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personal and cultural renewal in the 21st century
Imagine the Potential
re:Generation (p.14)
Spirituality Affirmed
by CIIS (p.30)
Provoking a Crisis, review
of Mind & Cosmos (p.46)
Gallery:
The self portrait (p.33)
Detail of Self Portraits by
various artists, and the
Representative of Humanity by
Rudolf Steiner with Edith Maryon
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“Imagine the Potential”: reGeneration, by Shepha Schneirsohn Vainstein
Lakota Waldorf School Building, by Truus Geraets
A Community Center for Heartbeet, by Hannah Schwartz
Authentic Assessment in Education, by Patrice Maynard
An Emerging Anthroposophic Psychology, by William Bento, PhD
Reflections on “Reflections on Playing Maria,” by Travis Henry
Physicians’ Association Vaccine Statement
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From the Classified Section of a Newspaper of 2407, by Christian Morgenstern,
translated by Christiane Marks
A World in Need, editorial by John Beck
Spirituality Affirmed by CIIS, by Robert McDermott
Entanglements of Freedom, by David Steinrueck
From Waldorf to CIIS: Knowing Imagination, by Becca Tarnas
Paul Cézanne, Self Portrait with Palette,
Gallery: The self-portrait
1887. See the Gallery, pages 33-36.
An Anthroposophist Goes to CIIS, by Jeremy Strawn
The Influence of Steiner on My Philosophical Development, by Matthew D. Segall
History Three-folded, by Paul Gierlach
Parent–Teacher Conferences as Reverse Ritual, by Torin Finser
The Gifts of Waldorf Education and the Ecological Crisis, by Maximilian DeArmon
Climate Change Brings Moral Change, by Mary Evelyn Tucker
research & reviews
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Provoking a Crisis, by Frederick Amrine (review of Thomas Nagel, Mind & Cosmos)
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A Treatise on Living Thinking, review by Fred Dennehy
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Barfield’s Symposium, and Other Tales, by John Beck
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Henry Barnes Fund for Anthroposophical Research
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news for members & friends
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Some Reflections, by Torin Finser; General Secretary Meetings & Travel
Welcoming Katherine Thivierge
Inner and Outer Journeys, by Deb Abrahams-Dematte; Celebrating a Great Contribution
Social Event of the Central Region Season, by Margaret Runyon
Phyllis Eleanor Phillips
Members Who Have Died – New Members
Theodore van Vliet, by Virginia Sease
“Prayer at Evening Bells,” by Rudolf Steiner, Translated by Marianne H. Luedeking
Aurelia Buzato, with Words by Stephen Usher
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Finding our ultimate authenticity and what Rudolf Steiner identified as the
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In this issue we present three reviews (on pages 46 to 54). John
Beck makes a survey of some of the books newly available from the
Owen Barfield Literary Estate, whose editor in chief is Jane Hipolito.
For those not familiar with him, Owen Barfield was arguably the most
brilliant and engaging of all English speaking anthroposophists. The
Literary Estate is publishing for the first time three works of Owen
Barfield’s fiction, and reissuing the 1962 masterpiece, Worlds Apart.
Worlds Apart is presented in the form of a conversation -- a drama of
ideas – engaging the “watertight” disciplines of space science, physics,
evolutionary biology, positivist philosophy, psychology, theology, language and, yes, anthroposophy.
Had Worlds Apart been written today one of its conversational
protagonists might well have been a fictionalized version of Thomas
Nagel, the author of a highly controversial refutation of contemporary materialist reductionism, (for which Nagel has been accused by a
number of materialist thinkers of intellectual treason), entitled Mind
& Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is
Almost Certainly False. Frederic Amrine, in his review of the book, examines Nagel’s presentation of several crucial issues—life, consciousness, human reason, the lawfulness of the universe and moral values—as to which reductionism can only stammer at an explanation.
Mr. Amrine proceeds to scrutinize critically the scientific consensus against Nagel’s “emperor’s new clothes” assessment of neo-Darwinian reductionism. He then proposes his own view, distinct from
Nagel’s, that the failure of reductionism as an explanatory principle
does not so much call for an alternative form of causality as a new and
more radical paradigm that embraces indeterminacy and complexity.
He suggests that the fundamentals of such a paradigm already exist in
the works of Rudolf Steiner.
Finally, I have reviewed Massimo Scaligero’s A Treatise on Living
Thinking: A Path Beyond Western Philosophy, Beyond Yoga, Beyond Zen.
