Summer 2013 Course Descriptions and Schedules - Rudolf Steiner ...

Year TwoSegment One - Summer Foundation Courses Training Program•Epistemology and Phenomenology-The Philosophy of Freedom I•The Path of Self-Knowledge-Nature of Human Being II (destiny and biography)-Inner Work•Spiritual America•Self-Transformation through the Time Arts II-Movement I, Music II, and Speech II-Self-Transformation through the Visual Arts II-Metamorphosis in Clay, HandworkSummer 2013 Details:Philosophy of Freedom Iwith Brian GrayStudy of the first half of The Philosophy of Freedom, Steiner’s primary phenomenological exploration ofhuman consciousness. These chapters stimulate the reader to observe the living activity flowing through her/his perceiving and thinking, and to find there a firm basis for certainty in knowing the world. Required reading:Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path (The Philosophy of Freedom, another translation), Rudolf Steiner.Nature of the Human Being IIwith Betty StaleyWe will explore the seven-year stages in adult life with reflective exercises and small group work. Requiredreading: Tapestries, second edition, by Betty Staley.Inner Workwith Astrid Schmitt-StegmannWe will work with the six basic exercises and the other suggested exercises as contemplative practice fromthe reading. Required reading: How to Know Higher Worlds, Chapters 1-5, Rudolf Steiner.Spiritual America–Year 1, 2, and 3with Betty StaleyThis course introduces the student to the deeper meaning of America from a psychological and spiritualviewpoint. Using the Native American myth of Deganawidah (included in The American Soul) and examplesfrom 19th century American Transcendentalist writers, we will discuss the symbols and images and what theymean today. Required reading: The American Soul, Jacob Needleman; The Other America, Carl Stegmann.Movementwith Cynthia HovenEurythmy from Year 1 continues.Music IIwith Eva Cranstoun6