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There's also another ancient way to revitalize a depleted soil.

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Agnihotra-
The Fire of Life © Alanna Moore
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Homa (fire) therapy is based on ancient Indian Vedic knowledge that has been revived, in India during the 1940's, in order to nourish and vitalise nature, neutralise pollution and disease. Homa farms are vibrant with enhanced life energies and often have been transformed from abused and degraded land by this spiritual service to nature. They attract happy birds and bees and provide a healing atmosphere for people too. I visited such a farm, Om Shree Dham, in springtime 2000.

Serving nature
In the early '90's Lee and Frits Ringma moved away from Sydney to caretake a farm in the Wollombi area of NSW. A small commercial blueberry farm, the owners had been pioneers in introducing the Agnihotra fire ritual to the region and started its regular practise on the farm in 1987. Lee and Fritz had been regularly practising Agnihotra themselves since 1989. The farm had prolific growth and a fabulous energy field and they soon developed a great connection with nature from living there. "We wanted to serve nature" Frits said.

Then, in 1994, they were spiritually guided to buy some land nearby. It was a very degraded and neglected property, flogged of goodness from wheat growing. It had also been over-grazed and the compacted sandy ground was concrete hard, with not a worm in sight. No rain could infiltrate and the existing orchard was languishing.

The challenge to purify
The atmosphere in the place was so bad that they couldn't stand to go near the filthy house for three days. The place was a rubbish dump and they sensed that animals had been tortured there. Lee had initially walked into the house, then went straight out and vomited! It was a huge challenge to cleanse the house and property.

The important initial job was to start with the sunrise and sunset Agnihotra fires, to remove bad energy "The practise of Agnihotra removes the tainted energy layers, peels away the layers of history that lie like dust over the good energy beneath" said Lee.

For three days Frits visited and made the special fires at dawn and dusk. After that the energy became clear. The Agnihotra fire awakened a latent but powerful energy of place and it has been performed there ever since.

An oasis of life
Now they find it blissful to be on the farm and the good energy there is definitely palpable. Seeds germinate easily and plants establish effortlessly. The place certainly looked lush, cloaked in its spring colours and blossoms, the soil bursting with life. "The whole of nature rejoices when Agnihotra is practised" Frits said.

Local people who, thirty years ago were the owners of the property, came over to marvel at the place a few years back. "How come everything is so green and the soil is so moist?" they asked. Not far away where they live they have to irrigate constantly to get any growth, while Lee and Frits never need to irrigate. A friend who had had much experience of biodynamic farms said she had never seen such healthy, vibrant soil. And even though the region is plagued by rabbits, they are never a problem on this Homa farm.

Agnihotra ash is used all over the farm as a health bringing tonic. It is sprinkled around the trunks of trees, broadcast over soil and made into a paste, with clay, to paint over any sickly tree trunks. Sick plants enjoy a spray of liquid Agnihotra ash, which cures disease and increases vitality. Subsequently the plants are abundant with flowers and fruit. To make this healing spray they fill a copper tub with water and add a handful of ash, then let it sit in the sun for three days. This is filtered and put into a spray pack for spraying foliage for up to three times a week until improvement occurs.

Like a blessed oasis, even in a time of drought it can rain just over the farm, which is at the beginning of a valley. "With Agnihotra - nature is more nourished, more balanced and aligned with the Source" Frits explained. "With the raising of the vibrations of a place, a feedback of love and gratitude comes. And in ancient times they made these fires just to make it rain. Agnihotra draws down Divine energy and universal laws, harvests the prana from the solar range and enlivens the atmosphere, helping the plants to take it in."

Parallels
I could see many parallels here to the use of Towers of Power (symbolic of fire energy and working with the yang forces), which harness the paramagnetism from the sun and help to make it rain. "Being charged by fire means manifesting the energy of clarity" says Roseline Deleu, in relation to feng shui principles. Some of the Irish Round Towers are associated with ancient fire temples belonging to the goddess Bride/Bridget (who later became St Bridget).

Towers of Power can help to neutralise electro-magnetic radiation from nearby power lines, according to my own research. So it was not surprising to learn that e-m radiation can be neutralised by Agnihotra ash too, as well as radioactivity and bacterial activity.

