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Homa Organic Farming


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Contents

Evergreen Revolution.............................................................................. 3
Documentation...................................................................................... 4
Benefits of Organic Farming...................................................................... 5
GMOs - Biological Time-Bomb .................................................................... 6
Why Homa Organic Farming?..................................................................... 7
What is Homa Organic Farming? ................................................................. 8
How Does Homa Organic Farming Work? ...................................................... 8
What is Agnihotra? ................................................................................. 9
Materials Required for Agnihotra ............................................................... 9
Agnihotra Mantras .................................................................................. 10
Agnihotra Procedure .............................................................................. 11
How Does Agnihotra Work? ....................................................................... 12
Resonance Point .................................................................................... 13
Vermicompost ....................................................................................... 16
Gloria Biosol ......................................................................................... 18
Application of Homa Therapy in Organic Farming ........................................... 20
Soil & Water Improvement with Homa Organic Farming ................................... 22
Friends of the Farmer - Cow ................................................................... 25
Earthworm .......................................................... 26
Honeybee ........................................................... 27
Homa Therapy Pest & Disease Management .................................................. 28
Examples of Homa Therapy Pest & Disease Management................................... 30
Testimonies of Homa Farmers ................................................................... 33
Appendix 1: Why Homa Organic Farming by Vasant V. Paranjpe ......................... 36
Appendix 2: Agnihotra - a New Dimension .................................................... 42
Appendix 3: Europeans Beware ................................................................. 43
Appendix 4: Report from Braunschweig University, Germany ............................ 45
Appendix 5: Agnihotra Ash for Water Purification .......................................... 46
Appendix 6: Report from Agricultural University in Peru .................................. 48
Appendix 7: Homa Vermiculture by Dr Gloria Guzman ..................................... 52
Photo Album ......................................................................................... 54

Copyright Bruce Johnson 2008


Published by
Fivefold Path Mission
Homa Therapy Go Shala
P.O. Mandaleshwar, Maheshwar
Dist: Khargone, M.P.
Price: Rs 75

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Evergreen Revolution
n There can be no more business as usual.
n World food is in crisis.
n In the last 2 years we have consumed more food than we produced.
n Per acre production of food grains is decreasing.
n Soil condition is deteriorating.
n Nutrients and micro-organisms are disappearing from the soil.
n Horticulture crops are coming under attack from new pests and diseases.
n GMOs (e.g. Bt cotton) are causing serious problems.
n Ground water supplies are being depleted.
n Acid rain, ozone holes.
n Pollution in atmosphere, soil and water.
n Radiation, man-made and natural.

All these combine to destroy


the top six inches of soil
on which our life depends.
n Satellite pictures show that trees in the
Amazon rainforest are sick. If they die there
will not be enough oxygen to breathe.
n Scientists have no solution.

No modern technology exists to deal with this multi-sided attack


n Which technology can improve soil, purify water, neutralize pollution in the
atmosphere, improve the functioning ability of earthworms and honey bees while
simultaneously increasing per acre production of harvest?
n The answer lies in the super technology of Vruksha Ayurveda which is now presented as -

HOMA
Organic
Farming
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Documentation
Has anyone seen the results of this
technology in modern times? Yes!
Successful application of Homa Organic Farming
has been documented by agronomical engineers
connected with the Office of the Presidency of
the Republic of Peru, in South America, on all
crops grown in the Amazon region, on 3,000
acres simultaneously with observations for seven
months.
Translation from original Spanish document
signed and sealed
by the Ministry of the PresidencyINADE (National Institute of Development)
Republic of Peru,
The Headquarters of the Zone Leoncio Prado-Padre Abad
Certifies:
That since 7 months ago, in the area of Alto Huallaga, an Organic and Ecological
technique called HOMA THERAPY, is being applied in the rejuvenation of the crops of the
region, achieving to substantially reduce the existence of different pathogenic agents.
As a consequence, plagues and diseases were eradicated, the yield of the harvest was
increased, the fruit grew healthy, with better color, taste, weight, texture, etc. Since
many years, efforts have been made to overcome the critical situation regarding plant
health, with methods such as: cultural control, chemical control, biological control,
legal control, etc., without having achieved any success.
In the zone of Alto Huallaga to date we have established 30 modules and more are
being installed in agricultural areas in which HOMA THERAPY is being applied, each one
with 40 hectares. This makes a total of about 1,200 hectares. All of them are under an
integrated system of perennial crops such as plantain, bananas, papaya, cocoa, citrus,
avocados, coffee, tea, star fruit, mango, etc. These are combined with annual crops of a
short vegetative cycle such as rice, corn, soya bean, nuts, sesame, etc., and
complemented with apiculture and cattle rearing.
We give full support to Dr. Gloria Guzman Mendez in her capacity as expert and the
person in charge of AGRICULTURAL HOMA THERAPY in our area of influence and we have
considered to give total support to the farmers who have been working in the
application of HOMA THERAPY because with their work, they are making a contribution
in favor of agriculture, of the conservation of soils, forests and the preservation of the
environment in the area of Alto Huallaga.
Tingo Maria, May 17th, 1999
MINISTRY OF THE PRESIDENCY-INADE
Special Project Alto Huallaga
(Signature)
_______________________
Engineer Jose A. Munoz Cardenas
Chief, Support Office of the Zone L.P.-P.A.

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Benefits of Organic Farming


1. Energy savings
Studies over the past three years have shown that, on average, organically grown crops use 25
per cent less energy than their chemical cousins.
2. Reduction in greenhouse gases
The production of ammonium nitrate fertiliser, which is indispensable to conventional farming,
produces vast quantities of nitrous oxide a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential some
320 times greater than that of CO2.
3. Water saving
Agriculture is officially the most thirsty industry on the planet, consuming a staggering 72 per
cent of all global freshwater. Organic farming uses much less water.
4. Globalisation problems avoided
The average meal in the west travels more than 1,000 km from farm to kitchen. The organic
movement was born out of a commitment to provide local food for local people.
5. Pesticides eliminated
The World Health Organization estimates that there are at least 20,000 accidental deaths
worldwide each year from pesticide exposure and poisoning. Organic systems encourage a
variety of natural methods to enhance soil and plant health, in turn reducing incidences of pests,
weeds and disease, and thereby eliminating the need for pesticides.
6. Smaller environmental impact
The trend towards intensive farming is largely responsible for negative ecosystem impacts over
recent years. Organic farms actively encourage bio-diversity in order to maintain soil fertility
and aid natural pest control.
7. Improved nutrition and health
A 2001 study found that organic crops contained higher levels of 21 essential nutrients than their
conventionally grown counterparts, including iron, magnesium, phosphorus and vitamin C. The
organic crops also contained lower levels of nitrates, which can be toxic to the body.
8. Seed-saving
The FAO estimates that 75 per cent of the genetic diversity of agricultural crops has been lost
over the past 100 years. Only about 150 species are cultivated on any significant scale
worldwide. Traditionally, farming communities have saved seeds year-on-year, both in order to
save costs and to trade with their neighbours.
9. Jobs protection
There is no doubt, worldwide farming is in crisis. Thousands of farmers leave the land every day
all over the world. Organic farming reverses this trend. By its nature, organic production relies
on labour-intensive management practices.
10. Sustainability
Agro-chemical farming is totally unsustainable. Farmers of India are known as the farmers of 40
centuries. Of course, they were Organic farmers.

Scientists Promote Organic Farming


n International Assessment of Agricultural Science and
Technology for Development (IAASTD)

n Report published in April, 2008 after 4 years of


research by a team of 400 scientists.
n Conclusion:
Small-scale organic farms are the way of the future.
Indigenous and local knowledge will play just as
important a role as formal science.
Business as usual is not an option.
GMO crops are a big disaster.
Chemical agriculture is a major cause of global
warming.
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GMOs - Biological Time-Bomb


The case against GMOs
n Yields
GMO crops have always come with promises of increased yields for farmers, but this has
rarely been the case. A three-year study of 87 villages in Warangal district, AP found that
non-BT cotton consistently produced 30 per cent higher yields than the (more expensive)
GM alternative. It is now widely accepted that GM soybeans produce consistently lower
yields than conventional varieties. In 1992, Monsanto's own trials showed that the
company's Roundup Ready soybeans yield 11.5 per cent less on harvest. Later Monsanto
studies went on to reveal that some trials of GM canola crops in Australia actually
produced yields 16 per cent below the non-GM national average.
n Cost
GM crops cost farmers and governments more money than they are making. An
independent study found that Bt cotton crops in India were costing farmers 10% more
than non-Bt variants and bringing in 40% lower profits. Between 2001 and 2005, more
than 32,000 Indian farmers committed suicide, most as a result of mounting debts
caused by inadequate crops.
n Increase in herbicide use
Herbicide use on the major crops increased more than 15 times between 1994 (when
GM crops were first introduced) and 2005. A new generation of superweeds have
emerged on farms in North America. Weeds have become resistant to glyphosate
herbicide.
n Pest resistance
Far from reducing dependency on pesticides and fertilisers, GM crops frequently
increase farmers' reliance on these products. Pests, such as the diamondback moth, have
been quick to develop resistance to Bt toxin, and in 2007 swarms of mealy bugs began
attacking supposedly pest-resistant Bt cotton in India.
n Contamination
Contamination and cross-fertilisation between GMO and non-GMO crops 'has happened
on many occasions already' according to a report in New Scientist magazine. In 2006, an
analysis of 40 Spanish conventional and organic farms found that eight were
contaminated with GM corn varieties, including one farmer whose crop contained 12.6
per cent GM plants.
n Harmful for biodiversity
GMO crops have proven more harmful for biodiversity than conventional chemical
agriculture.
n More water requirement
GMO crops require more water than their chemical counterparts.
n More susceptible to diseases
GMO crops are more susceptible to diseases and climate extremes on account of genetic
uniformity.
n Untested safety issues
Despite the best efforts of the biotech industry, consumers remain staunchly opposed to
GM food. The results of tests on animals exposed to GM crops give serious cause for
concern over their safety.
n Continued dependence on fertilizers and fossil fuels
No genetically modified crop has yet eliminated the need for chemical fertilisers in
order to achieve expected yields. In a world that will soon have to change its view of
farming, facing as it does the twin challenges of climate change and peak oil, GM crops
will soon come to look like a relic of bygone practices.

GMOs are Biological Pollution


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Why Homa Organic Farming?

n Due to hybrid and compound pollution some western Scientists think that we have
reached a stage which may be termed 'Irreversible'.
n Organic farming methods which used to give wonderful results even fifteen years ago
now fail to do so, due to hybrid pollution.
n The solution is:

HOMA Organic Farming


Nutrition through Atmosphere
n Homa injects nutrients into the atmosphere to prevent disease and bring natural
predators.
n Modern science speaks only of soil analysis and water analysis but not about the
atmosphere.
n Ancient science of HOMA Therapy states that more than 75% of nutrition to plants and
soil comes through the atmosphere.
n So if you make the atmosphere more nutritious and fragrant by HOMA, a type of
protective coating comes on plants and diseases, fungi, pests, etc, do not thrive.
n Plants' capacity to breathe increases and the toxic effect of choking to death due to
atmospheric toxins is eliminated.
Transition Period Problem
n Farmers making the transition from chemical to organic farming generally face the
following difficulties:
Low yields
Poor appearances and size of produce does
not meet commercial standards
Insects and pest attack from neighbouring fields
The Solution
n All these problems are totally solved with -

HOMA Organic Farming


n Quantity of harvest per acre will be greater than that grown by any method known to
modern science, whether it is organic, chemical or cultural.
n The harvesting time is reduced and therefore the interest the farmer has to pay on
loans from banks will be reduced.
n The taste of HOMA produce is better than that produced by any other method for the
same variety.
n There is improvement in colour and texture of the harvest.
n HOMA produce has a longer shelf-life than that grown by any known modern method.
This is important from the marketing point of view.
n Natural predators appear automatically.
n Disease resistance increases.
n Cost of production is much less compared with other methods.
See Appendix 1: Why Homa Organic Farming? by Vasant V. Paranjpe
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What is Homa Organic Farming?


n HOMA Organic Farming means the application of HOMA Therapy in agriculture.
n HOMA Therapy means healing the environment, the atmosphere, and all of life using
the ancient Vedic Science of Yajnya.
n HOMA means Yajnya or Havan. We use these terms interchangeably.
n The backbone of this ancient science of HOMA Therapy is Agnihotra.
n Agnihotra is the smallest and basic HOMA which is performed exactly at sunrise and
sunset every day.
n Agnihotra and HOMA Therapy can be practised easily by anyone irrespective of caste,
religion, gender, age or race.
n In HOMA Organic Farming two more simple Homas are practised Vyahruti Homa and
Om Tryambakam Homa.
n Homa Organic Farming is holistic healing for agriculture and can be used in
conjunction with any good organic farming system.
n By practising Homa Organic Farming one can grow maximum yield in minimum
agricultural area and keep the soil fertile, the water pure and the atmosphere
nutritious.

