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In the late Renaissance and Early Modern period, man's relationship
to nature changed dramatically. An important part of this change
occurred in the way that beauty was perceived in the natural world
and in the particular features which became privileged objects of
aesthetic gratification. This study explores the shift in aesthetic
attitude towards the mountain that took place between 1450 and
1750. Over the course of these 300 years the mountain transformed
from a fearful and ugly place to one of beauty and splendor.
Accepted scholarly opinion claims that this change took place in
the vernacular literature of the early and mid-18th century. Based
on previously unknown and unstudied material, this volume now
contends that it took place earlier in the Latin literature of the
late Renaissance and Early Modern period. The aesthetic attitude
shift towards the mountain had its catalysts in two broad spheres:
the development of an idea of 'landscape' in the geographical and
artistic traditions of the 16th century on the one hand, and the
increasing amount of scientific and theological investigation
dedicated to the mountain on the other, reaching a pinnacle in the
late 17th and early 18th centuries. The new Latin evidence for the
change in aesthetic attitude towards the mountain unearthed in the
course of this study brings material to light which is relevant for
the current philosophical debate in environmental aesthetics. The
book's concluding chapter shows how understanding the processes
that produced the late Renaissance and Early Modern shift in
aesthetic attitude towards the mountain can reveal important
information about the modern aesthetic appreciation of nature.
Alongside a standard bibliography of primary literature, this
volume also offers an extended annotated bibliography of further
Latin texts on the mountains from the Renaissance and Early Modern
period. This critical bibliography is the first of its kind and
constitutes an essential tool for further study in the field.
This open access book describes the Reading Success project, in
which a 5-step, assessment-to- intervention process, based on the
Simple View of Reading, was used within a primary school setting in
Australia to better support those students who struggle with
reading. It provides an easily accessible overview of each step of
the process involved in implementing this approach and highlights
the crucial importance of collaboration between professionals
involved in the teaching of reading within a school setting. It
focuses on the decision-making processes used, such as rich
dialogue with the leadership team and teachers, and shares
participants' perspectives gathered throughout the project. Using
case studies, the book describes how the 5-step approach assists in
creating detailed profiles of students' strengths and weaknesses in
spoken and written language skills that can be used to guide
targeted intervention This book offers valuable insights for
educators, speech pathologists, researchers, and pre-service
teacher education students interested in the teaching of reading
In one of his most popular lecture courses - formerly published as
Man as Symphony of the Creative Word - Rudolf Steiner presents an
extraordinary panorama of spiritual knowledge centring on the human
being. We are the harmony of creation - a microcosm - containing
within us 'all the laws and secrets of the world'. Steiner begins
by speaking about our inner relationship to three ancient and
sacred representatives of the animal kingdom - eagle, lion and bul
- and to the forces of the cosmos that form them. He goes on to
deepen these themes by approaching the plant and animal worlds in
the context of planetary and cosmic evolution. A new category is
then introduced: the elemental nature spirits - the metaphysical
beings who work with plants and animals. Steiner gives a unique and
intimate description of them and describes the cooperation they
offer to mankind. Finally, the human being - the 'harmony of the
Creative Word' - is placed at the heart of this spiritual
celebration of life.
Originally published in 1986, this volume presents the clinical and
administrative aspects of emergency psychiatry from the point of
view of the clinician administrator involved in organizing and
running an emergency service. Part 1 provides an administrative
overview of psychiatric emergency care - the development of the
field, the concepts, the patient profile, the team, the
architecture, fiscal planning, legal constraints as well as
training and research issues. Part 2 describes psychiatric
emergency care delivery systems in the emergency department, the
average hospital wards, the community mental health centers and
health maintenance organizations. Part 3 gives examples of the
process of administration - in one instance how a psychiatric
emergency service developed, in the other how one functions day to
day and what themes recur administratively. Part 4 focuses on
protocols and models useful to the emergency service administrator:
protocols, records, standards of care, politics, liaison with the
court, mobile response, collaborative arrangements and disaster
preparedness. Part 5 provides an annotated bibliography which
reviews and draws attention to the relevant literature for the
clinicians and administrators to use in practicing emergency
psychiatry.
