This preparation strengthens the Etheric against the (Astral and Ego). (48)
Four groups of 6 cm sprouts of maize were compared. The first was put into Knop's solution which is 250mg/l of each of magnesium sulphate, potassium phosphate and potassium chlorate, 1000 mg/l calcium nitrate and a trace of iron chlorate. The second was the same minus the calcium nitrate but with an equivalent dose of nitrogen. The third was identical to the second but also contained 100mg/l of 500, 503 and 505 instead of the nitrogen. These latter contribute approximately 2.5 mg of calcium per litre. The final was identical to the third but had no 500. Results; Knop's solution gave 2.9g of shoot, 1.5 g of root. Same minus lime gave 1.1g of shoot, 0.6g of root. same with 500, 503 and 505 gave 5.3g shoot and 3.4g of root. The same minus 500 gave 2.6g shoot and 2.2g root. (57)
If you want calcium and amino acids for cell division, 503. (7)
... a connection with the chemical and protein-forming forces is added to the flowing mercurial force of chamomile. It is for this reason that Rudolf Steiner says that such manure has nitrogen in a more stable form, that the Earth is quickened and produces healthier plants. (20)
I once had a strong feeling that the sheaths are not necessarily the right side out. I undertook an experiment to turn the chamomile preparation into a sausage with the lining inside out so that the digestive part is on the outside and the herb is on the inside. I found that there’s a fatty layer that’s often on the intestines that can now meet with the herb—the aromatic oil part of the plant can comingle with the aromatic, oily part of the animal. I found that the fatty quality, which is the vitality of the animal stored up from the plant world, merges with the herb, and you end up with something that’s even more clay-like. And it’s sweet—it almost turns into something like molasses. Then, to my delight, I was going through Pfeiffer’s notes at JPI, and I found an explicit reference where he says that, when he’s making the intestines, he turns them inside out, inflates them, and hangs them to dry, because that’s how you make sausage. After all, Steiner said to “make them into another kind of sausage.” And he’s saying this to people who live on rural estates—they would have known how to make a sausage and would likely have started with what they knew. (1855)
"How chamomile compost prep works" The chamomile compost prep encourages the natural cycle of growth, decomposition, and new growth to occur in an efficient, healthy way that ensures nothing is wasted. Its life-enhancing properties allows all the raw materials in the compost heap to break down in the correct way, ensuring the finished heap has a stable nitrogen content. It is also rich in balanced proportions of both sulphur and calcium; these allow the heap to inwardly direct life-giving forces released during decomposition, so they stay in the heap and are not lost to the atmosphere. To make the prep, the dried flowers are stuffed into a cow's intestine in autumn, which is tied both ends to form a sausage, then buried in a covered earthenware pot in the ground for six months, transforming into a brown, sweet-smelling, crumbly mixture. It is stored in glass or earthenware jars. Once added to a compost heap, the chamomile prep brings the life-enhancing qualities that encourage healthy life and growth held in the cow's intestine back to the garden: the soil finds the biodynamic compost easy to "digest", which means crops can then find exactly the right amount of food and water they need. (1895)
In Latin America, especially in southern Brazil, we find people who have dedicated themselves to experiment with a "native chamomile" Achyrodine saturejoides, which shares similar medicinal properties. At the end of the process, however, the preparation shows a very different quality and appearance from the original preparation with Matricaria chamomilla, and the result must still be researched to determine if it is an appropriate alternative. (1919)
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