How Homa Organic Farming Works


The soil, water, atmosphere, subsoil water are all polluted by metallic, nonmetallic and
gaseous toxicants of different types.
The soil in large areas of forest is nearly dead.
THE SOIL NEEDS TO BE REJUVENATED FIRST BY HOMA THERAPY.
In the rejuvenated soil different types of microorganisms, starting from the level of
viruses, bacteria, fungi, algae, thrive.
Thus, a healthy micro-flora and micro-fauna is created.
This gives rise to a micro environment or micro-system which is comparatively less toxic
to the growing plants.
The soil which has now become a living soil because of the presence of micro organisms
has all the chemical components useful for life in the form of carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen. According to modern theory, these three together form life in the form of
bacteria. We have e.g. nitrogen fixing bacteria, also bacteria working on phosphorus
content of soil.
After the creation of such micro environment, creatures like earthworms thrive. They
eat the soil, digest it and again replenish the soil.
It has been found that when Agnihotra ash is added through normal soil it increases the
water soluble phosphate content of the soil and the nutrients are absorbed readily by
the root hairs of the plant.
Absorption of mega nutrients like Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potash, because of small cells
and active transport is helped by Homa atmosphere.
We have to tell the people this is how Homa farming works.
When you perform Agnihotra and YAJNYA or other HOMAS in a garden, an atmosphere is
created that is conducive to growing and therefore attracts the nutrients, insects,
microorganisms and animals that would be happy and thrive in that environment.
This, of course, is because nature is so wonderful, it automatically benefits the soil and
the plant, and the plant thrives.
Same thing happens when you put the ash or use Agnihotra ash water but it works more
for the plants individually - by putting the ash around the individual plants or in the beds
or spraying the plants, those elements that are best for that plant are attracted to it
and it thrives.
Of course, we have to use basic operations of farming like weeding, organic composting,
spraying with Agnihotra Ash solution, etc.
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PRACTICE OF HOMA, HOWEVER, IS THE KEY

What is Agnihotra?

n Agnihotra, the basic healing fire of HOMA Therapy, is a small fire prepared in a copper
pyramid exactly at sunrise and sunset each day.
n Agnihotra can neutralize the effects of pollution on plants, animals and human beings
and at the same time give nourishment.

Materials Required for Agnihotra


PYRAMID: For Agnihotra you require a copper
pyramid of specific size. Copper is a conductor
for subtle energies also.
RICE: Brown rice. Highly polished rice loses
nutritional value and hence low polished rice.
Only unbroken pieces of rice should be used for
Agnihotra. If rice is broken the subtle energy
structure around the material is disturbed and
hence is not fit for Agnihotra healing fire.
DRIED COW DUNG: Take dung from male or female progeny of a cow. Make pancake-like
patties and dry them in sun. Agnihotra fire is to be prepared from this dried cow dung.
Cow dung is treated as medicine in all ancient cultures whether they be Indians of North
or South America, Scandinavians, East or West Europeans, Africans or Asians.
GHEE (clarified butter): Take some butter from cow's milk, which has no additives and is
pure. Heat it on low heat. After the water has evaporated and white solids have risen to
the top pass the liquid through a fine strainer. What passes through is clarified butter
(Ghee). This can last without refrigeration for a long time. Ghee is a very special
medicinal substance. When used in Agnihotra fire it acts as a carrier agent for subtle
energies. Powerful energy is locked up in this material.
TIMINGS: Agnihotra is practised exactly at sunrise and sunset each day. Computergenerated timetables are available for any place using software developed in Germany.
How to Make Ghee Last for One Month
First, obtain two litres of pure cow's milk.
Heat the milk, let it cool down, then add
a little yoghurt. In one or two days it will
all be converted to yoghurt. It can then
be churned by hand with a wooden
instrument, clockwise and anti-clockwise
to produce butter. From this, about 50g
ghee can be produced. Use only one drop
of ghee for the two portions of rice
offered in each Agnihotra, and also just
one drop of ghee applied to one piece of
dried cow dung for lighting the fire. Then
two drops of ghee per Agnihotra will be
enough for one month of Agnihotra fires.
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Mantras for Homa Therapy

There are vibrations that exist every-where. It is only vibrations when you go into it.
Where there is vibration there is also sound. When we do these Mantras, the sounds we
utter activate these special vibrations that will create certain atmosphere of effects.
Then the desired results are realised. These vibrations exist for everything, so anything
can be activated, controlled or changed by Mantras.

Agnihotra Mantras
AT SUNRISE
sooryya swh sooryya idam na mama
Add the first portion of rice after Swh.
Prajpataye swh prajpataye idam na mama
Add the second portion of rice after Swh.
AT SUNSET
Agnaye swh agnaye idam na mama
Add the first portion of rice after Swh.
prajpataye swh prajpataye idam na mama
Add the second portion of rice after Swh.

Agnihotra should be
performed every day
at sunrise and sunset.

Vyahruti Mantra
bhooh swh agnaye idam na mama
Add a drop of ghee after swh.
bhuwah swh wyawe idam na mama
Add a drop of ghee after swh.
swah swh sooryya idam na mama
Add a drop of ghee after swh.
bhoor bhuwah swah swh
Prajpataye idam na mama
Add a spoonful of ghee after swh.

Vyahruti Homa can be


performed at any
time except sunrise
and sunset. It is also
performed when
commencing Om
Tryambakam Homa.

Om Tryambakam Mantra
Om tryambakam yajmahe sugandhim pushti wardhanam
urwrukamiwa bandhann mrutyor muksheeya mmrutt swh
Add a drop of ghee after swh.
Om Tryambakam Homa should be performed at least 4 hours every day.
It should also performed for 24 hours on full moon and no moon days.
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Agnihotra Procedure
A few minutes before the actual time of sunrise
and sunset you should start to prepare the
Agnihotra fire as follows:
Place a flat piece of dried cow dung at the bottom
of the copper pyramid. Arrange pieces of dried
cow dung in the pyramid in such a manner as will
allow air to pass. Apply a little Ghee to a small
piece of cow dung and light it. Insert this lighted
piece of cow dung in the middle of the pyramid.
Soon all the dung in the pyramid will catch fire.
You may use a hand fan to blow the air and help
the flame. However, do not blow on the fire so as
to avoid bacteria from the mouth affecting the
fire.
Do not use any mineral oil or similar material to
start the fire. At sunrise and sunset the fire should
be ablaze in the pyramid.
You take a few grains of rice in a dish or your left
palm and apply a few drops of ghee to them.
Exactly at sunrise utter the first Mantra and after
the word SWAHA add a few grains of rice (as little
as you can hold in the pinch of your fingers will
suffice) to the fire.
Utter the second Mantra and after the word
SWAHA add a few grains of rice to the fire.
This completes morning Agnihotra.
At sunset do the same by using evening Mantras.
This completes evening Agnihotra.
If you miss the timing it is not Agnihotra and you
will not get the healing effect on the atmosphere
or in the ash.
After each Agnihotra try to spare as many minutes
as you can for meditation. You can sit at least till
the fire extinguishes itself. Agnihotra creates
medicinal and healing atmosphere.
Just before the next Agnihotra collect the ash and
keep it in a glass or earthen container. It can be
used for plants or making folk medicines.

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How Does Agnihotra Work?

The sun brings or takes the energy, which


makes all conditions conducive to an antipollutionary change. It calms the world.
The pyramid is the generator, the fire,
the turbine.
Just at morning Agnihotra all the
electricities, energies, ethers are
attracted to the pyramid in its shape. At
sunset these energies are thrust out in
same shape.
This flood of energies at sunrise creates
strong purifying effects on all levels
wherever it touches the Earth.
Agnihotra amplifies these purifying
effects in the following way:
This flood of subtle energies carries music
with it. The morning Agnihotra Mantra is
the quintessential sound of that flood.
If you then prepare the fire in the
prescribed copper pyramid, utter these
mantras and offer the rice mixed with
ghee to the fire, then a channel is being
created through all the atmosphere and
PRANA - life energy, is purified.

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Tremendous amounts of energy are


gathered around the Agnihotra copper
pyramid just at Agnihotra time. The
pyramid is the generator, the fire, the
turbine. A magnetic type field is created,
one which neutralises negative energies
and reinforces positive energies.
When Agnihotra fire is burnt there is not
just energy from the fire. The rhythms
and Mantras generate subtle energies
which are thrust into the atmosphere by
fire. Also consider the quality of
materials burnt wherein lies the full
effect of this healing HOMA.
Much healing energy emanates from the
Agnihotra pyramid.
An aura energy field is created around
plants during Agnihotra. Thus plants
become stronger and disease resistant.
When the flame dies the energy is locked
in the resultant ash. This ash is used for
preparing various folk medicines.
Therefore, by regular performance of
morning and evening Agnihotra, you
create a positive energy pattern on all
levels.

Resonance Point
Resonance Technique is a part of HOMA Therapy. Simple practices are used to heal large
areas of diseased land in a short time.
The same human effort is required to heal one or one hundred and fifty acres. Therefore
we can install a RESONANCE POINT, to heal up to 150 acres of land. For this 10 new
pyramids are needed which are charged with mantras and placed on the farm in a
special configuration by a Homa Therapy volunteer who is authorized to install
resonance points. Also 2 simple huts have to be built with inexpensive, natural
materials, found locally, like wood, adobe bricks, mats, bamboo, stone, cane, etc.
Nobody will live there. They are simply to protect the person performing the healing
fires of HOMA Therapy from the sun, rain and to prevent animals like dogs, cats,
chickens, etc. from entering.
AGNIHOTRA HUT
One hut, the main hut or Agnihotra hut is where the AGNIHOTRA fire is performed daily
at sunrise and sunset. It is ideal to build this hut in the centre of the farm, if possible.
Size should be approx. 3 x 4 meters, the longer side aligned with the EAST/WEST axis.
Near the EAST wall and parallel to it, a
hole of approximately 18 inches depth
Diagram of the Agnihotra Hut
and 1 ft x 1 ft should be dug. All this
Made of natural materials like straw, straw mats, adobe bricks,
should be ready before the Homa
bamboo, wood,
Therapy volunteers come to install and
stones and
other easy
activate the resonance point. After
Floor is 1 ft
available
elevated with
activation, once the main pyramid is
natural
clay, stones,
buried, a column of mud is built on top
materials.
adobe bricks,
of it, to an approximate height of 18
wood, etc.
inches and another activated pyramid is
placed on top of it, directly above the
buried pyramid. This way, the pyramid
N
E
4m
on the column is at heart level of the
Minimum 3 m
person sitting on the floor in front of the
S
W
column. The pyramid on the column will
not be used again, but acts as a
Resonance Pyramid.
Then two of the other activated pyramids
are placed on smaller mud platforms on
the right and left hand side in front of
the main column. The one on the left is
for the daily AGNIHOTRA performance and
the one on the right is for the
performance of other occasional fires.
Altogether we have 4 pyramids in this
hut. The Agnihotra hut is a place of
silence, no words, other than the
Mantras, are spoken inside. This way
there is no interference with the subtle
healing energies. This hut is the
Generator of Healing energies.

Inside the Agnihotra Hut


(4 copper pyramids)

15 cm

Floor level

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Resonance Point
TRYAMBAKAM HUT
This hut is to be little larger than the
first one (4x5m). We call it the HEALING
HUT or OM TRYAMBAKAM HUT. It is for
sick people to sit there and they get
automatically healed. It is the fire. We
are doing the fires for agriculture, yet
the whole area becomes healing area for
sick plants, animals and human beings.
In this HEALING hut, 2 pyramids are to
be placed on small columns of mud. The
one on the right is for OM TRYAMBAKAM
HOMA and the one on the left is for
AGNIHOTRA. We do 4 hours Om
Tryambakam Homa daily and twenty-four
hours on full and new moon days here. It
is better to construct this hut at the
entrance of the farm so that outsiders
can come and go without disturbing the
privacy of those who live and/or work on
the farm.

Diagram of the Tryambakam Hut


(2 copper pyramids)

Made of natural materials

Floor is 30 cm
elevated

5m

Minimum 4 m

RESONANCE COLUMNS
The other four pyramids are installed on
the boundary of the farm, at a maximum
distance of 440m exactly north, south,
east and west from the central point of
resonance, i.e., the Agnihotra hut. On
each point a column of mud is built,
which should be at heart level of a
person standing (approx.4 ft), and an
activated pyramid is placed on top of the
column. Small wooden boxes, if
necessary with locks, can be built on top
of each column, to maintain the pyramids
clean and safe, when they are not in use.
It is important that no rain or any other

Layout of a Resonance Point


on a HOMA farm
E

Height of resonance
columns approx.
4 feet

Agnihotra
Hut
Farmhouse
Tryambakam
Hut

The same human effort is required to


heal one acre or 150 acres.
This example shows a complex of 24
small farms which could cooperate as a
single Resonance Point unit.
This results in a sharing of the labour
and costs between the farms.

