Nina Fabe
First of all, I am a spiritual being, having a human experience. In terms of my professional background, I finished my BA in translation studies and my MA in English Pedagogy at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. I am currently working as a Waldorf teacher in an elementary school in Slovenia. I am mostly interested in spiritual literature and social sciences.
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William Butler Yeats is a name that is familiar to almost everyone. It infuses something great and splendid immediately after hearing it. Indeed, Yeats was considered one of the most magnificent Irish national poets of all time. He loved his country, and he was not afraid to show it through his poems and his political engagement. Living at a crucial period in Irish history, his poetry is linked to the struggle for national self-definition.
He had a somewhat interesting life, as most poets do, however, what really strikes the most about him is his deep passion for mysticism and occult matters. Many of his poems are interwoven with some kind of mystic touch, no matter what the theme of his writing is. My own passion for astrology and occultism makes me sympathize with Yeats even more than I would, knowing he was a very good poet alone. He was a theosophist, and his belief in reincarnation and spiritual evolution could not be more in line with my own spiritual beliefs. The fact that he lived his life to the full, adorning his poetry with passion and energy, believing in the power of Irish people and Irish legends, and never giving in to the sorrows of his unrequited love for Maude Gonne, infuses a great respect and admiration for the poet on my behalf.
He once wrote the following words: “What can be explained is not poetry”, and I believe it is much more than poetry that is impossible to explain about such an intricate and profound figure as W. B. Yeats.
In spite of my deep interest in occultism, this paper is predominately focused on Yeats’s political and public engagement and how his deep passion for Ireland is reflected in his work. Further, I explain the political background in the world at the time and how it might influence the situation in Ireland, as well as Yeats’s personal attitude towards the events taking place in his country. Finally, I focus on Yeats’s political views as they are presented in his poetical expression and analyze one of his greatest works, Easter 1916.
This essay examines the peculiarity of a language that is quite different from any other language known to this day. There have been few people who explored the language of an indigenous tribe of around 800 individuals called the Pirahã. One of these people is Daniel Everett, an American linguistic anthropologist, who went on a missionary quest to the Amazon rainforest in order to convert the Pirahãs to Christianity. Everett claims that there are some unique characteristics to the Pirahã’s way of living and speaking, which was the precondition for further research into this topic. The aim of this paper is to describe the Pirahã’s culture, explain the main characteristics of their language, and above all, clarify what makes the Pirahã language unquestionably relevant not only for sociolinguistic studies but for numerous other fields dealing with language and cognition.
Present-day institutionalized education is primarily focused on intellectual endeavors and scientific reasoning. There lacks a wholesome philosophy or purpose of education that would enable students to not only develop their mental capacities but also spiritual ones. The present paper explains what spirituality is and provides the underlining reasons for the necessity of infusing education with the spiritual dimension in a non-denominational way. Moreover, the paper addresses the subject of children’s literature and connects it to storytelling, through which some components of spiritual education are fostered. By referring to an ample number of scholars, who dealt with the issues of spirituality and education, it finally concludes on the importance of the reorganization of educational institutions for the progression of humanity.
Keywords: Spirituality, Education, Science, Intellect, Waldorf Schools, Rudolf Steiner, Children’s Literature, Storytelling, Imagination, Intuition, Love
Keywords: Choice overload, capitalism, modern society, indecisiveness, consumerism, decision-making, options.
William Butler Yeats is a name that is familiar to almost everyone. It infuses something great and splendid immediately after hearing it. Indeed, Yeats was considered one of the most magnificent Irish national poets of all time. He loved his country, and he was not afraid to show it through his poems and his political engagement. Living at a crucial period in Irish history, his poetry is linked to the struggle for national self-definition.
He had a somewhat interesting life, as most poets do, however, what really strikes the most about him is his deep passion for mysticism and occult matters. Many of his poems are interwoven with some kind of mystic touch, no matter what the theme of his writing is. My own passion for astrology and occultism makes me sympathize with Yeats even more than I would, knowing he was a very good poet alone. He was a theosophist, and his belief in reincarnation and spiritual evolution could not be more in line with my own spiritual beliefs. The fact that he lived his life to the full, adorning his poetry with passion and energy, believing in the power of Irish people and Irish legends, and never giving in to the sorrows of his unrequited love for Maude Gonne, infuses a great respect and admiration for the poet on my behalf.
He once wrote the following words: “What can be explained is not poetry”, and I believe it is much more than poetry that is impossible to explain about such an intricate and profound figure as W. B. Yeats.
In spite of my deep interest in occultism, this paper is predominately focused on Yeats’s political and public engagement and how his deep passion for Ireland is reflected in his work. Further, I explain the political background in the world at the time and how it might influence the situation in Ireland, as well as Yeats’s personal attitude towards the events taking place in his country. Finally, I focus on Yeats’s political views as they are presented in his poetical expression and analyze one of his greatest works, Easter 1916.
This essay examines the peculiarity of a language that is quite different from any other language known to this day. There have been few people who explored the language of an indigenous tribe of around 800 individuals called the Pirahã. One of these people is Daniel Everett, an American linguistic anthropologist, who went on a missionary quest to the Amazon rainforest in order to convert the Pirahãs to Christianity. Everett claims that there are some unique characteristics to the Pirahã’s way of living and speaking, which was the precondition for further research into this topic. The aim of this paper is to describe the Pirahã’s culture, explain the main characteristics of their language, and above all, clarify what makes the Pirahã language unquestionably relevant not only for sociolinguistic studies but for numerous other fields dealing with language and cognition.
Present-day institutionalized education is primarily focused on intellectual endeavors and scientific reasoning. There lacks a wholesome philosophy or purpose of education that would enable students to not only develop their mental capacities but also spiritual ones. The present paper explains what spirituality is and provides the underlining reasons for the necessity of infusing education with the spiritual dimension in a non-denominational way. Moreover, the paper addresses the subject of children’s literature and connects it to storytelling, through which some components of spiritual education are fostered. By referring to an ample number of scholars, who dealt with the issues of spirituality and education, it finally concludes on the importance of the reorganization of educational institutions for the progression of humanity.
Keywords: Spirituality, Education, Science, Intellect, Waldorf Schools, Rudolf Steiner, Children’s Literature, Storytelling, Imagination, Intuition, Love