Scaligero was an original (and highly demanding) anthroposophical
writer and teacher of the practice of living thinking that may be realized in the authentic practice of contemplation and meditation. Scaligero had a powerful influence on the writings of Georg Kühlewind,
who, in addition to communicating his own original understandings,
transformed Scaligero’s insights into clear and accessible language.
I have also examined in this review a problem sometimes encountered with anthroposophical writers of the last century, i.e., how to
reconcile the brilliance of what they say with the questionable record
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[www.anthroposophy.org/articles] Research of the life and
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SOCIETY
Naming ceremony for a Marion Mahony Griffin overlook near Canberra, Australia
ART
Australia’s most famous
anthroposophist honored in her native Chicago
On 9 May 2015, Marion Mahony Griffin was honored by the naming of a park in the Chicago suburb
where she lived for the last stage of her life. With her
husband Walter Burley Griffin, Marion was co-designer
of Australia’s national capital, Canberra, after a worldwide competition in 1912. Even before then, Marion had
achieved prominence by graduating in Architecture at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1884
and becoming the first female licensed architect in the
state of Illinois and among the first so qualified anywhere
in the world.
Read the full report with links to her legacy online
Karl König Institute at Camphill Ghent
Camphill Ghent is an anthroposophically inspired community
for elders in rural upstate New York,
near the quaint village of Chatham
and close to an extensive cultural
life. The community itself hosts an
outstanding chamber music series,
Karl Koenig, MD
and a new on-site addition is an
office of the Karl König Institute for Art, Science, and
Social Life. A physician and founder of the Camphill
movement, Dr. König was one of the most important anthroposophical thinkers and doers of the generation active after Rudolf Steiner’s death. The institute’s original
office in Aberdeen, Scotland, began the work of maintaining an archive. Seven years ago the first volume of the
New Edition of Karl König’s Works was published; recent and forthcoming volumes are Social Farming—Healing Humanity and the Earth and
Nutrition from Earth and Cosmos.
“Karl König showed directions
and ways towards the renewal
of medicine, educational theory,
curative education, psychology,
inspired from anthroposophical
life and research. This applies as
well for many areas of practical
life.” The international website
is at www.karl-koenig-archive.net
and contact in the USA is Richard Steel, Camphill Ghent, 2542
Route 66, Chatham, NY, 12037
([email protected]),
or telephone (518)-721-8410.
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Today a license for the Alliance use of the term Public
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The letter concludes, “Waldorf educators, whether
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and meaning to their lives.’ In all of Waldorf education
lives the hope of providing new ideas for cultural and educational renewal in our communities. It is with tremendous excitement and hope that we look towards a future
of working collaboratively in service to the children of
North America.” The website for AWSNA is located at
whywaldorfworks.org.
HUMANITIES
Village University
From June 22 through July 8, in Concord, Massachusetts, the Village University was convened. The name
is inspired by a hope of Henry David Thoreau: “...That is
the uncommon school we want. Instead of noblemen, let
us have noble villages of men” and women.
The theme for the first week was: The Genius of Our
Land in all her aspects, facets—which the conversations
and gathering lived up to in many ways. The second week
was devoted to the theme: Translating Transcendentalism
into a Language for Our Time. A detailed account of these remarkable gatherings is
posted online (anthroposophy.org/articles), and you can
find out more about the impulse at www.concordium.us.
The moving spirit of this vision is Stuart-Sinclair Weeks,
Founder, Center for American Studies, Concord, MA
01742 ([email protected]).
“Archangel Michael: The Fiery Thought King of
the Universe; How Can We Know Him?”
Theology was once a primary field of the studies now
known as the humanities, but as localized in seminaries
and committed to existing dogmas it is now a specialist
field. Rudolf Steiner was a well-respected public intellectual in 1900, but when he began to speak dramatically about
matters associated with theology, many turned away.
Steiner developed techniques to research consciousness and said he did that as his first step, looking at existing sacred texts and such only after finding his own way.
To be understood, he then communicated his findings
in known terms and concepts. Eventually he identified
the archangel Michael as a primary inspirer of his work.
Independent researcher Bill Trusiewicz has contributed a
number of fine papers, under the title above, which are
too long for being human to print. To four already posted
we are adding a fifth now at anthroposophy.org/articles. It
is wide-ranging and handsomely illustrated.
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MEDICINE
What is anthroposophic nursing?
