In occultism: testing period for a candidate for initiation.
"Infants who exhibit mature powers of technical or artistic perfection." 80 p. 230
"The pathway of each spirit through the many phases or spheres of experience...." 73 p. 166
Forms of education using new,forward-looking techniques. Waldorf education is sometimes mistakenly dubbed progressive. While being undeniably a form of alternative education,Waldorf employs generally old-fashioned — non-progressive — educational approaches.
"[T]he seven primal forces that developed into archangels." 80 p. 231[The Archangels recognized in Anthroposophy,drawing from Judeo-Christian esotericism,are Anael,Gabriel,Michael,Oriphiel (or Uriel),Raphael,Samuel,and Zachariel. Steiner said that Archangels are gods two levels higher than humanity.]
"In astrology,that which 'promises'...." 80 p. 231
"In the occult [sic] the power of true prophecy belongs only to those psychically attuned to the Akashic or Astral records." 80 p. 231
"One who declares [sic],who is a messenger of God,foreteller of the future,and,finally,an interpreter of God's will." 80 p. 231
"Prostitutes in the role of beneficent agents are and have been since ancient times a part of many religions." 80 p. 231
In Anthroposophic belief: stages of human development before we became truly human by attaining "I's".
