The Etheric Body

The Etheric Body

The etheric body is the aspect of our being that brings about growth and development, provides the foundation for mental picturing, and enlivens our thinking activity. Awareness of the etheric can alert a teacher to when the child will be most receptive to learning to read, for example, or to understand the abstractions of arithmetic.

This lecture was given at the Waldorf School Teacher Conference Sacramento, 1986.

About the Author

Dr. Otto Wolff (1921–2003) was a medical doctor with many years of experience. After his medical state examination he specialized in clinical activity and research into biochemistry. Later, he became a medical practitioner and school doctor. In later life, he taught extensively throughout most of Europe, as well as North, Central and South America and Africa. He was coeditor and a contributor to the three-volume Anthroposophical Approach to Medicine.