We were discussing the spiritual value of body parts. Mr Dog jumped in to explain canineosophical viewpoint to the mums. The thread has been deleted from mumsnet, but at the time it was active, somebody quoted mr Dog in an email, thus his wisdom hasn't been lost, even though mumsnet clearly can't be trusted to preserve it!
My dog says the nose is the most spiritual body part of all! Steiner was completely wrong! In fact, the nose is the earthly evidence of a Dog in heaven. Obey the Nose! Revere the Nose! The Nose rules!
context: http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/43/467918?pg=22 (now defunct, but I ought to have the whole thread somewhere, it ought to be made available because it was really very funny.)
--- On Fri, 18/12/09, WeStrive eNews <info@westrive.org> wrote:
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Here's a lovely book published by Floris Books (an anthroposophical publisher affiliated with Steiner Books):
David Lorimer: Radical Prince.The Practical Vision of the Prince of Wales
Some voices about the book:
The Prince of Wales is a thinker with a holistic approach.
The major challenge confronting all of humankind is how to live in harmony with the world that sustains us. Every dimension of our lives—our health, economy, education, and more—depends crucially on the response we give to this challenge. David Lorimer shows how the Prince of Wales has approached these considerations with a clear vision and admirable courage. In an age when leaders have forgotten how to lead, his example is an inspiration to the entire world.
Wow, just wow.
[the book] is a testament to the wisdom and insights of a contemporary visionary who also happens to be the Prince of Wales.
The Heir to the Gnome (thanks @thetismercurio) is a truly remarkable man, they say:
To have been successful in so many varied and crucially important fields speaks to the Prince’s breadth of vision, intellectual integrity, and wisdom. ... The country is fortunate to have an heir to the throne who understands the core values of human nature, and who has the courage and conviction to explore and develop these in practical ways even when they are against the populist tide of shallow commercialism and the limited vision of scientific materialism.
The author, Larimer, is vice-president of
the Horizon Foundation (The International Association for Near-Death Studies in the U.K.), and chair of the University for Spirit Forum.
It is not his only book, he also wrote Whole in One: The Near-Death Experience and the Ethic of Interconnectedness and Survival: Body, Mind, and Death in the Light of Psychic Experience.

In some instances, large-scale actions were carried out, in particular in the canton of Vaud. Following the notification of a case at the beginning of February 2009, an investigation of the contacts showed that there were already about ten non-notified cases in an anthroposophic school near Lausanne.
This unsatisfactory situation can be explained by the deliberate choice not to vaccinate, made by certain parents, rather than by limited access to vaccination. Indeed, vaccination is widely available through paediatricians and family doctors. Up to 90% of the cost is covered by the compulsory health insurance scheme and several cantons offer free catch-up MMR vaccination in schools. The low amount payable by parents is probably just a minor barrier to access to vaccination. ... As a result, vaccination coverage for measles is most probably higher in families with a lower income than in affluent families.
Children of families using alternative medicine are in particular less often vaccinated than others. The canton of Lucerne where there are relatively high numbers of homoeopathic medical practitioners, has recorded about a quarter of all cases, often notified by such physicians.
Some of these families who chose not to vaccinate their children also favour alternative education, in particular in private anthroposophic schools, which are often major foci as soon as measles are introduced. This was recently observed in Switzerland in the area of Basel, in Lausanne and in Berne, and elsewhere in Europe [25,26,37,38]. In addition to reluctance to vaccinate, missed opportunities certainly contribute to the accumulation of non-immune people. However, they seem to relate in particular to the second dose in children and catch-up vaccination for adults born after 1963.

Rudolf Steiner's deathmask. (All versions I've seen online are so
greyish. I blackened it. No, that wouldn't have been allowed in
waldorf.)
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