In response to recognition in the late 1960s and early 1970s that
traditional incarceration was not working, alternatives to standard
prison settings were sought and developed. One of those
alternatives-community-based corrections-had been conceived in the
1950s as a system that might prove more progressive, humane, and
effective, particularly with people who had committed less serious
criminal offenses and for whom incarceration, with constant
exposure to serious offenders and career criminals, might prove
more damaging than rehabilitative. The alternative of community
corrections has evolved to become a substantial part of the
criminal justice and correctional system, spurred in recent years
not so much by a progressive, humane philosophy as by dramatically
increasing prison populations, court orders to "fix" overextended
prison settings, and an economic search for cost savings. Although
community correction programs have been in place for some 40 years
now, to date no comprehensive reference resource has tackled this
topic. Accessible and jargon-free and available in both print and
electronic formats, the one-volume Encyclopedia of Community
Corrections will explore all aspects of community corrections, from
its philosophical foundation to its current inception. Features
& Benefits: 150 signed entries (each with Cross References and
Further Readings) are organized in A-to-Z fashion to give students
easy access to the full range of topics in community corrections. A
thematic Reader's Guide in the front matter groups entries by broad
topical or thematic areas to make it easy for users to find related
entries at a glance. In the electronic version, the Reader's Guide
combines with a detailed Index and the Cross References to provide
users with convenient search-and-browse capacities. A Chronology in
the back matter helps students put individual events into broader
historical context. A Glossary provides students with concise
definitions to key terms in the field. A Resource Guide to classic
books, journals, and web sites (along with the Further Readings
accompanying each entry) guides students to further resources in
their research journeys. An Appendix offers statistics from the
Bureau of Justice.
Originally published in 1986, this volume presents the clinical and
administrative aspects of emergency psychiatry from the point of
view of the clinician administrator involved in organizing and
running an emergency service. Part 1 provides an administrative
overview of psychiatric emergency care - the development of the
field, the concepts, the patient profile, the team, the
architecture, fiscal planning, legal constraints as well as
training and research issues. Part 2 describes psychiatric
emergency care delivery systems in the emergency department, the
average hospital wards, the community mental health centers and
health maintenance organizations. Part 3 gives examples of the
process of administration - in one instance how a psychiatric
emergency service developed, in the other how one functions day to
day and what themes recur administratively. Part 4 focuses on
protocols and models useful to the emergency service administrator:
protocols, records, standards of care, politics, liaison with the
court, mobile response, collaborative arrangements and disaster
preparedness. Part 5 provides an annotated bibliography which
reviews and draws attention to the relevant literature for the
clinicians and administrators to use in practicing emergency
psychiatry.
One of the most critically-acclaimed television series of all time,
Arrested Development is widely hailed as a cutting-edge comedy that
broke the traditional sitcom mold. The winner of six Emmys, the
series was cancelled by Fox in 2006, only to be revived in 2013 via
Netflix's streaming service. Beyond its innovative approach to
storytelling, the series lampooned contemporary American culture,
holding up an unflattering mirror to modern society. This
collection of new essays explores how the show addressed issues
like wealth and poverty, race, environmentalism and family
relationships. Focusing on the show's iconic characters, the essays
also consider Arrested Development as it stands next such works of
fiction as Hamlet, The Godfather and the writings of Kafka. Also
covered is the show's reinvention the sitcom genre, and what its
revival on Netflix means for the future of television.
In the late Renaissance and Early Modern period, man's relationship
to nature changed dramatically. An important part of this change
occurred in the way that beauty was perceived in the natural world
and in the particular features which became privileged objects of
aesthetic gratification. This study explores the shift in aesthetic
attitude towards the mountain that took place between 1450 and
1750. Over the course of these 300 years the mountain transformed
from a fearful and ugly place to one of beauty and splendor.
