Study material

English online version via https://www.rsarchive.org/

Calendar of the soul: https://rsarchive.org/Articles/GA040/English/AP1982/GA040_index.html

Recordings

please use the recordings only for your private study and do not share it with others. Thank you!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLroIJP7mwooMeupNBAkDczW7BOqECpJ5D

Week 1, Monday

  • GA327_RS_Vortrag2_EN.pdf (190 KB)
  • GA327_RS_Vortrag2_ES.pdf (9 MB)
  • GA327_RS_Vortrag2_RU.pdf (206 KB)

Documents for download

  • 2023_BiodynamicAgriculture_Anthroposophy_week1_presentation.pdf (11 MB)
  • BiodynamicAgriculture_Anthroposophy2023_Exercise1.pdf (108 KB)
  • 2023_BiodynamicAgriculture_Anthroposophy_week1B_presentation.pdf (1 MB)

Further reading:

Network Properties of Local Fungal Communities Reveal the Anthropogenic Disturbance Consequences of Farming Practices in Vineyard Soils: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00344-21

Week 2

Prepare yourself:

  • Bring a seed of your choice
  • Bring notebook and pencil
  • Read the 2nd lecture of Rudolf Steiner's Agricultural Course

Agriculture course, Lecture 2

Conferencia 2 en Español:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILMJO-m1Z_I&t=172s

„Unter Schmerzen hat unsere Mutter Erde sich verfestigt. Unsere Mission ist es, sie wieder zu vergeistigen, zu erlösen, indem wir sie durch die Kraft unserer Hände umarbeiten zu einem geisterfüllten Kunstwerk.“

"With great suffering our Mother Earth has become solidified. It is our mission to spiritualize it once again as, through the strength of our hands, we re-shape it into a spirit-filled work of art."

Rudolf Steiner

Documents for download

  • 2023_BiodynamicAgriculture_Anthroposophy_week2-Monday-komp.pdf (5 MB)
  • BiodynamicAgriculture_Anthroposophy2023_Exercise2.pdf (106 KB)
  • Week35_UK.jpg (89 KB)
  • 2023_BiodynamicAgriculture_Anthroposophy_week2_Wednesday.pdf (4 MB)
 
Further reading:

Article in the Fond Goetheanum about cows and methane.

https://www.anthroposophie.ch/fr/societe/publications/fonds-goetheanum.html

Week 3

Prepare yourself:

  • Bring a seed of your choice
  • Bring notebook and pencil
  • Read the 7th lecture of Rudolf Steiner's Agricultural Course

Agriculture course, Lecture 7

Conferencia 7 en Español:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olx9KtxqpxQ&t=1410s

Documents for download

  • BiodynamicAgriculture_Anthroposophy2023_Exercise3.pdf (106 KB)
  • 2023_BiodynamicAgriculture_Anthroposophy_week3-Monday_01.pdf (420 KB)
  • 2023_BiodynamicAgriculture_Anthroposophy_week3-Wednesday.pdf (1 MB)
 
Further reading:

The ‘root-brain’ hypothesis of Charles and Francis Darwin
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2819436/

 

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Week 4

Prepare yourself:

  • Bring a seed of your choice
  • Bring notebook and pencil
  • Read the 4th and 5th lectures of Rudolf Steiner's Agricultural Course

Documents for download

  • 2023_BiodynamicAgriculture_Anthroposophy_week4.pdf (2 MB)
 
Further reading:

You can download the documentation of the 2018 Agricultural Conference on the preparations here:

Reports

Manual from Biodynamic Federation - Demeter International:

https://demeter.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Demeter-Biodynamic-Preparations-Manual_2020.pdf

https://www.demeter.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/BFdI_2021_Preparation-Manual_espanol.pdf

Study reports

https://www.sektion-landwirtschaft.org/en/research/study-reports/preparations

https://www.sektion-landwirtschaft.org/en/forschung/studienberichte/sv/the-effect-of-biodynamic-preparations-on-growth-and-fruit-quality-of-giant-pumpkin-cucurbita-maxima-d

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030219300840

 
Agriculture Conference 2024

https://www.agriculture-conference.org/?locale=en