In agriculture we have a field called breeding, such as plant breeding. There are newer thoughts on the science of producing new combinations of genes so new types (forms or varieties) can come out. Breeding has proceeded to more high-tech approaches (i.e., beyond genetic engineering or biotechnology), to using nanotechnology, synthetic biology with the aid of computers or information technology. But there are more natural and simpler approaches, and they can be old or more modern. There is so much research coming out now regarding the true natue and function of DNAs and genes. This is not difficult to imagine if we subscribe to the claim that the half-life of molecular biology is 6 months; half of what is taken as true becomes obsolete in less than a year!

Infusing the area or farm with consciousness, thoughts and word or sounds, even symbols or information could change the nature of genes which can be heritable. Bruce Lipton has written books and articles on this, specifically referring to epigenetics and the biology of belief. https://www.brucelipton.com/

Some interviews of Bruce Lipton may be found below:

https://www.brucelipton.com/interviews/hay-house-video-with-bruce-and-dr-wayne-dyer/

https://www.brucelipton.com/interviews/interview-with-bruce-in-planeta-magazine-part-one/

https://www.brucelipton.com/interviews/interview-with-bruce-in-planeta-magazine-part-2/

https://www.brucelipton.com/interviews/interview-with-bruce-in-planeta-magazine-part-3/

https://www.brucelipton.com/interviews/interview-with-bruce-by-mystic-pop/

https://www.brucelipton.com/interviews/a-romp-through-the-quantum-field/

Here is a sample video of his talk-

Some breeders and practitioners use some gadgets in the farm to create a condition that may change the vibration of DNAs, for example by using field broadcasters (e.g., https://www.quantumagriculture.com/field-broadcasters/field-broadcaster-global-family ).

Biodynamic atmospheres have also been reported to generate new types; and this may also be true of other practices (e.g., Homa farming) where some quantum energy had been imprinted in the area.

Here is a link to the article on the malleability of DNAs using words- https://www.bewellbuzz.com/wellness-buzz/dna-influenced-reprogrammed/ .

Here is another article

Scientist Proves DNA Can Be Reprogrammed by Words and Frequencies

There are many unconventional, and some even are traditional, methods of crop improvement. Many initiatives are in Europe but these are mostly published in non-English language. My network of friends (e.g., in GRAIN)  has given me some sites where we may see that organic plant breeding is biodynamic breeding and more, and that the movement to do alternative breeding is getting stronger. The work is often tied up to the conservation of heirloom varieties or to peasant based seed saving. The following were kindly shared by my friend Renee V, and readers might pick up something from them, if interested in the subject:

European Consortium for Organic Plant Breeding
https://www.eco-pb.org/

Farmers Seeds / Farmers Rights Campaign (this is a network of good groups – some material is in English)
https://www.farmerseeds.org/

Arche Noah (Austrian group with an English page)
https://www.arche-noah.at/etomite/index.php?id=249

BEDE (French group with an English page and documents you can request)
https://www.bede-asso.org/lang/angl/home.php

International Seed Day Greece (it’s in English)
https://www.peliti.gr/pages_eng/international_seed_day_greece_21_23_4_2012.htm

Slow Food (they have a global initiative on biodiversity and breeding)
https://slowfoodfoundation.com/

Irish Seed Savers (it’s in English)
https://www.irishseedsavers.ie/index.php

Planet Diversity 2008 (materials from a huge int’l conference organised by German friends in 2008)
https://cd.planet-diversity.org/

Now there are also initiatives that are more from the formal sector and which parallel conventional breeding. One movement is about “participatory plant breeding”. The core is to involve farmers in breeding and selection, and to let them in at an earlier stage in the breeding work (i.e., in the F2 generation). Check out the article of S Ceccarelli on “Evolution, Plant Breeding and Biodiversity” – https://www.iao.florence.it/ojs/index.php/JAEID/article/view/28/31.

What would be considered “quantum” when farmers are participating in the process is having the elements of creativity, consciousness, intention and energy. They also sing or talk to the plants, do offering along with some ritualistic performances. Their seed management, which includes careful crop selection and deliberate crossing, is strongly linked to other aspects of their  living and culture. We can learn from their approaches in crop breeding and genetic management. Most innovative approaches may be found among farmers in Europe, where also the organic movement is very strong. The involvement of farmers in the spectrum of seed systems and seed program development esp in Europe is freshly discussed in the article “Seed Diversity, Farmers’ Rights, and the Politics of Re-peasantization” by Elisa Da Via- https://www.ijsaf.org/archive/19/2/davia.pdf . On the other hand the IFOAM uses Biodynamics principles in the criteria of organic plant and animal breeding (https://www.ifoam.org/press/positions/Seed_Position_Paper.pdf) .

My students 5 years back did a submission on “Applying Biodynamics in Organic Seed System” (read here). Therein some “quantum” (specifically biodynamics) techniques on seed management and breeding are given.

More next time.

