater goes on to say that any living organism can survive and thrive without water if it is continuously bombarded with the right type and right concentration of soft electrons.There is a simple device described in the book that will break photons down into their constituent soft particles. He has another book out that I haven't read yet. Very cool stuff. Cheers, Chris T If you stare at the sky you can see these dots and squiggles. This is the orgone energy as discovered by Wilhelm Riech. He must have really knew his stuff, he was murdered in a US prison days before his sentence was up [for doin his scientific research]. At any rate the distribution of the orgone energy is what helps create rain and our weather patterns. Strip mines, nuclear power plants, and other energy disturbing and polluting activities by man disrupt the orgone and reek havoc on the weather, we are all experiencing it. I have looked at this
Re: Applied Biodynamics On-line
Allan, I will be answering questions for the JPI site. I thought it would be up by now, do not know what the hold up is. Posting the old issues of Applied Biodynamics is a great idea, will work on it. ps: if you have some decent trace minerals, add hot water to a muddy consistancy and paste yer foot...sstorch
Re: WENDELL BERRY: The Agrarian Standard
It was Goethe who said that the problems or weaknesses of an age exist only for the faint-hearted. Today we stand on a threshold. People like Wendell Berry, Steiner, Rodale, Pfeiffer, Albrecht, Balliett have provided humanity with incredible inspiration. To hear a swansong from Berry is sad. It is the media that oppresses the good work that is going on. Yes, the media owned by corporate scum, having their way yet again. There exists a huge movement of people caring for the Earth Mother, putting back more than they take. Somebody please tell Wendell all is as it should be. In the end the people will win. The corporate military industrial complex is dying, almost dead. The Earth will go on in a new paradigm, it will become a star in the cosmos and a model for the cosmic environment. Social-Economic- Cultural economy is waiting in the wings with the kind of ethics that will make Wendells heart swell in his chest. We will go on, the corporate economy is on its death bed...sstorch
Re: 2002 500
In a message dated 11/30/02 8:57:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You said urn. Do you mean an amphora It is an egg shaped vessel, urn amphora; terms are interchangable. I get them at garden centers, on sale of course. They range from 3-50 gallons in size. I cover the tops with wood or a terra cotta dish. I am not sure which clay they are made from but porous is of course best. You are a potter, make some. What is the largest size you can fire? SStorch
Re: 2002 500
Hey Gil, I am thinking that what this is, is a womb. The egg shape houses life in Nature. The Romans and Egyptians went through a lot of hassle to store their foods, wine, and water in urns, egg shaped vessels. They filled the bowels of ships with these fragile containers for commerce and food supplies. In pyramids archeologists have found seeds of wheat thousands of years old still viable while our modern seed companies store seeds in square envelopes in square boxes and they are dead in one or two years. Sometimes we must look back to see forwards. The idea came from reading some work about Schauberger. This will be the third year of making 500 in this manner...sstorch
Re: After Buy Nothing Day / Amazon Associates Program
In a message dated 11/29/02 8:31:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: maybe I'll get my deadened ass into gear and implement this promise. Great idea, bravo...sstorch
2002 500
I have been making 500 by placing the packed horns in a large terra cotta urn that is buried in the earth and filled with dried screened barrel compost. The horns are also stored in the urn between uses [501]. They maintain their mottled pink coloration, the blood stain in the horn, some of these horns are now five years old. There has been no dimishing of the quality of the 500. I use the finished substance that has undergone this double energizing process at a teaspoon per acre as opposed to a quarter cup. This past season I had the oppurtunity to use it on a few pieces of land never before having the bd remedies and it does work at that rate...sstorch
Re: What is Willard Water?
