Each time I teach a group of students in anthroposophy, I ask them what they wish to learn and what kind of expectations they have. I dont know how many lectures we use to dwell on the topic of life (the etheric) in the teaching of anthroposophy. I can let go of things more easily and move on. The book describes the evolution of policies and practices related to working with LGBTQ youth over the past few decades and identifies several public-school districts that have developed and implemented clear and progressive policies for addressing LGBTQ issues. Try to remember what mattered to you when you were in your twenties, thirties, or forties. In our last Gateways, Margo Running posed a question about the potential mythology of early childhood educators being exhausted due to the children somehow using our etheric forces. For instance, to bring a young childs consciousness to gender distinctions, to ask the child to question, discuss, or analyze his or her gender identity, could very well be confusing or frightening. Bewusstsein - Leben - Form (GA 89). After a comparative study of the idea of thinking, feeling and willing, selected aspects of this book may be introduced for discussion and reflection. [1] The "birth" of the etheric body is the incarnation of this body. At the same time the book, through its complexity and enigmatic contents can also be characterized as being on the border of the understandable. Taken as a whole, Steiner explains that genderand its evolution throughout past, present, and future human historyis intrinsically entwined with human spiritual advancement. The anabolic, upbuilding, protective nature of the etheric body. iii Acurrent book that argues in favour of the interplay of thinking, feeling and doing is: Ellis, Ralph D., Newton, Natika (2010): How the mind uses the brain: to move the body and image the universe. In Gerwin, Douglas J. W. Plants, animals and mankind have a life in themselves that Steiner characterizes as their etheric body. Interestingly enough, it turns out that many of Steiners statements about the ego are far from being in contradiction with Foucaults analyses here. London: Cromwell Press Limited. He believed that these topics take their course below the surface of conscious life and are not topics for the classroom. Dornach: Rudolf Steiner Verlag, s. 123. xi For an inspiring introduction to the history of the concept of habit, see: Carlisle, Clare (2006). Can we be aware of the needs of our colleagues who are there with us, helping to insure that their own children are receiving the care they need while they are at the meeting, making sure that the meetings are hygienic, making sure that, yes, they are not required to attend too many meetings every single week. vii Wiley, Norbert (1994). When the child is developing and strengthening his/her etheric body, the adult is teaching/ tending through astral/soul forces. The students want to learn about anthroposophy in a way that is related to working with children and adolescents, and they want to understand anthroposophy better. Is it a belief or a world view, or a kind of science? life of the child. Is anthroposophy a road to knowledge, a method for understanding the human being and the world? If we must attend yet one more meeting, can we have some delicious, nutritious food there? It is linked with the root chakra, which among other things, is associated with our basic human needs. Essentials of education. Incarnating into physical form is a long, long process which should . Privacy Policy Regarding this gender transformation on a physical level, Steiner says, the human organs of reproduction in their present form will in the future be the first to lose their importance (p. 22). The integration of thinking, feeling and willing means that the establishment of identity and ethics connects with learning. Glckler, Michaela. More radical still was his insistence that both genders learn the same skills: Boys should learn to knit and weave, girls to build engines and survey plots of land. Rhythm, regularity, and predictability are among the forces that nurture the etheric body. Today, the landscape of gender issues has shifted; however, spiritual science remains a helpful tool for investigating this topic. i Steiner, Rudolf, Mtteli, Emil (1998). In this book, education scholar and author Michael Sadowski offers many practical resources for addressing the question how to work with transgender students in school settings. The one, it seems, has lost the angular outline of his youth and is becoming less muscular, more rounded, with softer and more piping voice; the other may have lost the curvaceous outlines of her youthful figure and is becoming grizzles, perhaps sprouting facial hair and dropping the pitch of her voice. The gender dysphoria experienced by the transgender community requires individuals to grapple with their physical, etheric, and soul forces to find internal balance. Today, although we view both gender and sexuality on a broad spectrum, the same is true: the adolescent steps into his or her own gender identity and sexuality and recognizes with heightened awareness the gender identity and sexuality of others. The Peter Lang Publishing Group has over 40 years of experience in academic publishing, specializing in the humanities and social sciences worldwide and publishing more than 1,800 titles every year. It is an expression of the continuous "etheric earthquake", or falling apart of the old etheric earth- and the birth travails of a new etheric earth. The verbs to think, to feel and to act say something about what children and adolescents do in kindergarten and school. Indeed, this provides the true reason for the presence of the fig-leaf on Eve. However, there was a problem during this phase of human evolution. In Waldorf kindergartens and Waldorf schools, thinking and the formation of concepts builds upon emotional experiences, which in turn build upon the most basic learning by doing. Counterpoints editorial policy is based on these principles and the ability of scholars to break new ground, to open new conversations, to go where educators have never gone before. 