Recent issues have shared general and specific ideas
and practices involved in anthroposophic medicine, and
this issue includes the statement from the physicians’ association on vaccination (see page 29). Also in this issue
is William Bento’s article about anthroposophic psychology (page 23). We recently asked Anthroposophic Nurse
Specialist Elizabeth Sustick ([email protected]) for a
thumbnail description of the nursing side. She replied:
“Anthroposophic Nursing (AN) is an expression of
holistic care-giving, encompassing the physical and spiritual nature of the human being. Rudolf Steiner, PhD and
Ita Wegman, MD collaborated in clinics in Arlesheim,
Switzerland in the early 1900’s to develop a natural approach to medicine that would offer healing to the whole
human being, body, soul and spirit. The nurses in their
treatments work closely with the element of warmth as a
bridge between the physical and spiritual being of their
patients. This is of key importance in supporting and
nurturing the patients’ own life-giving healing forces.
AN practice includes external applications of therapeutic
substances through
teas, footbaths, compresses,
embrocations (Einreibung)
and hydrotherapy.
Nurses interested in AN have the opportunity to expand
and deepen their nursing impulse in the art of healing
and their own inner development through continuing education offered by NAANA. NAANA is affiliated with
the International Forum for Anthroposophic Nursing
(IFAN) at the Medical Section of the School for Spiritual
Science, Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland.”
Online visit www.aamta.org/organizations/nurses/.
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AGRICULTURE
BD, Organic, Conventional soil compared
ELIANT, European Alliance of Initiatives for Applied Anthroposophy (eliant.eu/en/news), coordinates the
work by Steiner-inspired initiatives with complex regulatory structures, research, and information. A recent report, “Climate, Soil, and Effects of Herbicides,” notes that
“the long-term trial comparing biodynamic (D), organic
(O) and conventional (K) growing systems prove scientifically that organic and biodynamic agriculture produce
soils with a significantly higher level of organic matter
and humus than those of conventional agriculture.”
Beyond soil fertility, climate change make this important because “throughout the world the number of
heavy rainstorms is increasing. Water that cannot be absorbed by the soil runs off as surface water... Agricultural
land and villages are flooded and the damage and costs
of reparation are huge.” All soil combines mineral content
with organic matter, and it is “the organic matter in the
form of humus and microbial biomass [which] can absorb
and hold water.” Sterilizing the soil by use of herbicides
and pesticides diminishes biomass.
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ART OPENING: “NEW WORK”
by David Taulbee Anderson, Sat Sep 19, 2–4pm
TECHNOLOGY IN EVOLUTION
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A World in Need
Undertaking a Campaign for Anthroposophy in America
An editorial by John Beck
I have rarely written editorials in seven years as editor of being human. I do so now for three reasons. First,
despite tremendous power and material wealth, humanity
is not in good shape. Second, anthroposophy and other
holistic, spiritual, and globally-aware impulses have proven that they can engage the deficiencies of the modern
world and bring forth better approaches. Third, the Anthroposophical Society in America has arrived at a place
of decision in regard to acknowledging the far-reaching
cultural intentions of anthroposophy—intentions which
speak clearly to open minds and hearts.
1. Starving in the midst of plenty
Human circumstances today, globally, include many
shortages and problems. Our media thrive on threats;
do they ever give accounts of the immense assets and resources which are available to us? How much work and
value is being created today by machines? How much
free activity is supported by energy resources we have
learned to harness? How much is humanity empowered
by an ever-growing access to the world of ideas? With all
this abundance mere survival should not be in question
(though for so many it still is). So there are historically
unprecedented resources available for culture.
Properly used, culture liberates, empowers, inspires,
heals, helps us grow wise. Many millions of individuals
use their free cultural time well, but we endure saturation
advertising for empty entertainments—things that have
been clearly identified as sleep-inducing social drugs.
2. Spirit works
As Thomas Meyer wrote recently in The Present Age,
Rudolf Steiner’s saw a basic shift in humanity’s relationship with mind and spirit (Geist) as the deeper cause of
the First World War and the turmoil that followed. In
1899, a five-millennium process of darkening of human consciousness ended. Like a cosmic dawning, new
streams of consciousness started pouring in. Locked into
materialistic culture and its principle of enforcement, few
people could engage this new light consciously; instead, it
fueled conflict. Many more people are now seeing reality
in this new light and acting in accord with the spiritual
principle of empowerment. With necessary trials and errors, these actions have had profoundly positive results,
including the ambitious and penetrating initiatives out of
anthroposophy. And these alternatives are being noticed.
3. Light under bushels
If you have a light, you don’t hide it, you place it high
to light the whole room. That ancient wisdom is the challenge anthroposophy is now facing. Rudolf Steiner gave
us centuries’ worth of insights, questions, and projects.
