Author: Waldorf Critics
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Rudolf Steiner And The Organic Movement
Discover the surprising connection between magical thinking and organic agriculture in this insightful read by Michael Barker. Explore how white supremacist Rudolf Steiner’s teachings on biodynamic cultivation shaped the global movement.
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Out of the frying pan and into the fire review
Ansgar Martins has written a perceptive and provocative book about a topic many prefer to avoid: Rudolf Steiner’s racial teachings, a perennial bone of contention between anthroposophists and their critics. It is a sober and discerning account, by far the best to appear from an anthroposophist publisher, and a noteworthy contribution to the historical literature…
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French Anthroposophists Practicing the (Perhaps Not So) Michaelic Art of Slaying Dissenters
“The anthroposophical movement has come up with the idea that in order to protect themselves from the unfortunate reputation of being a cult, they would happily (and in a magnificently paradoxical way) behave as a cult would behave.”
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All Hell Breaks Loose in Dornach! or: the Judith von Halle Phenomenon
Defiantly, with its massive concrete façade, the Goetheanum looms over Dornach and Arlesheim. At the foot of the hill, just half a kilometer down from the very center of anthroposophy, she has pitched her tent in a one-time carpenter’s workshop: Judith von Halle, by far the most controversial figure in the movement founded by Rudolf…
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APPEALS COURT NIXES CHURCH/STATE CHALLENGE TO PUBLIC WALDORF SCHOOLS
PLANS, Inc. fights for nonsectarian education, challenging alleged religious elements in public Waldorf schools. Learn about their legal battles here.
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Aberdeen decides against alternative medicine chair: Paul Jump
A university has decided against a controversial proposal to establish a chair in a brand of alternative medicine that advocates mistletoe as a cure for cancer.
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He Went To Waldorf
Discover the eye-opening translation of Grégoire Perra’s expose on the indoctrination of students in Steiner-Waldorf schools. Uncover the truth behind the Anthroposophical teachings shaping young minds.
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Anthroposophic medicine at the University of Michigan? Say it ain’t so!
Posted to the Respectful Insolence blog by Orac – If twenty years ago someone had told me that one day that not only would my medical alma mater be publishing dreck like this, but that it would have formed an interdisciplinary program devoted to it, I would have told that person he was delusional. If…
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Letter to Adolph Hitler from the Anthroposophical Society
Translated by Tom Mellett, this urgent appeal to Adolf Hitler seeks to overturn the termination of the Anthroposophical Society due to unfounded reasons.
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Steiner Waldorf Schools: The problem of racism
If you’re intrigued by the topic of racism and education, you might want to delve deeper into the concept of diversity in schools.
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Anthroposophy: A Risk Factor for Noncompliance With Measles Immunization (PDF)
Edzard Ernst, MD, PhD, FMedSci, FSB, FRCP, FRCPEd.
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CHURCH/STATE CHALLENGE TO PUBLIC WALDORF SCHOOLS STYMIED AGAIN AT SECOND TRIAL
PLANS challenges religious influence in public Waldorf schools. Learn about their latest legal battle and mission to ensure education is nonsectarian.
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Guidelines for Child Study — Working with Angels, Beings and Children
“Initially I thought it was a parody. To my astonishment, it was not. No, these excerpts are actually from a genuine work — by no other than Steiner Waldorf School Fellowship advisor Kevin Avison. These are guidelines for dealing with real children in real schools. It is what the SWSF chooses to present in a…
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‘Ecology’ and the Modernization of Fascism in the German Ultra-right
Includes an analysis of the role of Anthroposophists in contemporary Neo-Nazi movements–see the section “Anthroposophy and the World League for the Protection of Life.”