Principles of the Biodynamic Preparations

This lecture addresses the polarities of the major plant nutrients of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur and calcium and their roles in plant dynamics. Topics include, polarities of center and periphery, oak bark preparation, the activity of potash, phosphorus and calcium, availability and non availability of minerals, enzyme reactions, alchemical sulfur pole, sulfur and phosphorus, nitrogen as mercury, salt pole, potash and calcium, levity rhythm, and periphery.

This lecture addresses the activity of the chamomile preparation, the dandelion preparation and the yarrow preparation. Topics include, proof in science, un-measurable life forces, mercury gesture, mesentery and intestine, yarrow and the stag bladder, the flowering plane, planar forces, potash and sulfur, Venus loop, deer reproductive rhythms, nature imaginations.

Lecture to BDANC: Human soul and clay. This lecture addresses the role of the human interaction with nature as an image of the role of clay in the mineral world. Body, soul and spirit as archetype, the fall into matter, consciousness of matter, soul life and transcendence, consciousness of the operator, pottery clay and amphoteric substances, metals as consciousness of perception, granite as quartz, mica and feldspar, mica and clay, the role of surfaces in nature, weathering processes in minerals, clay and humus, Candlemas and clay singing ritual.