permaculture

[Allan Balliett <aballiett@frontiernet.net>]

Laurence -

I have experience with agnihotra.

You can find a good write-up about it in Tompkins "Secrets of the Soil."

It's important to note that for agnihotra to have any chance of being 
effective, it has to be practiced at exactly sunrise and exactly 
sunset. Even dairy cows are more forgiving.

In my experience, any benefits from agnihotra have been too subtle to 
identify.

I think it's probably a great ritual in a spiritual community with 
lots of people who are looking for a way to fill time. (I'm saying 
this seriously!)

-Allan