I HAD A GOOD TEACHER Seven Geographic Plant Mansions In my early years in anthroposophy, I had the best Botany teacher for which one could ever wish. As a young high school teacher in a Steiner school, teaching the natural sciences among other things, I had constant recourse to a tall, wiry, bronzed, Anzac-type Aussie […]
BLOCK: G6 Plant Physiology
Sacred Flora: Seven Planetary Influences on Plants
THE WORLD GARDEN Seven Planet Influences on Plant Life “Good evening listeners, on tonight’s program of The World Garden, we have a direct link with the seven planets of the Ptolemaen System. Yes, from the closest to the furthest we’ll speak to Moon; Occults Mercury and Venus; Sun (even Old Sol; though really a star […]
Sacred Flora: Four Floral Elements
FIRE, AIR, WATER, EARTH Fungi, Algae, Mosses, Ferns Hello Readers, I have been asked to give an account of myself… oh, my name is Cryptogamae, meaning “hidden marriage”. I am the illimitable spore bearers of the wonderful botanical world. Actually, I represent my whole family, which includes four lovely children, or Divisions as botanists call […]
Into Calm: Plant Physiology in 6th Grade
MIRACLE GARDEN Plant Physiology – Class 6 – Middle Lesson Hello readers, I’m a plant – no, not a special operative from the C.I.A., or even an industrial complex – I’m a real plant. The word is akin to ‘planet’, meaning wanderer. You see, both the plants and planets of the Solar System were part […]