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Elsewhere the spiritual consequences of the physical pump theory are discussed in detail. Rudolf Steiner also referred to Dr. K. Schmidt and to Moritz Benedikt’s mention of Schmidt’s work when speaking to the teachers, though no direct mention is made of the apparatus: “... But none of this goes far enough; it is quite elementary. Only a few people have noticed that the movements of the heart result from the movement of the blood, and that it is the movement of the blood which is the elemental living principle... the movement of the heart, the whole activity of this organ, is really merely the consequence of the blood circulation; the heart merely positions itself in the living blood circulation...” (See Note 17, below; lecture given in Basel on 22 April 1920). In the last of the above sentences, the hydraulic ram is clearly there in the background to the phrase: “merely positions itself.” (See also ibid., lecture given in Basel on 23 April 1920). As the lecture proceeds, a description is given of the functions of the heart in the life of the psyche and what it means when teachers are able to gain a spiritual view of the heart: “The way of thinking we are concerned with here is intended to enable teachers to manage even very large classes, where social conditions make this necessary. Understanding the human being in living motion leads to the realization “that the heart is not a pump to move the blood around the body. Human beings are inwardly alive in such a way that the movements of the body fluids and of the heart are the outcome of being thus alive. If a configuration of mind and spirit is created that enables a teacher to think like this, certain powers in the teacher become visionary with regard to the child’s development. With our eyes thus opened, significant insights may be gained with regard to one particular child in a large class which one has only known for a few months. Training mind and spirit in this way, which makes contact powerful, it is possible to have an almost clairvoyant view of the child’s individual nature.” This is the crucial element. It is not so much a matter of knowing that the heart is not the cause of the blood circulation but its result. The point is that those who develop the ability to visualize this, in contrast to today’s materialistic way of looking at things, those who learn to train mind and spirit out of a heart with living inner vision, “will come alive in a new way to the development of one child or even a whole group of children. This will also enable us to evolve the curriculum out of the very nature of the developing child.” (See Note 18, below). All this goes to show that our civilization, especially as regards education, is a civilization of the heavy heart. A pumping heart has taken the place of a living, spiritual center of life. This is yet another tangible consequence of the Council of 869. Heart research must thus be taken up equally by the 24
medical and the teaching professions. Twelve Model III apparatuses have been offered and bought for use in Waldorf schools (biology and physics teachers). The hydraulic ram has become the object of scientific research in both medicine and education. Gisbert Husemann, MD Friedrich-List-Str. 27 D-W-7302 Ostfildern-Nellingen Germany BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTES GA = Collected works of Rudolf Steiner, German edition, Dornach. To the best of our knowledge, titles given in German are not available in English. 1. Steiner R. Conferences with Waldorf Teachers Part 1 (GA 300a). Tr. P. Wehrle. Michael Hall, Forest Row 1986. 2. Developing the collaboration between the medical and teaching professions so that it will be a source of educational impulses is one of the central functions of the teachers’ colleges at Waldorf schools. 3. Steiner R. Rudolf Steiner in der Waldorfschule (GA 298). Kolisko E. Auf der Suche nach neuen Wahrheiten. Dornach 1989. 4. Kolisko E. Auf der Suche nach neuen Wahrheiten. Dornach 1989. 5. Lauboeck K.H. Beziehungen zwischen Blutkreislauf und Herzbewegung. Merkurstab Nr. 3, 1989. 6. Mendelsohn M. Das Herz-ein sekundaeres Organ. Zschr Kreislauf 1928; 20: 19. The author does not refer to the hydraulic ram as such, but what matters is the idea of ‘insertion.’ The vital fluids have inherent mobility. I assume Mendelsohn was thinking of the ram but did not explicitly refer to it. It is evident from his discussion of the subject that the pump concept had become suspect in his eyes. 7. Steiner R. The Spiritual-Scientific Aspect of Therapy (GA 313). Lecture on 16 April 1921. Tr. Rick Mansell. Long Beach, California: Rudolf Steiner Research Foundation 1990. 8. See Note 5. 9. Goethe J.W. Naturwissenschaftliche Schriften, with introduction, footnotes and commentary by Rudolf Steiner (GA 1e). p.363. 10. Mueller O. Die feinsten Blutgefaesse des Menschen. Band 1. Enke 1937. 11. In Figure 1, 7 indicates the macula densa, an organ with closely packed epithelial cells. This is a chemical sense organ located in the angle between the two vessels with their different lumina. It has developed from the median layer in the wall of the afferent vessel. Every kidney contains 1 to 1.6 million of these sense organs. Depending on the sodium chloride concentration of the urine, they control blood pressure and blood volume in a process which 25
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