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The Birth of the Biodynamic Method
Rudolf Steiner Press
December 2004
On Sale: November 30, 2004
176 pages
ISBN: 1855841487
EAN: 9781855841482
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Non-Fiction
When Rudolf Steiner gave these lectures eighty years ago,
industrial farming was on the rise and organic methods were
being replaced in the name of science, efficiency, and
technology. With the widespread alarm over food quality in
recent years, and with the growth of the organic movement
and its mainstream acceptance, perceptions are changing. The
qualitative aspect of food is on the agenda again, and in
this context Steiner’s only course of lectures on
agriculture is critical to the current debate. With these talks, Steiner created and launched "biodynamic"
farming—a form of agriculture that has come to be regarded
as the best organically produced food. However, the
agriculture Steiner speaks of here is much more than
organic—it involves working with the cosmos, with the earth,
and with spiritual beings. To facilitate this, Steiner
prescribes specific "preparations" for the soil, as well as
other distinct methods born from his profound understanding
of the material and spiritual worlds. He presents a
comprehensive picture of the complex dynamic relationships
at work in nature and gives basic indications of the
practical measures needed to bring them into full play. These lectures are reprinted here in the "classic"
translation made by Rudolf Steiner's English interpreter,
George Adams. This edition also features a preface by
Steiner's colleague the medical doctor Ehrenfried Pfeiffer,
as well as eight color plates. This is the course that began the biodynamic movement. This
is the essential work for anyone wanting to understand and
use Steiner's methods of food production.
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