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Resonance Point
ACTIVATION OF THE TEN RESONANCE PYRAMIDS
Activation of pyramids is done in the Agnihotra hut only once in a lifetime. All pyramids
are charged at the same time with fire and Mantra.
After cooling down we remove the ash from all the pyramids, mix it with water and it
can be given to a sick tree or any other plants in the area.
The main pyramid which has been charged first will be buried in the Agnihotra hut,
about 50 cm deep. It is important, that the pyramid faces exactly the same direction as
when it was activated, i.e. the side which was parallel to the eastern wall during
activation, should remain exactly parallel to the eastern wall when buried. The
resonance pyramid on top of the column should be placed exactly over the buried
pyramid and also exactly aligned as was the buried pyramid.
According to ancient science, as the earth rotates, the sun contact is kept between the
sun and this particular point. The performance of Agnihotra in this hut has to be started
at sunset, not at sunrise. It is like switching on this point at sunset.
To heal sick plants, to rejuvenate the earth
and to improve the quality of the water,
AGNIHOTRA should be performed daily at
exact timings given by computer according
Fires to Heal 60 Hectares (150 Acres)
to the longitude and latitude of the specific
farm. Also a minimum of 4 hours of OM
Daily:
Agnihotra at sunrise
TRYAMBAKAM HOMA should be performed
and sunset
daily. On full moon and new moon, 24 hours
4 hours of Om
or as near as possible to 24 hours of OM
Full Moon/New Moon:
Tryambakam Homa
TRYAMBAKAM HOMA should be performed.
Agnihotra at sunrise
These guidelines are to be followed in order
and sunset
24 hours of Om
to:
Tryambakam Homa
- heal plants from fungi, bacteria, harmful
insects, nematodes, weevils, viruses, etc.
- control weeds
- produce abundant and healthy crops.
Along with the healing fires application of AGNIHOTRA ASH-WATER SOLUTION, BIOSOL and
COMPOST (i.e. VERMICOMPOST) is recommended. The quality of the production will be
superior in quantity, taste, texture, color, nutritional value, disease resistance and
reduction of harvesting losses.
Some Important Points
n For exact calculations of sunrise/sunset Agnihotra timings we use computer
software developed in Germany, which uses a certain definition for sunrise/sunset
(as given by the Rishis according to Vruksha Ayurveda)
n If Om Tryambakam Homa is being performed and time of sunrise/sunset is
coming, it will be interrupted briefly and Agnihotra is performed in the left hand
pyramid. Immediately after, Om Tryambakam Homa can be resumed.
n Keep Agnihotra ash and Om Tryambakam ash in separate vessels. Only Agnihotra
ash is used as medicine for humans, plants and animals. Om Tryambakam Homa ash
can be added to compost or put directly onto the field.
n Before entering the Agnihotra hut minimum discipline is to wash hands, feet, face
and rinse your mouth.
n The Homa Therapy volunteer will come to the farm and set up the Resonance
Point. What the farmer has to do afterwards is very simple, that is daily
performance of AGNIHOTRA and OM TRYAMBAKAM HOMA.
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Vermicompost
n Vermicompost means compost created by the biological activity of earthworms.
n Vermicastings are the faecal castings released by the earthworms.
n Vermiculture is the culture of the earthworm usually associated with agriculture.
n Earthworms are biological indicators of soil fertility.
n Soils with earthworms support healthy populations of micro- and macro-organisms
such as bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes, protozoans, insects, spiders, millipedes and a
host of others that are essential for sustaining a healthy soil.
n Earthworms are classified into surface-dwellers and burrowers.
n Surface-dwellers such as Eudrilus eugeniae are very effective in converting organic
wastes into vermicompost.
n Burrowers are also good waste converters but as well, they modify the structure of
Preparation of Worm Beds
n Composting can be done in pits, concrete tanks, well rings, wooden or brick-lined
grower beds, wooden or plastic crates appropriate to a given situation.
n Start with a layer of gravel mixed with sand to a thickness of at least 3" to ensure
proper drainage.
n Then a layer of soil to a height of 6" after being moistened.
n Inoculate this soil with about 100 locally collected earthworms.
n Place small lumps of cowdung (fresh or dry) scattered over the soil and cover this with
a 4" layer of hay.
n Add a layer of Agnihotra ash.
n Spray liberally with water till the entire set up is moist but not wet. Cover with palm
fronds.

Materials for Vermicompost


n Kitchen wastes such as vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, and eggshells.
n Yard wastes, such as leaves, grass clippings, straw, and non-woody plant trimmings.
n Animal wastes such as cattle dung, sheep dung, horse dung, goat dung and poultry
droppings.
n Agricultural waste obtained after harvesting and threshing.
n Forestry wastes such as wood shavings, bark, saw dust and pulp.
Not Good for Worms
n Metals, foils, plastics, soaps, chemicals, oils, solvents, paint, insecticides, etc.
n All citrus products (oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit).
n Onions, garlic cloves, extremely hot and heavily spiced foods, and highly acidic foods.
n Oleanders and other poisonous plants.
n Meat, chicken, dairy foods.
n Dog and cat droppings.
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Vermicompost
Aeration
n Worms need to breathe, just like most other
living creatures.
n Worms cannot tolerate anaerobic conditions.
They will either leave the offending area or
they will die.
n About once in a week, the top few inches of
the pile should be gently stirred, allowing for
the escape of any built-up gases.

Moisture
n Worms require moisture for their survival.
n Too little water kills the worms and too
much water chases them away.
n Water the pile so that it is damp, but does not remain soggy.
n The compost will be within the right moisture range if just a few drops of water can
be squeezed from a handful of material.

Temperature
n Temperature requirement for optimal results is 20-30 C.
n However, earthworms can survive even at lower temperatures and up to 48C air
temperature.
n Keep the wormbeds under shade.
n They can be covered with damp gunny sacks or palm fronds to maintain temperature
and moisture in the optimum range.
Harvesting
n The compost is ready when it is completely
converted into a soft, spongy sweet smelling
dark brown material (21 days).
n Stop adding water. This compels the worms
to move into the lower layers of the vermibed.
n The top layers can then be safely removed
without much damage to the worms.
n The harvested compost is then put through a
sieve in order to recover any worms and
cocoons which may remain in the compost.
Application of Vermicompost
n Application of freshly harvested compost to soils will passively inoculate the worms as
freshly harvested compost most definitely contains cocoons and juveniles.
n Addition of vermicompost to soil promotes lush growth of plants.
n Vermicompost is one of the important ingredients in Gloria Biosol.
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Gloria Biosol
Biosol System of fertilization is composed of processes which lead to the bio-degradation
of organic matter developed within Homa atmosphere using Agnihotra Ash and its
solution with Yantra.
We can use Biosol liquid for foliar application to nourish plant kingdom as well as we can
also rebuild the soil health with Biosol.
Biosol is superior to vermiwash because we keep the organic material for biodegradation in a bio-digester with Agnihotra Ash for thirty days. Agnihotra Ash will have a
significant positive effect on all the materials used and will make the Biosol rich in
macronutrients.

Agnihotra Ash =
1kg

20kg

4 x Cowdung =
80kg

Copper Shree
Yantra

20kg

20lt

20lt

10 x clean water =
200lt

0.5 x cow's urine =


10lt

4 x Vermi compost
= 80kg

Materials Used
(For 500 litre tank)
Vermicompost
Fresh cow dung
Cow urine
Agnihotra Ash
Shree Yantra
Water

80 kg
80 kg
10 lt
1 kg
1 unit
200 lt

Bio-digester
The bio-digester tank may be of 500 litres or 1,000 liters in volume. It is filled with
organic matter and Agnihotra ash water solution. It may be in the form of cylindrical
rigid plastic tank or a cement tank with air valve, liquid outlet and a lid. Care should be
taken that after filling the material in proper proportion lid should be sealed carefully to
avoid air leakage.
The diameter of air valve opening should be one and a half inch (1 1/2). The air ball
valve should be fixed properly. Outlet for Biosol liquid should be of six inches (6)
diameter and oriented so as to facilitate easy removal of Biosol. Lid should be sealed
with good quality adhesive and teflon tape.
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Gloria Biosol
Procedure
1.Put one Copper Shree Yantra at the bottom of the tank facing upwards. (Shree Yantra
geometrical design is engraved in copper and, according to traditional knowledge, is a
powerful energy attractor).
2.Make two hundred litres Agnihotra ash water solution (i.e. one kilo of Agnihotra Ash in
two hundred liters of water). Let it stand for 3 days before use.
3.Collect 80kg fresh cow dung, 80kg vermicompost and 10 litres cow urine.
4.Divide the cow dung and vermicompost into 3 piles each.
5.Mix one part vermicompost, one part cow dung, about 3 litres of cow urine and about
fifty litres of Agnihotra ash water solution and stir to a slurry. This can be done outside
the tank. After stirring thoroughly, pour it into the tank. (Make sure the valves are
closed before pouring.)
6.Repeat the same process with the second portion of the materials while stirring the
material continuously and then add the second slurry to the tank.
7.Finally repeat the process a third time and add the slurry to the tank.
8.Add the remaining Agnihotra ash water solution to the tank and again stir.

In this way filling of 160 kilos of organic matter + ten liters cow urine + 200 liters of
Agnihotra Ash solution is done. Make sure that all the material is fully stirred. Seal the
lid with adhesive and teflon tape. Care should be taken that glue should not fall in the
tank while sealing.
At an interval of seven days, release the air valve to release the gas formed in the Biodigester.
In this way for thirty days the biodegradation of organic matter will take place in the
presence of Agnihotra Ash.
After thirty days outlet valve is opened to remove the Biosol liquid. It should be filled in
air tight plastic cans of suitable sizes. The moist solid material which remains after
removing Biosol liquid should be squeezed and more liquid Biosol is collected.
We may get about two hundred litres of Biosol liquid. It should be used for foliar
applications with water at a ratio of 1:15 to 1:20 depending on density of plant
population.
We can spray Biosol liquid on any type of crop at an interval of seven days.
Roughly 20 litres is required per acre per month.
If we preserve Biosol liquid in air-tight cans it will last longer, say about six months. Left
over solid Biosol which is having maximum macro nutrients should be mixed with any
type of organic manure at a ratio of 1:5.

1lt Gloria Biosol

15lt Water

Dilution is 1:15
(Liquid Gloria Biosol: Agnihotra Ash Water)
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Application of Homa Therapy


in Organic Farming
Agnihotra Ash
n Agnihotra ash is the Secret Weapon of the Homa Organic Farmer.
n Agnihotra ash is extremely medicinal.
n Agnihotra ash is beneficial at all stages of farming operations.
n Only ash from sunrise/sunset Agnihotra has this power.
n Ash from other Homas may also be used in composting operations.
n But Agnihotra ash is the key to success.
n Experiments conducted in Russia have shown
that Agnihotra ash is NOT RADIOACTIVE, even
though the ingredients are radioactive.
n Russian scientists have discovered that
Agnihotra ash contains 92 elements.
n In this way the bodys total requirement can
be met.
See Appendix 2: Agnihotra - a New Dimension
and Appendix 3: Europeans Beware

Treating the Soil


n Soil is a living system.
n Micro-organisms are automatically attracted to Homa atmosphere and return to the
soil on a Homa Farm.
n One should give back to the Earth that which has been taken.
n In farming this comes through composting.
n A compost bin/pile can be constructed according to any method.
n To this layering of organic materials Agnihotra ash should be added.
n Agnihotra ash energizes the material as it decomposes, giving the earth it is treated
with subtle energies to aid growth.

Importance of Phosphorus
n Phosphorus is one of the important macro nutrients required by plants
n All growing plants need phosphorus for healthy growth. However, regardless of how
much phosphate is added to the soil, only the water soluble portion can be utilized by
the plant.
n Phosphorus is relatively insoluble in water and hence phosphate fertilizers have been
developed to increase the amount of available soluble phosphorus in the soil.
n An important effect associated with Homa Organic Farming is that the solubility of
phosphorus in the soil increases.
n Dr. Tung Ming Lai from Denver, Colorado, USA has taken some trials with phosphate
solubility in several types of soil. It can be seen clearly that the addition of Agnihotra
ash in each case increases the solubility of phosphorus.
Solubility of Phosphate
Soil Used

Phosphate % per gram of soil Phosphate % per gram of ash


Non-Homa

Homa

No Soil - Only Ash

Non-Homa

Homa

3.40%

8.90%

Weld Loam

0.42%

1.72%

21.00%

86.00%

Red Feather Loamy Sand

0.23%

1.15%

11.50%

57.50%

See Appendix 4: Report from Braunschweig University by Dr Sylvia Kratz


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Application of Homa Therapy


in Organic Farming
Treating the Water
AGNIHOTRA ASH WATER SOLUTION
n Agnihotra ash water solution is very useful for encouraging natural control of difficult
pests.
n It can be used on the soil around the plants or as a foliar spray.
n See recipe on page 28.
See Appendix 5: Agnihotra Ash for Water Purification

Treating the Seeds


n Use seeds which have not been treated with chemicals.
n Treating seeds by the following method can make them more disease and pest
resistant and give them an initial boost.
1. Place the seeds in cups or jars and label each container with the name of the seed.
2. Cover seeds with cow's urine and soak the seeds for one to two hours. Make sure
that seeds mix well with the urine and none are floating on top.
3. Drain the seeds and cover them in cow dung. Seeds can be mixed with enough dung
to coat them thoroughly. The dung and seed mixture can then be spread out to dry on
plates, screens or boards.
n As some seeds cannot survive complete dehydration after having been moistened, it is
advisable that the seed/dung mixture be dried until just damp dry. The mixture can then
be crumbled easily and sowed down a planting row. If you are planting a small amount of
seeds and if the seeds are not too small, each seed can be wrapped in a small amount of
cow dung.