In a message dated 11/25/02 2:22:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A gallon would go a long way since you add just a small amount to regular water to use. A number of on-line alternative herb/ag stores carry it. save your money and drink 501...sstorch
Re: Droughts and rainmaking
If you stare at the sky you can see these dots and squiggles. This is the orgone energy as discovered by Wilhelm Riech. He must have really knew his stuff, he was murdered in a US prison days before his sentence was up [for doin his scientific research]. At any rate the distribution of the orgone energy is what helps create rain and our weather patterns. Strip mines, nuclear power plants, and other energy disturbing and polluting activities by man disrupt the orgone and reek havoc on the weather, we are all experiencing it. I have looked at this research and the orgone energy is generated by the biodynamic remedies. You can tell via microscopic examination of 500 or barrel compost by the blue coloration of the chips of silica in the materials. Compost tea made from the bd remedies have billions of these blue vibrating bacterium present. More research is needed here. Oh, by the way mention Riech's name around old school anthropops and you'll be ostrecized, maybe not a bad thing, mmm. At any rate this fall I could see the symptoms of disturbed orgone energy. This manifests in these puffy small dirty grey clouds floating in a blue sky. As I stared into the blue you could see large patches devoid of the orgone. I pondered this and tried an experiment. I stood [by the cows] and imagined the orgone all nice and organized, solid no holes. It came to pass. That night it clouded up and we had nice rain. This was mid september and we have had weekly rain since. I don't know if that was coinkidink or what but we are caught up on water. I had to put some silica back in som e trees to try and dry it of a wee bit. I would appreciate it if someone down under would give that a wack. Put a snag on the bobbie and think about it, good on ya,...sstorch
Re: Search for results of Elaine's testing of bd preps
We should request that the agencies involved take a closer look at the use of chemicals at the same time they are examing the tea issue. Have them look at residuals and food quality as well as the effects on groundwater...sstorch In a message dated 11/13/02 9:54:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David, I brought this up to our National Organic/Biodynamic Production Standards committee (Australia)and they have spoken with the CSIRO re research into this issue. David Matthews is an Ex Vet and knows all about this stuff, and has mates in the right places. Now we have to look at research funding, especially trying to get the Organic levies outof the non-organic sphere. But fear not, it is being taken seriously and wheels are in motion. I really appreciate the discussion happening on BDNow to help this issue along. Cheryl Kemp Education and Workshop Coordinator Biodynamic AgriCulture Australia Phone /Fax : 02 6657 5322 Home: 02 6657 5306 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.biodynamics.net.au - Original Message - From: D S Chamberlain [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 5:50 PM Subject: Re: Search for results of Elaine's testing of bd preps Hugh: I think that Frank has a valid point. Obviously poorly made compost tea can contain E.coli, the question is how do we stop it happening? Perceptions are everything, if it can be traced that someone got ill from compost tea then there are legions of highly paid people who will push the perception, right or wrong, that all compost tea is bad. No amount of huffing and puffing will change the perception once instigated, rumour and innuendo is the way that chemical companies fight and there's plenty of suckers out there willing to listen to them. Ideas anyone?
Re: Macari Vineyard (?)
In a message dated 11/22/02 9:43:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Looks like you've done a lot of good, hard work, Steve. I'm not sure what you were saying about not having enough help for spraying. Do you mean, aside from CT applications, spraying chemicals for pests? I mean about good, competent, take control [not just a paycheck] kind of help. A licensed, vineyard manager with an applicators license. The tea is handled, we do that with some kids who learned to drive the tractors. I'm very curious about the measureable results of your efforts. For example, what do your soil tests look like? Where's your organic matter at? Organic matter has been slightly altered by compost applications. A great visual is colloids showing up when we hill up for weed control. We are also seeing earthworm activity in a sandy loam soil where there was none before. How is it that you're getting away from herbicide useage? We use hilling equipment and a Clements to knock the hills down with the weeds. The hoe is also a great tool with a good [wo]man attached to it. Have you experimented with peppers there for pest control? To what success? Have not done much work with peppers, have had moderate success with the milk and honey spray. Thanks. I'm asking these questions for others who are interested in dedicating some start up vineyard acreage to bd practice. Am I coming down to talk about compost teas etc for this??? Are you coming to Lancaster the 28-29 January for the viticulture workshop??? cheers, sstorch
Fwd: Mars in its current cycle