36-37). (Rudolf Steiner says that in an area in which a plague takes place, you can experience something similar, in the etheric world, to physical earthquake in the physical world). I care differently. The "Guidelines for Eurythmy in the Waldorf School" as put forth by The Eurythmy Association of North American and adopted by best practices by AWNSA and the Pedagogical Section of the School of Spiritual Science has this to say about the place of eurythmy within the curriculum: " The etheric body as a foundation of the learning experience. Naturally enough, Steiner did not specify how we should work with transgender students. He also notes that human reproductive organs were plant-like in character. What was it like to be with children all morning or all day and then again with your own family the rest of the day and night? Sometimes, the students have summarized and given introductions for discussion, while other times, I have done so. Counterpoints publishes the most compelling and imaginative books being written in education today. The students get the opportunity to accumulate knowledge which is essential for understanding Waldorf education, and at the same time, they become acquainted with concepts that can be further pursued in other aspects of Steiners works. In this way, a mutual equality between the various citizens of the planet Earth is emphasized. Additionally, transgender youth are an at-risk group in terms of inflicting self-harm and substance abuse; educating students on the dangers of these behaviors also requires our attention. Modern western lifestyles are eroding the fundamental health of the human etheric body. Only by seeing human love in this light can one understand it correctly, and then one also understands its task in the world Physically, [with puberty] he becomes able to procreate. They want clear and straightforward explanations. On the other hand, some of Steiners reflections on thinking, feeling and willing lead way, way out into what are, for most people, unknown waters. (Gerwin, 2014, p. 11), Understanding and Educating Transgender Youth in the Waldorf School, Research Bulletin #23, Volume 2 Autumn/Winter 2018, https://www.pflagnyc.org/safeschools/statistics. And when we don't do our best, somewhere deep inside of us we know itand that can be the most draining of all. While statistics regarding transgender teens vary, PFLAG NYC provides some reliable statistics regarding LGBTQ youth: LGBTQ teens are 8.5 times more likely to report having attempted suicide and 5.9 times more likely to report depression; about two thirds of LGBTQ students report having been harassed within the last school year; LGBTQ teens are overrepresented in foster care, juvenile detention, and among homeless youth; they are twice as likely to say they do not plan to finish high school (PFLAG, 2016). Sanguines are such people as President John F Kennedy and President Clinton. Chatham, NY: Waldorf Publications at the Research Institute for Waldorf Education. The lungs fill with air, the rhythm flows through the beating of the heart into the limbs, the melody is carried through the thinking capacity, and the experience of harmony moves back through the heart and into our feeling life. his/her physical body, we teachers/caregivers/parents are ideally working with them through the strength of our own etheric forces. So, what types of activities can build etheric reserves? It is then up to each individual to decide how the ideas can relate to his or her own thinking, personal experience and practice. [1] The etheric body is said to be in immediate contact with the physical body and to sustain it and connect it with "higher" bodies. It will lead humanity to overcome gender in itself and to rise to the level where Spirit Man or Atman stands, which is beyond gender, beyond the personalto rise to the purely human (Steiner, 2011, p. 74). Recommendations for the Waldorf School In conclusion, several things are clear regarding the pedagogically correct approach for addressing transgender issues in the Waldorf school. The intention of the lectures is to work with Steiners basic ideas and concepts with the students in an understandable manner, without the individual student blindly accepting the whole or parts of Steiners world of thought. In his view, the human realm did not divide into two genders until Lemurian times (Steiner, 2011, p. 10). Great Barrington, MA: Steiner Books. For instance, legislation that mandates students use bathrooms corresponding with their biological gender as assigned at birth (rather than their gender identity), is a direct example of limiting the rights of transgender students. Perhaps realistic agendas with more mandated groups to carry particular types of agenda items could help. It is a very worthy