In Anthroposophy: the story of one's life written by the higher I in discharging karma.
"In recent years increasing scientific evidence that psychic power can cause the accelerated growth of plants,the rapid curing of animal wounds,and psychic healing has been reported...." 80 p. 29[There is,in fact,little if any such evidence; indeed,the existence of psychic power is unproven.]
The study of living organisms. Anthroposophic belief veers far from scientific biology,for instance teaching that animals evolved from humans,the heart is not a pump,etc.
"A spirit's assumption of a new outward form...." 73 p. 29 [In Waldorf belief,children are born four times during each incarnation,once for each "body": physical,etheric,astral,and ego.]
An astrological chart depicting cosmic conditions at the moment of one's birth; considered more informative than a solar chart.
In Anthroposophical belief,the color of spiritual death.
"The use of supernatural knowledge in order to achieve evil results." 80 p. 30
"Initially an idealistic protest against the Roman Catholic Church ... Those who burlesqued [what they considered the Church's] profanity instituted what came to be called the Black Mass,for their ritual was blasphemous and obscene." 80 p. 30 [A black mass is generally an inversion of a Catholic mass; often conducted by self-described witches,it is typically a form of Satanic worship.]
The downward path of evil,according to Steiner; those who follow it fail to evolve properly and may become subhuman. Cf. the white path.
Steiner taught that skin color reflects the state of the soul; black skin reflects a lowly,undeveloped spiritual state. See "Africans".