Anthroposophical teachings indicate that many beings we usually consider individuals are actually composites: They are made up of numerous components that are,themselves,beings.
Generally shunned in Waldorf schools,as part of the general Waldorf aversion to modern technology,which is thought to embody destructive and even demonic influences.
According to Steiner: one of our 12 senses — the "sense" that enables us to comprehend meanings clothed in language; also called thought sense. It functions under the aegis of the constellation Taurus.
In Anthroposophy: the major stages of our evolution; each is a new incarnation of the solar system. Steiner said the solar system has incarnated in four different forms thus far (Old Saturn,Old Sun,Old Moon,and Present Earth),and we have evolved to a higher level of consciousness with each. These stages bear the names of planets,but they are periods of time rather than positions in the solar system as currently incarnated. Several more conditions of consciousness lie before us,Steiner said; our consciousness will evolve higher and higher.
In Anthroposophy: seven evolutionary stages falling between conditions of life and great epochs; also called stages of form. Each condition or stage of form is a subdivision of a condition of life,and each contains seven subdivisions such as great epochs.
In Anthroposophy: evolutionary stages falling between conditions of consciousness and stages of form. Each condition of consciousness comprises seven conditions of life.
"Astronomically the apparent meeting of two celestial bodies...." 73 p. 48
"The art of calling upon,summoning,charging,or constraining a devil or spirit...." 80 p. 57
The purpose of life,in Anthroposophical belief,is evolving toward higher and higher stages of spiritual awareness or consciousness.