question and one that we can mostly only ponder and each of us begin to find our own answers. What is meant by basic anthroposphical ideas? As Gerwin puts it, at the spiritual level, the purpose of a program on the teaching of human sexuality is to develop a sense of wholeness (p. 23). Of course, there can be other reasons why we are tired. For terms and use, please refer to our Terms and Conditions Steiner associates these qualities with the so-called ego. Can we consider how we meet each moment as it comes? With new found emotional expression, children of this age desire different types of social relationships. . The astral body. Because of these factors, transgender youth represent an extremely at-risk population. Their own etheric forces are there to help support this development, particularly the development of their internal organs, in those early years. Request Permissions. And may they give you strength of which you are in need. Here is a typical "insight" from UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN'S DRAWINGS, giving the Waldorf slant on what a child means when s/he draws a house. Many also express that they are sceptical of anthroposophical ideas. What is the Four-fold Body The human organism can be understood as a fourfold whole: The first member consists of the Physical Body, which enables us to exist on this physical plane. But for a student of Waldorf education it is important, despite these difficulties, both to attain an understanding of anthroposophy and to form own opinions and attitudes related to anthroposophy. I have compiled a compendium documenting this ideas many historical expressions through short excerpts of original texts (v). The adult's etheric is, in a sense, educating the child's physical body. In the context of our current discussion, Gerwins approach and insights provide a highly relevant and detailed framework for approaching the issue of gender identity. He states: Mostly, we do our best. He states, the spiritual-scientific movement will prove itself to be eminently practical. According to Steiner, the fundamental abilities of consciousness such as sensing, moving, wakefulness and communication are the qualities of an astral body. By contrast, a mans thought life is less astrally imbued and therefore more abstract, which is why mens emotional reactions, although perhaps more libidinal, are less verbal It is easier for men to distance themselves inwardly from their problems and devote themselves to routine tasks. This should be done with the greatest possible reverence. Ideas should be treated as ideas. (2014). Additionally, on a biological level, sexual reproduction allows for the creation of infinite combinations of individuals, whereas asexual reproduction creates clones. For instance, in the fourth grade zoology blocks, it is possible to examine the complex ways in which gender functions in the animal kingdom. Just walk behind an old couple shuffling down the street and ask yourself: Who is the woman, who is the man? Steiner, Rudolf. Aristotelian and Platonic Elements within Knowledge of Man (iv), I have discussed a few of Steiners descriptions of thinking, feeling and willing, also comparatively. When we have reserve strength in any area of our lives, we are less likely to feel overwhelmed or exhausted. When we consider the types of education needed to support the physical health of transgender students, our attention must focus around habits of self-care and hygiene to counter dysphoria-induced neglect. The "model body" and the "etheric . Statistics you should know about gay and transgender students. Article Topics What is The Meaning of the Etheric Body? For while the etheric is both invisible and, to a large extent, an unrecognised concept, habit, character, memory, art and rhythm have clear connections with both completely visible everyday school life and with pedagogical thinking beyond Waldorf education. With Steiners views of sex education in mind, it is possible to identify some foundational pedagogical elements to guide our thinking. (p. 312), Gender Dysphoria and KarmaSteiner asserts that reincarnation was not possible until dual sexuality had become established on earth (Steiner, 2011, p. 27). The Waldorf Baby. In the same way, the old idea that nature is built up hierarchically with minerals at the bottom and the human being on the top, will be unacceptable. A catchword catalogue published in 1998 filled over 2500 pages (i). See chapter 6, 7 or 8. viii Calarco, Matthew (2008). As colleagues, it can be helpful to remember that we are not all in the same life phase. Its like learning a language. Waldorf education, for example, has much in common with reform education of that day, but Steiner rarely pointed out similarities or relationships in this instance. (Russell, 2014, p. 305), How can we view this phenomenon through the lens of anthroposophy? In regard to the soul, we must immerse the child in experiences of art and nature. iv The article can be downloaded from: www.arvema.com/tekster/Slowness_LivingEducation3_2007.pdf, v If you are interested, you can download the compendium (partly in Norwegian) here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/383934/Kompendium_de_fire_2010.pdf. This has been a prime concern for me in teaching anthroposophy: how can I contribute to making an open, critical and inquiring atmosphere which both opens for what is interesting and potentially valuable in anthroposophy and at the same