The Story of Emerson College

its Founding Impulse, Work and Form

Michael Spence (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2013
Temple Lodge Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-906999-44-5 (ISBN)

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'Emerson was really a working together - a sum total of all the life's paths, the working of karma and the fulfilling of pre-birth impulses and intentions of so many people, both staff and students. Every person who came to Emerson in some way touched it and changed it. Each year had its own biography. It was never an institution to which people came and passed through without leaving any mark on it.' - Michael Spence What was it about Emerson College that played such an important part in the lives of so many young people? Having joined the college early in its genesis, Michael Spence served as a key decision maker, administrator and teacher for more than a quarter of a century. In this first biography of Emerson, he gives a vivid picture of how the college came to be such a special place. But this is not a dry history of an organisation: it is brought to life with vibrant descriptions of many people, including the college's founders Francis and Elizabeth Edmunds and John Davy, but also students, teachers, cooks, gardeners, accountants, administrators, and many others. Michael Spence studies the anthroposophical spiritual basis that formed the bedrock of the college.
As he states: 'It was the recognition of the reality of the spirit, which informed all aspects of the college life and organisation, that made it such a unique place to which so many people came. Did they find at Emerson an expression of something which, in their descent from spiritual worlds into this life between birth and death they had already sensed, of the social and spiritual life of humanity that was striving to come into being?'

MICHAEL SPENCE was born in 1931 in Kenya. When he was 15, his family returned to England where he attended Michael Hall School. After graduation and national service in the army, he worked variously in a London shipping office, for the Kenya Police and in a finance company. At the age of 36 he was invited by Francis Edmunds to join a group of people developing Emerson College. Michael was closely involved in its evolution, carrying responsibilities for finances, administration and the campus. He also ran study groups and lectured on the threefold nature of social life at Emerson College, North America and elsewhere, and is the author of Freeing the Human Spirit (1999) and After Capitalism (2012).

Introduction The Need for Emerson College The Founding of Emerson College The First Five Years Joining the College Pixton - Finding and Preparing the New Campus The First Two Years in Pixton Leadership of the College and its Meetings The Foundation Year The Training Courses The Arts and Crafts The Non-Teaching Activities Life at the College Life at the College - II Former Students Write Staff Arrangements and Salaries Board, Lodging and Tuition Fees Developments and New Buildings Tablehurst Farm Summer Work, Workshops and Short Courses John Davy Francis Edmunds - His Task Completed Final Thoughts

Verlagsort	East Sussex
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Anthroposophie
ISBN-10	1-906999-44-9 / 1906999449
ISBN-13	978-1-906999-44-5 / 9781906999445
Zustand	Neuware