In a message dated 11/21/02 1:41:23 AM, Prkrjake writes: The Correspondence The cycle of the planet Mars, traditionally associated with war and conflict, is a two-year rhythm, starting at conjunction with the Sun and culminating two years later at the next Sun-Mars conjunction. At the present time Mars is moving away from a conjunction with the Sun in Leo this past August toward its opposition with the Sun from Pisces in August 2003. Mars will conclude its current cycle in September 2004 when it again meets the Sun, this time in the sign Virgo. If it is true what Rudolf Steiner says, that it is a provision of the spiritual world that every real spiritual fact appears in the script of the starry heavens, then what can we make of this current movement of Mars? From the research of Sergei Prokofieff, we find that the cosmic being of the Sophia can be found in the heavens from the constellations Virgo through Pisces.[i] Steiner suggests that this Sophia is the new Isis, who, like her brother Osiris, was slain by Typhon-Ahriman. Unlike Osiris, however, who was slain by Typhon-Ahriman and laid into the grave of the Earth, Isis-Sophia was slain by Lucifer and laid into the grave of the cosmos, where a mechanized approach to understanding the cosmos keeps her silent and still[ii]. It is the task of our current culture to lift the veil of Isis, to find the Divine Sophia, by seeing through the events of the world toward their spiritual origins and their relationship to the movement of the heavens. In three lectures given in 1917 entitled Wrong and Right Uses of Esoteric Knowledge, Rudolf Steiner distinguishes between the forces streaming toward us from the axis of Pisces to Virgo, and those forces streaming in from the axis of Gemini to Sagittarius. From the axis of Pisces to Virgo we find the impulses of dawn and dusk, where the activity at the threshold allows the human being to engage in freedom with the spiritual world. From the axis of Gemini to Sagittarius we find the forces of midday and midnight, wherefrom stream forces feeding the duality (or 'double') in the human being, fettering him to his animalistic nature and subjecting him, thereby, to an increasing mechanism in his rhythms, for example through the effects of modern technology. When we look to the events of September 11, 2001 we see that during that time until May of 2002, the planet Saturn moved through Gemini and came to opposition with Pluto in Sagittarius three times. Saturn can represent all that is inherent in the natural development of the human being, while Pluto was brought into our realm of experience only recently-- in 1930-with the aid of modern technology. It must be saved for another time to elaborate how Pluto can be seen in relation to what the human being creates out of unconscious activity, and how, when it opposed Saturn in 2001, we found all that was inherent in the human being having to rally forth to meet all that can result as a consequence of unconscious activity. With Mars' movement through the heavens during the next two years we are afforded an opportunity to find a new way of responding to these events by aligning ourselves to the Pisces-Virgo axis of the zodiac, the abode of the Divine Sophia, the realm of the threshold. We are challenged, we could say, to guide the Mars forces of war and conflict along the way of healing and compassion. This transformation of the Mars impulse requires the effort of the human being, for this transformation of planetary impulses must happen within the human being. We are helped to understanding our role in this by the following words of Rudolf Steiner: Stars once spoke to humanity It is world destiny they are silent now. To be aware of this silence Can be pain for earthly humanity But in this silence There grows and ripens What humanity speaks to the stars To be aware of this speaking Can be strength for Spirit Man.[iii] It is appropriate to consider Mars specifically in this context, for we know that Mars, in addition to being the planet of war and aggression, is also the planet of speech. As war and talk of war rages around us, we might ask: what is it we would speak to the stars at this time, how do we do this, and how is this individual activity transformative for society at large? When we try to answer these questions, we actually engage with the Sophia, the divine feminine, for it is the activity of the Sophia that allows us to see through world events and find the solution to begin with, not in outer activity, but by inner vision. Sophia is the wisdom that sees through the world and enables man to comprehend the world.[iv] In this we must bear in mind that the first phase of Earth evolution was marked by greater consciousness in the physical world and was guided by Mars. The task of our time, however, entails the conquest of the spiritual world
Re: Macari Vineyard (?)
We started spraying 500 there in 1998. This coincided with establishing nettles patches, habitat diversity within the vineyard [by tearing out vines and planting honey suckle and other trees within the vineyard], and establishing barrel compost pits. We have a heard of about twenty cows, mainly Texas Longhorns that we use for 500 and bc and tree paste remedies. We bury about two hundred and fifty horns and have about thirty bc pits. We currently have about fifteen to twenty thousand units of barrel compost that is used for conventional bd practice and as a compost tea inoculant. I have built three stirring machines for the vineyard and we have three dedicated Cima air blast sprayers. Due to the difficulty in keeping quality help in the vineyard management department, it has been hard to keep a quality regemin for spray practices in the chemical realm. It is a very minimalist spray program. We spray according to scouting and not prophylactically like may other vineyards do. There is no nitrogen used and no herbicide for about ten years. The preparations are really starting to show there effects, especially in the compost yard. They compost on about five acres and we spray heavily with bc, 500, Pfieffer and compost tea. The compost, after three years of this and worm inoculations from my farm, is laced with read wigglers, a testimony to the habitat created by the bd remedies[ie: worm candy]. What else can I say??? Try some wine and let me know what you think... Hey, if you come to the Associative Economics Conference in Water Mill [stay tuned for more info] I'll get a few cases to pour out... ...SStorch
Re: like to get to know you, well ?
