"In 1923 Rudolf Steiner predicted the dire state of today's honeybee. He stated that, within fifty to eighty years, we would see the consequences of mechanizing the forces that had previously operated organically in the beehive. Such practices include breeding queen bees artificially.
http://www.steinerbooks.org/detail.html?id=0880104570 Patrick writing: Steiner is said to have said in a lecture that "that which we experience within ourselves only at a time when our hearts develop love is actually the very same thing that is present as a substance in the entire beehive. The whole beehive is permeated with life based on love. In many ways the bees renounce love, and thereby this love develops within the entire beehive." Back to the book review: "The fact that over sixty percent of the American honeybee population has died during the past ten years, and that this trend is continuing around the world, should make us aware of the importance of the issues discussed in these lectures. Steiner began this series of lectures on bees in response to a question from an audience of workers at the Goetheanum. "From physical depictions of the daily activities of bees to the most elevated esoteric insights, these lectures describe the unconscious wisdom of the beehive and its connection to our experience of health, culture, and the cosmos. "Rudolf Steiner (Feb. 27, 1861–Mar. 30, 1925) was born in Kraljevic, Austria, where he grew up the son of a railroad station chief. As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a respected and well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work on Goethe's scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his earlier philosophical principles into an approach to methodical research of psychological and spiritual phenomena. Steiner formally began his spiritual teaching career under the auspices of the Theosophical Society, later referring to his spiritual research results and philosophy as "Anthroposophy," or spiritual science. His multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, philosophy, religion, education (Waldorf schools), special education (the Camphill movement), economics, agriculture (biodynamics), science, architecture, and the arts (drama, speech and eurythmy). In 1924 he founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which has branches throughout the world. He died in Dornach, Switzerland. http://www.steinerbooks.org/detail.html?id=0880104570 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of bob_brigante > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 10:25 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 4 years to live > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/24/science/24bees.html > > Reportedly Charlie Lutes said that bees come from Venus, so maybe the bees > are just going back home. Lou, can you check with Charlie on this? >
