Translations:Manfred Klett: Von der Agrartechnologie zur Landbaukunst/1483/en

sense that dull degrees of sensitivity hold sway here — as for example in legumes, whose nitrogen-fixing capacity can be noticeably enhanced through organic manures. One may expect that the dandelion preparation will make a significant contribution here as well. But does the being and efficacy of this substance-creation out of spiritual research exhaust itself in this — in the continuation of a nature process? Sensation, in the case before us, surely means bringing the astral organisation that works upon plants from without to bear as «former and shaper» of the etheric or life-forces in ever higher degree, and keeping these moving as «creators.» A preliminary stage of this takes place in the dandelion's blossom. Through its earth-connectedness (the rising milky sap) and at the same time its inclining and opening toward the sun, it is endowed with the capacity to draw silica in from the cosmos. Through the preparation described — accomplished within the earthly realm — the dandelion preparation is ultimately placed in a position to mediate to other cultivated plants, by way of the organic manures, the capacity to draw in from the surrounding cultivated soils those earthly substances they need for healthy growth.