"[A]n 'inner' Buddhist creed supposed [sic] for the intelligent minority ... [M]ainly a technique for absorption into the Absolute,[it] has no belief in Buddha as a continuant and disclaims the notion of Buddhist saints or Bodhisattvas." 73 p. 96
"The main religion of India ... The foundation of all existence is said to be Brahma ... There is also the doctrine of the Atman or Higher Self ... This Great Self is later identified with Brahma. The personal [endeavor] is to discard the earthly experience as an unreal perception,as being worthy of being only a misperceived 'little self',therefore meditation must center on the Great Self to conquer the little self." 73 p. 96[A polytheistic faith,Hinduism puts great store in the concept of reincarnation Both Theosophy and Anthroposophy draw extensively from Hinduism.]
In Anthroposophy,true history is the story of evolving human spiritual consciousness,which has included periods on the lost continents of Lemuria and Atlantis. How much of this story shows up in Waldorf history classes varies from teacher to teacher.
"(Judaism) God intoxication...." 80 p. 128
"The Scandinavian god of night...." 80 p. 129[He is often described as the blind god who — having been tricked by Loki — killed his brother,Baldur,the god of light.]
Waldorf schools aim to educate the whole child,by which they mean beings who have three invisible bodies,12 senses,both souls and spirits,classical temperaments,astrological identities,spiritually significant racial identities,and so forth.
The belief that the Nazi Holocaust,aimed principally at eradicating Jews,did not occur or has been greatly exaggerated. Some prominent Anthroposophists have been Holocaust deniers.
Christian ceremony,commemorating Christ's last supper with his disciples,during which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed. Traditionally the bread is believed to become Christ's body and the wine Christ's blood (see "transubstantiation"). The ceremony is also called Eucharist.
In Christianity: the third person of the triune God. In Anthroposophy: a separate god,the female creator of Christ.
"Much sought-for sacred vessel of innumerable symbolic myths and legends." 73 p. 97 [The Holy Grail is usually identified as the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper. Steiner said that the Grail symbolizes occult wisdom. The search for the Grail is,then,the quest that leads to Anthroposophy.]
