The
true aim of education
is to awaken real
powers
of perception and judgment
in relation to life and living,
for only such awakening
can lead to true freedom.
- Rudolf Steiner
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Philomelus is a brand new initiative
serving Waldorf homeschooling families. Drawing upon the insights of Rudolf Steiner, founder
of Waldorf education, our mission is to offer programs and services using a primarily grassroots approach.
We work primarily out of a donation-based business model, relying heavily on
the generosity of those in our community in order to continue fulfilling our task.
Most of our programs
take place at Michaelmas Farm, a center for social and cultural renewal integrating agriculture, education, the arts, and community life
in north central Massachusetts. Select programs may be offered off-site on occasion.
Why
"Philomelus"? The impulse for our initiative comes to us from the story of the Greek demi-god, Philomelus,
son of Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, and his brother, Plutus. Plutus was very wealthy, though would not share any
of his riches with his brother. Out of necessity, Philomelus bought two oxen on his own, and then went on to invent the wagon,
or plough. He supported himself by cultivating his own fields, and growing his own crops. His mother so admired Philomelus
for his initiative, that she placed him in the heavens as the constellation Bootes, his wagon, or plough, being the constellation
Ursa Major.
Like Philomelus, we must be people of initiative! Left to only our own talents, we must
come to discover what we must do in this life, as individuals, and how we are to do it. As Waldorf homeschooling parents,
we bring this approach to nurturing ourselves through inner/adult development, and also in working with the Waldorf curriculum
with our children.
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