We need to keep renewing ourselves by engaging this gift,
yet we must also try to make it available. Every human
being today is making choices which will determine our
individual futures—and humanity’s. Materialism toughens and hardens us; anthroposophy lights up interiors,
builds capacities for healing, reawakens community.
For historical reasons, the Anthroposophical Society
has been cautious in presenting its case to the world. German language and culture, highly appreciated in 1910,
has been overshadowed by English. Special responsibility
rests now on the Anthroposophical Society in America.
I find it a kind of signal from “behind the veil” that
as the ASA has moved to shoulder these responsibilities
we meet the financial challenges engendered by our past
isolation. The ASA, a national organization concerned
with all human needs, has a membership and budget
suitable to a regional animal welfare league. We have
overcome our traditions to start communicating more
openly and to undertake stronger relationship building—
the type of things that initiatives on the following pages
like reGeneration and Heartbeet Lifesharing do so very
well. And we are willing at last to say and to undertake
“A Campaign for Anthroposophy in America.”
For decades I have been inspired by the astonishing
ideas of anthroposophy and by its caring, creative, committed people. I can express that now in a few clear words:
“anthroposophy is being more consciously human, becoming
more fully human, and acting more humanely in all of life.”
And I also know that this campaign will succeed as we
begin to reach out with authenticity to each other, to others in our movement to create a worthy culture, and to
all others who are trying to wake up into a better world.
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Waldorf parent Shepha
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liked her school so
much that she started
organizing people to
use Waldorf to create a
better world.
People on the Pine Ridge
Indian Reservation in
South Dakota think
Waldorf can help sustain
their whole culture.
In Vermont, Heartbeet
Lifesharing has so many
wise ways of making
community that they
now need a proper
space for it.
The Avalon Initiative just
organized an important
gathering to work
on rediscovering the
fundamental inspiration
of teaching.
The soul or psyche
is the center of
anthroposophy’s
picture of the human
being. The late William
Bento has helped
get anthroposophic
psychology established
in North America.
Every role an actor
takes on is an initiative,
and Maria in Steiner’s
mystery dramas is a very
special challenge.
What do
anthroposophical
doctors think about
vaccination? Read their
statement on page 29.
“Imagine the Potential”
“Seeding the Middle East with
an educational philosophy that
embraces life, learning, the arts, the earth and all the children.”
Waldorf alumna and teacher Karen Gierlach recently shared with Members of the Section for
the Social Sciences a report from Shepha Schneirsohn Vainstein, president of reGeneration, on a
Waldorf teacher training event in Palestine. We pass it along, prefaced by reGeneration’s vision
statement, goals, and key activities, including its work in development of “social capital.” — Editor
Vision. Children of all faiths growing up in the Middle East have a basic right to experience a wholesome environment that cultivates the empathic foundation, the motivational
drive, and the personal and social resources to be able to create a sustainably peaceful, productive, and prosperous society as adults.
Goals. Contributing to the field of social change and
equal access to education, reGeneration seeks:
• To back grassroots, interfaith and multicultural education with social technologies that fosters cooperation between Jews and Arab in Israel.
• To bring educational achievement among Arab citizens of Israel and Palestinians of the West Bank on
par with Jewish Israelis through increasing access to
high caliber education for all children; and,
• To cultivate a diverse cadre of interfaith supporters who use their financial and human capital to
promote our mission.
Objectives:
• Support Ein Bustan, a joint Jewish-Arab Waldorf
school in Israel
• Build the capacity of Tamrat El Zeitoun, the first Arab Waldorf School
• Introduce and facilitate the development of Waldorf education in Palestinian schools in
the West Bank Strategy
• Organize Waldorf education workshops and training for Arab Waldorf teachers
• Support programs in California that focus on overcoming preconceptions and building
bridges based on our common humanity.
Background and Strategic Context. On five continents there are over 1,000 Waldorf
educational institutions, community epicenters fostering wholesome environments in the
classroom and in the home. This growing global
educational community is creating a ripple effect
promoting UNESCO’s values of equality and tolerance, transforming families and ultimately society
worldwide. In the Middle East, outside of an initiative in Egypt, there are no Waldorf schools in the
Arab world.
Tamrat El Zeitoun—an Arab interfaith Waldorf school educating
In Israel the number of schools using Waldorf
children from kindergarten through fifth grade in northern Israel.
