Hugo Erbe #9 – Harmonizing Preparation | Instructions for Use
One unit treats one acre.
APPLICATION
- Stir preparation in 10–15 gallons of rainwater in the usual biodynamic fashion for one hour, using a nonmetallic container.
- Spray immediately after stirring during the latter part of the day, when the shadows are growing long.
Hugo Erbe suggested applying this harmonizing preparation on all cultivated areas during Michaelmas (September 29th). However, in order to allow greater flexibility in scheduling the use of this preparation, we suggest it be used any time between the fall equinox and Advent, which begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas.
INGREDIENTS
- egg whites
- honey
- cow’s milk
- red grape juice
- sunflower oil
- cooking salt
- whole wheat
These various biodynamic and organic ingredients are combined and then subjected to a lengthy anaerobic fermentation. Hugo Erbe’s New Bio-Dynamic Preparations describes the choice of ingredients of “typical human food substances as offerings to the elemental beings. The composition aims to achieve a harmonious balance of ingredients, so that substances have been chosen which have a special significance on the one hand specifically relating to the human being and his four-fold nature, and on the other to the creative forces which are at work in the various groups of elemental beings.”
ABOUT
This preparation is the second of the two recipes that Hugo Erbe originated as “Offerings for the Elemental World,” and should be seen as a companion spray to the Three Kings Preparation (HE #8). Whereas the latter spray is described as a “protection against the activities of opposing forces,” the Harmonizing Preparation is intended to serve as “an expression of gratitude to the elemental beings.” It should be noted that Hugo Erbe was an individual who could hold direct and frequent conversation with the nature spirits. By using this preparation, Erbe gave us a way to offer thanks to the elemental world for its sacrifice and service. And at the same time, HE #9 helps to make it possible for the higher beings (the warmth, light and air beings) and the lower elemental beings (the water and earth beings) to work together again harmoniously for the restoration of fertility to the earth and within all the activities of all the creatures of the earth.
SPECIAL NOTE
Please observe the same caution with this spray as with the Three Kings Preparation. Do not use this preparation without also using the basic nine biodynamic preparations given by Rudolf Steiner beforehand as well as committing oneself to continuing to use them in a consistent and diligent fashion.