time nurtures a critical attitude? vi Polanyi, Michael (2009). Love between the sexes is just one specific limited aspect of love in the world. In terms of sex and sexuality, his views can be regarded as non-conservative moderate, in relation to his time. Each year has a different focus, and the subject matter also varies. The idea of understanding education based on thinking, feeling and willing is by no means new with Steiner. On the left hand side of the picture, levels from mineral to the human being can be seen, while the right hand side shows how the human being sinks down if he succumbs to deadly sins such as lust (luxuria), gluttony (gula) or sloth (acedia). New York: Columbia University Press. [16:45] . A strong internal picture of wholenessthe wholeness of humanity encompassing limitless variations within individual experienceis precisely the healing picture we strive to present to all youth. Trailing clouds of glory: Essays on human sexuality and the education of youth in Waldorf schools. While the nation struggles to find an approach to the transgender issue, as students of anthroposophy and leaders within our Waldorf school communities, we must ask ourselves if spiritual science can provide insight. The pedagogical law tells us that when the child is developing and strengthening his/her physical body, we teachers/caregivers/parents are ideally working with them through the strength of our own etheric forces. In the article Pedagogical Aspects of Slowness. Now, in my fifties, I have more energy than when I was in my forties or thirties. Steiner also suggests that spiritual science will guide humanity toward yet another evolution of human gender. Comenius, who is often characterized as the father of modern education, emphasizes that learning must take place in all these areas. When we view gender as a complex force uniting and balancing the four bodies of the human being, we begin to understand why transgender people experience such a profound sense of dysphoria, extending beyond the physical body and effecting also the life forces and soul forces. Thinking, feeling and willing refer to activities. Teaching anthroposophy reminds me in many ways of sex instruction in the lower secondary school years. Due to its close proximity, it is deeply connected to your physical body. The one perspective is thinking-feeling-willing. [etheric vision Generally, clairvoyance. However, as leaders in education, we must not stick our heads in the ground, but rise to meet the challenges of modern day education. (Selg, 2010, pp. 13 & 27) This item is part of a JSTOR Collection. To help early childhood children become physically healthy, we need to be life-filled enough (etherically strong) to provide them with the outer activities and nourishment that will provide that health. The other major complex of concepts in Steiners work builds upon a fourfold division of the phenomena of the world, best known through the so-called kingdoms of nature and the four elements. The garden as a metaphor fits well with the above reflections. [etheric sheath The etheric womb within which the etheric body gestates, Steiner indicated. Transforming the soul, Vols. Working with Transgender Students in the Waldorf SchoolAs established in the previous section, transgender students face a significant karmic challenge in achieving a balanced state between their physical, etheric, and astral bodies. Its connection with heredity and memory. Perhaps the image of opening the dams could be a better metaphor. That is, a mans etheric body is female, and a womans etheric body is male (Steiner, 2011, p. 33). One of the really big problems for anyone who wishes to understand anthroposophy is that it has partly existed in a kind of vacuum regarding communication and sharing of knowledge. As stated in Unbornness, by Peter Selg, [B]before birth, complex and even harsh biographies are arranged, including countless circumstances of illness, which must occur later, so that something essential may be endured and overcome. In addition, the human being has the ability of reflection, self-reflection and restraint. On the contrary, he propounded critical comments on contemporary reform educational experiments. Another example of a way of thinking that represents both a clear contradiction and an interesting thought development in relation to Steiner is Michael Foucaults work. What educators should do, Steiner posits, is awaken in the child at a young age a feeling for beauty. Trailing clouds of glory: Essays on human sexuality and the education of youth in Waldorf schools. Across the nation, individual schools, school districts, and state legislators have taken up a variety of positions on this issue. Spiritually, he becomes capable of experiencing humankind as a totality. In the future, gender will become a moot point, physically, socially, and spiritually: human beings [will] find that which transcends the sexes, then this issue of our time will have been resolved (p. 46). However, some of Steiners pedagogical indications regarding sex education may be relevant to our question of how to approach gender identity. Transgender people are particularly well positioned to take up this challenge, and move humanity forward on this path. Important policies, practices, and curricula related to the treatment of transgender students are being developed. Using Steiners observation that the normal incarnation involves a complementarity of gender between the soul