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Quadrivium |
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...notes for a future page (notes made from a talk prepared for another forum).
Towards a four-year course
In reflecting on current esoterically oriented topics, it appears that a quadrivium of subjects captures a rather full broad and deep (adult) education: philosophy; anthroposophy; ritual; and tarot (these are not listed in any particular order).
Each of these has a historical component as well as a spiritual or religious aspect. Tarot reflects art, imagination, beauty; anthroposophy reflects the scientific impulse, including its social and psychological aspects, mathematics, and the seeking for truth; ritual reflects sacred drama that includes the annual festivities that punctuate the calendar, as well as initiation rites and the good; through philosophy an inner core of spiritual understanding develops.
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Philosophy |
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Anthroposophy |
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Ritual |
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Tarot |
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History of Philosophy
Deely Four Ages of Understanding |
The Threefold Social Order
- the constitution & politics
- economic theories
- education, religion & the arts
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Sacred movement and music
- Eurythmy
- ChoreoCosmos
- Sacred Dance
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Foundations of Tarot
David Reading the Marseille Tarot |
Year 1
[8ML] |
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Semiotics |
Spiritual Science
Steiner Theosophy |
The Mass
- Roman [ML 1]
- Orthodox [ML 2]
- Christian Community [ML 3]
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Tarot exegesis
Anonymous Meditations on the Tarot |
Year 2
[8ML] |
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Ethics
Steiner Philosophy of Freedom |
Spiritual insights
Steiner Knowledge of the Higher Worlds |
Festivals
- Annual
- Personal / Social
- Rites of Passage
- Birth
- Adolescence
- Adulthood
- Old age
- Death
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Tarot exegesis (continued)
Anonymous Meditations on the Tarot |
Year 3
[8ML] |
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Significant thematic undertaking
Participation in each of the four areas is also maintained |
Year 4
[4ML] |
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Day sequence:
Sunday - Mass
Monday - Mary-Sophia-Isis
Tuesday - Anthroposophy
Wednesday - Studying the works of various significant authors
Thursday - Manicheanism (inclusive of Cathars and Bogomils) / Meditations on the Tarot
Friday - Understanding Christ
Saturday - Rosary
Term sequence sacred movement and music:
Term 1 (Summer) - Music / singing
Term 2 (Autumn) - Choreocosmos
Term 3 (Winter) - Eurythmy
Term 4 (Spring) - Paneurhythmy
Annual festivals (Southern hemisphere):
7 Adar (or ensuing Sunday sunrise) - Paneurhythmy / Bêma (reflection of 19th August NH)
Autumn Equinox
Easter I.C.M.
Pentecost P.S.S.R.
Winter Solstice
15th August - Assumption
Spring Equinox
Yom Kipur - Prayer, Foundation Stone, and fasting
Summer Solstice
25th December - Christmas E.D.N.
Term dates
Include two ML per term during which the topic is not covered outside that time.
Sequence of MLs:
Ritual :: Tarot :|: Anthroposophy :: Philosophy :|: Philosophy :: Anthroposophy :|: Tarot :: Ritual
Semester 1 begins 4th of March ends 7th June [///]
Semester 2 begins 29th July ends 1st November [///]
A graduate of the seminar is a fellow and is awarded a parchment
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