Accepted scholarly opinion claims that this change took place in
the vernacular literature of the early and mid-18th century. Based
on previously unknown and unstudied material, this volume now
contends that it took place earlier in the Latin literature of the
late Renaissance and Early Modern period. The aesthetic attitude
shift towards the mountain had its catalysts in two broad spheres:
the development of an idea of 'landscape' in the geographical and
artistic traditions of the 16th century on the one hand, and the
increasing amount of scientific and theological investigation
dedicated to the mountain on the other, reaching a pinnacle in the
late 17th and early 18th centuries. The new Latin evidence for the
change in aesthetic attitude towards the mountain unearthed in the
course of this study brings material to light which is relevant for
the current philosophical debate in environmental aesthetics. The
book's concluding chapter shows how understanding the processes
that produced the late Renaissance and Early Modern shift in
aesthetic attitude towards the mountain can reveal important
information about the modern aesthetic appreciation of nature.
Alongside a standard bibliography of primary literature, this
volume also offers an extended annotated bibliography of further
Latin texts on the mountains from the Renaissance and Early Modern
period. This critical bibliography is the first of its kind and
constitutes an essential tool for further study in the field.
'The present age needs to understand that human beings must hold
the balance between the two extremes, between the ahrimanic and the
luciferic poles. People always tend to go in one direction... The
Christ stands in the middle, holding the balance.' - Rudolf Steiner
These eleven lectures were given in post-war Stuttgart against a
backdrop of struggle and uncertainty - not only within society at
large but also within the anthroposophical movement. Rudolf Steiner
and his supporters were working to introduce 'threefold' social
ideas and - given Steiner's public profile - were coming under
increasing personal and sometimes physical attack. Steiner responds
to this turbulent situation by revealing the spiritual background
to the forces of decline working in contemporary civilization. He
speaks of retrogressive powers - spiritual beings referred to as
luciferic or ahrimanic - that work directly into human culture,
manifesting, for example, in what he refers to as the 'initiation
streams' of Western secret societies, the Church-allied impulse of
Jesuitism and the Bolshevik force of Leninism. The spiritual agents
of adversity also encourage polarised thinking and false opposites
such as East verses West, materialism and mysticism, or knowledge
and belief. Only the threefold principle - represented by Christ -
allows us to create a balance in the midst of these existential
conflicts. This freshly-reworked translation is complemented with
notes, an index and an introduction by Matthew Barton.
This study provides a critical edition of the Pervigilium Veneris
with a Latin text, translation and commentary. This late-antique
poem, the 'Vigil of Venus', is of unknown date and authorship. It
exists in four heavily corrupted manuscripts, including the Codex
Salmasianus, as part of a collection of later Latin poetry compiled
around the 6th Century AD. Considerable attention has been paid to
the piece since its first edition in the 16th century, largely on
account of its singularity, mysterious origins and enigmatic final
stanza, in which the poet suddenly bursts into the piece lamenting
his 'lost muse'. Despite this scholarly interest, much work
remained to be done in order to arrive at a more solid text of the
poem and a more complete understanding of its meaning. This new
edition, with detailed commentary notes and a full introduction to
the historical and literary contexts of the poem, furthers our
knowledge by offering new perspectives and analysis, incorporating
existing scholarship and reviving ideas that had previously been
set aside.
While we know of Ahriman from Persian mythology, Rudolf Steiner
spoke of him as an actual, living spiritual entity. This being, he
said, works to embed people firmly into physicality, encouraging
dull, materialistic attitudes and a philistine, dry intellect. In
these extraordinary lectures Steiner, in rare prophetic mode, talks
about an actual incarnation of Ahriman on the earth and the
potential consequences. Just as Christ incarnated in a physical
body, so would Ahriman incarnate in the Western world - before 'a
part' of the third millennium had passed. Steiner places this
incarnation in the context of a 'cosmic triad' - Lucifer, Christ
and Ahriman. Ahriman will incarnate as a counterpoint to the
physical incarnation of Lucifer in the East in the third millennium
BC, with the incarnation of Jesus Christ in Palestine as the
balancing point between the two. Over the period during which
Steiner developed anthroposophy - a speaking career that spanned
two decades and more than six thousand lectures - he referred to
the idea of Ahriman's incarnation only six times. These six
lectures, together with an additional supporting excerpt, are
reproduced in their entirety, and under one cover, for the first
time.