Pam Fernandez

One must delve into the discussion of the reality beyond our 5 senses or ordinary reality- of the four ethers, for example. There are some materials in the internet that offer an elaboration of the four ethers. One is a site on Phenomenology of Tom Van Gelder  https://www.dynamisch.nu/feno/english/e1intro.html. Get started on the discussion on ethers from the site mentioned, but remember that the topic may take sometime to make full sense, esp for one who is new in the subject of subtle energy or spiritual science (e.g., Anthroposophy):

The Four Ethers

Whereas you can perceive the elements as external phenomena, you can’t perceive the ethers directly. You can, however, perceive their effects through the elements. The elements are found on earth; they are bound to it and attracted to it. This is most clearly the case for the solid element, least so for the warmth element.

The opposite is true for the ethers. They arise from the environment and their effect runs counter to that of the earth’s gravitation. They work from the cosmos, and attract earthly matter. An example of such an ether working from the cosmos is light. You can observe the force of light when a seed germinates into a plant, which starts to grow and elongate upwards, breaks through the asphalt surface and grows towards the light. The plant grows away from the earth and towards the light, that is, towards the cosmos. Light gives the plant power to overcome gravity. The etheric force overcomes the weight of material substance.

There are four types of ether: warmth ether, light ether, chemical or tone ether and life ether:

• Warmth ether is the etheric side of warmth: the inner, impulse-creating warmth or the warmth of enthusiasm that occurs as the intention that underlies actions. Its elemental counterpart is fire, or externally perceivable warmth. Warmth ether and warmth as an element are closely related.
• Light ether illuminates everything and makes all material things visible. It is also the force which makes plants grow upwards and makes people stand and walk upright. Light ether corresponds to the air element.
• Chemical or tone ether is the force that structures the development of phenomena and can be seen, for instance, in the natural succession of plant communities. Chemical ether corresponds to the water element.
• Life ether is the force that makes an object and its environment appear as a unified whole. It is the force that unifies an object’s course of life. Life ether corresponds to the earth element.

Continue reading here- https://www.dynamisch.nu/feno/english/e3pheno8.html.

A Waldorf education mentor and friend, Horst Hellmann shared his article/notes- “Imaginative Thinking and the Four Ethers” (may read here). It is very insightful and calls for transformed educational approach and content such that students are made aware of the “forces” beyond the physical, and experience awe and wonder and reverence and gratitude toward nature. We need start this early or students become too calcified and earth-bound, and disregard the greater truth of things, nature and of humans. Then they also become incapacitated to harness their own imagination and creativity, which are necessary to meet current challenges in society and the world. The 4 ethers, when internalized, could lead us to greater understanding of why certain seemingly unscientific or superstitious practice do work. That includes plants responding to sound and movement.

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Students’ Exploration on “Quantum Agriculture” on Radio, and my Exploration on “Pseudoscience”

Let me share with you what transpired here at UPLB last March 21, 2012. Development Communication students set up a panel discussion in their radio program “Do you AGRI?”.  The panelists were myself (considered agriculture scientist and promoting Quantum Agriculture), a Physics professor, and two undergraduate students pursuing fields in Agribiotech and Applied Physics. The proceedings may be  read here.

or heard here    (contracted version, in mixed language).

Students are asking … what is this “Quantum Agriculture” organism that people in campus are talking about? Some gladly receive it, while others seem perplexed, if not disturbed, and a number say that it is “PseudoScience” or not True Science (“suds” or science ?). It is indeed healthy to be skeptical because this attitude can be the beginning of deepening of one’s truth. I tend to be one, too, but can’t resist my inclination toward indigenous practices and knowledge systems. I am always intrigued with the science of “unexplained”, “amazing” or “out-of-the-box” practices and phenomena, especially in agriculture. Only later did I realize that these concepts and practices are labeled “pseudoscience” by some sectors or individuals. I feel confident, however, that the scientific explanations will continue to be revealed. Indeed, science is discovering new things that bring many of those in the list of pseudoscience their due “true science” status. In fact, many practices or concepts have already been taken off the list of Pseudoscience as scientific knowledge grew, and as scientists came to accept them. Thus, what would be more productive now is not to argue who or what is right but to try to understand that there is a more expanded definition of science, that science evolves and has a half-life, that it is not neutral, and that knowledge may be obtained through other processes. Read more here:

This is just to share a prayer song and a rendetion of it by my student Zeta and my daughter Gayle… The song is entitled “Mga Anak ng Hangin” (Children of the Wind) composed by Ma. Angelica Dayao, a brilliant multi-talented musician, teacher, and composer, who also gathered the scattered individual student-musicians in campus and came up with a beautiful string orchestra at UPLB. The academe has been enlivened by their performances. This is fresh news and welcome development in the academe which is predominantly left-brained. Translation later.

Mga Anak ng Hangin – Jam Cover by Zeta Derikka Sanchez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-kuQdZUz4E

Mga Anak ng Hangin – Acapella cover by Zeta Derikka Sanchez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51vX-hRuSoc&feature=relmfu

The lyrics are as follows:

Mga Anak ng Hangin

I find this prayer, rendered in a song, to create a wonderful atmosphere in my talks about quantum agriculture. Other prayers and mode of presentation should do… what is important is to have that intention to be grateful and acknowledge the forces of nature that help create the openness and learning atmosphere. The science of prayer, sound, and intention in creating a favorable environment and response from the living things has been presented earlier.

