We are just preparing Holy Week offerings in our community, this gave a wonderful imagination to add to my exploration. Also, as I read this,I realized I had a piece Selenite right next to me which felt poignant to be able to connect with that element so immediately.
That last line really got me. Thank you so much for the images you so beautifully present to us in these articles. I’m still processing the image of anointing the head of the the plant with the valerian prep and will keep it with me next time I go spray out the farm, I mean, anoint it! I truly think farmers will become the new priests
I find the marriage of biodynamic practices and Christian mythology to be alienating as a humanist, lover of the universe, and as a secular philosopher. At times, JPI's posts inspire me to connect with the grand scale of the universe, to see the largest motions of matter and time in the smallest seed. At other times, I feel as though the whole practice is not for me if it relies on ancient supernatural beliefs as a cornerstone of its practices.
After reading this post about valerian and the analogy of the Last Supper, I'm left wondering if BD practices are for me at all. Why, if Steiner's insights were so special, does he rely so heavily on one particular religion to guide the practical application of preparations? Is this just yet another way to say "we have it right, and all others are wrong"? I thought the ideas in anthroposophy and biodynamics were intended to help us forge a new path in spiritual development, not one based on specious claims of supernatural intervention that is, inexplicably, absent from the world today (unless we hone our senses in just the way one person found to be successful), not one based on faith in a guru or the word of another, but one based on individuated expressions of spiritual life.
In short, I'm left wondering if there is any place for non christians in the world of biodynamics. After reading this, I'm left feeling--for the first time in nearly a decade of exploration--as though the answer is no.
Why not trying to hear the story of the life and the death and resurrection of Christ as an image of the cycles of the seasons in a mythological sense? Where is supernatural in this piece? Nature itself is supernatural. Many people have traumatic associations that prevent them from appreciating even the analogical elements from Christianity. Pretend these stories are from a different one and see how they feel. The real test of thinking is the ability to put on things that are not our own as if they were our own ideas.
This was a good read to start the day.
We are just preparing Holy Week offerings in our community, this gave a wonderful imagination to add to my exploration. Also, as I read this,I realized I had a piece Selenite right next to me which felt poignant to be able to connect with that element so immediately.
That last line really got me. Thank you so much for the images you so beautifully present to us in these articles. I’m still processing the image of anointing the head of the the plant with the valerian prep and will keep it with me next time I go spray out the farm, I mean, anoint it! I truly think farmers will become the new priests
Fabulous. Just fabulous. Thank you for taking the time to share that research ❤️
Is Easter on April 20?
I find the marriage of biodynamic practices and Christian mythology to be alienating as a humanist, lover of the universe, and as a secular philosopher. At times, JPI's posts inspire me to connect with the grand scale of the universe, to see the largest motions of matter and time in the smallest seed. At other times, I feel as though the whole practice is not for me if it relies on ancient supernatural beliefs as a cornerstone of its practices.
After reading this post about valerian and the analogy of the Last Supper, I'm left wondering if BD practices are for me at all. Why, if Steiner's insights were so special, does he rely so heavily on one particular religion to guide the practical application of preparations? Is this just yet another way to say "we have it right, and all others are wrong"? I thought the ideas in anthroposophy and biodynamics were intended to help us forge a new path in spiritual development, not one based on specious claims of supernatural intervention that is, inexplicably, absent from the world today (unless we hone our senses in just the way one person found to be successful), not one based on faith in a guru or the word of another, but one based on individuated expressions of spiritual life.
In short, I'm left wondering if there is any place for non christians in the world of biodynamics. After reading this, I'm left feeling--for the first time in nearly a decade of exploration--as though the answer is no.
Why not trying to hear the story of the life and the death and resurrection of Christ as an image of the cycles of the seasons in a mythological sense? Where is supernatural in this piece? Nature itself is supernatural. Many people have traumatic associations that prevent them from appreciating even the analogical elements from Christianity. Pretend these stories are from a different one and see how they feel. The real test of thinking is the ability to put on things that are not our own as if they were our own ideas.