'Once one has passed through powerlessness and refinds oneself, one
also finds Christ. Before we can gain access to the Christ Impulse,
we must plumb the depths of our own feelings of insignificance, and
this can only happen when we view our strengths and capacities
without any pride.' How does one find the Christ today? Rudolf
Steiner emphasizes the importance of striving for self-knowledge,
the significance of experiencing powerlessness, and the eventual
resurrection from powerlessness. In this important lecture, he also
speaks about the ancient Academy of Gondishapur, the significance
of the year 666, the mission of Islam, as well as the crucial
consequences of the Ecumenical Council of 869.
Fan CULTure explores how present-day fans interact with the films,
television shows, books, and pop culture artifacts they love. From
creating original works of fanfiction to influencing the content of
major primetime series through social media, fans are no longer
passive consumers. They have evolved into active participants in
creating and shaping these works. The all-new essays in this
collection provide in-depth analyses of how fans interact with such
popular franchises as Harry Potter, Supernatural, Lost, Lord of the
Rings, Joss Whedon's Serenity, and examines as well non-media based
topics like fans of the LEGO building blocks, Disneyland, and NFL
quarterback Tim Tebow.
'Our contemporaries - who wish to keep to a narrow-minded and
superficial outlook, are annoyed to find that spiritual science
continually seeks the whole picture - that it has to create a
bridge between the body and the soul, and truly explores how the
psyche becomes corporeal and the body becomes psychological.' How
do the soul and the spirit live in human physical bodies? In our
materialistic age, in which the very existence of the metaphysical
is widely rejected, such questions are rarely posed let alone
addressed. In this exceptional series of lectures, Rudolf Steiner
speaks in scientific detail about the connection of the subtle
aspects of human nature - our soul and spirit - to our physical
constitution. At the heart of this course are the well-loved
'Bridge' lectures, which appear in English for the first time in
their wider context. Steiner discusses the solid, fluid, air and
warmth bodies, and how these are connected with the various ethers,
the 'I' and human blood. He goes on to describe how ideals and
ideas impact the various aspects of the human constitution - how
morality is a source of 'world creativity' - with moral thinking
imbuing life into substance and will. Moral ideas have a positive
effect, he says, whereas theoretical ones have a negative impact.
In the realm of the moral, a new natural world comes into being,
and thus the moral order and the natural order are intertwined.
This volume also features Steiner's classic lecture on the Isis
legend and its renewal today as divine wisdom - Sophia. Other
themes include the mystery of Christ as the connection between the
spiritual and physical sun; the permeation of the life of thought
with will (love) and permeation of the life of will with thoughts
(wisdom); the path to freedom and love and their importance in the
universe; the metamorphosis of head and limbs through successive
lives on earth; the threefold nature of the human form (head,
thorax, limbs), the threefold nature of the soul (thinking,
feeling, will) and the threefold nature of the spirit (waking,
dreaming, sleeping).
