Women’s Health
Winter 2019, Issue #94
Cinderella-Aschenputtel Viewed Through Anthroposophy
by Cathy Marconi
Fairy tales transcend time. Their origins go back to the distant past and are found in oral traditions around the world. Fairy tales take us on a journey that joins body with soul and spirit. They are often inspired, and are thought to bring us closer to the angelic realm through their picture-language. According to artist and writer Monica Gold (p. 36), angel beings are invited to enter our world through the stories and in this way help to maintain the well-being of children and those around them.
It is thought that the great teachers of the mystery streams of wisdom created fairy tales to reach and communicate with people. Mysteries of the human being and the cosmos were put forth in an imaginative way. They contain varied archetypes that reveal the secrets of planets and metals. Thus, one might live into the stories with one’s entire being, rather than merely conceptually or abstractly. Such imaginative pictures live in the soul. “The tales first had to live as pictures in the soul, where they could become the germ of a future capacity to understand the spiritual relationships described imaginatively in them.”
Forming a Grass-Roots Organization – Healing as a Social Task: Physicians’ Association for Anthroposophical Medicine (PAAM) Introduces the New Patient and Friends Organization
by Stephen Johnson, DO
A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.
---Mahatma Ghandi
Although being president of the Physicians’ Association for Anthroposophical Medicine (PAAM) can be a challenging task at times (especially saying the name), I appreciate the opportunity it affords me to meet so many good people from around the world. Recently, I have been touched and inspired by a shift I am sensing in the healthcare field. I observe these movements evolving within both the global academic and anthroposophic healthcare communities. I believe these shifts have the potential to transform the concept of healthcare worldwide and bring our anthroposophic medical community, the public, and other health collaborators into a closer partnership. Perhaps it is the coming together of a larger stream of social impulses.
Winter 2019, Issue #94: Editor's Note
Hello readers and welcome to the Winter 2019 issue of LILIPOH,
On the subject of women and women’s health, I would like to offer my gratitude to the team of women who bring this issue to life four times a year.
Each issue we receive letters from authors who are so pleased with the layout and graphic treatment of their article or poem. Hats off to Angelica Hesse, who for many years has brought a high standard of artistic direction and professional design to our pages. If you are in the Portland or Eugene areas, you might just catch her on stage singing in a choral performance or an opera!
At LILIPOH, our advertisers are just as much a part of our community as our authors and readers. Sandra Volgger-Balazinski is the heart and soul of this essential part of the liveliness and economics of LILIPOH. Her new project, Sunflower Service, provides services like yard work, grocery shopping, and volunteering with the help of people with disabilities (Trainees). It’s an amazing concept and you should check it out on Facebook!
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