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On 2/8/2013 10:23 PM, Lawrence London wrote:
>  From Logosophia
> Just Published!
> By Alan Chadwick
> *Reverence, Obedience and the Invisible in the Garden:*
> *Talks on the Biodynamic French Intensive System*
> Introduction by Dr. Rodney Blackhirst

Anther Chadwick book published by Logosophia that you may want to read 
is this:

Performance in the Garden:
A Collection of Talks on Biodynamic French Intensive Horticulture
by Alan Chadwick
edited by Stephen Crimi
foreword by John Jeavons
$19
http://www.logosophiabooks.com/Logosophia_Books/Performance_in_the_Garden.html

"His talks seem to explode out of the unconscious with an alarmingly 
precise focus, precipitating one toward completely new perceptions of 
the meaning of gardening as a spiritual activity."

E.M. Schumacher (Small is Beautiful) called Englishman Alan Chadwick 
"the greatest horticulturist of the 20th century." Chadwick was a 
student of Rudolf Steiner, an early advocate of organics, and founder of 
French Intensive Biodynamic System. He railed against the tragic 
policies of corporate agribusiness, while cultivating gardens of sublime 
beauty and production in the 60's and 70's throughout the United States. 
Nearly everyone practicing biodynamics today has been kissed by the 
Chadwick transmission. Up until now his unique artistic approach and 
deep perception of nature were unavailable in writing. Performance in 
the Garden harvests sixteen incredible, inspired and practical talks 
that will help us, as herbalist and friend Paul Lee aptly put it, 
"replant the vital root of existence."

Reviews

Alan Chadwick comes across as a wonderfully eccentric and inspired 
character, an extraordinary combination of the visionary, the rhapsodic 
and the practical. One feels he is as highly attuned to the inner world 
as he is attentive to the outer. In fact, his talks seem to explode out 
of the unconscious with an alarmingly precise focus, precipitating one 
toward completely new perceptions of the meaning of gardening as a 
spiritual activity.

Jeremy Naydler, author of Goethe on Science, Temple of the Cosmos, and 
Soul Gardening; founder of the Jupiter Trust

Alan Chadwick's goal, an exciting one, was to 'grow' world peace through 
all of us working individually, and together, with the life forces of 
the garden, its soil and plants to become a participants in life's 
wonderful, rhythmic, and quietly-alive Cosmic dance. Performance in the 
Garden is a rare opportunity to receive insight into the experiences 
Alan shared during his life!

John Jeavons, Executive Director of Biointensive Sustainable 
Mini-Farming; author of How to Grow More Vegetables

For anyone wanting to DO something in this world, these lectures and 
parables from Alan are a tremendous gift which can open the door to 
awareness and encounter of the deep healing joy in, and love for 
creation that alone can be the inspiration and motivation for reentering 
and recreating the Garden.

Stephen Decater, Live Power Community Farm, Covelo, CA

THE GARDEN’S EMMISARY

Alan Chadwick’s performances over the years would no doubt be considered 
Oscar caliber if they occurred in the theatre. But inhabiting a more 
cosmic system his lectures and classes regarding Biodynamic French 
Intensive Horticulture took him from the gardens he created at the 
university in Santa Cruz, to the Covelo Village Garden Project in Round 
Valley, California and finally to the spiritual community in New Market, 
Virginia. Known for his eloquence and unique terminology his award was 
to pass on to his students the in depth knowledge of his life’s work.

As editor Crimi so aptly puts it, “Let what is behind the words come, 
from Alan’s Sun if you will. Open yourself and the garden reveals its 
secrets.” We owe our thanks to Crimi for compiling, editing and 
archiving the wonderment of Chadwick. Chapters that expound on cosmic 
forces, fertilization, propagation and roses are but a few that we are 
treated to.

Take your time and enjoy the journey for in reading this book you’re 
entering the rare air of one of the gardens’ most amazing emissaries.

DONNA COOMER, BETWEEN THE LINES REVIEWS

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