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This engaging introduction to Anthroposophy is written from the unique point of view of the English-speaking outside world. Employing Anthroposophical and external sources alike, Ahern offers an unbiased look into one of the world's most interesting mystical societies. Sun at Midnight guides the reader through Anthroposophy's beginnings as an offshoot of Theosophy, the life of its founder, Rudolph Steiner, and the movement's place in Western esoteric history while offering an accessible and incisive look into its deeper esoteric beliefs. Waldorf schools and bio-dynamics are woven together with the hardening of spirit into matter to create a fascinating image of Anthroposophy in all its facets.

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Ahern's book is a general overview of the Steiner movement... He examines Steiner's life, his cosmology and the influences that led to his supposedly Christian version of Gnosticism. Ahern also looks at Steiner spin-offs such as Biodynamic agriculture, Waldorf (Steiner) education, Camphill Homes and Christian Community churches, showing how they are all based on Steiner's beliefs. Creation Research Society Quarterly, Winter 2011

Ahern's book is a general overview of the Steiner movement... He examines Steiner's life, his cosmology and the influences that led to his supposedly Christian version of Gnosticism. Ahern also looks at Steiner spin-offs such as Biodynamic agriculture, Waldorf (Steiner) education, Camphill Homes and Christian Community churches, showing how they are all based on Steiner's beliefs. Creation Research Society Quarterly, Winter 2011 Geoffrey Ahern's 'Sun at Midnight' is a balanced and professional look at Rudolf Steiner and his cult 'Anthroposophy.' Among the thousands of books about Waldorf education and Anthroposophy, this is one of a very few written with an objective viewpoint from outside of the cult...Laced within Ahern's comprehensive approach to this difficult subject are astute observations and wry comments such as 'Anthroposophical science is not about applying Occam's razor ' in reference to Steiner's elaborate pseudoscience...Anyone considering enrolling their child ina Waldorf School would do well to read Ahern's book first, especially given the well-known lack of transparency of the Waldorf schools. Dan Dugan, Secretary of PLANS, Inc., September 2011

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Geoffrey Ahern is Fellow of the Centre for Leadership Studies of the University of Exeter. His areas of research involve the functioning of organisations, communities and the inner city. He studied law at Oxford University and gained a PhD in sociology of religion at London School of Economics. The author���s publications include the previous edition of Sun at Midnight and Inner City God, co-authored with Grace Davie.

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