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lizwilliams) wrote2006-11-19 10:28 am
lizwilliams) wrote2006-11-19 10:28 am
Barons and biodynamics
We have guests at the moment, my old friend A and her husband. They came down on Friday in order to give a biodynamic treatment to our garden and the orchard. A practices biodynamics, which, effectively, is a kind of plant magic based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner (you can find out about it here: http://www.biodynamics.com/biodynamics.html).
I reserve judgment about biodynamics: it's one of those things that, like homeopathy, should not work but often does. A handed me a thing that I thought at first was a parsnip, but it's actually a biodynamic carrot: it's about a foot long and not at all woody. Giant vegetables will be us!
The treatment involves stirring a vat of liquid cow shit for an hour and then flicking it over the garden with a paintbrush. I'll let you know how things proceed.
We also went into Glastonbury and met up with Ralph Harvey, one of Britain's most senior witches (he's 78) and an equerry to Prince Michael of Kent. He's also a baron, in his own right, and a practising exorcist. He's a highly entertaining man, who doesn't take himself too seriously, but he does play up to the Old Colonel thing ('I said to the demon, now, look here, old chap, this sort of thing really won't do at all!'). He also tells some terrible jokes. We're planning to do an interview with him for the radio show, which has now been syndicated in the US, I think with some pagan radio station.
I reserve judgment about biodynamics: it's one of those things that, like homeopathy, should not work but often does. A handed me a thing that I thought at first was a parsnip, but it's actually a biodynamic carrot: it's about a foot long and not at all woody. Giant vegetables will be us!
The treatment involves stirring a vat of liquid cow shit for an hour and then flicking it over the garden with a paintbrush. I'll let you know how things proceed.
We also went into Glastonbury and met up with Ralph Harvey, one of Britain's most senior witches (he's 78) and an equerry to Prince Michael of Kent. He's also a baron, in his own right, and a practising exorcist. He's a highly entertaining man, who doesn't take himself too seriously, but he does play up to the Old Colonel thing ('I said to the demon, now, look here, old chap, this sort of thing really won't do at all!'). He also tells some terrible jokes. We're planning to do an interview with him for the radio show, which has now been syndicated in the US, I think with some pagan radio station.
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Homeopathic gardening.... Hmmm - does that mean you only have to weed a little?
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Lately I've been coming across it among wine producers, where it gets referred to as if it were an extreme form of organic practices - but a natural progression.
So I'll be interested to hear how it works out for you ("should not work but often does" sounds familiar!)
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You can guess my attitude to this.... but their wines are lovely, so they're clearly doing something right!
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I'm torn between my 'witchcraft shop owner' hat and my 'philosopher of science' hat. We'll see what results empirically.
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What, at social occasions or as part of the exorcism process? :-)
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Actually this sounds like one of my stories.