Semiconductor device modelling has developed in recent years from
being solely the domain of device physicists to span broader
technological disciplines involved in device and electronic circuit
design and develop ment. The rapid emergence of very high speed,
high density integrated circuit technology and the drive towards
high speed communications has meant that extremely small-scale
device structures are used in contempor ary designs. The
characterisation and analysis of these devices can no longer be
satisfied by electrical measurements alone. Traditional equivalent
circuit models and closed-form analytical models cannot always
provide consis tently accurate results for all modes of operation
of these very small devices. Furthermore, the highly competitive
nature of the semiconductor industry has led to the need to
minimise development costs and lead-time associated with
introducing new designs. This has meant that there has been a
greater demand for models capable of increasing our understanding
of how these devices operate and capable of predicting accurate
quantitative results. The desire to move towards computer aided
design and expert systems has reinforced the need for models
capable of representing device operation under DC, small-signal,
large-signal and high frequency operation. It is also desirable to
relate the physical structure of the device to the electrical
performance. This demand for better models has led to the
introduction of improved equivalent circuit models and a upsurge in
interest in using physical models.
18 lectures, Dornach, October 19, 1922 - February 10, 1923 (CW 348)
The remarkable discussions in these two volumes took place between
Rudolf Steiner and workers at the Goetheanum, Switzerland, who
chose the varied subject matter. Steiner took questions and usually
gave immediate answers. The astonishing nature of his responses,
their insight, knowledge and spiritual depth, is testimony to his
outstanding ability as a spiritual initiate and teacher. Accessible
and stimulating, the records of these sessions are both
entertaining and profound. In From Comets to Cocaine, Steiner
discusses, among other things, nicotine and alcohol; the causes and
timing of illness; pregnancy; vegetarian and meat diets; the human
ear, eye and hair color; influenza, hay fever, hemophilia; planets
and metals; mental illness; the ice age; the thyroid gland and
hormones; beavers, wasps and bees; the nose, smell and taste; and
jaundice, smallpox and rabies. This volume is a translation from
German of UEber Gesundheit und Krankheit. Grundlagen einer
geisteswissenschaftlichen Sinneslehre (GA 348). Previous
translation published in two volumes as Health and Illness.
'Our neurosensory system is inwardly configured music, and we
experience music as an artistic quality to the degree that a piece
of music is in tune with the mystery of our own musical structure.'
- Rudolf SteinerWhat is music? Rudolf Steiner regards the essence
of music as something spiritual, inaudible to the senses. The world
of tones, borne on the vibrations of air, is not the essential
element. 'The true nature of music, the spiritual element in
music', he says, 'is found between the tones, lies in the intervals
as an inaudible quality.'Rudolf Steiner spoke repeatedly about
music as something inherent both in the cosmos and the human being.
It played an important role in many forms of ritual and worship,
and people once perceived a link between music and the world of
stars, which was seen as the dwelling place of the gods. Nowadays
our view of music is divorced from such religious outlooks, but
research repeatedly demonstrates the profound effect it continues
to have on us. In this unique anthology of texts, compiled with a
commentary and notes by Michael Kurtz, Steiner describes the realm
of the spiritually-resonating harmonies of the spheres and our
intrinsic connection to this cosmic music. He also explores the
phenomenon of musical listening and experience, as well as Goethe's
approach to music.
Rudolf Steiner, the often undervalued, multifaceted genius of
modern times, contributed much to the regeneration of culture. In
addition to his philosophical teachings, he provided ideas for the
development of many practical activities, including education -
both general and special - agriculture, medicine, economics,
architecture, science, religion and the arts. Steiner's original
contribution to human knowledge was based on his ability to conduct
'spiritual research', the investigation of metaphysical dimensions
of existence. With his scientific and philosophical training, he
brought a new systematic discipline to the field, allowing for
conscious methods and comprehensive results. A natural seer from
childhood, he cultivated his spiritual vision to a high degree,
enabling him to speak with authority on previously veiled mysteries
of life.Samples of Steiner's work are to be found in this
introductory reader in which Matthew Barton brings together
excerpts from Steiner's many talks and writings on Christmas. The
volume also features an editorial introduction, afterword,
commentary and notes.
