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  • Anthroposophical Spiritual Racism

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    Peter Staudenmaier
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    The foremost anthroposophical race theorist in Germany after Steiner’s death was Richard Karutz (1867-1945), a prominent Waldorf spokesman and supporter of Nazism. He participated in a seminar at the Goetheanum in 1920, moved from Lübeck to Stuttgart in 1921 to be closer to the center of anthroposophical activity in Germany, and moved again to Dresden…

  • Waldorf Teacher Training Requirements: Second Year

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    Dan Dugan
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    This text was given to applicants for the Waldorf teacher training program at Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks, California, 1993-1994. It is evidence for my allegation that the Waldorf “teacher training” programs are actually seminary programs for the Anthroposophical ministry. Note that since some schools require a Waldorf teaching certificate, this could be viewed…

  • Waldorf Teacher Training Reading List: First Year

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    Dan Dugan
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    This text is evidence for my allegation that Waldorf “teacher training” is actually training for a religious missionary ministry rather than for teaching. Note how some of the Anthroposophical content is disguised behind conventional course titles, e.g. Rudolf Steiner’s biography as “History 102.”   RUDOLF STEINER COLLEGE FOUNDATION YEAR BOOK LIST 1993-94 The following books…

  • Anthroposophist Spiritual Racism: Uehli

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    Peter Staudenmaier
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    by Peter Staudenmaier Building on Steiner’s work, anthroposophists have made significant contributions to the unfortunate tradition of spiritual racism. One of the most important examples is Ernst Uehli (1875-1959), a Swiss theosophist and anthroposophist and student of Steiner from 1905 onward. Uehli was one of the foremost figures in the first generation of anthroposophists. He…

  • Why Waldorf Programs are Unsuitable for Public Funding

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    Dan Dugan
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    Dan Dugan Abstract The author tells the story of his experience as a Waldorf school parent, and his discovery that the school was a front for a cult-like sect called Anthroposophy. Waldorf education appears to combine artistic and academic learning and claims to be child-centered, but critical examination reveals that it is devoted to promulgating…

  • Wet-on-wet Painting As Talisman

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    Sharon Lombard
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    Collected waldorf-critics posts by Sharon Lombard Sharon Lombard is a long time member of PLANS and our resident Waldorf scholar-in-the-making. In January 2001, she shared via successive posts to the waldorf-critics discussion group her research on the meaning behind Waldorf’s signature “wet-on-wet” painting technique used in the lower grades. She also provided photos of actual…

  • Steiner Quotes on Color and Art

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    Sharon Lombard
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    Collected by Sharon Lombard Sharon Lombard is a long time PLANS member and our resident Waldorf/Steiner/Anthroposophy scholar-in-the-making. Below are some interesting quotes by Rudolf Steiner on color and art that Sharon has collected in the course of her research. Introduction by Sharon Lombard Anyone interested in why Waldorf classrooms are painted certain colors should pay…

  • “Partial Vision” in Alternative Education

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    Waldorf Critics
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    Author’s Note The following article was published in Renewal: A Journal for Waldorf Education, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Fall, 1998). It originally appeared in SKOLE: The Journal of Alternative Education, Vol XIV, No. 3, Summer, 1997. The author would like to make it clear that by permitting it to be included on the PLANS website, he is…

  • Warm and Woolly? An anthroposophical experiment

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    Waldorf Critics
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    This article is copied, with permission, from the Nowegian Waldorf critics page Steinerkritikk. By Kristin A. Sandberg and Trond K.O. Kristoffersen Is Jrna the society of the future? asks A-magasinet (24.nov. 2006) presenting children joyfully playing outdoors, eating organic food. Wool for the children and apples for all. How romantic! It’s almost enough to make…

  • A Pedagogy for Aryans

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    Small classes, no mad scramble for high marks, and a motivated teaching-staff—Waldorf schools have earned a good reputation for their feigned ability to benefit students on an individual level. Still, to this day, these disguised religious schools pursue the idea of the anti-modern. By Peter Bierl[2]   The German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs[3] has asked…