Thanks for the overview Dave! I haven't the time to peruse Steiner or a new sub right now. I skimmed your site. Burying a horn - or spraying very dilute (energy??) preps - homeopathy for the land ????????? I don't know! People believe some very strange things! I've listened to Bell (with tongue in cheek) and realize how seriously some take their odd views! I enjoy speculation but never take wishful thinking seriously - I need evidence and facts.. However our human knowledge is so limited that anything is a possibility.....
Philosophically I *suspect* that this planet is a living entity of which we are but a small part (as are the soil microorganisms) - and I like to view each living being as an entire universe of living cells, each with it's own life force and agenda! But belief, knowing?? - uh uh! One perspective among millions of possibilities! We are like ants, trying to understand the vast grain fields they find themselves in - let alone the world! Some of the posts I've seen here blow my mind - with their convictions of deities (even to their names!) elementals, fields, forces and rituals! How can you actually believe such things? Just curious! Best I remain silent for awhile - till I get a better handle on this boards perspectives! <grin> Geneva Dave Robison wrote: > > Yeah, me too. Recognize that BD is one aspect (the agricultural part) > of a very complete conceptual model developed by Steiner. Other > aspects relate to Waldorf education, Eurythmy dance/music therapy, > medical treatments, etc. > > You can take the system as an alternative conceptual model -- a way to > explain our observations about the natural world. In that sense, it is > neither to be proved or disproved -- the question is whether it is > useful. Does it explain things? Is conceptual system consistent? Does > it lead to new understandings of how plants behave? Does it lead to > remedies when you observe something off? And BD does all that, once > you learn the system. In that system elementals or nature spirits can > be thought of a poetic means for us to imagine how life is > manifesting. > > But elementals, > prayers to the deities, moon phases????? Tho I try to be > open minded, > my base line is skepticism! > > The next part of is more difficult to believe and that is that any of > this stuff actually works. For that, there is a body of documented > experiments. > I tried to cover this stuff in a rational way on the BD Intro at > www.oregonbd.org > > ========================== > Dave Robison -- Visit the Best Mall on the net! http://members.tripod.com/connectionjunction/