Planting the Seeds


n Phases of the moon by which we plant have a great deal to do with the success of
HOMA gardening. Plant on a no moon day or full moon day, depending on the type of
seed planted. Try planting root crops on or before the new moon and above ground crops
on or before a full moon day.
n When you plant the seeds, try to be full of love, do Mantra, be clean in body and mind.
n Plant the seeds with Agnihotra ash. It can be sprinkled along with the seeds down each
row. As you water the newly planted seeds, Mantra should be done.
n When transplanting seedlings be sure to plant them with Agnihotra ash around the
roots. Planting or transplanting should never be done in the heat of the day.

Feeding the Plants


n Gloria Biosol is a very effective bio-fertilizer which
can be produced simply in Homa atmosphere.
n We can use Biosol liquid for foliar application to
nourish plant kingdom as well as we can also rebuild
the soil health with Biosol.
n Biosol is superior to vermiwash because we keep
the organic material for biodegradation in a biodigester with Agnihotra Ash for thirty days. Agnihotra
Ash has a significant positive effect on all the
materials used and makes the Biosol rich in
macronutrients.
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Soil & Water Improvement


with Homa Organic Farming

Om Shree Dham, Homa Farm


Australia
n We had a bore well drilled, despite warnings that there were no underground streams
on our farm.
n Sub-artesian water was found at forty meters (130 Feet).
n It was laboratory tested and found to be HIGHLY SALINE AND ALKALINE.
n The pH was 9.5 and the salinity measured 1150 ppm.
n So, we did AGNIHOTRA by the bore and regularly placed AGNIHOTRA ASH down the
bore well.
n The State Department of Water Resources was conducting regular tests on the bore
wells in our area and we were all amazed to see that the salinity and alkalinity reduced
with each lab report until finally we had POTABLE DRINKING WATER.
n Now the pH is constant at 7.2 which is neutral and the salinity is 720 ppm, within the
standards laid down by the World Health Organization for potable water.

Om Shree Dham

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Soil & Water Improvement


with Homa Organic Farming

Bhrugu Aranya, Homa Farm


Poland
n The soil on our farm was officially tested by the agricultural laboratory in 2003.
n The soil in the vegetable garden was the worst, with a pH of 4.4.
n Though very acidic, it was much better than any other farms in the area.
n The officials told us We are sorry to let you know that nothing will grow here.
n As a result of the test, we added lime and more compost and dried cow dung to the
garden soil in an attempt to improve the pH.
n We added Agnihotra ash as well, as always.
n In spite of the harsh climate, we have amazing results with our produce.
n Agnihotra and Agnihotra ash has improved the quality of the soil.
n It has increased our yield of vegetables greatly and the taste, texture, weight and
quality are superior.
n Everything is growing here.
n Every year we have a really good harvest with healthy, beautiful Homa vegetables and
this is the miracle of Homa Gardening.

Bhrugu Aranya

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Soil & Water Improvement


with Homa Organic Farming

Tapovan, Homa Farm


Maharashtra, India
n In Tapovan when we first started Homa Farming the soil was seriously deficient in all
the major and minor nutrients.
n High salinity.
n Topsoil layer reduced to less than 10 cm (4 inches) in parts.
n The fine clay soil developed huge cracks in summer.
n In the wet season the surface was sealed like cement allowing minimal water
absorption, which led to a situation of major water-logging and flooding when the rains
came.
n We have seen a miraculous recovery of the soil here in Tapovan from its previously
severely damaged state
n It is now producing crops of superior yield and taste which are not troubled by insect
attack.
n All these fantastic results, are due to the practice of Agnihotra and other Homas and
the use of the Homa Organic Farming techniques.

Tapovan

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Friends of the Farmer


Cow, Earthworm & Honeybee
Cow
The cow is a very special creature. No other animal gives
so many products which are useful for a happy life. There
are five products which are very beneficial for health and
agriculture (panchagavya).
n Milk
n Curd
n Ghee
n Dung
n Urine
For Homa Organic Farming two of these are essential for Agnihotra and Homas - cows
ghee and cow dung. When we say cow, we mean male or female progeny of the cow.

Cattle Breeding
n Cattle breeding was monitored in Homa atmosphere in
two projects in Peru, South America.
n The Dean of Animal Husbandry of Universidad Nacional
Agraria de la Selva, Tingo Maria, Huanuco, Peru, personally
made observations during a period of eighteen months,
comparing cows bred in Homa atmosphere with those
without Homa atmosphere.
n In Homa atmosphere, cows produced more milk with
better fat content.
n Only on Homa Farms, placenta was expelled completely
after delivery of the calf, thus peventing many diseases.
n Skin of animals on Homa farms was more shiny; health
was far superior among animals receiving the influence of
Homa healing fires.

Cycle of HOMA
Breath of the Cow
n One beneficial aspect of
the cow which is not
normally considered is the
breath of the cow.
n Breath of the cow is
extremely medicinal.
n In European clinics of 19th
century, tuberculosis
patients were kept in the
barn (go shala) for getting
cured.
See Appendix 6: Report from Agricultural University in Peru,
South America, by Dr Jorge Rios Alvarado
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Friends of the Farmer


Cow, Earthworm & Honeybee
Earthworm
Foreign Species

Bimastos parvus (Lumbricidae)


Eisenia foetida (Redworms)
Eudrilus eugeniae (Eudrilidae)

Local Species

Lampito mauritii (Megascolecidae)


Perionyx excavatus

Earthworms:
n burrow into the soil improving soil structure.
n increase the population of beneficial microbes.
n improve soil pH.
n decompose organic matter.
n promote soil formation.
n increase soil fertility.
n increase water holding capacity of the soil.
In Homa atmosphere, earthworms:
n generate more moisture in the soil
n increase the hormones secretions in their reproductive organs enabling them to
reproduce at a faster rate

Homa Vermiculture
HOMA VERMICULTURE IS AN ECOLOGICAL DAILY ACTIVITY. Those who would like to
improve their environment should practice it.
Installation and management of vermiculture using Homa technology and the use of
Agnihotra ash, promotes the reproductive activity of earthworms in summer and winter.
Within the Homa area, a favourable micro-climate is created for the development of
earthworms. With Homa, in less than one month, the number of earth worms doubles.
Normally, this takes from 3 to 4 months.
With Homa technology we obtain minimum 12 harvests per year. Sometimes, we have
achieved from 17 to 18 harvests in a year. With conventional method, maximum harvests
are 4 per year.
During the composting process in Homa atmosphere, an exquisite fragrance is
produced, which permeates the whole environment, contributing to the healing.
This pleasant aroma attracts pollinators within the area.
This is part of the bio-feedback effect from Nature which is obtained with Homa
technology.
See Appendix 7: Homa Vermiculture by Dr Gloria Guzman
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Friends of the Farmer


Cow, Earthworm & Honeybee
Honeybee
Due to pollution, honey bees are dying on a mass scale in all parts of the world. They
cannot get enough nutrition to survive. Even if we employ all known methods of
improving soil and sustainable organic agriculture, the bees will still be dying. This is a
big threat to agricultural production. Bees also become aggressive in areas where
chemical pesticides have contaminated their food sources. They perceive that their food
is contaminated and their production is interrupted. They also become aggressive when
the stored honey gets contaminated with chemical pesticides, or when the beehives
receive a lot of direct sunlight.
Inside the agricultural area where Homa Therapy is applied, a healthy and pure
atmosphere is created, quite favorable as a habitat for bees. Bees adapt easily in a
Homa environment and they can develop without attack of pathogenic agents. They
have a lot of food available, due to the continuous flowering of the crops, with a high
content of nectar and propolis achieved through the effect of Homa Therapy and the
Agnihotra ash. This makes the whole Homa area a highly favourable place. Add to this
the availability of clean water and the healing energy generated by the Homa fires.
The work of the Homa farmer is complemented by the work of the bees. They
contribute to agriculture with the pollination of fruit crops, horticulture, in forestry in
general and also to cattle and dairy farming by pollinating the pastures. They also
produce honey-combs containing high quality honey, pollen, wax, propolis and royal
jelly, categorized as food and medicine through the Homa Therapy effects. The Homa
farmer and the bees work together with nature, the bees doing their prodigious work to
aid the preservation of the plant kingdom.
In this undertaking even the drones, who usually don't work, participate due to the
effect of Homa Therapy. In an area where Homa Therapy is applied, the drones begin to
work like the worker bees, contributing to the maximum honey production. This special
phenomenon occurs only through the effect of Homa Therapy. The availability of good,
healthy and abundant food in Homa atmosphere also contributes.
Inborn in the honey bee are certain hormones that are produced solely in HOMA
atmosphere. This subject is foreign to anything science has encountered so far in this
respect. These hormones help the nutritional levels yielded in vegetables and fruits to
yield at much increased rates.
The queens that are born and developed in Homa atmosphere, although they might
not be of a good stock, are big and very beautiful. The abundant quantity of provisions
of nectar and pollen in the area through Homa Therapy contribute to this. Queens raised
in a Homa environment give birth to vigorous colonies. They themselves are also vigorous
and live for a long time. They produce strong individuals, like good workers, who make
good crops of honey.
In an area where Homa Therapy is applied, the
reservoirs of drinking water, available for the bees
to drink, become pure, clean and medicinal.
These characteristics are more pronounced when
Agnihotra ash is added to the drinking water.
Additionally, in a Homa area there is always an
abundance of organic nectar, pollen, and other
necessary foods for the bees. Under these ideal
conditions, the beehives produce abundant honey
and the construction of honeycombs is constant
through the Homa Therapy effect.

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Homa Therapy
Pest & Disease Management
n Homa Organic Farming is total AHIMSAK KRISHI.
n It is the only farming system which is totally AHIMSAK.
n In Homa Organic Farming we do not kill anything, not even so-called dangerous pests.
n In Homa Organic Farming pests and diseases are approached in a different way: nonadversarial, non-antagonistic.
n All insects, viruses, bacteria, fungi, etc are a part of Nature and have their role to
play.
n Agnihotra and Homa Therapy encourage balance in Nature.
n All species come into balance with each other.
n The so-called dangerous pests are controlled by predators (friends of the farmer)
which appear automatically in a balanced environment.
n Use of chemicals destroys this fine balance in Nature.

Occasionally it may be necessary to use special Homa preparations in order to control


serious pest and disease attack. The following preparations have been found to be very
useful in this regard. These preparations are not designed to kill, but rather to
strengthen the health of the plants so that they can resist the attack. Insect plagues are
a sign of great imbalance in Nature caused by man's use of chemical poisons. In the
balanced Homa eco-system both friendly insects and also pests will be present. But
because they are balanced this has no negative impact on the Homa farmer.
AGNIHOTRA ASH WATER SOLUTION
n Put 1kg Agnihotra ash into 200 litres of clean water. Leave it covered for 3 days.
n After 3 days it is ready to use.
n Agnihotra ash water solution is very useful for encouraging natural control of difficult
pests.
n It can be used on the soil around the plants or as a foliar spray.
GLORIA BIOSOL
n Gloria Biosol tonic is also very effective in controlling any serious pest or disease
attack.
n Gloria Biosol can be used directly on the soil or as a foliar spray or also applied
directly to the leaves, stems and branches.
n See Chapter on Gloria Biosol p. 18
TOP TEN
n 2 kg custard apple leaves
n 2 kg papaya leaves
n 2 kg Calotropis gigantea leaves
n 2 kg Pongamia pinnata leaves
n 2 kg oleander leaves
n 2 kg fresh cow dung

n
n
n
n
n
n

5
2
2
2
2
5

kg neem leaves
kg Vitex negundo leaves
kg Aristolochia indica leaves
kg Tinospora cordifolia leaves
kg castor leaves
litre cow urine

n Mix all the ingredients together in a 200 litre tank.


n Add about 1 kg of Agnihotra ash.
n Keep for 30 days, stirring the mixture 2 to 3 times per day.
n After 30 days dilute 2.5 ltr with 200 litres of water to spray one acre of land.
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Homa Therapy
Pest & Disease Management

Stem borer
Lepidoptera
CONTROLLED

Mealy bug
Pseudococcus obscurus
CONTROLLED

Boll worm
Helicoverpa armigera
CONTROLLED

Mango hopper
Idiocerus clypealis
CONTROLLED

Woolly aphid
Ceratovacuna lanigera
CONTROLLED

Cut worm
Spodoptera litura
CONTROLLED
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Examples of Homa Therapy


Pest & Disease Management

Farm of Shri Abhay Mutalik Desai


Sutagatti, Dist:Belgaum, Karnataka

Sugarcane

n In June 2005, sugar cane


was attacked by woolly aphid.
n It was immediately
controlled by two natural
predators called Micromus
igorotus and Dipha aphidivora,
which came automatically.
n Attack resulted from use of
impure ghee for Homas.
n Interestingly, the predators
started from the area where
the woolly aphid had first
appeared.
n Now we have a lush, green,
healthy sugar cane in our 20
acres farm and also in the
neighbouring farms.

