Posts by Dennis Klocek
Grandpa’s Gruel
This gruel is filling to the belly, a good complete source of nutrition during healing, and well tolerated by sensitive digestions. 2 1/2 qts hot, lemon balm, chamomile tea2 1/2 cups oatmeal1 can (13 oz.) light coconut milk1/3 cup slippery elm bark powder1 Tbsp butter1/2 tsp saltyour favorite sweetenerfive sticks of astragalus In a slow…
Read MoreThe Prayerful Warrior
The developmental signs of advancement in an alchemical soul practice usually involve some sort of healing crisis brought on by a discharge in the soul of accumulated assumptions and belief structures. Most often these assumptions are not perceived by the student in a conscious way. They arise like dream fragments in the daily life and…
Read MoreWorking with Symbolic Images
ALCHEMICAL EARTH CONSCIOUSNESS Alchemically, learning requires that there be a process of soul breathing , that is the capacity to form accurate inner pictures that we can follow as they change inside of us. The process of finding and then refining inner pictures is a form of breathing that can be cultivated into imagination. Exercise:…
Read MoreVideo: Sustainable Garden Harvesting – Fennel Harvesting Tips
Instead of one-and-done harvesting for the market, learn to harvest fennel so that your garden plants last all through the season. Plus, tips to winterize your organic veggies so they don’t rot when the rains come.
Read MoreVideo: Seedling to Table – Growing Cabbage, Making Kraut
Learn the tricks and tips from Dennis Klocek, master gardener, for how to grow, harvest, and process cabbage into sauerkraut.
Read MoreVideo: Working with Solar Rhythms – Planting Cabbages out of Season
What agricultural magic can we work when working with the solar rhythms? Follow Dennis into his garden to learn how using the number of hours in a day (solar length of day) when planning your garden activities can lead to increased quality and yield for veggies, fruits, and medicine. In this video he describes how…
Read MoreWhat is alchemy?
Mention the word alchemy and most people would imagine some crazy guy trying to change lead into gold. While that is true “Lead” and “Gold” in alchemical symbolism are code words for what is corruptible “Lead”, and what is not “Gold”. Corruptible means it will decay in time and lose its form. Seen that way,…
Read MoreHuman Beings as Cosmic Co-Creators
The focus of this article is to explore the changing relationships between human beings and the natural world. …transcendent beinghood was relegated to religion and knowledge of physical forces became the domain of science, opening a void in the soul between mysticism and empiricism. In earlier times human beings experienced the forces of nature as…
Read MoreConsidering Helichrysum
In science today the driving force is to solve mysteries by innovation. Innovation is the clever manipulation of what is already known. As an effective research method for solving technical problems innovation has created wonders. But life evades technical solutions. Uncontrolled pandemics and complex climate change issues result from technical innovation being applied to issues…
Read MoreNature: force or being?
There is no question that reductionist science excels at studying technical, non living systems. An electronic circuit requires a research method that can reduce the flow of forces down to precise on / off sequences. But life science has other modes than on / off. Living beings have nuanced dimensions that are more like personalities…
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