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Chronological snobbery, a term coined by friends C. S. Lewis and Owen Barfield, is a logical argument (and usually when thus termed, considered an outright fallacy) describing the erroneous argument that the thinking, art, or science of an earlier time is ”inherently” inferior when compared to that of the present. As Barfield explains it, it [...]

*Mexico’s first penetentiary and correctional facility was opened at San Lazaro, northeast of Mexico City, as the most modern detention facility in the nation up to that time, and with a goal of rehabilitation of the inmates. *In London, Parliament approved the annexation to New Zealand of Rarotanga, Mangaia, Aitutaki, Mitiero, Atiu in the Cook [...]

Sunbridge College, is an accredited college located in Chestnut Ridge, New York. The college specializes in teacher training for Waldorf education and programs in related fields inspired by anthroposophy. Programs offered include: * Foundation Studies * Early Childhood Education (full-time and part-time) * Elementary Education (full-time and part-time) * Biography and Social Art * Remedial [...]

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Biodynamic agriculture is a method of organic farming that treats farms as unified and individual organisms, emphasizing balancing the holistic development and interrelationship of the soil, plants, animals as a self-nourishing system without external inputs insofar as this is possible given the loss of nutrients due to the export of food. Regarded by some as [...]

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The Christian Community ( ) is a Christian denomination. It was founded in 1922 in Switzerland by a group of mainly Lutheran theologians and ministers led by Friedrich Rittelmeyer, inspired by Rudolf Steiner, the Austrian philosopher and founder of anthroposophy. Christian Community congregations exist as financially independent groups with regional and international administrative bodies overseeing [...]

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In 1909 Mortensson-Egnund was diocese curate in Hamar, and he was ordained as a priest in Norway the following year. Beginning in 1919 he was involved in translating the Bible into landsmål. He received a Government stipend from 1929 forward. Mortensson-Egnund’s friend Garborg had an interest in Theosophy, and another of his closest friends, Marta [...]

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Born in 1890, he joined the German navy in 1910; in 1916, with the rank of ”Oberleutnant zur See”, he transferred to the U-boat Arm. He served as Watch Officer on ”U-3” and ”U-57”, before being given his own command in July 1917, first of ”UB-34”, then, in March 1918, of ”U-54”. He earned a [...]

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Walter Johannes Stein (February 6, 1891, Vienna – July 7, 1957, London) was an Austrian philosopher, Waldorf school teacher, Grail researcher, and one of the pioneers of anthroposophy. Adapted from the Wikipedia article Walter Johannes Stein, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

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Student-Directed Teaching is not the only alternative teaching method in existence, though it is arguably the most progressive. Following are some key differences between Student-Directed Teaching and other popular alternative ideologies. Montessori The Montessori method is a progressive teaching technology that, like Student-Directed Teaching, places the child at the centre of the educational ecology. While [...]

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Anthroposophy’s role Both historically and philosophically, Waldorf education grows out of anthroposophy’s view of child development, which stands as the basis for the educational theory, methodology of teaching and curriculum. This includes the belief that humans possess an innate spirit that, having passed through previous lives, in the current life develops in a karmically appropriate [...]