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reGeneration Vice-President Noor-Malika Chishti ritually
pours water over the hands of Shepha Schneirsohn
Vainstein at the concluding ritual of Celebration of
Abraham where the organization’s interfaith work and
support of educational projects for Jewish, Christian and
Muslim children in the MIddle East was honored at the
Celebration of Abraham in Davis, California, in January. We
each washed the other’s hands and the breaking of a loaf
of bread together symbolized of respect and connection.
arts & ideas
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The California Institute
for Integral Studies (CIIS)
helps give San Francisco
a justified reputation for
advanced, global thinking.
President emeritus Robert
McDermott and four
graduate students share
how welcoming it is for
anthroposophy.
Our Gallery wanted to
join the “selfie” craze. We
felt that as long as oil
paints and etchings were
involved, that might be ok.
Waldorf history teacher
Paul Gerlach wanted to
talk with his colleagues
about the importance of
history teaching—both for
Waldorf schools and for
the future of humanity. We
are invited to listen in.
ASA General Secretary and
educator Torin Finser is a
popular author, blending
the everyday with the
esoteric so matter-offactly that we wanted to
share something.
Max DeArmon—another
CIIS grad student!—is
deeply involved in social
activism and film-making.
He thinks Waldorf
schooling is a great
preparation for that.
Mary Evelyn Tucker is a
notable activist in the
academic world. She
succinctly unfolds why
Pope Francis’ ecological
stance is important.
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Spirituality Affirmed by CIIS
by Robert McDermott
As a distinguished teacher and university administrator and a noted leader
of the anthroposophical movement in America, Robert McDermott is
uniquely qualified to talk about anthroposophy’s challenge in being received
in the academic world. And when he suggests that the California Institute of
Integral Studies is welcoming to anthroposophy, he can invite young graduate students to give evidence, as four do here. — Editor
If Rudolf Steiner were alive today and applying for a position in a
philosophy department, his resume would show that from age 21 to 28
he was the editor of the national edition of Goethe’s eight volumes on natural science, for about
five years he taught courses in social science at night school for returning adults, and he was the
author of two books on epistemology and ethics. Yet I suspect that he would not be appointed,
nor even granted an interview at any university in the United States—except at the California
Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), a university that explicitly affirms a pluralism of spiritual
world views and practices.
Founded by Dr. Haridas Chaudhuri, a professor of Indian and Western philosophy, and a
spiritual teacher in the tradition of Sri Aurobindo, CIIS adheres to seven ideals, three of which
affirm the integration of the spiritual with the intellectual:
• The integration of body-mind-spirit. It values the emotional, spiritual, intellectual, creative, somatic, and social dimensions of human potentiality.
• The study and practice of multiple spiritual traditions and to their expression and embodiment throughout all areas and activities of the Institute community.
• Many learning modalities and ways of knowing—intuition, body-knowledge, creative
expression, intellect, and spiritual insight.
Along with varieties of Buddhism, Hinduism, meditation practices, Earth-based spirituality,
and Jungian archetypal cosmology, anthroposophy is thriving at CIIS.
Fully accredited since 1981, CIIS has 1500 students and four schools: School of Professions
Psychology and Health, School of Consciousness and Transformation, School of Undergraduate
Studies (which offers a bachelor of arts completion), and as of July 1, 2015, a fourth school, the
American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM). Each of these four schools, and
each program in these schools, has a slightly different relationship to whatever counts as spiritual.
In general, the contemporary mantra, “spiritual not
religious,” is the norm. I am aware of at least a half
dozen students in these schools with a strong connection to anthroposophy or Waldorf education, or
both. I have invited three students with such a connection to write a brief account of the ways that
they have integrated in their academic study their anthroposophical world view or practice.
Most of the students with a connection to anthroposophy are attracted to the program in
Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness (PCC), founded in 1994 by Richard Tarnas (author
of Passion of the Western Mind and Cosmos and Psyche). Students enroll in this program, which
offers both masters and doctoral degrees, in order to study Jungian topics with Richard Tarnas
and Sean Kelly, inspiring cosmology courses offered by Brian Swimme (see Journey of the Uni-
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There are a growing
number of “signs” that the
worldview of modernism
is nearing its expiration
date. When solid citizens
of modernity speak up in
the way Thomas Nagel
has done, those who are
comfortable with things
as they are get worried.
Frederick Amrine is our
expert guide to this
noteworthy defection.
Besides insights, Rudolf
Steiner left a vast number
of questions to work
on further. Many agree
on the importance of
understanding and
experiencing the difference
between “thinking” that
just moves around preformed concepts, and
thinking that explores
a non-physical “higher”
world. Frederick Dennehy
worked with consciousness
researcher Georg
Kuhlewind and introduces
us to GK’s friend the Italian
anthroposophist Massimo
Scaligero.