Observation: P.J. Joseph, Asst Director of Agriculture


Dist: Kasaragod, Kerala

Coconut

24th August, 2004


CERTIFICATION
n I first visited the coconut gardens of the Art of Living
international campus, Bangalore on 15th August, 2004.
n During my inspection I noticed severe attack of leaf
eating caterpillar pest Nephantis cerenopa.
n The leaves of most of the coconut palms were being
eaten away by the caterpillars and the attack was fast
spreading from the palms in the north portion to the
southern region.
n I recommended that they cut the severely affected
leaves right away and burn them to release the parasite
Bracorm brevicormis.
n Meanwhile, the campus YLTP team had commenced Agnihotra in this area, at the
instigation of Shri Shri Ravi Shankar.
n On 18th August the leaves of some of the severely affected palms were cut down.
n I inspected the leaves but could not find any larvae on them.
n Further, I opened the cocoons to see the pupae, but I noticed that all the pupae were
dead.
n I then recommended to stop the cutting of the leaves.
n I now certify that the coconut garden is free from leaf eating caterpillar, Nephantis
cerenopa.

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Examples of Homa Therapy


Pest & Disease Management
Mango

Farm of Shri Ramesh Chandra Tiwari


Village: Khanpursirauli, Post: Hasanganj - District: Unnao, U.P.

WITH HOMA THERAPY


n Excellent mango production.
n Fruits are large in size, sweet, tasty.
n Weight between 500 to 900g.
n Total production was 70 tons from 8 acres in 2008, the
off year of production.
n Increase of production with the use of Gloria Biosol.
n Two storms resulted in the loss of 4 tons of fruit which
fell to the ground.
n No disease, no die-back, no mango hopper, no mealy bug.
n Weeds which were formerly a problem, have totally
cleared up naturally.
n On about 10 trees in the orchard the mango fruits are
growing directly from the branch instead of from the
cluster of leaves at the end of the branches.

Powdery Mildew

Banana

Fruit Spot

WITH AGRO-CHEMICALS
n Diseases present like powdery mildew,
and plagues like the mango hopper and
mealy bug.
n Cost of pesticides was about Rs 5,000 per
acre.
n Harvest decreasing every year.
n Cost and frequency of the chemical
applications (pesticides and fertilizers) was
increasing.
n Taste of the mangos was not good.
Tapovan Farm of Shri Abhay Paranjpe
Parola, Dist:Jalgaon, MH

WITH HOMA THERAPY


n Tapovan bananas are
completely disease free.
n Bananas are big and tasty.
n Bunch weight up to 38kg.

WITH AGRO-CHEMICALS
n Farms growing bananas in
Jalgaon are badly affected by
Sigatoka fungus, karpa.
n Average weight per bunch is
18kg. Some farmers report
bunches of 12kg.
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Examples of Homa Therapy


Pest & Disease Management

Cotton
These two photos were taken on the same day in October
WITH HOMA THERAPY
n No insect pests or disease.
n 6.5 quintals per acre.
n 51% profit.
n Planting date 25 May.

Farm of Shri Vinod Patil


Parola, Dist: Jalgaon, MH

WITH AGRO-CHEMICALS
n Attacked by mealy bug and
red wilt (lalya).
n 6 quintals per acre.
Farm of Shri Abhay Paranjpe
n 9% loss on average.
Parola, Dist:Jalgaon, MH
n Planting date 23 May.

PRODUCTION COSTS
With AGROCHEMICALS
Sub-Total
1200.00
Sub-Total
75.00
Sub-Total
1225.00
Sub-Total
850.00

1 Soil Preparation
2 Planting
3 Cultivation

4 Phytosanitary
Control
5 Fixed Inputs: Seed, Fertilisers, Pesticides, HOMA Materials
Sub-Total
6 Homa Inputs

Sub-Total

7 Harvest

Sub-Total

TOTAL PRODUCTION COSTS

24,440.00
0
3,075.00
30,865.00

With HOMA THERAPY


1200.00
75.00
1225.00
Sub-Total
600.00

Sub-Total
Sub-Total
Sub-Total

11,656.00
1440.00
2,900.00
19,096.00

INCOME
TOTAL INCOME

27,900.00

29,550.00

NET PROFIT/LOSS PER HECTARE

- 2,965.00

10,454.00

15 Qtls

16 Qtls

9% loss

55% profit

Total Quintals per hectare


ECONOMIC VIABILITY

n Costs per hectare expressed in Rupees


n HOMA THERAPY production showed a 55% profit on expenditure whereas the farm
using agro-chemical treatment showed a 9% loss.
n Normally in conventional agro-chemical farming, because most farmers work the fields
themselves with their families, some of the labour costs (e.g. soil preparation, sowing,
cultivation and phytosanitary) are hidden, leading to a false profitability figure of
around 5%.
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Testimonies of Homa Farmers

"EL CEREZO" FARM


Mango variety Kent

Farm of Carlos Augusto Pajuelo


Ex-Director of Agriculture
Piura, Peru, South America

The Homa farm "El Cerezo" is in Piura, Peru,


South America. I planted 10,000 Mango
trees, variety Kent in 30 hectares in 1997.
But we lost all the production in Piura with
the climatic changes of "El Nino" in 1998.
Banks were not giving loans either. However,
in 2001, while I was the Director of the
Office of the Ministry of Agriculture in Piura,
I was fortunate to learn about the Agro
Homa Supertechnology and decided to apply
it in my farm.
The situation of the farm was critical, since
there was not enough water, fertilization and
appropriate management. The plantation was 4
years old with zero production. The Mango
usually produces after 3 years.
The following chart shows what happened with
Homa application on my farm:
HARVEST PERIOD
2000 - 2001
2001 - 2002
2002 - 2003
2003 - 2004
2004 - 2005
2005 - 2006
2006 - 2007

PRODUCTION IN KG
0
50,000
110,000
210,000
280,000
400,000
500,000

As you can see, there is a continuous increase


in the production of an excellent, tasty and
well paid fruit in the international market.
Now, we added 22 hectares of organic banana
and a packaging building. Dole is buying and
exporting our fruits.
Besides greater and healthy production, the
Agro Homa Supertechnology fruit is excellent,
organic, ecological and exportable. Homa also
provides an excellent working atmosphere.

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Testimonies of Homa Farmers

"Manas Krushi" Farm


Mango and Cashew Nut
We came across Gurudev Shree Vasant
Paranjpe between 1998 and 1999. From our
discussions with Him, what we realized was,
the cow is an important part in farming and
this is the reason why the cow has been
given an important place in our scriptures
and culture. Another point we found out
from Him was that for healthy farming the
environment should be healthy and to
achieve this a simple procedure of Agnihotra
is advised. If we use the correct combination
of cow and Agnihotra then we can achieve
the same result in farming as our forefathers
enjoyed.
I strongly believe there is no other
technology which is economical and at the
same time gives healthy and better produce.
In this technology there is no chance of a
farmer becoming bankrupt.
If we compare my produce like cashew, I
have cashew nut trees which are 5 to 6 years
old. I have traveled to Sindhudurg, Goa and
Kerala. There 5 to 6 year old trees give 2 to
3 kg of cashew nuts. But my trees give more
than 5kg per tree. This means I produce 50
to 60% more than others using this
technology. I have 8 to 9 year old Kesar
mango trees. Kesar Mango trees around my
area give 50 to 60 kg of produce. But in my
farm I get 90 kg per tree. This makes me
believe if any farmer uses this technology,
then he will earn decent profit.
Secondly, for aromatic crops, I have planted
patchouli and vetiver. The yield I get from
my farm is higher than the yield available
from other neighbouring farms. There is a
difference of 20%.

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Farm of Venkatesh Kulkarni


Shahapur, Dist: Thane, MH

Testimonies of Homa Farmers

"Sutakatti" Farm
Vanilla

Farm of Abhay Mutalik Desai


Sutakatti, Dist: Belgaum, KA
Our first ever vanilla produce (1999-2000) was of excellent
quality and the best in India. The vanilla bean curing process
(three months) was started along with Homa Therapy
treatment. The cured vanilla beans were tested at Spice Board
of India testing laboratory in Cochin. The vanillin percentage
by weight of 2.91% was the highest ever recorded in India.
In 2004 we again had our vanilla
tested. This time vanillin
content was tested by CO2
extraction method at the
Central Food Technological
Research Institute in Mysore.
Results were certified by:

K.M. Appaiah
Quality Manager,
Result:
Central Food Technological
Vanillin content 36% by wt
Research Institute, Mysore, KA (25% is regarded as a good
14th July, 2004
commercial result).

Pokariyavas Farm
Tomato

Farm of Shri Dhannalal


Pokariyavas, Dist: Jaipur, RJ

Conventional Agriculture

Homa Organic Farming

n The first planting of tomato on the


Dhannalal farm was heavily infested
with tomato fruit borer.
n All the tomato farms in the village
were affected.
n Heavy doses of chemical insecticide
were needed 3 times per week.

n After 3 months treatment with Homa


Therapy the fruit borer attack was completely
controlled.
n Subsequent plantings after beginning Homa
Therapy treatment were not infested at all.
n Shri Dhannalal reports that his yield was
double that of the other farmers in the village.

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WHY HOMA ORGANIC FARMING?


Vasant V. Paranjpe
HOMA Therapy is totally a revealed science. It is as old as creation. In the course of time this
knowledge was lost but it is now being resuscitated to give people guidance about how to
correct polluted conditions of the planet we find ourselves in today. HOMA Therapy comes from
Vedas, the most ancient body of knowledge known to man.
When things go wrong due to pollution, the elements of nature begin to change. The cohesion of
atoms, fusion of atoms, begin in a different way as it is described in ATHARVA VEDA. It is stated
if atoms begin refusion and fission in an improper way, a civilization could be destroyed. If HOMA
is performed when this takes place it helps mould things harmoniously and a new, beneficial
element is produced. Notice we do not say created. Nothing is created, only reshaped. This
knowledge is HOMA Therapy.
THIS KNOWLEDGE CAN BE USED BENEFICIALLY TO GROW CROPS WITHOUT CHEMICALS AND
PESTCIDES. THIS IS HOMA THERAPY ORGANIC FARMING. The process of AGNIHOTRA PYRAMID FIRE
is the basic HOMA. AGNIHOTRA is a must to sustain life now.
HOMA Therapy is given at a time when all hope is gone. It is given for all people. Any one can do
it; incorporate it in his or her daily life. HOMA has such a profound effect on plant life. It has a
beneficial effect on animals including mankind but would be more easily detected in plants as
they are more simple organism.
SCIENTISTS CARRY THE FATE OF THE WORLD. We can teach you how to grow crops, how to get
maximum yield out of minimum agricultural area, how to keep soil fertile, how to keep water
pure, how to keep atmosphere nutritious. All this forms part of HOMA Therapy. How the seed is
treated, when the seed is to be planted, how to nourish the crops, how to harvest, when it is all
contained in the Vedas, a treasure house of knowledge awaiting scientists. All we have to do is
to tap into the source.
We think we have found the technological paradise. It will be our hell in the next years. Whether
we like it or not we have already handed ourselves on a silver platter of technology into the jaws
of death. Science and technology are different things. Science is the search for truth. What
technology has done and persists in doing is nothing short of raping the land and the air that we
breathe of all nutrients by destroying plant life with pesticides and insecticides and polluting
human beings with chemical fertilizers and food additives. All this is taking toll now. Man cannot
survive this era without a massive attempt to counteract the destruction.
We have nearly reached a stage where there will be no reliable uncontaminated natural
resources. All of our water supply will be polluted. In some areas there will be severe droughts
and in other terrific floods. We should understand that these times have already begun. WE
MUST RELY UPON SCIENTIFIC MEANS TO UNDO THE EFFECTS OF POLLUTED CONDITIONS IN
ATMOSPHERE, SOIL, WATER AND ALL LIFE FORMS.
The scientists and governments know this. However, man's awareness is blanketed by myths of
prosperity and by his ignorance of environment. The age of complacency is coming to a violent
end and hence the need for HOMA Therapy. We request the scientists to investigate the
effectiveness of HOMA Therapy in undoing the effects of pollution.

