Introduction << To use herbs, or to apply effectively any form of therapy, it is necessary to know the unique constitution of the individual, as well as the specific nature of the disease. Western medicine, and to some extent western herbalism, lacks this science of individual constitution. The same disease may occur in different constitutions, … Continue reading Therapeutic Uses of Ashwaganda (Withania somnifera)
Dear friend, This post is a response to the German ZDF Zoom program, entitled <<Anthroposophie -- gut oder gefährlich?>>, which I saw recently. It is one of several programs in the documentary series: <<Am Puls Deutschlands mit Jochen Breyer>>. Initially intended to address a German-speaking audience, I have translated it into English since many of … Continue reading Designed to inform or mislead?
Dear friends, We will never be able to achieve truer and longer-lasting spiritual, psychological and physical health without embracing the cultural historical imperative to raise our consciousness beyond the confines of the physical-material world, in order to perceive more expansive dimensions in which our whole selves live and move and have their beings. No other … Continue reading Harkening to the Wake-Up Call of the Spirit
Over the last century, organized, large-scale medical industry profiteering has spread out from the U.S. to much of the world, undermining public health by delivering fewer services of lesser quality to patients at steadily increasing cost. When viewed through a narrow cognitive lens, the cosmos, humanity and the earth are all perceived as if "through … Continue reading Is it time to take greater charge of your health?
In relation to food and medicine, certain enormously rich and powerful individuals and institutions have had trillions upon trillions of USD or EUR at their disposal to sell people on a materialistic worldview and commercial agendas. Unscrupulous profiteering by Big This and Big That (e.g., transnational corporate energy, chemical, agriculture, pharma, tech and medical industries) … Continue reading As we approach the cold, dry winter season
"Nothing disfigures a human being more than being human without knowing what being human means.” -- Libellus de hominis convenientia, Franziskus Josephus Philippus Graf von Hoditz und Wolframitz Thomas Meyer’s editorial in this month’s „Der Europäer“ begins by referring to a lecture given by Dr. Rudolf Steiner in 1909. In it Dr. Steiner referred to … Continue reading The health of the human being in our social, telluric and cosmic environments
“Each individual must set aside his preferences for one direction or another and endeavor to accept things without any prejudice. It is impossible to say certain things without making one person or another feel uncomfortable. There are plenty of people today who regard it as a sin to even hint at certain facts, because they … Continue reading But Does It Really Have to Be This Way?
We are all familiar with forests being called the lungs of the earth because healthy trees remove carbon dioxide out of the air and replace it with oxygen. Thus we need the service trees provide for our own respiration process in which we take in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide. Imagine what effect massive … Continue reading Trees, the Lungs of the Earth