Biodynamic agriculture springs from a spiritual worldview known as Anthroposophy (from the Greek anthropos, meaning human being; sophia, wisdom). The Austrian philosopher and seer, Rudolf Steiner; extended conventional science by integrating clear thinking with precise observation of sense-perceptible and spiritual phenomena. Anthroposophy offers an account of the spiritual evolution of the Earth as a living being, and of the physical and super-sensible constitution of the human being and the kingdoms of nature.

Rudolf Steiner gave a series of lectures in 1924* in response to questions brought by farmers who noticed even then a deterioration in seed quality and animal fertility. Practitioners and experimenters over the last 75 years have added tremendously to the development of biodynamics agriculture. It is a constant source of awe and inspiration for even the most experienced farmers and gardeners to discover not only that the indications which Steiner gave in his Agriculture Course are still helpful, but that one can always come to deeper levels of understanding them. In a very real way then, Biodynamics is an ongoing path of knowledge rather than an assemblage of methods and techniques.