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From Logosophia

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By Alan Chadwick

Reverence, Obedience and the Invisible in the Garden:

Talks on the Biodynamic French Intensive System

Introduction by Dr. Rodney Blackhirst

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280 pages

16 talks

8 pages of photos

English-born Alan Chadwick was considered by E. F. Schumacher to be the greatest gardener in America. 

Chadwick was an early force in the reintroduction of organics into horticulture, creating gardens of exquisite beauty and fertility in the 60's and 70's. He restored ancient methods of fully conscious gardening, which were originally alchemical. 

Through his deep connection to Nature, coupled with his tutorship under Rudolf Steiner and studies in some of the great gardens of Europe, Chadwick developed what he called the 'Biodynamic French Intensive system'. In these lyrical talks, transcribed from taped lectures given to his students, the practical aspects of gardening, such as composting, irrigation, seeds, 

raised beds and bloom, are shown to have a spiritual substratum. 

Chadwick was a practicing Shakespearian actor, a painter, a musician, a mythologist and a storyteller, and brought all these parts of himself into the creation of what he considered the greatest art: becoming a simple gardener. 

These inspired transmissions from Alan Chadwick bring the reader closer to the living presence of Nature.

Table of Contents

Foreword  

Introduction by Dr. Rodney Blackhirst

The Proscenium Arch by Stephen Crimi  

Nature’s Medicine Chest

Everything is Governed by an Invisible Law 

Bloom and Area of Discontinuity  

Intellect, Reason and Idée 

Seed: The Utmost Idée/The Least Metamorphosis

Composting

Energies and Elements

The King of the Golden River  

Ley Crops  

Irrigation  

Raised Beds

Fertility/Merchant and Seer

Art

The Garden as the Mirror of Man  

History of Herbs

Energy, Color, Herbs

Annotated Bibliography  

Acknowledgements

Praise for Respect, Reverence and Obedience in the Garden

I feel sad when I think how I could have met this beautiful wizard of plants, but didn’t know Alan Chadwick was there to meet. 

But at least these years later, it’s as if he’s sitting right here addressing this crazy lost time, 

his implacable hopeful blast of the do-ability of peace as a thing of living through plants sprouting inside us as a great medicine.

If you are already a plant person you probably know Alan Chadwick and will love this book.

If you aren’t you’d better read Reverence, Obedience and the Invisible in the Garden. 

Martín Prechtel, author of The Unlikely Peace at Cuchumaquic:

    The Parallel Lives of People as Plants: Keeping the Seeds Alive

 

A magnificent work from one of the plant geniuses of our time. 

Essential reading for all who want to deepen their relationship with plants and the Earth.

Stephen Harrod Buhner, author of The Secret Teachings of Plants and Ensouling Language

Alan Chadwick demands rigorous thinking while, at the same time, offering to his readers and students an invitation to enter a world that we might call fanciful, but which is real enough to result in the most inspiring gardens imaginable. Reverence, Obedience and the Invisible in the Garden is an essential book for the gardener and plant person of any stripe, to be read, savored, and read again.

Deborah Madison, author of Kitchen Literacy and 

    Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone

We can be inspired even now, upon reading these lectures, by the work of this great man. And in some small way, we may bring his inspiration into our own lives, so that we live not merely for our temporal selves. We can become in tune with the infinite, and bring the blessings of Eternity into earth existence. In so doing we bless and uplift the Earth planet, and ensure its future.

Dan McGuire, Retired Horticulturalist and Beekeeper

This  is a most beautiful book, transcribing Alan's lectures into a language wherein the reader can receive the spirits as they come through Alan Chadwick's field of perennial wisdom. This book is a national treasure to all gardeners and lovers of the Earth.

Barbara M.V. Scott, M.Sc., author of The Joy of Biodynamic Agriculture: Living with the Unseen Forces Behind Nature 

and Transmissions From the Canid Nation

You will learn much from and about Mr. Chadwick in this book. His style of delivering knowledge to students was never dull nor pedantic. 

  

He had the ability to give wings to the imagination and fire the will. Yet, he always said he was never a teacher; and finally, I have come to understand what he meant. To Mr. Chadwick, Nature was the teacher, and perhaps he was just reminding us how to open up all of our senses to the real Teacher.

And though, he didn’t believe himself a teacher, I believe he gave to me the greatest gifts a teacher can bestow: a sense of wonder and reverence for Life and the World, the tools to work with Nature, and the drive to carry projects through to the end. 

And all gardeners know, as did Mr.Chadwick, The Garden demands nothing less.

Gregory H. Hudson, Waldorf Teacher, Eurthymist, Musician, and Gardener

When I read his lectures I hear the cadence and passion of his voice. Alan’s eyes sparkled, his smile was deep and mischievous. 

He was intensely alive, alert and full of love for all the beautiful things that fill this planet and make it warm and soft and tasteful and fragrant. He loved plants and reminded us of their gifts—clean air, food and medicine, fiber and flower. 

He loved birds for their singing and flowers for their enchantment and beauty.

Alan was an inspired, disciplined, and energetic gardener who, with the help of many young people, transformed a hillside into a productive garden. He was there working from dawn to dark each day. Beautiful, fresh and high quality organic vegetables and vibrant flowers flowed in great abundance to the community from this garden while its soil grew more friable and fertile each year.

May Alan continue to light a fire inside the hearts of those who read his words and visit his archive.

Jim Nelson, Camp Joy Gardens

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