Owen Barfield penetrated
the English-speaking
mainstream with his
research into words and
meanings and what they
show about an evolving
human consciousness. His
grandson is keeping OB’s
work available.
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Provoking a Crisis
by Frederick Amrine
Review of Thomas Nagel, Mind & Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian
Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False (New York: Oxford UP, 2012).
“Above all, I would like to extend the boundaries of what is not regarded as
unthinkable, in light of how little we really understand about the world.” (p. 127)
This is an important book, trenchant and brave. Thomas Nagel is a preeminent analytic philosopher, but this admirably succinct treatise1 is nontechnical: it can be read and understood by any educated person with good
will and a bit of perseverance. It deserves careful study.
Despite the book’s rather sensational subtitle, it is not specifically anti-Darwinian. And Nagel
offers no direct comfort to creationists: an avowed atheist, he assures us that he doesn’t have a religious
bone in his body. Biblical literalists might well be tempted to befriend Nagel in an enemy-of-myenemy sort of way, but Nagel isn’t sympathetic. (Nor am I.) Nagel is likewise a critic of creationism’s
more progressive wing, “intelligent design,” dismissing it with the stinging (and accurate) critique that
it offers only the empty form of an explanation, without any specific content.
Mind and Cosmos describes a paradigm that should be in crisis, but is not.2 Nagel means to
provoke the crisis that ought to be unfolding on its own. The paradigm at issue is even larger
than Neo-Darwinism: Nagel calls it “materialist reductionism.” Because it is the prevailing
explanatory model in all of mainstream contemporary science, the stakes are vast.
It will help us understand Nagel’s contentions if we first digress a bit and recall
Mind and
how paradigms work via an extended simile. The analogy might seem too facile at
Cosmos
first, but please just stay with me for a moment. A paradigm is like a job that is meant
describes a
to pay the bills. Some excellent jobs (think medical intern or graduate teaching fel- paradigm that
low) can’t cover the bills in the short run, but it is reasonable to accept that limitation should be in
because there is a good likelihood that they will turn into high-paying jobs down the crisis, but is not.
road. What matters is paying the bills (and more) in the long run. Highly successful Nagel means
paradigms such as Copernican astronomy and Relativity left large bills unpaid in the to provoke
short run, but soon enough these “anomalies” (as Kuhn calls them) were explained the crisis...
in light of the new paradigm. If major bills remain unpaid for an extended period of The paradigm
time, the typical and appropriate response is a Kuhnian “crisis”: clearly it’s time to at issue is ...
the prevailing
hunt for a better job.
Born in the late Renaissance, “reductionist materialism” is hardly a new para- explanatory
digm.3 It should be paying the bills and then some. Nagel has sat down at the end of model in all of
mainstream
the month, as it were, and inventoried the unpaid bills. The result isn’t pretty: we’re
contemporary
covering food and clothing, so we’re comfortable enough day-to-day; but we can’t
science, [so] the
cover rent, car payments, or utilities.
stakes are vast.
Specifically, Nagel argues that materialist reductionism can explain everything
except life, consciousness, human reason, the lawfulness of the universe, and moral values. Because it
1 128 pages in a small format. Nagel’s own summary, published in The New York Review of Books (“The Core of ‘Mind and Cosmos’”; August 18, 2013), is even more succinct, but you will want to own and read the entire book.
2 I mean the terms “paradigm” and “crisis” in their specifically Kuhnian senses (Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions [1962; Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2012]).
3 Pace H. Allen Orr, who calls it “the new kid on the block” in his critical review of Nagel (The New York Review of Books; February 7,
2013).
news for members & friends
of the Anthroposophical Society in America
recently than ever before who have deliberately decided
to tune out, to turn off the radio, CNN, internet news
feeds, newspapers, etc., because the current events are so
“depressing”—and they are. How many stories of ISIL
can one read? When will the random acts of violence in
Some time ago I was sorting out old files in a box of
schools and places of work stop? How many natural calong-forgotten materials when I came across a Christmas
tastrophes can one ingest? I understand this point of view,
card received from Lisa Monges perhaps 35 years ago. On
and yet I continue to read parts of the Wall Street Journal
the right side was her Christmas greeting signed simply
most days, occasionally catch the evening news, and have
L.D. Monges, and on the left was a portrait of Rudolf
given some thought-time to world events. I respect those
Steiner standing behind a sofa. In addition to the well
who need to create islands of sanity, but I feel an inner
known black outfit and white collar, one cannot but help
obligation as yet to stay engaged in world events. Why?