The practise of biodynamics seems related too. The fire ash can act like a biodynamic fertiliser and is good to add to soil and compost heaps. "Yes, biodynamics works very well with Agnihotra. In fact ­ if you put a pinch of the ash from the Agnihotra fire into the liquid 500, this will decrease the stirring time by half" Frits said.

Effects of Agnihotra
The fires are said to neutralise air and other pollution in the atmosphere. Agnihotra ash placed in bodies of water can also be used to counteract pollution, I was told. The improved energetic atmosphere creates an optimum condition for healing people too. Lee and Frits radiated lots of good energy themselves and enjoy travelling around the country, to wherever they are called, showing people the practise of Agnihotra and spreading the word. They also help people to clear oppressive, polluted atmospheric conditions with the fires.

"Not only is plant life nourished, but disease is removed from the area and tension is removed from the mind ­ making all meditation practises easier and the state of unconditional love becomes increasingly available to us. Not only does the performer benefit, but also the household and neighbourhood benefits as stress and pollution are undone" Lee and Frits have written.

Tests have been done with bacterium cultures in agar-agar, they tell me. When exposed to the Agnihotra fires the bacteria levels were reduced by 80%. And, as already stated, the Homa practise is said to be effective in clearing radioactive contamination and e-m pollution.

What is the Agnihotra fire technique?
A small fire of dried cow dung is burnt in an inverted copper pyramid of specific dimensions and a Sanskit mantra is uttered, along with a small offering of rice and ghee into the fire at the precise moment of sunrise and sunset. The mantra that is chanted during the fire ritual is ancient Sanskrit for 'Divine Will be Done'. It all takes about ten minutes.

The strongest effects occur when the fire is practised in the centre of the room. The copper pyramid 'starts collecting healing energies in the room' and is left untouched until the next Agnihotra, except for emptying it. When done in a farm or garden, Agnihotra is practised at a point in the centre of the garden and also at the four corners, at the compass points. This intensifies the interplay of subtle energies.

The pyramid should not sit on porcelain or metal, which can 'interrupt' the energies, a fact recognised by dowsers such as T.C. Lethbridge. "Metal interferes with the electromagnetic effect of Agnihotra and therefore no metal whatsoever should be kept nearby the copper pyramid" concurs Vasant, in the U.S. magazine Satsang.

When performing Agnihotra you are meant to be sitting square to the pyramid and facing east, with the pyramid best kept square to the east, and always in the same orientation and sitting level. "It is from the direction of east that the flood of energies, electricities and ethers comes" says Vasant. During the fire practise healing energies are said to spiral upwards and eastwards out from the pyramid, while they also radiate outwards and are particularly thrust to the north. The best energy is radiated out from the east side, so this is the healing position to sit at. You can also put a lingam or healing stone or medicinal herbs close to the fire to charge them up.

"In addition to other effects" says Vasant" at certain intervals bursts of energy emanate from the Agnihotra pyramid, depending on the phases of the moon and the position of the Earth in relation to the sun. These bursts of energy thrust nutrients and fragrance through the solar range and have a profound effect on the mind Tremendous amounts of energy are gathered around the Agnihotra copper pyramid just at Agnihotra time. A magnetic type field is created, one which neutralises negative types of energy and reinforces positive types of energy". When I attended an Agnihotra fire one afternoon I was aware that bursts of energy were pulsing out from the pyramid towards me, even before the fire had begun.

At the precise times of sunrise and sunset there are special energies coming into play which are acted upon. These energies provide 'windows of opportunity' says Lee. Scientific investigation at stone circles in England- the Dragon Project- also reveal interesting energy patterns at these times, with anomalies in the ultrasonic and infrared sphere for a start. Other special meditations and fire rituals are conducted at the full and new moon times, some running for 24 hour long stretches.

During these Homa practises prana is said to be drawn down from the solar range into the environment and the existent prana, depleted and distorted by pollution, is brought back into balance, into an ideal state. "Vitality and subtle nourishment is drawn into the environment on an enormous scale, enabling nature to heal itself. The basic effect reaches up to 12 km into the atmosphere and up to one kilometre around the copper pyramid" Lee said.

