Sub-Nature and Super-Nature

Sub-Nature and Super-Nature In the Physiology of Plant and Man: The True Foundations of Nutrition

Lecture given by Ehrenfried Pfeiffer in Dornach, October 10, 1958

In this lecture Pfeiffer explores the essential nature of nutrition, the different types of metabolism, the significance of enzymes in digestion, the importance of breathing for digestion and other aspects that will aid us in our understanding of the subject.

About the Author

Dr. Ehrenfried E. Pfeiffer (1899–1961) was born in Munich. He worked closely with Rudolf Steiner to test and document many of the effects of biodynamic practices. Pfeiffer visited the U.S. several times during the 1930s, and was awarded a doctorate for his groundbreaking theory of Sensitive Crystallization Processes as a blood test for detecting cancer. In 1940, he immigrated to the U.S., where he pioneered biodynamic agriculture and helped establish the Biodynamic Farming & Gardening Association. He died in Spring Valley, New York.