notice his strong hands and expressive fingers, the serious,
In another context—the founding of the first Goethewell formed facial contours that are filled with light, and
anum—Rudolf
Steiner used the word “Weltbejahung,” one
of course the eyes that look both outward and inward
of his terms that is almost impossible to translate. The
at the same time. On the top left hand corner one finds
closest I have come to it is “affirmation of the
a four-line verse followed by Rudolf Steiner’s
world,” a willingness to say “yes” and not reRudolf Steiner
signature and date: 17, February, 1924 and the
ject
what the world has to offer. This is a high
used the word
two words “am Goetheanum.”
order. How can one do that? It may be only
Of course one always has to wonder why
“Weltbejahung,”
part of the story, but my approach is to see it
such a card finds its way into the reader’s hands
one of his terms
not as agreement with all that is happening,
just at this time when the leadership of the
that is almost
but rather a “living in presence” or awareness
Anthroposophical Society at the Goetheanum
impossible
of what the world offers us today. It is possible
has introduced a very particular theme for
to
translate...
to witness, to be aware, and not immediately
the year ahead (see anthroposophy.org/theme
to rush to judgment, acceptance (or rejection)
“affirmation of
or Anthroposophy Worldwide for more on the
as so many are apt to do these days. There are
the world,” a
theme of the year). So I decided that since very
times, yes even months when it is terribly cold
few things in life are really an accident, it was
willingness to
in New Hampshire, and there are the warm
the right time to take up this gift from Lisa
say “yes” and not
summer days, and of course we all have preferMonges and work with the verse in a renewed
reject what the
ences. But can I learn to practice Weltbejahung
way. (Lisa was a pioneer eurythmist in the
world has to offer. to all kinds of weather, as well as the news stoU.S., helped start the Spring Valley School of
This is a high
ries that enter our consciousness?
Eurythmy, and taught eurythmy to a group of
Some might ask: what is the point of
order. How
community children in her living room once
doing
this? After all, along with being overcan one do that?
a week. I was one of them. Later, after years
whelmed, many feel totally helpless in the face
of mowing her lawn as a teenager, I
of world events. What can I do as one
turned to Lisa Monges when, at age
solitary person?
18, I heard about an exciting conferThe second line of the verse has
ence for members and I asked her to
a clue that helps us with this riddle:
sponsor me.)
“Und du findest dich” — You will
So here in my hands was the
find yourself. What, I can find myself
Christmas card with her signature,
in another atrocious story on CNN?
and a verse in Rudolf Steiner’s own
Is that not the last place I would want
hand. It begins with the line:
to find myself? Well, on one level, of
“Suche in der Welt nach allen Seiten…”
course. But if one actually takes a few
To seek in the world on all sides, in
minutes to think (something that we
all dimensions… What a challenge
cannot take for granted these days),
these days. I have met more people
the percepts from the world phenom-
Some Reflections
by Torin Finser
michaelmas-fall issue 2015
• 55
ena start to work on the soul, concepts start to arise. For
instance, after a series of stories from the Middle East recently, I spent some time thinking about the root causes
of fundamentalism. What makes people fanatics? Why
do those who outwardly seem to be on a religious path
(with all the teachings of peace) turn a corner and become
fundamentalists? There are many in our circles who could
help with this question (Christopher Bamford comes to
mind) but I am not attempting to answer it here. I just
want to point out a series of steps:
◊ We seek to know the world in all dimensions.
◊ That gives rise to new experiences which can take
shape in new thoughts.
◊ And if we have done some thinking, we have to
own our own concepts.
◊ And in owning our thoughts, and the soul depths
from which they arise, we can experience ourselves
in a new way.
◊ Thus the world leads to self.
Then we move to the third and fourth lines of the verse:
“Suche in dir nach allen Tiefen
Und du findest die Welt.”
Here we have the reverse process! If we are willing to
seek in the depth of the soul, delve into our innermost being,
we can find the world in a new way. There are many ways
in which this can happen, but one has to do with meditation and reflective practices in general. When we do the
inner work, we find our center, our essential Self. One can
emerge from strenuous inner work with a heightened sense
of integrity, authenticity, groundedness. Like the violinist
who practices for hours before giving a concert, when one
has done the inner work then one meets the world/audience on a different level. What a difference it makes if one
has prepared a presentation or simply tries to “wing it”!
When one is rooted in the depth of soul experience, one
can then stand in a different relation to the theme or task
at hand. And when one does so, one meets others and the
world in a new way. So again we have a sequence:
◊ Seek within in all possible depths of inner experience.