Homa farms elsewhere
Homa centres and farms are found across the planet. I was told of great successes with farms in Peru. 'Panama evil', a fungal infection, was wiping out plantain (banana) crops and the farmers were told that nothing more could be done, because the fungus was rife in the soil. Some farmers were at the point of abandoning their diseased crops and sick land, having tried every chemical that government agencies recommended, without success. But with the application of Homa therapy they have enjoyed total rejuvenation of the farms. American Homa therapists approached the farmers and, under the observation of government and scientific bodies, trained the farmers in Homa techniques free of charge.

To reinforce the basic Agnihotra fires in such highly diseased areas extra Homas and techniques are recommended. A related Homa practise, with different mantras and not tied to sunrise and sunset, is performed daily to fortify the energy field created by Agnihotra. A resonant point is established on the farm ­ being an inverted copper pyramid charged with certain mantras and buried a half metre underground, with another, charged with different mantras, that is placed directly above on a column of soil. This helps to anchor the energies even more.

On the Peruvian farms the Homa resonance point was installed and the farmers began to practise the basic fires twice daily. "After only a week I began to observe that my plantain trees began to develop very green healthy leaves" one farmer reported. After 4 months of application of the Homa therapy the pathogens had all disappeared and there was a subsequent increase in production, with bigger crops of larger fruit with better taste, colour and texture. Also ­ the vegetative cycle was shortened by 40%.

Neighbouring plantations also registered rejuvenating effects and people with conditions such as asthma and skin problems were finding, after sitting by the fires and inhaling the healing smoke, and also applying ash to themselves mixed with ghee, that they were experiencing all sorts of remarkable healing. A pinch of ash taken internally every day can be a great prophylactic medicine.

'Pillars of fire'
Stone lingams are a feature of the gardens at Om Shree Dham. 'Shiva' lingams are egg shaped stones found in certain holy rivers of India. They have long been revered as generators of divine energy and are kept in temples and ashrams throughout India. The lingam usually being kept standing upright in a special hollowed out stone base, which represents the 'yoni' or feminine aspect of divinity (and the goddess Shakti).

The lingams represent the god Shiva, who is the creative force of the universe and they are sometimes referred to as 'pillars of fire', referring to their yang nature. Together with the yoni stone you have the harmony of yang balanced with yin, the Shiva/Shakti balance.

Meditation with such a lingam is facilitated, because it is said that it is a tuning device into the higher self. It can help to awaken one's kundalini force and give freedom from subconscious patterning.

Sizes range from little pendant sized lingams, which, if worn constantly, have a permanent healing influence on the aura; to great omphalos types at a metre or so tall, which can act as energy generators for entire regions. These earthy coloured stones often have beautiful patterns and are said to be formed of a combination of basalt, agate and quartz. There are several large ones installed in the A.C.T. and some have been positioned to act as interplanetary energy portals.

Lee and Frits have some beautiful lingams from India's holy Narmada River. This river is likened to a Universal Mother Goddess, who is the nurturing, nourishing aspect of Divinity.
"Interestingly" they have written "when clairvoyants are tuning into this holy river through her lingam stones, they see red water. What they are actually perceiving is the colour of vital prana or life-force, in other words ­ spiritual fire." (Perhaps Sulis, the goddess at Bath in England, who was always associated with hot springs, is related to this goddess somehow.)

When in meditation the idea is to cup the lingam in your lap, with the right hand under the left, allowing the lingam to rest upright against the abdomen. This helps to free the flow of energies up the spine and focus on the ever deepening awakening of the heart chakra. "Like cosmic receiving stations, under the principle of 'like attracts like' they channel healing to Mother Earth, helping to raise the kundalini of the planet" I was told.

You can find out more about Homa farms and therapy and stone lingams from Lee and Frits Ringma at 'Om Shree Dham', PO Box 68 Cessnock 2325, ph/fax 02 4998 1332, mobile 0418 643 489.

There is also a Satsang Australia magazine, that they are a contact for.

Homa Therapy Association of Australia: http://www.summit.net/home/Agnihotra

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