Alchemy and the Natural World
Courses in the Biodynamic Approach to Agriculture
Two workshops with Dennis Klocek
Scientific Research, Spiritual Research
March 16, 2010 9:30am-3:30pm
Location: Benziger Family Winery, Glen Ellen
Confirmation and directions will be emailed upon receipt of registration.
Work with the land, plants, and animals is greatly enhanced when one eye is kept on the practical aspects and one on the spiritual. This workshop highlights research techniques that use the alchemical mandala of the four elements to gain insight into patterns of the physical world. These same research techniques can then be used in contemplative approaches to problem solving through the development of enhanced imaginative capacities.
Music of the Spheres: the Formative Forces in Plants
May 1, 2010 9:30am-3:30pm
Location: Fulcrum Farm, Grass Valley
Confirmation and directions will be emailed upon receipt of registration.
The great harmony behind the forms of Nature is known as the Music of the Spheres. In this workshop we will work with the contemporary evolution of the music of the spheres known as projective geometry. Beginning with demonstrations of the Pythagorean monochord, chladni plates and other instruments that have traditionally been used to reveal harmonic forms in sound, we will create simple geometric thought experiments and make drawings that reveal the sublime experience of the infinitely distant plane. These experiences will be used to illustrate the formative forces in plants. Bring a compass and a ruler to the workshop.