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Foundation Year Booklist for Basic Courses 2004-2005 |
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The following books will be read and discussed during the year. Students are expected to have personal copies of the books marked with an*. The rest, and other books the faculty will suggest, may be purchased from the Bookstore at Rudolf Steiner College or borrowed from the College Library.
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| Ed 100 |
Introduction to Waldorf Education |
| - Rudolf Steiner |
Kingdom of Childhood |
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| Hist 103 |
World Evolution and Spiritual Development |
| - Rudolf Steiner |
Outline of Esoteric Science * |
| - Rudolf Steiner |
The Spiritual Hierarchies * |
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| Hist 103 |
Evolution of Consciousness Through Art, Architecture and Literature |
| - Van James |
Spirit and Art |
| - Richard Tarnas |
Passion of the Western Mind. * |
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| Hist 110 |
Destiny and Thresholds of the United States |
| - Carl Stegmann |
The Other America |
| - An anthology of other readings is provided for the class. |
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| Lit 100 |
Parzival |
| - W. von Eschenbach |
Parzival * (Mustard and Passage translation, Vintage Book edition) |
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| Lit 110 |
Spiritual Streams in American Literature |
| Found in R. W. Emerson |
Selected Essays, Lectures, Poems |
| - R.W. Emerson |
The American Scholar *, Nature* |
| - Herman Melville |
Moby Dick * |
| - H.D. Thoreau |
Civil Disobedience * |
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| Phil 100 |
Philosophy of Freedom |
| - Rudolf Steiner |
Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path * (Also titled Philosophy of Freedom or Philosophy of Spiritual Activity) |
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| Psych 100 |
Knowledge of Higher Worlds |
| - Rudolf Steiner |
How to Know Higher Worlds * |
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| Psych 101 |
The Nature of the Human Being: Microcosm/Macrocosm |
| - Rudolf Steiner |
Theosophy * |
| - Rudolf Steiner |
Calendar of the Soul |
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| Psych 102 |
Karma and Reincarnation |
| - Rudolf Steiner |
Manifestations of Karma * or Reincarnation and Karma * |
| - Rudolf Steiner |
Karmic Relationships, Vol. 1-8 |
| - Rene Querido |
Questions and Answers on Reincarnation and Karma |
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| Soc 100 |
Threefold Social Order |
| - Rudolf Steiner |
Towards Social Renewal (Also known as Threefold Social Order) |
| - Michael Spence |
Freeing the Human Spirit |
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| The following books will be helpful references for many subjects touched on in the courses: |
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- Stewart Easton |
Rudolf Steiner, Herald of a Modern Consciousness |
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- Rudolf Steiner |
Anthroposophical Leading Thoughts |
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- Robert McDermott, ed. |
The Essential Steiner |
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