Foundation Studies Courses In Anthroposophy

By Conrad Rehbach

The purpose of this workbook is to give individuals and groups interested in studying the fundamental ideas of Anthroposophy a helpful guide for their journey. Due to the massive amounts of reading material readily available today, the human mind wants to be: - Quickly attracted - Easily organized - Deeply engaged. I imagine individuals who reside in places where Anthroposophical studies are not readily available, to use this book as a basis for their studies. I imagine study groups that formed through a common interest in Anthroposophy to use this book as a guide to forming a temporary learning community.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Mar 30, 2011
• ISBN: 9781257241569

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Independent Studies Semester 1

Lesson 1

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Windsurfers on the Columbia River near The Dalles, O regon, USA

One of the mysteries that we all encounter in our lives, even though we might not always be aware of it, is indeed our own biography. In our day to day life, we might pay little attention to this mystery, and only if dramatic events enter our life and cause us to stop and reflect, we may become aware of underlying currents or tendencies that reveal themselves to us upon examining our life.

Using a diary or journal, or at least to reflect from time to time on our life, is an important practice in becoming more conscious of our biography.

In this first lesson, we try to turn to our life’s story in a particular way, trying to detect patterns and gain insights into our biography by looking at it through the lens of the seven year periods. While during the first three seven year periods obvious and significant changes occur at the transition from one into the next, as the change of teeth around age seven, and the entry into grade school at that time, or the onset of puberty around age fourteen, later in life we might not be so aware of these transitions, and we might need to make extra efforts in order to become conscious of these changes in ourselves and in our