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All living things in nature plants, trees, forests, the crops we plant, animals and human beings
are exposed to such terrific pollutants that it becomes difficult to escape the deleterious
effects. Micro organisms are rapidly dying in the soil. There will be no food to eat unless there is
HOMA atmosphere.
AGNIHOTRA, the basic HOMA, is the way to save the world now. If anyone can show better,
easier, more practical way, we are willing to listen.
When seepage begins from nuclear reactors and nuclear waste disposal systems, people in those
areas will feel as if they are living on a keg of dynamite. People will become angry with
scientists for what they have done, for their lack of thoroughness when they began
experimenting with radioactive materials, for not looking to the ramifications of misusing such
power or for creating such a powerful menace. The scientists will be hard pressed for solutions.
They will work diligently, relentlessly for answers. The answer is here. The answer is AGNIHOTRA
HOMA and the revealed knowledge the powers that be have chosen to give through us. Do not
believe in what we tell you. Try AGNIHOTRA and be convinced on your own. We ask the scientist
to investigate.
With chemical fertilizers and pesticides it becomes necessary to increase the dosage and
strengthen or alter formulas as years go by. Then a stage comes when nothing grows unless you
use them. If you do use them they ruin the soil and subsoil water. The harmful chemicals are
ingested into the body when we eat food grown under these conditions. Then a few years later
nothing grows at all and land that was once fertile and produced abundant crops has to be
abandoned. These are some of the reasons why several communities started thinking in terms of
organic farming and biological pest control. This worked for a while but as pollution content of
the atmosphere increased and things got compounded, organic farmers came into terrific
difficulties.
With increased doses of acid rain the top few inches of the soil on earth are likely to be totally
destroyed so that nothing will grow. The answer to our ills lies just few inches beneath the
surface of the earth. HOMA Therapy farming is the way out.
Elements begin to change due to pollution. Somehow due to magnetic like pull setup where
HOMA is performed the elements required to make certain life sustaining essentials are again
attracted to the planet by some other mode of transference. Some may even come from other
planets.
Changes in soil composition due to pollution become drastic and the results become disastrous.
Soil becomes unable to sustain plants and even life. The way out is to inject nutrients and
fragrance into the atmosphere by widespread practice of HOMA.
The molecular change in the fission and fusion of atoms cause properties of elements to change
in atomic structure and weight. Electrons and neutrons rotate at varying speeds. If proper
insight is given to scientists we can show them how this knowledge can be used beneficially in
some areas when looked at from HOMA perspective.
The composition of nutrients in the soil deteriorates and this has a great impact on the food
supplies. Pollution is the disease. HOMA is the cure. The practice of HOMA replenishes the
nutrients that are robbed from our environment by pollution. The chemical and molecular
structure of bacteria change and they become more immune to conventional medical methods.
If we practice HOMA things will improve.

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PLANT STRUCTURE AND PHYSIOLOGY


Plants grown in HOMA atmosphere evolve networks of veins that are cylindrical and larger than
normal permitting water and nutrients easier movements to all parts of the plant. This helps
growth and reproduction cycles. Also, it helps in the production of chlorophyll and plant
breathing, thereby helping the oxygen recycling system of nature.
If slides are prepared they will show the difference in cellular structure in plants bred in HOMA
atmosphere compared to those which are not. Subtle energies begin to have more obvious effect
on plants now. It can easily be recorded if some scientists want to put their minds to it.
A change in the nuclear structure in plants due to pollution makes it impossible for humans to
extract nutrition to survive unless plants are grown in Agnihotra atmosphere with Agnihotra ash.
Then the plant defies change and maintains its place in the balance of nature.
The pathological structure, nutritive structure of plants are changing. By practice of Agnihotra
much of the nutrients, taste and above all a new highly beneficial element are packed on to a
small area, giving satisfaction (in the sense of the quality element) and health. The taste,
texture, color, size of kernel which is the seed become excellent.
The root system in plants change due to HOMA atmosphere. Roots stay small and less
troublesome due to the extreme quality of nutrients the plant extracts from the soil.
A new phenomena is noted in HOMA Therapy Organic Farming with respect to soybean crops. It
will be beneficial to farmers and gardeners to set aside part of their planting area for soybean
where possible. When using HOMA Farming techniques a strange situation occurs whereby
antibodies are introduced into the body by the ingestion of soybeans. This will help combat
several diseases, some of which medical people are aware and some which are yet to occur. This
will only occur where HOMA Therapy is used and is given by grace.
PLANT FUNCTIONS
When HOMA is done in the garden or under a tree the effect of the smoke first goes to the
leaves. The smoke acts as a catalyst for the generation of chlorophyll in terms of a chemical
reaction, which can easily be shown by a botanist who may choose to study the subject.
HOMA atmosphere especially that of this concise Agnihotra, acts as a catalyst on plant
metabolism, causing the plant to reach for the nutrients it needs, necessitating strength and
then yielding the nutrients, giving the plant health and allowing it to more efficiently blend with
the ecological balance of things. The root system of a plant is like Nadi. It draws its energy from
a source and, if it has developed properly, it distributes the energy and nutrients throughout the
plant, permitting harmonious and equivalent growth. When HOMA is performed properly it helps
carry the nutrients equally throughout the plant by its vascular system. It does the same things
to humans, on subtle level.
CROP YIELD
When growing plants in Agnihotra atmosphere do not necessarily expect the plants to become
large; instead observe the size, quality and appearance of the vegetable, fruit or flower. All the
energy of the plant goes towards yield because by performance of HOMA we make the plants
happy.
Energy patterns of plants are arranged in such a way that when HOMA is performed the injection
of nutritional content into the atmosphere helps shape and mold these patterns harmoniously so
that the result is fantastic yield and excellent quality. Agnihotra is the basic HOMA.
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A strange phenomenon occurs when plants are bred in Agnihotra atmosphere. An aura-type field
of energy is generated from the plant and exists around the plant while Agnihotra is performed
in its proximity. The field contains nutrients and vibrations of love. The plant is continually able
to draw on this resource that is given by performance of Agnihotra in the area. This gives the
plant the ability to maintain maximum growth and yield levels. At the same time a feedback of
love is given to the area, helping to negate the effects of thought pollution.
Fruit trees will yield fruit double the usual size with twice the meat if Agnihotra and HOMA are
performed regularly in the orchards. Orange would be a good fruit to begin with, as it will
quickly, almost immediately, give results.
Tangerine and orange trees will show good results with HOMA experiments. It will be easy to see
quickly with either of these species. Pear trees will bear sweeter fruit in HOMA atmosphere.
SOIL
Soil in HOMA atmosphere holds moisture better than any soil. It is due to the ghee and the
feedback of HOMA on the atmosphere. When nutritional rain comes, the nutrients and moisture
are sustained as a unit in the soil. This makes for better quality vegetation. It seems fantastic
but it is true.
In HOMA Therapy Organic Farming, the result of the HOMA process is that something physical
interacts with the soil making the nutrients already there more potent. When nutrients are
absent, cultivating the growth of nutrients necessary for health plant life is achieved by the
HOMA process.
In Agnihotra atmosphere the metabolic process of plants is sped up. It is the ghee used in
Agnihotra process that is the catalytic factor and on more subtle level the Mantras interacting
with the combined effect of the burnt ghee and rice. This combination enters the soil after
returning from the solar range. It enters the plants by one might say, attaching itself to minerals
and water absorbed by the root system of the plant. The ghee acts like a catalyst creating a
chemical reaction with the plant aiding in enzyme and vitamin production and encouraging and
increasing the cyclic rate .In other words the plants mature faster, taste better by mere
performance of Agnihotra in the garden.
Aeration of soil, of course, is an important part of gardening or farming. If HOMA ash is placed on
the top of soil before it is cultivated it does a lot to help nourish the plant and make the plant
happy. It is more important to make the plant happy as that is the way the plants can start to
give us the feedback effect of love.
The more Love you put into the farm or garden, the more HOMA is performed, specifically
revolving around Agnihotra, the greater the vibration of love will be in the area and the happier
the people will be. Also the greater and tastier the yield will be.
Agnihotra and Agnihotra ash, when put on the soil, help stabilize the amount of nitrogen and
potassium present.
Trace elements in the soil are changing drastically. Trace elements are important to plant growth
and maturation. HOMA Therapy farming is the way out. With HOMA farming it begins to become
important that all phases of nature work in harmony.
Trees begin to loose their hold in the ground. The soil is having difficulty supporting life. Trees
tend to fall over. HOMA and HOMA Therapy renourish the ground.

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The entire ecological system is benefited by HOMA. For example, earthworms are able to
generate more moisture in the soil due to the performance of HOMA. HOMA makes them happy
and their hormone secretion increases, thereby benefiting the soil and therefore the plants that
live in the soil. The earthworm is important to farming. HOMA atmosphere increases the
hormones in earthworms involved in their reproductive organs and helps multiplication of the
species, which in turn helps the soil to become more rich.
Chemical fertilizers will prove less effective. There will be more government regulation to guard
against health hazards. HOMA Therapy Organic Farming is the answer.
REPRODUCTION
Some fruits begin to increase their reproductive cycle if Agnihotra is performed in proximity to
where they are grown. A plant's strength depends upon the nutrient of the soil and atmosphere
that surrounds it. Science perhaps does not lay so much stress on atmosphere but it is one of the
biggest factors due to the oxygen recycling system. Also if the atmosphere is filled with nutrients
the plant becomes especially happy when this is done by HOMA process.
This helps increase the number of seeds, the number of fertile or potentially fertile seeds
germinated. Also the period of germination is helped and the quality of pollen produced is
improved. The whole reproductive cycle of the plant is benefited by HOMA atmosphere.
The whole ecological system is changing. The reproductive cycle of plants is changing. This
affects the bees and therefore their ability to perform their role of pollination is inhibited. This
adversely affects the ability of plants, especially certain vegetables, to yield and propagate.
HELP FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
The principles of life must be restated now on this earth. Everyone must be made aware that
HOMA is necessary to survive. We withdraw nutrients from the environment. They must be
somehow replaced. HOMA is the means.
Elements begin to change. Somehow due to magnetic-like pull set up where HOMA is performed,
the elements required to make certain life sustaining essentials are again attracted to the planet
by manifestation of some other mode of transference. Some may even come from other planets.
When Agnihotra is performed there is a turbulence of electricities and ethers created by the
combination of mantras and fire that extends all the way to the solar range. This turbulence
leads to a quick upheaval of the nutrient structure in the area.
More people should begin to perform Agnihotra under a tree. This makes the tree happy and the
tree dances and sings. Also the birds are much attracted to Agnihotra. It is healing to them.
HOMA trees will soon begin to grow. They will be a species in themselves. They are now
generating in intense HOMA atmosphere. Places like Amazon region of Peru is where they will be
discovered.
Nature is in total turmoil. So much destruction is coming now. We must saturate the atmosphere
with nutrients. Ghee is the vehicle. Mantras are the power. HOMA must be done now on a large
scale.
The earth has been robbed of its elements by pollution. HOMA can replace these things, which
are vital to all life. The earth is wasting away. HOMA is the way to save it.

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INSECTS
Inborn in the honey bee are certain hormones that are produced solely in HOMA atmosphere.
This subject is foreign to anything science has encountered so far in this respect. These
hormones help the nutritional levels yielded in vegetables and fruits to yield at much increased
rates.
Bees are attracted to HOMA atmosphere as the amount of energy they receive from Agnihotra
fire helps them to perform at a greater level of efficiency. When this is translated to pollination,
they can help to increase the yields of crops. This is especially true with corn, tomatoes,
berries, fruit and the like.
If HOMA is going on round the clock in proximity to a garden, that in itself is an effective aid to
insect control. The atmosphere becomes saturated with ghee and the plants are able to
manufacture a protective coating due to a special chemical combination in their chemical makeup interacting with the ghee absorbed by the plants by breathing. The HOMA atmosphere also
creates something intangible that permits this situation to occur, which is based on the
vibrational content of the atmosphere due to Mantras going on all the time.