Born in 1958 in Brooklyn NY at Kings County Hospital, 4:30 am. Lived off Church avenue then moved to Sheepshead Bay. The only thing I ever knew about farms was that old MacDonald had one, eieio. I remember some old Italian gardeners talking about how there were all farms where my house and friends houses were in Brooklyn. That did not mean much to me then. I moved to Sea Gate at the very western tip of Long Island, Coney Island was adjacent. It looked out over the lower NY harbor. On this water way we swam, fished and learned about scuba diving. This was the old stomping ground of Woody Guthrie, the American folk song writer. His words and music was agreat influence on me and my attitude toward the negligent behaviour of man. I was a great fan of the undersea explorer, Jacques Cousteau. I went to John Dewey High School and started to study Marine Biology there. We did many things including preventing developers from buiulding on some of the last remaining swamps in Brooklyn. I went on to study Marine Science at Southampton College and attained a BS in Marine Science, Biology. I commercial fished for the years of high school and college and learned that fisherman do not want to listen to any advice outside of a guarantee loan officer. By the time graduation rolled around I knew there was something terribly wrong with our scientific paradigm and I worked in landscaping, tree surgery, had a window cleaning business, and a real estate license I never used. I married a farmer's daughter in 1986 and began to realize the shortcomings of our agricultural methods, food distribution, and the general maltreatment of farmers by the business sector. I came to biodynamics in 1987-88 when I saw High Williams and Larry Halsey buryung cow horns in wat was to be our cow pasture. I was mixing compost piles and went to see what they were doing. It did not strike me as strange but instead peaked my curiosty. The neatness of the whole in the beautiful soil [that had been treated with Pfieffer in the 70's], the wonderful arrangement of the horns in the earth and the solemn attitude of the workers. I asked some questions, filed the answers, and went back to making compost. That Winter I started to ttend the BD conferences in Kimberton, PA. I heard Hugh Courtney speak, Will Brinton, met Hugh Lovel, and many other wonderful folks and farmers. It was Courtney that most inspired me to work directly with the preparations and to stick with it and persevere. I had to learn about soils, cropping, planting, soil preparation and all of the intracacies of farming. It was great because my wife's family is twelfth generation on the land where we live and farm. There is incredible energy and knowledge here. After trying to stir and spray 100 acres by hand and backpack sprayer I built a stirring machine with the finest hydraulic components. I have built eight prototypes and now have what I consider to be state of the art. I would only like to develope a more refined barrel. I have customized a sprayer and have a golf bag array of spray nozzles and can get from 2-15 gallons per acre applications without fuss. The machine stirs enough water for 25 acres, the double barrel enough for fifty. I have been combining the work of Steiner, Pfieffer, and Schauberger with my own ideas and have developed five or more new earth healing remedies thus far. I plan on continuing this work and somehow breaking in to the mainstream agricultural, horticultural, and municipal composting markets...that's all fffloks...sstorch
Re: Fw: Hidden Agendas? was Re: [compost_tea] Re: Testing NOP Decision {LONG}
In a message dated 11/13/02 2:51:46 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Steve - I keep getting conflicting reports: do you have a wife and kids or are you a bachelor? -Allan wife and kids, is this bdnow discussion or what
Re: farm induced thoughts
In a message dated 11/14/02 4:55:56 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: always enjoy your posts, but particularly this one. When does the book come out? I feel one brewing. Thr construction of the house is ending, I feel mountains of time arising...sstorch
Re: VIDEO/DISCUSSION Groups was Re: Search for results of Elaine's testing of bd preps
I would love to duplicate the program here, can I $$$ to copy the videos??? SStorch
