Anthroposophy and Ecofascism 115

Peter Staudenmaier writes in Paragraph 36:

The curriculum at Waldorf schools is structured around the stages of spiritual maturation posited by Anthroposophy: from one to seven years a child develops her or his physical body, from seven to fourteen years the ethereal body, and from fourteen to twenty-one the astral body. These stages are supposed to be marked by physical changes; thus kindergartners at Waldorf schools can't enter first grade until they've lost all their baby teeth.

The above paragraph displays all the subtlety and understanding of Conquistador describing the religious beliefs of the Inca. That is, a few of the details are recognizably related to some of the forms, but the whole is grossly mistaken and displays a serious lack of effort at understanding. Take for example the term "ethereal body". Peter Staudenmaier obviously means "etheric body" but is apparently not familiar enough with even the most basic terminology to use the correct word. One can hardly expect subtly of understanding from someone who has not even read closely enough to note the terms. I'll talk more about this tomorrow.