Excerpts from the book: - HOMA Therapy - Our Last Chance by Vasant Paranjpe.
Publisher: Fivefold Path Publications
Indian edition: July 2005
Library of congress catalogue card number: - 89-80980
ISBN number: - 0-944909-01-9

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AGNIHOTRA: A NEW DIMENSION
Agnihotra was first shown publicly in Poland in 1981 by Vasant and Dr Ulrich Berk at a symposium in
Warsaw by Lech Stefanski.
Dr Berk made many visits to Poland to teach Agnihotra in various parts of Poland. It spread in a big
way as a healing tool for the family that removes tension on the mind. It was also used for growing
small gardens with wonderful results.
After Chernobyl nuclear accident, in 1986, scientists in some Eastern European countries became
more curious and wondered how this Agnihotra effect comes about. During his several trips to
Eastern Europe, Vasant told the scientists that if they try to look at Agnihotra merely from the point
of view of chemistry they might not be able to make much progress. However, if they examine
Agnihotra from the point of view of Quantum Physics, they would find a gold mine of knowledge in
this ancient Vedic Science of Healing the Atmosphere.
After several experiments, one senior scientist made the following remarks:
The chemical reactions which take place when Agnihotra pyramid fire, mentioned in Homa
Therapy burns, are less important. Important is the radiation. We know the chemical aspects of
fire. In the end we get H2O, CO2 and CO. Then there is a visible light and infrared. This is the
classical view today about fire. If you look into the more subtle structure of fire, you find that
electrons jump from one atom to another (like a flash of lightning) and this causes some
emissions on a very subtle level which hardly fits into modern Quantum Theory.
Vasant also told them, If you test Agnihotra with an oscilloscope you will notice a special
sound coming from the fire. It is a sound that heals. Other things are there but the key is the
sound. Fire produces sound but it also reacts to sound. The act of singing special vibrations
while the Agnihotra copper pyramid fire burns, creates a resonance effect which invigorates
the cells of plants, leading to better reproductive cycles. Resonance plays a vital part in
natural phenomena. Here, we are talking about a healing molecular spectrum beyond the
whole electromagnetic spectrum.
The following quotation is taken from the book Secrets of the Soil by Peter Tompkins and
Christopher Bird.
"Mato Modric, an expert in electromagnetic fields, dowsing and geo-pathogenic zones,
[remarked:] 'That the Agnihotra ash could produce disinfectant, anticoagulant and tissuecontracting effects on living matter was well established.' And he said he believed Vasant
when he claimed the ash had pesticidal and fungicidal properties and that it might ultimately
solve the problem of mineral deficiencies.
"Modric explained that he believed he was dealing with a complex that could potentially affect
the whole environment, countering the toxins of modern technology developed over the last
century by the industrial revolution, and that the process might have enormous implications
for our very existence.
"He added that he believes that Agnihotra ceremonies performed at various specifically
spaced points on earth, if done exactly at sunrise and sunset, could affect an energy
associated with the earth, one such as described by Steiner and Reich, the enhancement of
which would have a healing effect on the environment
" 'We believe we can establish the fact of an electromagnetic radiation during the ceremony,'
he elaborated. 'But we are into an area of informational transfer through intermolecular
and interatomic processes mediated by ultraviolet photons. It is logical to conclude that some
kind of energetic mechanism is being activated which can be translated into physical meaning
linked to concrete information systems that are as yet unknown, but connected to systems of
resonance' "
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EUROPEANS BEWARE
By Karin Heschl
kasardevi8@yahoo.com
When the Chernobyl nuclear accident happened in 1986, I had a farm near Graz in Austria. The
Austrian Government immediately issued that every farmer had to carry milk and fodder for
testing for radioactivity. When I did this, the inspectors were shocked, because they found only
normal radioactivity levels in our milk and fodder samples while all the farmers in the
surrounding area had high doses in their samples. The inspectors said it was not possible to have
normal radioactivity after Chernobyl and is there anything special that I do on my farm?
I told them that my farm was using ancient Ayurveda technology to grow food which is now
presented as HOMA Organic Farming Technology.
We do a small fire in small copper pyramid exactly at the moments of Sunrise/sunset. Materials
burnt are dried cow dung cake pieces a little clarified butter from cows and a few grains a raw
rice. This is called Agnihotra Homa. Also we do another Homa, repeating one mantra and adding
a drop of clarified butter to the fire after the mantra for four hours daily. On full moon and new
moon days we take turns to maintain the second HOMA for twenty four hours. According to
Ayurveda by this method we inject nutrition into the atmosphere. This affects the plants, soil
and subsoil water.
However the inspectors were not interested in doing further research. For a scientist, normally
one such experience will be enough to motivate him to do further research.
This Ayurvedic Farming method was tested on 1200 hectares of land in the Amazon region of the
Republic of Peru by the Agronomical Engineers connected with the office of the President of
Peru. This observation lasted seven months and covered all crops grown in the area.
The results were fantastic:
(see report from Peru p4)
n Greater quantity per hectare
n Better quality i.e. taste, colour, disease resistance, etc.
n Longer shelf life.
n Shorter harvesting time.
n Cost per hectare is much less
In ancient Ayurvedic teachings of farming it is stated that this type of set up on a farm with ONE
RESONANCE POINT CAN COVER BETWEEN 150 TO 200 ACRES OF CROPS. This set up totally
negates the effects of radioactivity and related problems in humans, animals and plants. My
personal experience on my farm should act as an eye-opener for scientists to do further
research.
This Ayurvedic Technique was brought to the West by VASANT PARANJPE of INDIA who later came
in contact with some Ex Soviet scientists for doing further research. After several years of
research they came to the conclusion that AGNIHOTRA ASH IS THE SOLUTION TO COUNTER
RADIOACTIVITY-RELATED DISEASES. In Germany one pharmacist, Monika Koch, had rediscovered
how to use this ash for treating various human physical and psychological maladies.

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Appendix 3

Insects, which became radioactive after Chernobyl, have not died out. Now they proliferate and
spread disease everywhere. Now all food grown in Eastern, Central, and Western Europe has
damaging doses of radioactivity. Even the medical tablets will have this radioactivity as the exSoviet scientists predicted soon after the year 2000.
Shree Vasant has been teaching HOMA Organic Farming and also HOMA Folk Medicines as
rediscovered by Monika Koch in all continents with miraculous results. These teachings are FREE
and also we are insisting that any medicines prepared from Agnihotra ash should ALWAYS BE
GIVEN GRATIS and never should any money be charged.
It is now necessary to produce this ash in large quantities from Agnihotra pyramid fires using
substances which HAVE NOT BECOME RADIOACTIVE. According to those ex-Soviet scientists
INDIA will be the right place to prepare this ash with proper disciplines mentioned in
Ayurveda tradition. Then we can dispatch this valuable ash FREE to Europe.
Please refer to our website
www.homa1.com

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Appendix 4

Experiments conducted by

Bundesforschungsanstalt fuer Landwirtschaft (FAL)


(The Federal Agricultural Research Centre)

Braunschweig, Germany.
Just now I have got the first results from our experiment concerning the solubility of phosphorus.
We took the experiment from Dr Tung Ming Lai (Denver, Colorado, USA) as a model for our
experiment.
We did the following six variants:
1) 25 ml. distilled water
2) 25 ml. distilled water + 5 gm. Soil
3) 0.1 gm. Agnihotra ash in 25 ml. distilled water
4) 0.1 gm. Control ash in 25 ml. distilled water
5) 0.1 gm. Agnihotra ash with 5 gm. soil in 25 ml distilled water
6) O.1 gm. Control ash with 5 gm. soil in 25 ml distilled water
The ashes were produced and given to us by Dr. Ulrich Berk.
The result:
In variant 1 & 2, the content of water soluble phosphorus was nearly zero.
The variants 3 & 4 (with Agnihotra ash and Control ash respectively) showed also a relative small
amount of water soluble phosphorus. There was hardly any difference between Control ash and
Agnihotra ash.
Now comes the exciting part. In variant 5 (Agnihotra ash with soil), the content of water soluble
phosphorus was about double that in variant 6 (Control ash with soil).
We have repeated each variant 3 times so we are pretty sure that this is the final result.
That means the hypothesis seems to be true That through the presence of Agnihotra ash the
water soluble phosphorus content in the soil becomes higher.
Exact figures will follow. In the moment we are carrying out two more experiments with common
methods where we will compare control ash and Agnihotra ash to find out the amount of phosphorus
available for the plant (CAL and P water).
Warm regards,
Sylvia

Dr. Sylvia Kratz


Insitut fuer Pflanzenernaehrung und Bodenkunde, (Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science),
Bundesforschungsanstalt fuer Landwirtschaft (FAL), (The Federal Agricultural Research Centre),
Bundesallee 50,
38116 Braunschweig.
Germany.

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Appendix 5

AGNIHOTRA ASH FOR WATER PURIFICATION


Agnihotra ash is extremely medicinal and has a powerful purifying effect on water. Some
experiments were carried out in the 1980s in USA and Poland to test the effect of Agnihotra ash
on water.
Observations with Flower Water
by Elsbieta Gerlecka, Poland
One-half litre of water in which flowers had been kept for a long time and, therefore, having an
unpleasant smell was poured into two separate bottles. To one of these bottles, Agnihotra ash
was added with the following results:
Water without Agnihotra Ash

Water with Agnihotra Ash

After 2 weeks

After 2 weeks

- process of putrefaction continued


- unpleasant smell became stronger
- water is turbid
After 1 month
- strong offensive smell
- turbid suspension reaching up to half
the bottle
After 2 months
- process of putrefaction, decreases
After 3 months
- process of putrefaction disappears
as well as the unpleasant smell
After 7 months
- water assumes green shadow
- algae start developing at the bottom
and top of the bottle
-water has smell of stagnant pond water

- process of putrefaction stopped


- water smells of ash and butter
- water is clear, although it has a small
amount of dark sediment at the bottom
After 1 month
- No change

After 2 months
- No change
After 3 months
- No change
After 7 months
- water is quite clear, without any smell
- in taste, water doesn't differ from
drinking water

Observations with Aquarium Water


by Sandy Sachs, USA
Two fish bowls, A and B, were set up in close proximity, identical in size, shape, quantity and
quality of water, plants and number of fish. Agnihotra ash was added to one bowl only.
Observations were made on the growth of algae, water levels and health of fish in the two bowls.
Materials used:
n Two identical fish bowls.
n Equal strands of elodea plants held in place by clean glass marbles.
n Four two inch goldfish, two of which were healthy and two of which appeared to be weak.
n One healthy and one weak fish were placed in each bowl.

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Experiment 1
n One teaspoon of Agnihotra ash was added to bowl A. No ash was added to bowl B.
n Both sets of fish were fed the same food supplement.
n After 5 days it was noted that the water in bowl A was clearer and that the fish were
livelier than in bowl B.
n After 6 days the weaker fish in bowl B needed to be removed from the bowl, for it was
dying. Also it was noted that the grass (elodea) was beginning to die in both the bowls. The
water in bowl B was noticeably more yellow and smelled significantly more foul than that in
bowl A.
n Between the ninth and fourteenth days the elodea died off rapidly, fouling the water and
causing it to look foamy at the top in both bowls. The fish became lethargic.
n On the twentieth day it was noted that in bowl B the water had become deep brown and
had an algal ring around the water line on the glass. Bowl A had only an ash ring and was only
slightly cloudy. Fish were gulping at the top of the water for air in both bowls.
n It appears that Agnihotra ash retarded the putrefaction process and prevented the
development of foul odor and murkiness in the water as the grass died off.
Experiment 2
n The bowls were cleaned, completely fresh water was put into them and fish were returned
to the bowls as they had been, two in bowl A and two in bowl B.
n One quarter teaspoonful of Agnihotra ash was added to bowl B only. Nothing was put into
bowl A which had been washed free of any residual ash.
n On the third day it was noted that one of the fish in the untreated bowl A was lethargic.
This fish lingered for a while, but died six days later.
n Fresh water was added to both bowls on the nineteenth day in order to replenish that lost
to evaporation.
n On the twenty-fourth day spots of algae were noted growing on the sides of both bowls. The
number and size of the algae spots in bowl B, which was treated, was smaller than in bowl A.
This observation was made repeatedly for the next 7 days, when the second experiment was
terminated.
n It seems that Agnihotra ash notably retards the colonization and growth of algae.
Experiment 3
n Once again the two bowls were completely emptied and cleaned.
n Bowl A was filled with water, marbles and two guppies. Bowl B was treated with sodium
hypochlorite bleach, then rinsed well before being filled with water, marbles and guppies.
n By the next morning the water in bowl A felt slimy, although it appeared clear and clean.
n One teaspoon of Agnihotra ash was dropped into the bowl.
n Although the ash took some time to settle, at the end of the first week the guppies had
begun swimming throughout the bowl, rather than hanging near the surface as they had done
earlier.
n Agnihotra ash was at least as effective as bleach in taking care of the organisms that were
fouling the water.
Conclusion
Therefore, in ecosystems wherein we have concern for fish etc., Agnihotra ash looks like it might
be a viable alternative. These simple experiments on the bio side effects of Agnihotra ash in a
fish bowl have long-range implications for the use of Agnihotra ash in the treatment of polluted
and acidified lakes and streams.

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Appendix 6

Translation from Original Spanish Document.

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA DE LA SELVA


FACULTAD DE ZOOTECNIA

Tingo Maria, May 25th, 2001


Dr. Gloria Luz Guzman Mendez
ECOLAND ARKADIA S.A.
Here present.

