Translations:Manfred Klett: Von der Agrartechnologie zur Landbaukunst/1335/en

In the stinging nettle a wonder accomplishes itself: it raises within itself the polarity of root and blossom to a higher unity. The sulphur process from above downward and the sal-substance process from below upward remain in flow to a higher degree; both interpenetrate each other in a mercurial heightening in the leaf. This process is comparable, at a higher stage of development, to the blood circulation. At its centre — the heart, which is at the same time the middle between above and below — the venous and the arterial blood-stream meet. Past and future encounter each other in the present: the blood, which in the periphery on the one hand sacrifices forces into the physical activity of the body, while on the other hand it freights itself with the

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