◊ Let the research and soul exploration give rise to
new experiences.
◊ These experiences become the ground of authenticity.
◊ When we are authentic in relation to others and the
world, we will re-discover the “world” on a new basis.
So this little verse actually contains all of anthroposophy! We have the meditative path, self-knowledge, etc., as
well as all the initiatives, schools, farms, etc., that have
grown out of authentic deeds of sacrifice. And if there is
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need of any final proof, one has only to talk with a longtime biodynamic farmer, a seasoned Camphill co-worker,
a veteran Waldorf teacher, or learned anthroposophical
doctor. Nowhere could one find such depth, insight, and
wisdom as one does from these people. They know the
world not only from having worked in the world, but by
virtue of having worked on themselves. And their inner
work has led to new achievements in their respective fields
and professional life.
In my travels I have had the honor of meeting many
such people who have spent a lifetime working out of anthroposophy in this way. There is in reality no better evidence of the fruitfulness of anthroposophy than to experience such remarkable people. They are successful in an
outer sense, but one finds after only a few minutes that at
the same time they are also remarkable human beings. And
their humanity and work success seem to go hand in hand.
Finally, one footnote: the inscription on the card ends
with the two words “am Goetheanum”—at the Goetheanum. These words should not be overlooked. It is not just
about Rudolf Steiner the historical person, but also about
the Goetheanum impulse that continues to work around
the world in so many ways. We need to be willing, as he
was, to identify ourselves and our work as coming out of
this impulse. Our future success will depend on the authenticity of the inner work and the integrity that arises
from compassionate engagement with the world. We do
not reject, we embrace. We do not criticize, we suggest.
We are here not to judge but to help, servants of all that is
good, kind and just.
Our Anthroposophical Society is dedicated to these
goals. May we find the strength and the friends to help us
realize our aims.
Torin Finser is General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in
America.
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Meeting the Events of Our Time
2015 Fall Conference and members’ meeting
October 9 – 11
Masonic Temple,
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We invite you to join us over Columbus Day weekend as we gather in St. Louis, MO – in the heartland of America, the Gateway
to the West, on the banks of the Mississippi River. Drawing on the theme of the year, “The I Knows Itself ” - in the light of
Michaelic World Affirmation and World Connection, this year’s program will offer vignettes on how anthroposophy in the United
States is meeting homelessness, addiction, isolation, urban violence, genetic engineering and many other challenges confronting
our society today. Through our inner work and personal initiative, anthroposophy is making an impact in the world. As a group of
striving individuals, how might we “see” one another — “hear” the longings in each or our hearts and bring healing to these
troubled times? Throughout the conference, we’ll be building a picture of engagement through hearing about the unique initiatives
of individual anthroposophists, and by meeting directly with one another through eurythmy, speech and biography work. We will
warm our soul life and practice new ways of meeting in community. Can we help one another find our way in anthroposophy, and
together create the space within the Society to welcome everyone working within the anthroposophical movement?
Friday • October 9
2:00 pm
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Gathering for group and branch representatives
Working on the Theme of the Year
3:30 pm
Break
2:30 pm – 7:00 pm
4:00 pm
Vignettes and Panel Discussion
Meeting the Events of Our Time 3
6:00 pm
Dinner
8:00 pm
Performance: Eurythmy and Speech
9:20 pm
Poetry and Storytelling
Registration
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm What is the full picture of the School for
Spiritual Science and Its Impulse?
For members of the School for Spiritual Science, blue cards
required
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Anthroposophy in your Life
A conversation about membership in the Anthroposophical
Society, the School for Spiritual Science, and the cultivation
of anthroposophy in our communities
5:30 – 6:45 pm
Reception
7:00 pm
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Vignettes and Panel Discussion
Meeting the Events of Our Time 1
9:20 pm
Poetry and Storytelling
Saturday • October 10
8:30 am
Welcome, announcements
Speech to start the day
9:00 am
Vignettes and Panel Discussion
Meeting the Events of Our Time 2
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am
Biography in Dyads
12:30 pm
Lunch
Artwork by Sophie Bourguignon-Takada; Week 33 from the Calendar of the Soul
Practicing the Social Arts:
“Standing in the Fire” and “Listening Bowls”
Sunday • October 11
8:30 am
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9:00 am
Conversation
As individuals associated with the Anthroposophical
Society, how does our striving to transform the
events of our time help us build a vessel for the
Being of Anthroposophy?
10:15 am
Break
10:45 am
Introduction of the General Council and
Society reports
12:45 pm
Foundation Stone Meditation
1:00 pm
Conclusion
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