Asia and The West at the End of the 20th Century

Posted by on Jul 1, 2012 in east west issues | 0 comments by Terry Boardman The  Crusade of the 13th Century Rudolf Steiner pointed out the great debt owed by western natural science to the spiritual stream of what he called ‘Arabism’, and which in fact is far broader than that of just the 7th century Arab conquerors  of the Middle East; it includes the fruits of the much more sophisticated and long-developed cultures of the region – Syria,...
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Ideas of Freedom – Britain and Japan

Posted by on Jul 1, 2012 in east west issues | 0 comments  a lecture given at the Asia-Pacific Conference of the Anthroposophical Society, Fujisanroku Yamanomura Conference Centre, Mt Fuji, Japan, November 2000                                                            by Terry Boardman Structure Freedom and the English-speaking Individual: 1. The concept of freedom or liberty in the...
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Britain and Japan: Between Two Islands

Posted by on Jul 1, 2012 in east west issues | 0 comments ©Terry Boardman   May 1996 It is largely through their devotion to industrialism and competition that Britain and Japan have risen to world prominence. Japan’s rise began in the 1890s, just as England’s imperial sun started to set. Here we see evidence of a remarkable parallelism in the histories of these two countries. Until the year 1600, they had both been developing for a...
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Tanabata – Conscience-weaving under Summer Stars

Posted by on Jul 1, 2012 in east west issues | 0 comments     by  Terry Boardman  May 1998 The Tanabata (or “Loom”) Festival has grown greatly in popularity since the end of World War  II.  In 1996 the first All Japan Tanabata Summit was held in Sendai when  representatives from 25 municipalities which hold Tanabata festivals got together to discuss the significance of the festival in Japanese history and its future...
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