With all respect,


I am happy to salute you and take this opportunity to send you the report of
personal research carried out in farms with and without Homa therapy in
the valley of Alto Huallaga, during a period of almost two years.
With best regards,
Sincerely,
(Signature and Seal of the University)
Engineer MSc. Jorge Rios Alvarado
Dean

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ADVANCES OF RESEARCH IN FARMS WITH SYSTEMS OF PRODUCTION WITH AGROCATTLE COMPONENTS IN THE HIGH HUALLAGA REA THROUGH INTERACTIVE
INTERVIEWS.
Jorge Rios Alvarado
Zootechnological Engineer, with Masters in Agro-Cattle Systems of Production, Main
Professor and Dean of the Department of Zootechnology of the UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL
AGRARIA DE LA SELVA, at Tingo Maria, (Peruvian Amazon).
I. INTRODUCTION
About 47 % of farms in the Alto Huallaga, have an agro-cattle component. They are the
ones which produce most profit. They are not big but present better conditions due to
biodiversity and the functionality of their components, which are better managed by
their owners.
Interactive interviews are important tools while observing dynamic agro-cattle systems,
because they include detailed discussions, analysis, understanding, comparison etc.,
which allow to infer concretely about the objectives of the research.
Among the components evaluated in the different aspects of agro-cattle farms, we
found Homa therapy being practiced by some. Initially I was skeptical. However, when I
continued to visit and to evaluate, I was surprised by the results observed. This fact
allowed us to begin to use some indicators to enable scientific evaluation, especially in
the cattle sector.
The results concerning advancement up to date, are satisfactory, comparing farms
without the therapy and those with Homa therapy, in spite of the fact that only two
farms used Homa therapy, those of Mr. Juan Muoz Prez in Milagros (Huanuco) and Mr.
Amrico Prez in Tocache, (San Martin).
II. STUDY OF FARMS WITH A CATTLE COMPONENT.
n External morphology of bovine cattle (cows, bulls and calves) bred for meat, with
good characteristics of formation of muscular masses, compared with animals in farms
without HOMA therapy.
n Excellent shine in the fur of animals with a good health appearance, as compared with
animals without the therapy.
n Weight at the time of stopping breast feeding, heavier with Homa therapy than those
without the therapy and in lesser time.
n Animals tend to become more docile with the therapy.
n Young bulls to be made fat gained good weight (50 kilos), by eating only pasture,
common salt and 2 kilos of Agnihotra ash, compared with mineral salts and pasture
eaten by animals in farms without the therapy.
n Pastures improve their yield and quality, this is why the weight of the animals
increases.

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PRODUCTIVE AND REPRODUCTIVE INDICATORS OF BREED CATTLE FOR MEAT IN THE


HIGH HUALLAGA ZONE, COMPARISON OF FARMS WITH AND WITHOUT HOMA THERAPY.

VARIABLES

INDICATORS
WITH HOMA
THERAPY

INDICATORS
WITHOUT HOMA
THERAPY

INDICATORS
NORMAL
FOR THE ZONE

Reproductive Index (%)

88.6

60.0

65.0

Cow's Mortality (%)

1.8

3.5

4.0

Calf's Mortality (%)

3.5

11.5

10.0

Muscle Development (%)

16.0

8.7

12.0

35.0 40.0

30.0

28.0

Difficult Birth (%)

1.5

2.0

Placenta Retention (%)

1.0

1.5

5.0

6.0 7.0

6.0

Weight at Birth (kg)

Cow calf separation (months)

2.1. STUDY OF CROPS COMPONENT.


With regard to the crops one could observe:
n Absence of plagues and sicknesses in the crops of plantain, cocoa, citrus fruits,
vegetables, in some cases with little incidence.
n It improves the production and the quality of agricultural products.
n The environment is notably healthier.
n After harvest, HOMA products have greater durability, compared with the traditional
(chemical) ones.
n Studies of farms with depleted soils due to the cultivation of coca, were carried out.
One could notice slight improvement in the composition of the minerals of the soil,
according to analysis done in the laboratory of the UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA DE
LA SELVA. These were an outcome of the Masters Thesis in Systems of Production carried
out by myself. An evaluation was also made of the economic effect of the therapy on the
farms. The results show that the best economic results were in the agro-cattle systems .

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III. CONCLUSIONS
1. Observations have been followed up during 1.5 years
2. In spite of the fact that there were only two samples of farms applying Homa Therapy
and there were several samples of farms without the therapy, the results obtained are
superior in favor of Homa Therapy farms; in some cases, significantly but in other cases,
with high significance.
IV. RECOMMENDATIONS
1. It is necessary to continue to evaluate the indicators in order to be able to validate
what has been observed and to analyze them statistically through the multivaried
analysis to compare variables, which will allow inferring with greater veracity the
results.
2. It is necessary to carry out laboratory analysis of blood, Agnihotra, soil, water,
pastures, crops, etc. in order to be able to compare the therapy with those who do not
use Homa Therapy.
3. It is recommended to evaluate the validation of Homa Therapy through a multidisciplinary team (agronomists, zoologists, veterinarians, nutritionists, plant
pathologists, sociologists, forestry experts, etc.) for a better evaluation and analysis of
the results and of the research processes.
4. Broaden the evaluation with a greater number of producers who manage Homa
Therapy and with a greater number of cattle and agricultural components with regards
to breeding and cultivation, respectively.
5. Greater inter-institutional coordination, as well as with the producers to facilitate the
research.
Signature and Seal
DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF ZOOTECHNIC
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA DE LA SELVA (UNAS)
PRINCIPAL PROFESSOR T.C.D.E.-UNAS

Tingo Maria, May, 2001

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Appendix 7
HOMA VERMICULTURE
Dr Gloria Guzman Mendez
HOMA VERMICULTURE IS AN ECOLOGICAL DAILY ACTIVITY. Those who would like to
improve their environment should practice it.
Installation and management of vermiculture with the methods of Homa technology
and the use of Agnihotra ash, promotes the reproductive activity of red earthworms in
summer and winter.
Within Homa atmosphere, all creatures become more efficient in the development of
their maximum capacity for work in favor of maintaining the balance of the eco-system.
The observance of certain factors which contribute to a better realization of this
balance, are of vital importance for the responsible agents within this process, such as
climate parameters, of pressure, temperature, humidity, among others. Homa
Technology comes from the Vedic Science of Climate Engineering, it ensures optimum
conditions in the phenotype of all beneficial creatures.
Within Homa area, a favourable micro-climate is created for the development of earth
worms. With Homa, in less than one month, the number of earth worms doubles.
Normally, this takes from 3 to 4 months.
A productive nucleus of earthworms for each bed is given as a reference with a
population of 5,000 to 7,000 specimens (beds of 1x10 m2), containing one ton of raw
material available as food.
In order to calculate the quantity of food for the earthworms for a month, we have to
multiply by two, the volume of each bed. To ensure sufficient food for one bed of
earthworms, we require two metric tons (2mt) minimum of Homa compost.
With Homa technology we obtain minimum 12 harvests per year. Sometimes, we have
achieved from 17 to 18 harvests in a year. With conventional method, maximum harvests
are 4 per year.
2.1.-COMPOSITION OF HOMA COMPOST FOR EARTHWORMS FOOD:
We must make sure that the food for the earthworms is well composted. Ideal is to
feed them only with cow dung and Agnihotra ash. Before producing Gloria Biosol from
vermicompost, it is good to feed the earthworms with Agnihotra ash for one month. Best
to avoid cow dung which has been produced more than three weeks ago because it
becomes too compact, also the material will have a more acid pH and it will favor the
appearance of insects. Pay careful attention to poultry manure which is not gathered
regularly. For carbon content, basically cellulose, one can include waste from fruits.
Papaya, citrus, mangos, pineapple, apples, among others, are ideal. Also waste from
vegetables. These make compost more porous and light making its fermentation easier.
Also, with this material, when the process is finished, it leaves fine fiber particles which
improve the agricultural qualities of the earthworm castings and it adds minor elements
to it.
This mixture, during its process of bio-degradation inside a Homa atmosphere,
emanates an exquisite fragrance, which permeates the whole environment, contributing
to the healing as in aromatherapy. One cannot typify the smell of such aroma. It is a
mixture of fragrance from flowers and/or fruits. This pleasant aroma attracts pollinators
within the area. With Homa the compost is processed with a pleasant aroma and it
contributes in favor of the bio-feedback from nature. Also, one obtains a quality feed for
domestic earthworms. This happens only with Homa.

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2.2.- Management of Vermicompost Beds with Homa Technology:


For each ton of fresh cow dung one can obtain a little more than 500 kilos of Homa
earthworm castings.
In order to achieve good management of the earthworm beds, it is necessary to observe
the following:
n Earthworms should be put in the compost at the end of the afternoon and irrigated
with Agnihotra ash solution after sunset. Homa compost is placed as a hillock or mound
with a shape of the back of a fish in the middle of the bed. In that tableland or
plateau the populations of earthworms are inoculated. There, fermentation is greater
than at the sides. This allows a variety of temperatures to which the earthworms will
adapt themselves.
n At the base of the beds, place as a mattress, fallen leaves such as cocoa leaves,
mango leaves, which, in a short time bio-degrade themselves; also they are rich in
certain nutrients. Also the mattress of leaves allows maintaining favorable temperatures
for the bed and for food, since earthworms do not eat when compost is too cold.
n Control the moisture. Watering with Agnihotra ash solution after sunset is convenient.
It should be done according to need. It should be done every day during summer (for 1
minute). Also, in the middle of the bed, one can place several bottles upside down filled
with Agnihotra ash solution, with small holes so only drops come out of the bottle. This
allows maintaining the proper moisture the material. During the rainy season, water
twice a week (for 30 seconds). The required moisture for the material can be measured
manually by squeezing it but no drops fall.
n We must take care to water the 15 centimeters of the surface of the bed, area where
the majority of the earthworm population is. It is not important that the surface would
be always moist. One centimeter could be dry.
n Beds should be under a roof, in an environment with enough air and with light from
the sun.
n Plant health and bio-fertilization: The sides of the substratum are removed from the
earthworm beds with a rake, then you sprinkle Agnihotra ash. This application is done
one week after installing the beds and again, before inoculating the earthworms into the
substrate.
n Cover the beds with mesh which will ensure half shade to avoid excessive evaporation
and regulating moisture and to protect earthworms from attacks by predators such as
rats, mice, frogs, serpents, birds and some others.
n In the area where the infrastructure is located, for the compost, the earthworm beds
and Gloria-Biosol, it is good to install agro-forestry systems to achieve curtains of trees
as wind breaks and to contribute to create a micro-climate favourable for the optimum
bio-degradation of the raw material. The beds should be aligned with the direction of
the prevailing winds. The soils should have covering plants for their adequate
management and to avoid erosion.
n The height of compost beds and earthworm beds should not be more than 30 to 40
centimeters high. If bigger than this, the fermentation will become anaerobic. This will
facilitate the appearance of pathogenic agents.
n To facilitate the management of the beds, they should not be longer than 20 meters.

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Photo Album

Homa Organic Farming Training Course - Tapovan


Inauguration

Karin making Resonance Point in


Josegiri, Dist: Kannur, Kerala

Homa Organic Farming Training Course - Tapovan


Participants

Ulrich making Resonance Point in


Meerut, UP

Homa Organic Farming Training Course - Tapovan


Vermicompost Practical

Anne making Resonance Point in


Vaduth, Dist: Satara, Maharashtra

Homa Organic Farming Training Course - Tapovan


Presentation of Certificates

Homa Organic Farming Training Course - Tapovan


Om Tryambakam Homa Practical

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Photo Album

Reiner and Dr Atul present Agnihotra


HP Agricultural University, Palampur

Homa Farming Presentation


Bana, Dist: Raipur, Chhattisgarh

Karin and Dr RK Pathak present Homa Farming


Mango Mela, Dist: Unnao, UP

Bruce, Barry and Dr RK Pathak demonstrate Agnihotra


Prakruti 2008 Conference, Raipur, Chhattisgarh

Karin and Prof SD Mulay present Homa Farming


Pune Agricultural University, Maharashtra

Bruce demonstrates Agnihotra


Farmers Training Conference, Jalgaon, MH

Karin and Bruce Present Homa Farming


Iindia Organic Conference, Bangalore, KA

Bruce presents Homa Farming


Training of Trainers, Lakhmapur, Dist: Nasik, MH

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Fivefold Path Mission


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Tel: (07283) 233 968, 233 468. Mob: 09993 126 465
Email: agnihomainfo@yahoo.co.in
Website: www.homa1.com
Tapovan, Ratnapimpri, Parola, District: Jalgaon. Maharashtra
Tel: (02597) 235 400, 235 203. Mob: 09923 552 154
Email: tapovan3@yahoo.com
Website: www.homatherapyindia.com

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