Pam Fernandez

We try to separate the usual from the unconventional; the modern from the traditional. We say those old practices- the rituals, offerings, belief systems- are not scientific. Indigenous farming systems are quite rich in these practices. They have come down to us through inspiration, intuition, or simply via hand-me-down; Also by trial and error. We stripped them off from the mainstream agriculture practices, the so –called actual or direct practices. As we revitalize Organic Agriculture we slowly recognize their value. We see the farms thrive, and observe the difference in glow between a highly chemical farm or garden and an organic one. As farmers go deeper into organic something opens in them and they become more intuitive.

Because of our conditioning and training we tend to follow the mainstream which is chemical-based and reductionist. Thus the more unconventional or organic initiatives are more prevalent among those with non-agriculture background than the trained or certified agriculturists. While some enthusiasts do organic after deliberate study and training, others do it through intuition or gut feeling. How knowledge on practices is obtained is a very interesting subject worth a separate writing. The explosion of brain science or consciousness science makes us realize the power of the mind, consciousness, intention, prayers, meditation, or thought in crop and animal agriculture. Browse the slides here:

Power of Prayer in Plants and Seeds

Suffice to say that people can indeed tap the secrets of the universe given the right make-up and process. One person I like to cite is Walter Russell. He is referred to as the man who tapped the secrets of the universe.

https://www.rustymicrophone.com/rm09_wr.html.

A book about him and his secrets has been written by Glen Clark. https://www.feandft.com/The%20Man%20Who%20Tapped%20the%20Secrets%20of%20the%20Universe%20-%20by%20Glenn%20Clark%20(Walter%20Russell).pdf.

Watch here for a video about him:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U-WAtgan0A

and a review of the book is also available in video form here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b8zDn9QCok.

We all have the opportunity to do the tapping of the universe on a daily basis, but others do it more strongly or on a more sustained basis. They have bursts of “aha moments” that make them great inventors, mathematicians, physicists or discoverers. Deliberate tapping may be exemplified by shamanism and other modalities where certain practices (such as rituals) are done and the person becomes more open to the truths of nature.

Intuitive farming may be said to be one of the practices under Quantum Agriculture. Dr. Henk Kieft gave his classification of quantum agriculture in an article “Quantum agriculture: bridging frontline physics and intuitive knowledge of nature?”. The paper may be read here:

https://www.movingworldviews.net/Downloads/Papers/Kieft.pdf

Discussions referring to or about Intuitive farming abound in the internet; the following are some of my finds- with prominence of Findhorn and Perelandra gardens:

https://www.intuitivegardening.com/intuitive_gardening/intuitive.html

https://www.transforming-child-behavior.com/machaelle-small-wright.html

https://www.perelandra-ltd.com/

https://www.perelandra-ltd.com/PDF/PP11_What_is_Nature_Intelligence.pdf

https://www.perelandra-ltd.com/pdf/perelandra_eop_brochure.pdf

https://loveforlife.com.au/content/08/08/11/perelandra-center-nature-research

https://www.evera-ecosophy.com.au/Article%20Pages/ecosophia.html

https://practicingperelandra.wordpress.com/

https://www.panosun.org/E-EoP.html

https://www.unconventionalwoman.com/meaning-aamp-purpose-resourcemenu-4/earth-connection-resourcemenu-25/277-communicating-with-nature.html

https://livingnewstories.com/stories/earth-nature/perelandra-cocreative-science/interview-with-dorothy-maclean

Energetic Agriculture

https://www.geomantica.com/geom20.htm

https://www.permacultureireland.ie/articles/energetic-agriculture/

Findhorn

https://www.findhorn.org/aboutus/vision/history/

https://www.organicmattersmag.com/features/15-findhorn-organic-oasis-in-a-world-of-conflict

https://www.livingroutes.org/programs/e_findhorn.htm

https://sageplace.com/change_findhorn_meaning_transformation.htm

https://www.carolriddell.co.uk/Findhorn%20C%20Intro%20%26%20Ch1.html

Some books and readings that helped me through in the quest for the science of the “non-material” or “quantum” practices in agriculture are  the following:

https://www.lynnemctaggart.com/

https://www.subtleenergies.com/ormus/tw/review.htm

https://www.rickhanson.net/writings/measuring-the-immeasurable

https://www.amazon.com/Measuring-Immeasurable-Scientific-Case-Spirituality/dp/1591796547

https://planetvermont.com/pvq/v8n2/book-review.html

https://www.colloidaltraceminerals.net/Secrets%20of%20soil.htm

https://www.odeion.org/petertompkins/work3.htm

When you are cast with doubt, just be open and consider that we have barely scratched the surface of truth about the world. Commit to study and knowledge shall be added un to you…