Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2006
Alex Podolinsky
www.frumentaverlag.ch
Christ mass
2006
We are fortunate, not lucky, but extremely fortunate to be farmers even hard bitten farmers in Australias climatic extremes - because we are
challenged to newly find, each day and hour, what we have to do. Nothing is
ever the same.
To so perform we have to a c t i v e l y look. Conventional farmers
have often lost this opportunity, especially when led by advisers from
chemical or fertiliser companies into stereotype and fixed applications of, for
instance: deeply destructive pre-emptive weedicides, which blow up plant
cells and eventually rob soil biology of organic matter for future humus
production; or of water soluble fertilisers which deeply interfere in Natures
wise organization of how plants (having no independent Warmth
metabolism) should incorporate elements, ie. only when Sun-Warmth enables
them to assimilate elements into their growth, so that falsely enforced
elemental uptake does not blow plant cells up with undesirable mineral salts
and compensating water1. All this increasingly so, because such farmers have
lost feel and knowledge of: soil and humus; of soil cultivation in place of soil
degradation; even of what a natural plant should look like.
My aim has been, as stated early on in my work nearly sixty years ago:
to aid those who chose to work with me, to observe and think biologically. I
insisted on highest quality Bio-Dynamic preparations; stirring2; storage and
application of preparations; soil preparation; pasture and general plant
management with grain, fruit or vegetable production; and so forth. I
objectively explain fundamental principles to professional men of the land,
so, once the sense of these principles easy to see by professionals was
understood, they could i n d i v i d u a l l y apply them to the situation of
their farm, climate, and type of production. I never told what to do. You
had to become the actively decisive ones.
After the first introductory lectures to some twelve or so farmers
organised by a Dutch born local cattle inseminator, who one day appeared
saying, challengingly, in disbelief: I am sick of hearing about you and have
come to take a look, (he eventually functioned as the first secretary of our
association) some of these farmers, typical for the common habit, suggested
to form an Association. All they had so far experienced were a few lectures
based on my experience of Bio-Dynamics and the results achieved on my
farm. I refused. Only after Bio-Dynamic work by them, making them contact
each other and me, ie. when a r e a l associating began, was the Bio-Dynamic
Agricultural Association of Australia (BDAAA) founded on living dynamic
a c t i v i t y. For membership there was only one fundamental requirement:
the intent to practice Bio-Dynamics professionally. All concerned were
professional commercial farmers, and eventually (from dire experience)
Refer published lecture: Bio-Dynamics Agriculture of the Future
Refer to published lecture: Living Knowledge, and Stirring and Stirring Equipment
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insights were dictated in content, even in lit script, appearing before me.
(Many Wakeups per night, with content or clearer expression.)
I could accept giftedness as own supply of the skill for the
wherewithal to actually complete a task, but had to clearly distinguish this
capacity from the given impulse and content. A clear example was the design
of the theatre hall for the Melbourne Steiner School.
The kindergarten building, described in importance adequately in the
Kindergarten Lecture5 [where, upon entering, the great Swedish artist,
architect and cultural educationist Arne Klingborg loudly expressed with
expanded arms, not even the floor is level. (The only one to independently
notice this.)], existed, as did class rooms 1 to 8, and the Eurythmy complex.
(Later additions further down are not to my design.)
Romanic Churches are heavy and stand on solid ground. Gothic
Churches stand on the same ground, but rise powerfully upwards (Freiburg
Cathedral Tower). JS Bachs main fugues remind. Greek temples just touch
the ground, and appear floating and light. Exact Roman copies are heavy.
The Romans did not notice that the floor of Greek temples were not level, but
tensioned by being higher at the centre whereas the Roman temple copies
were level floored.
Regarding the school theatre I was told that this massive building
had to float. Disagreeably realising that the one year mucking around
curiously with attempted designs was useless - finally w a i t i n g for the
pre-embryonic process required for any creativeness and, importantly,
providing time for doing nothing (sometimes even painful, depending on
temperament, causing from furore to depression). I discovered myself,
clearly, far far away from Earth in an area of Concentrations, here and there
streaming with Music, maybe not identical, but definitely of the spirituality of
Bachs last cycle of Fugues (Art of the Fugue). Only thereafter did I become
aware that these Fugues do not rise powerfully as does the early D-minor, but
float each on its own. The fundament was built and finance was available,
but my time as founder of this school was cut short, and so was the altered
building. The kindergarten also lost to cheap paint and a kitchen inserted into
the main space. Ditto colouring of classrooms and Eurythmy room, where the
unique acoustic could not be interfered with (all buildings originally painted
by myself). Unfortunately, architecture can be subject to alteration.
In early childhood Mozart heard an important choir and was able to
write down the music accurately. He had to have a totality Image Capacity to
so do. Wherefrom may he have drawn his inspiring and incredible volume of
music not a note too much or missing.
There are reports of people resuscitated after drowning, speaking of
beautiful music. My twin sister at six told of such after her bather straps
unhooked from a root in the river Thames.
On medieval churches groups of angels make music on instruments.
The Brandenburg concertos, as played by the Cantorum Basilienses ensemble,
remind.
Warrenwood Kindergarten - Structure and Function, available from the Bio-Dynamic
Marketing Company, Powelltown, 3797. Australia.
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