259
DOI: 10.1201/9780429440939-27
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The Etheric Realms as a
Foundation for Exploring the
Use of Radionics with the
Biodynamic Preparations
Hugh Lovel *
INTRODUCTION
The more that agriculture explores variables such as the weather, latitude, soil types, planting dates
and soil ecologies – to say nothing of human factors – the clearer it becomes that agricultural
research has no hope of limiting or controlling most of these variables, and instead we need to
update our concepts and methods. One such concept is that of the soil food web – a living result
of the earth and the sky interacting with life. Another is organisation as being the basis of life, as
life is organic. The soil food web must breathe, and the earth and sky must interact well for life to
thrive. We cannot enliven the soil without also organising the atmosphere, and to do that we must
awaken life in the soil.
Yet anyone using such terms in relation to agriculture, such as sky, sun, moon and planets,
let alone ether and astrality, is apt to be met with rejection and disdain, even though history is
replete with lore about studying the stars and delving into the mysteries of nature, such as that of
the Rishikas, Zarathustra, Moses or the Magi. Such is to be expected, since western science has for
centuries held that intangible phenomena are imponderable and cannot be examined. Meanwhile,
truth seekers will realise that these concepts and observations are too consistent and elaborate to be
mere imagination, and here lies a rich load of scientific discoveries waiting to be brought to light. At
its roots, science is the art or craft of knowing, and the analytical method is not our only means of
knowing. Quantum physicist Max Planck famously observed, in mainstream academia, that science
advances one funeral at a time. 1 However, pioneers in science push the boundaries of what we know
in order to free themselves of these restraints and explore the vast uncharted territories beyond. For
myself as a farmer, teacher and independent researcher, I write from my experiences and knowledge
* 1947–2020.
1 ‘A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because
its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it’ ( Planck, 1949: 33).
CONTENTS
Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 259
The Advance of Western Science, from Kant to Goethe ................................................................260
Maxwell’s Ether and the Etheric Realms .......................................................................................260
My Farm Journey ........................................................................................................................... 262
Exploring the Biodynamic Preparations through Radionic Applications ......................................264
Conclusion .....................................................................................................................................266
References ......................................................................................................................................266
DOI: 10.1201/9780429440939-27
23
The Etheric Realms as a
Foundation for Exploring the
Use of Radionics with the
Biodynamic Preparations
Hugh Lovel *
INTRODUCTION
The more that agriculture explores variables such as the weather, latitude, soil types, planting dates
and soil ecologies – to say nothing of human factors – the clearer it becomes that agricultural
research has no hope of limiting or controlling most of these variables, and instead we need to
update our concepts and methods. One such concept is that of the soil food web – a living result
of the earth and the sky interacting with life. Another is organisation as being the basis of life, as
life is organic. The soil food web must breathe, and the earth and sky must interact well for life to
thrive. We cannot enliven the soil without also organising the atmosphere, and to do that we must
awaken life in the soil.
Yet anyone using such terms in relation to agriculture, such as sky, sun, moon and planets,
let alone ether and astrality, is apt to be met with rejection and disdain, even though history is
replete with lore about studying the stars and delving into the mysteries of nature, such as that of
the Rishikas, Zarathustra, Moses or the Magi. Such is to be expected, since western science has for
centuries held that intangible phenomena are imponderable and cannot be examined. Meanwhile,
truth seekers will realise that these concepts and observations are too consistent and elaborate to be
mere imagination, and here lies a rich load of scientific discoveries waiting to be brought to light. At
its roots, science is the art or craft of knowing, and the analytical method is not our only means of
knowing. Quantum physicist Max Planck famously observed, in mainstream academia, that science
advances one funeral at a time. 1 However, pioneers in science push the boundaries of what we know
in order to free themselves of these restraints and explore the vast uncharted territories beyond. For
myself as a farmer, teacher and independent researcher, I write from my experiences and knowledge
* 1947–2020.
1 ‘A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because
its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it’ ( Planck, 1949: 33).
CONTENTS
Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 259
The Advance of Western Science, from Kant to Goethe ................................................................260
Maxwell’s Ether and the Etheric Realms .......................................................................................260
My Farm Journey ........................................................................................................................... 262
Exploring the Biodynamic Preparations through Radionic Applications ......................................264
Conclusion .....................................................................................................................................266
References ......................................................................................................................................266