Phenomenology Course (Goethe, Nature and Phenomenology)
Phenomenology is the exploration and description of phenomena, where phenomena are the things or experiences as human beings experience them. Phenomenology is a science of beginnings that demands a thorough, in-depth study of the phenomenon, which must be seen and described as clearly as possible. Accurate description is not a phenomenological end, however, but a means by which the phenomenologist locates the phenomenon’s deeper, more generalizable patterns, structures, and meanings. Rephrased in phenomenological language, Goethe’s way of science is one early example of a phenomenology of the natural world. He sought a way to open himself to the things of nature, to listen to what they said, and to identify their core aspects and qualities. Phenomenology is an approach to science that studies the world through what we as humans can directly observe and experience using multiple tools that use a whole brain approach. In these studies of nature, we will see the plant as a whole, and in the parts, we can see with our naked eyes. In so doing, we learn the true essence of nature. In this phenomenology study of nature, we need to cultivate the ability to let thoughts dissolve and experience, for instance, the plant kingdom as just the thing-in-itself. We need to be active in not doing, and allow the plant, tree, bee or soil to speak. It will tell us all the mysteries of its life, and ultimately, the truths of existence. It is an elegant and beautiful view of the study of nature.
These classes are in partnership between the New Waldorf early childhood school opening in Bozeman Montana https://www.worldfamilyschool.org/ in September 2017 and Bridgette Lyn Dolgoff and her Urban Farm Project who will be in Bozeman from mid-July to mid-September 2017.
Location is 1439 W. Babckok St, Bozeman, Montana 59715
1) Phenomenology of Plants Saturday, August 12, 2017. The class will be from 10 am to 12 pm, note pad, art paper, pencils, crayons to draw with and take notes. $15 per person and $20 per family.
2) Phenomenology of Trees Saturday, August 19, 2017.The class will be from 10 am to 12 pm, note pad, art paper, pencils, crayons to draw with and take notes. $15 per person and $20 per family.
3) Phenomenology of Leaves Saturday, August 26, 2017. The class will be from 10 am to 12 pm, note pad, art paper, pencils, crayons to draw with and take notes. $15 per person and $20 per family.
Bridgette Lyn Dolgoff has been a life time student & practitioner of Shamanism. She is a Sustainable, Biodynamic farmer over the last 7 years has built individual family back yard food productions. She attended Steiner College. The Urban Farm Project was founded by Bridgette in 2009. UFP’s focus is consulting, building, education, in the community on our return back to our Earth Mother and All Our Relations.
Contact Bridgette at consciousnessofeconomics.com or 775.624.7862