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this could happen because eurythmists engage their ―own life forces to a much greater
degree than is normal‖ and, eventually, the disarray ―can lead to cancer‖ (Poplawski, a
review of a study, retrieved March 3, 2003 from www.eana.org/SUMMER%201999.pdf p.
38).
―Doctor‖
In the early years of Waldorf, I did not know that some fairy tales being taught were occult
parables. Nor had it dawned on me that the ―festivals‖ celebrated throughout the school
year were in reality Anthroposophic rituals devised by Steiner with deep esoteric meaning.
Young Waldorf children didn‘t write anything down, but by third grade my daughter was
being taught violent ―Holy Bible Stories‖ with an Anthroposophic twist like the following
reference to ―Michael‖ excerpted from one of her lessons entitled ―Abraham and Isaac‖:
Soon after they arrived to mount moria and made a small fire and lade his
son a pon it and raised his knife a bove his head and Isaac‘s sole fled from his
body and Abraham was just about to plung the knife in Isaac‘s chest when
Miciel stept out of the clouds and said ―Abraham pot down that knife you have
proovin yourself werthy.‖
I became more and more concerned about the curriculum. What was going on? Waldorfers
assured me that since Christianity is an integral part of American culture it was good for
children to be familiar with Bible stories. However, part way through the school year, we
decided to remove our daughter from the overt religious third grade curriculum. Instead,
she attended a little school in Jamaica for three months as we have family ties there. We
noticed an improvement in our daughter‘s demeanor and willingness to attend school. We
also realized that she was very behind the Jamaican pupils. Within months her reading and
writing greatly improved and we all liked the new school very much. The school in general
seemed to be a happier and ―lighter‖ place. The Jamaican school closed for holidays, and we
returned to the United States for the summer, planning to reorganize our lives, make
appropriate visa arrangements and move to Jamaica—we even paid school fees to the
Jamaican school.
Back in Wisconsin, school was winding down for summer and since we‘d already paid
Waldorf‘s fees for the full year, we decided to place our child back in Waldorf for the
remaining weeks so that she could reconnect with friends and full fill legal attendance
requirements. During that brief period she became depressed, standing alone on the
playground. School closed and over the summer my daughter became quite ill, so we
cancelled our Jamaican plans, and put her back in Waldorf that fall. My husband believed it
was our best schooling option in our rural location, though I was not so certain.
During the early manifestation of her illness, in the summer, after the loss of the initial
pounds, we had sought the help of a doctor—a friend and fellow Waldorf-parent. He assured
us that our child was ―fine‖ and ―just growing.‖ Time slipped by, more weight dropped, and
on our next visit blood tests were ordered to check vitals and for diabetes. Later, upon
visiting our home, the Waldorf-parent-doctor advised us to ―get comfortable with death.‖ At
one point he recommended that we seek the help of a Chinese doctor who had a medical
degree from China. On a subsequent visit to the Waldorf-parent-doctor‘s office, he handed
us over to a kind young homeopath/doctor with no experience concerning my child‘s illness.
The homeopath gave my daughter a remedy and began monitoring her every couple of
weeks during which time more and more weight was lost and our situation became dire. In
those days I believed that homeopathy was science-based medicine and that we were in the
best of care. All the doctors we saw had medical degrees. What I didn‘t realize until later
was that during our time in Waldorf, while under the influence of Waldorf educators and
practitioners, our judgment had become skewed. We‘d become suspicious and fearful of the
regular mainstream medical establishment, avoiding it, as we floundered with the advice of
this could happen because eurythmists engage their ―own life forces to a much greater
degree than is normal‖ and, eventually, the disarray ―can lead to cancer‖ (Poplawski, a
review of a study, retrieved March 3, 2003 from www.eana.org/SUMMER%201999.pdf p.
38).
―Doctor‖
In the early years of Waldorf, I did not know that some fairy tales being taught were occult
parables. Nor had it dawned on me that the ―festivals‖ celebrated throughout the school
year were in reality Anthroposophic rituals devised by Steiner with deep esoteric meaning.
Young Waldorf children didn‘t write anything down, but by third grade my daughter was
being taught violent ―Holy Bible Stories‖ with an Anthroposophic twist like the following
reference to ―Michael‖ excerpted from one of her lessons entitled ―Abraham and Isaac‖:
Soon after they arrived to mount moria and made a small fire and lade his
son a pon it and raised his knife a bove his head and Isaac‘s sole fled from his
body and Abraham was just about to plung the knife in Isaac‘s chest when
Miciel stept out of the clouds and said ―Abraham pot down that knife you have
proovin yourself werthy.‖
I became more and more concerned about the curriculum. What was going on? Waldorfers
assured me that since Christianity is an integral part of American culture it was good for
children to be familiar with Bible stories. However, part way through the school year, we
decided to remove our daughter from the overt religious third grade curriculum. Instead,
she attended a little school in Jamaica for three months as we have family ties there. We
noticed an improvement in our daughter‘s demeanor and willingness to attend school. We
also realized that she was very behind the Jamaican pupils. Within months her reading and
writing greatly improved and we all liked the new school very much. The school in general
seemed to be a happier and ―lighter‖ place. The Jamaican school closed for holidays, and we
returned to the United States for the summer, planning to reorganize our lives, make
appropriate visa arrangements and move to Jamaica—we even paid school fees to the
Jamaican school.
Back in Wisconsin, school was winding down for summer and since we‘d already paid
Waldorf‘s fees for the full year, we decided to place our child back in Waldorf for the
remaining weeks so that she could reconnect with friends and full fill legal attendance
requirements. During that brief period she became depressed, standing alone on the
playground. School closed and over the summer my daughter became quite ill, so we
cancelled our Jamaican plans, and put her back in Waldorf that fall. My husband believed it
was our best schooling option in our rural location, though I was not so certain.
During the early manifestation of her illness, in the summer, after the loss of the initial
pounds, we had sought the help of a doctor—a friend and fellow Waldorf-parent. He assured
us that our child was ―fine‖ and ―just growing.‖ Time slipped by, more weight dropped, and
on our next visit blood tests were ordered to check vitals and for diabetes. Later, upon
visiting our home, the Waldorf-parent-doctor advised us to ―get comfortable with death.‖ At
one point he recommended that we seek the help of a Chinese doctor who had a medical
degree from China. On a subsequent visit to the Waldorf-parent-doctor‘s office, he handed
us over to a kind young homeopath/doctor with no experience concerning my child‘s illness.
The homeopath gave my daughter a remedy and began monitoring her every couple of
weeks during which time more and more weight was lost and our situation became dire. In
those days I believed that homeopathy was science-based medicine and that we were in the
best of care. All the doctors we saw had medical degrees. What I didn‘t realize until later
was that during our time in Waldorf, while under the influence of Waldorf educators and
practitioners, our judgment had become skewed. We‘d become suspicious and fearful of the
regular mainstream medical establishment, avoiding it, as we floundered with the advice of
