Review: A very in-depth how-to for the spiritually aware teacher
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 17, 2012
Let me first say I am not a professional educator. That being said, I still found this to be a fascinating and intriguing work. No "idiot's guide to ...", Karl Hollenbach's explanation of metaphysical, spiritual, and psychical concepts require some focus to absorb. The less the reader is familiar with these kinds of concepts, the more arduous the book may be, but not impossible. Personally, I've been aware of metaphysical work for nearly 30 years, so I was able to enjoy the way Hollenbach applies them to teaching. I stay in close communication with teachers in my family and I can see how they would greatly benefit from applying these methods into their classroom leadership. At first, I thought this might be about how to teach metaphysics in the classroom, but his process is not so pretentious. Instead, he explains very fully each concept such as auras, cycles, karma, mediation, etc., and then offers specific ways of applying these within one's teaching methods. I wish that at least one of my twelve teachers throughout my public school education could have read and been able to apply Hollenbach's work. That would have been an incredible school year and one in which I might have learned as much as in my other eleven years together. If you are a teacher, you cannot lose by reading this and at least attempting to apply these principals to your work in the classroom.