Anthroposophy for Dummies
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 1:34 pm
This is my first post on this new forum. I admit to being a bit of an eastern mystic type.
I've been following the raging Steiner debates here with some interest but struggle to grok Steiner's ontological scheme. It seems a very foreign landscape. I feel like I'm late to the party. There is so much unfamiliar jargon and many terms seem to have particular semantics - for example "Spirit". Is Spirit in a separate ontological category to consciousness? There seems to be some connection to Christianity. What is the relationship here? What are the crossovers with eastern thought forms?
So...
It would be really helpful if Cleric/Ashvin could compile a top 10 list comprising clues/anchors to understanding this ontology. No jargon please and try to keep each item a few sentences - no essays.
I think this would be a great help to bootstrap my thinking on what is a very difficult system to get one's head around.
PS. I've started reading PoF.
I've been following the raging Steiner debates here with some interest but struggle to grok Steiner's ontological scheme. It seems a very foreign landscape. I feel like I'm late to the party. There is so much unfamiliar jargon and many terms seem to have particular semantics - for example "Spirit". Is Spirit in a separate ontological category to consciousness? There seems to be some connection to Christianity. What is the relationship here? What are the crossovers with eastern thought forms?
So...
It would be really helpful if Cleric/Ashvin could compile a top 10 list comprising clues/anchors to understanding this ontology. No jargon please and try to keep each item a few sentences - no essays.
I think this would be a great help to bootstrap my thinking on what is a very difficult system to get one's head around.
PS. I've started reading PoF.