MANATEEequineOHARA- you are obviously a woman well read- I'm going to read 'The Merleau Ponty Reader' - you have inspired me...
You may want to see the source of the boiled lettuce and jelly man...
Theosophy of the Rosicrucian it's in the chapter called Planetary Evolution II I think, but the whole lecture is well worth reading.
Zazimoma,
" I'm going to attempt a brief explanation that is not intended as advocacy."
"It's intended to be an historical perspective tracing the rise to dominance and subsequent fall of various leading cultures. "
I apologise if you felt I was a stroppy dollop in replying to your answer to MANATEE.
I just couldn't sit like a bump on a log and let your explanation go .....
Every time these myths and lunacy are described as "history" or "science" a gnome dies....
I think Manatee has illustrated pretty thoroughly her wide understanding on many subjects; it's well known that Aryan describes Persian Indo Iranians.
I just felt your reply was like so many given to parents at the schools, half- Steinerisms wrapped up in a kind of "historical" package, to normalise and quell any questions.
Yes, I do believe anthroposophy is based on a doctrine which is holds racist beliefs, or whatever one likes to call them. Whether or not this shows up in the classroom is open to debate, and what is in the teacher's mind when decisions are made; or what part of steiner's text he/she may be putting into practice; this is part of life. But they should certainly disown them, stop publishing them etc... and if one's children have been touched by it, I think it's serious.
And I also believe there is a concerted effort to keep anthroposophy and all it's madness from people.
If they want more state funding, come clean about anthroposophy.
This isn't just something which tickles my fancy to be get involved in; we were burnt by flying into the anthro flame, it's still smouldering. We're patently obviously not the only ones...
Tra La- because that was the only time you said Steiner inspired. There are some schools called that already I think.
The Steiner Waldorf schools Fellowship probably wouldn't include them though, because their schools are "underpinned" by anthroposophy.
I agree about there not being enough creativity and artistic activities in state schools. It was one of the reasons we chose Steiner....
But that doesn't mean a school based on occult pseudo religious beliefs is a good substitute.
Steiner "art" is not what many would call either creative or "art"; it has a spiritual agenda, there are meanings and reasons behind much of it. And a very great deal of copying.
Words fail me about the temperaments.
Aside from anything, it's just so...cruel to label based on things like body shape, and all too near eye and hair colour.....