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  • AGRICULTURE - SPIRITUAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE RENEWAL OF AGRICULTURE

    Rudolf Steiner

    AGRICULTURE - SPIRITUAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE RENEWAL OF AGRICULTURE

    8 lectures and 4 discussions, Koberwitz, June 7–20, 1924

    With this remarkable series of lectures presented in Koberwitz, Silesia, June 7 to 16, 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded biodynamic agriculture. They contain profound insights into farming, the plant and animal world, the nature of organic chemistry, and the influences of heavenly bodies. This translation from the original German by Catherine E. Creeger and Malcolm Gardner is a fundamental text for many intermediate and advanced students of biodynamic agriculture—one to which the biodynamic practitioner will refer again and again over the years.

    In addition to the eight lectures, this edition includes:
      - Four discussions by Rudolf Steiner;
      - Colour plates of Steiner’s blackboard drawings;
      - An address to the members of the Agricultural Experimental group;
      - Rudolf Steiner’s report to members of the Anthroposophical Society following the lectures;
      - Rudolf Steiner's handwritten notes for the course;
      - Additional agricultural indications by Rudolf Steiner;
      - An essay: “New Directions in Agriculture,” by Ehrenfried E. Pfeiffer, a biodynamic pioneer in North America.

    This book is the primary resource for anyone involved in biodynamic gardening or farming.

    Spiritual Foundations for the Renewal of Agriculture is a translation from German of the book Geisteswissenschaftliche Grundlagen zum Gedeihen der Landwirtschaft. Landwirtschaftlicher Kursus (GA 327).

    20 August 2025; Translated by Catherine E. Creeger and Malcolm Ian Gardner; Foreword by Roderick Shouldice; Contributions by Ehrenfried E. Pfeiffer ; SB; 328pp; 8 color plates, b/w drawings; 229 x 152 mm; Hardback;

    £26.99  ISBN 9781621484004