Homoeopathic agriculture pioneers
Another development from the 'classical' preparations has been the work
of Hugo Erbe. Erbe developed grains from
wild grasses using his own preparations in addition to the classical
ones. For instance he developed a clay preparation, one that Steiner
intimated he
would describe but seems to have fallen
off the end of the Agriculture course. (See this summary and Nikolaus
Remer's book), and others for seeds, young plants, trees, frost and storm
protection. 21 are described.
Erbe seems to have been able to develop his faculties so that he could
communicate with the Elemental
Beings in Nature. This enabled him to
get quick feedback on the reception of his preparations. Until recently
his work has been restricted to the German speakers but, thanks to the
Biodynamic seminar in the UK who organised an excellent translation to
be be prepared by Paul Carline, it is now available
in English.
These preparations have not been researched as much as the classical preparations,
and some of the ingredients are difficult to obtain - for regulatory
reasons again. However, some can be made without troubling the authorities;
the Three Kings Preparation seems to have captured the imagination of
the BD community. There is a photo-journal of making the 'Harmonising Preparation'
on this
site.
At the moment I know of no commercial source for all of these preparations
though the book does explain how these preparations
should be made.