Wednesday 14th January
Biodynamic agriculture works with Rudolf Steiner’s fourfold understanding of the human being. This includes the physical or mineral body, the etheric body — comparable to qi in Chinese medicine as the life force present in plants — and the astral body, which brings qualities of sensation, emotion, and imagination in animals and humans. Human beings alone also possess the Ego or “I”, the unique spiritual core of individuality. This principle of fourfoldness runs throughout Steiner’s work and is also used in anthroposophical medicine, which approaches health holistically. From this perspective, modern medicine focuses mainly on the physical body, while many alternative therapies work with the etheric. Anthroposophical medicine seeks to bring the etheric and astral into greater harmony, supporting integrated human health.