Rudolf Steiner, the often undervalued, multifaceted genius of
modern times, contributed much to the regeneration of culture. In
addition to his philosophical teachings, he provided ideas for the
development of many practical activities including education--both
general and special--agriculture, medicine, economics,
architecture, science, religion, and the arts. Today there are
thousands of schools, clinics, farms, and many other organizations
based on his ideas. Steiner's original contribution to human
knowledge was based on his ability to conduct spiritual research,
the investigation of metaphysical dimensions of existence. With his
scientific and philosophical training, he brought a new systematic
discipline to the field, allowing for conscious methods and
comprehensive results. A natural seer from childhood, he cultivated
his spiritual vision to a high degree, enabling him to speak with
authority on previously veiled mysteries of life. Topics include:
the origins and nature of architecture the formative influence of
architectural forms the history of architecture in the light of
human spiritual evolution new architecture as a means of uniting
with spiritual forces art and architecture as manifestations of
spiritual realities metamorphosis in architecture aspects of a new
form of architecture the first and second Goetheanum buildings the
architecture of a community in Dornach the temple is the human
being the restoration of the lost temple
In addition to the outer manifestation of Christianity as we know
it from history, there exists a second, hidden stream of Christian
thought and development, sometimes referred to as Esoteric
Christianity or Rosicrucian Christianity. Displaying an intimate
knowledge of his subject, Rudolf Steiner throws light on this once
secret spiritual movement. But rather than relying on historical
tradition or teaching, he presents wisdom and insight directly from
the original metaphysical sources of esoteric Christian
inspiration.
In these dynamic lectures, Steiner describes the influence of
Christ's power throughout history, the workings of karma, the role
of the Buddha and the Bodhisattvas, as well as the vital work of
Christian Rosenkreutz and other historical figures such as Jeshu
ben Pandira. This new edition -- indispensable for serious students
of esotericism -- contains for the first time all 23 lectures and
addresses of the original German collection. It features previously
scattered, classic lectures such as "The Etherisation of the
Blood", "Faith, Love, Hope" and "Cosmic Ego and Human Ego".
'Let us be courageous and not draw back in fear when realities of
the world of spirit that play into human life are unveiled. You
see, the future of humanity depends on us learning to live with the
world of spirit in the same way that we live with the physical
world here on earth.' - Rudolf Steiner In a wide-ranging series of
lectures, Rudolf Steiner demonstrates the integral nature of spirit
and matter and their manifold connections. Speaking to audiences in
London, Holland, Germany and Switzerland, Steiner explains how,
through a process of evolving consciousness, humanity lost its
knowledge and direct experience of the spiritual sources of
existence, but now needs to reconnect with them. Spirit is the
essence and power of life which, in Steiner's vivid image, 'strikes
a match in our whole being' when we allow it to inform us fully.
Our world cannot be understood only in physical terms but is
inseparable from the divine realities continually creating and
sustaining it. Reconnecting with the spirit calls upon us to heal
the fractures between everyday consciousness and the metaphysical
realms in which we are already embedded. In Steiner's descriptions,
there is no end to the numerous reconnections possible: between our
past, present and future; between the active, individualizing
principle of the 'I' and the physical human body it works upon and
shapes; between our physical actions and limb movements in one life
and the forming or sculpting of our head in a future one; and above
all, between the moral actions and insights we develop whilst alive
on earth and our developing 'eye' for spiritual reality in the life
after death, with all that this can mean for the future of human
evolution. Taking a truly holistic approach, Rudolf Steiner tackles
an eclectic series of subjects throughout these sixteen lectures -
all united by the common theme of rediscovering how spirit pervades
life. Apart from a focus on education in several lectures, he
discusses: experiences during sleep; the human spirit and soul
between death and a new birth; how spirit 'sculpts' the human
organism; Christ from the perspective of anthroposophy; the battle
for human nature between luciferic and ahrimanic beings; karma and
the creation of conditions for our return to a new life on earth;
human experience of the etheric cosmos; and the human being's
faculties of hearing, speaking, singing, walking, and thinking.
Together, these lectures offer a cornucopia of spiritual insights
and wisdom for the present day. 16 lectures, various cities, 1922,
CW 218
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