and the body, we can speculate that this balance may be somehow altered in the case of the transgender individual, leading to profound feelings of dissatisfaction with life and particularly with gender roles. And I have certainly often thought that it really isnt possible. With only one type of human being, there was no point in reincarnationit was not possible to return to earth and have a different experience. It should in no way divert people from their tasks in daily life or the present. Furthermore, while we should always follow the guiding principles of anthroposophy in regards to child development, we must also be aware of progress made outside of the Waldorf world and utilize the aspects which are pedagogically sound. He notes that the speech organs at present contain within themselves the future organs of reproduction. In our current times, as we shift away from the gender binary framework, to view human gender on a continuum, we move toward greater individual freedom, as well as toward an understanding of the non-gendered universal human experience. Gerwin then provides a detailed account of how the Waldorf teacher could approach education of the physical body, the soul, and spirit through each stage of child development. The Etheric body is the densest of the energy systems. When these activities are put into an educational and developmental perspective, Waldorf educational reflection and developmental work is underway. All of them have a physical body and may be observed and placed as materially perceptible phenomena. There is something intuitively and almost pedagogically self-evident about theoretical learning belonging to emotional involvement and happening when pupils gather concrete experience. The close connection between etheric and artistic activity becomes a topic. 1. These life-giving forces are what Eurythmy is intrinsically and consciously connected to as a movement practice. In several accounts, Steiner reacts to such a lacking description of minerals, plants and animals. Steiner notes, The power to love, born during sexual maturity, embraces everything within the adolescents entire compass. Most famous is perhaps the Swiss educational pioneer, Johan Heinrich Pestalozzi, who built his educational practice on a balanced engagement of head, heart and hand. He makes a thorough and convincing argument explaining that the artsfrom painting, to drama, to horseback ridingare absolutely the right tools for achieving steadfastness of soul. He states:The purpose or desired outcome of a program on the teaching of human sexuality, seen from a spiritual perspective, is to arrive at an understanding of the human being as a whole human being. This essay aims to address the transgender issue on two fronts: first, How can spiritual science guide our thinking regarding gender, the gender spectrum, and transgender individuals? The pupil is given the opportunity to be emotionally present and actively prepared for his or her thoughts. (2016). Trailing clouds of glory: Essays on human sexuality and the education of youth in Waldorf schools. This is not as simple as it perhaps sounds. Waldorf educators, notes, "the whole human body, and not the brain alone, is a vehicle of consciousness."2 The etheric body contains formative forces that help to orga-nize and shape the growth of the physical body as well as partic-ipate in the child's moral development. In Gerwin, Douglas J. W. Steiners stance regarding sex education, which he states quite clearly, is that sexuality, specifically anything to do with lust for power or eroticism (Steiner, 2011, p. 80), should not be discussed in schools. In addition to reading excerpts from Steiners original texts, I have let the students read this article. Only by seeing human love in this light can one understand it correctly, and then one also understands its task in the world Physically, [with puberty] he becomes able to procreate. Conversely, female bodies have a more inward gesture: female bodies are generally rounder and more insulated; the reproductive parts reside inside the body; the ovum remains inside the body, and dissolves if not fertilized promptly. Safe is not enough: Better schools for LGBTQ students. Transgender people often struggle to feel whole: feeling incomplete or malformed is the central issue presented by gender dysphoria. From this vantage point, it is evident that incarnating into the physical body of a transgender person would be a worthwhile challenge to set for oneself. Committed to the proposition that theoretical literature should be accessible to a variety of audiences, the series insists that its authors avoid esoteric and jargonistic languages that transform educational scholarship into an elite discourse for the initiated. The term "etheric" refers to the aura that surrounds a person. This is when the child is ready for formal . In anthroposophical medicine this is one of four aspects of man and represents that part of an individual that. (Ed.). Steiner, Rudolf. In itself it is of golden light; the colour of the causal body is diamond. Gerwin, Douglas J. W. Just walk behind an old couple shuffling down the street and ask yourself: Who is the woman, who is the man? In the same way that it is difficult to really know ones own country before one has been abroad, it is my opinion that anthroposophy is very hard to understand or work on without dealing with it comparatively. 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