Path: typhoon.sonic.net!feed.news.sonic.net!news.ticon.net!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!news.linkpendium.com!panix!panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: glass@panix.com (Robert Scott Martin) Newsgroups: alt.magick Subject: Re: any rudolph steiner fans here? Date: 12 Feb 2003 18:29:53 -0500 Organization: Pied Piper of Weimar Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <99268733.0302121420.5ec7dd42@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1045092593 4968 166.84.1.2 (12 Feb 2003 23:29:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 23:29:53 +0000 (UTC) Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.magick:337024 In article <99268733.0302121420.5ec7dd42@posting.google.com>, whatnext wrote: >got into steiner cause of his "Fourth Dimension" book. Now got his >"theosophy" Interesting rosicrucian/christian mysticism. >he thinks that there are three worlds divided into 7 layers with 9 >levels of beings (really 10 if you include "rock" as the tenth level >of the hierarchy in "Knowledge of higher worlds"). >thats all i know so far. He wrote a lot of books and pamphlets; so did a lot of other metaphysicians. I have a soft spot for him for three reasons, all pragmatic: A. The almost complete eradication of his work by Hitler is a constant reminder of how fragile all this is in the face of history. Memento mori. B. The fact that fragments of his work managed to survive and come together again is a constant reminder of how lodges rise from the grave. As long as there are Waldorf ("Steiner") Schools, his work will go on. C. According to all accounts he was a master homeopathist, and in fact his example first led me to explore the memory (or "art") of the cell. Beyond that, I suppose it's a lot of books and pamphlets and stuff to study. What do you like about what you've read?