Here’s my take on the whole Steiner Anthroposophy Biodynamic 
agricultural deal.
Steiner was interested in many things but the one thing he was interested 
in over all other things was the spiritual evolution of human beings.  All 
the so called spiritual scientific stuff was a product of the search for 
and the work towards this one end, which was to realize, as much as 
possible, the next stage in mankind’s spiritual evolution.  There are many 
avenues and levels of approach to the work which Steiner considered of 
vital importance to the future of mankind.  Something like biodynamic 
farming may come with what many would consider kooky, other worldly claims 
that are completely beyond the reach of normal scientific thinking, but as 
I understand it, the point would be to take as much of it as you could 
assimilate on an intellectual level and work with it without prejudgment 
and in doing so gain a deeper intuitive level of understanding of the 
relationships of earthly, spiritual and yes cosmic things.  Steiner called 
for not so much belief as a suspension of disbelief regarding the things he 
espoused.  It wasn’t so important to him whether or not you believed it as 
it was that you approached it as though you did not disbelieve it.  Only 
then would you be able to gain your own direct experience of a spiritual or 
as some would say a super intuitive nature. 
     You certainly can not take any of what he said out of context and hope 
to gain anything from it.  It really has to be taken as a whole and that is 
asking a lot as anyone who has scratched the surface of Steiner would 
attest.  There are a lot of people who find the exercise worth while, 
though.  I am not a practitioner of Anthroposophy and I know almost nothing 
about dynamic farming, but from what I’ve seen of it through our kids 
having gone to a Waldorf school, it is certainly nothing to be afraid or 
even wary of.  I see it as a normal healthy search on some people’s part 
for deeper meaning in life and the every day activities of life, like 
farming and beekeeping.  At the most basic level it’s just another way of 
looking at things, and for some it has value.  Personally I do not like to 
go too far beyond just what works and what doesn’t work.  I’ve noticed, 
though, that what works for some doesn’t seem to work for others, and I 
find that really interesting. 

Steve Noble     

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