Speech and the Cosmos: A Study of Speech as a Means of Relating with the Cosmos

This study explores how creative cosmic forces find expression within the human being and, in particular, how this manifests in speech. It further explores whether humans are able to relate to the cosmos following this principle. The research uses a mixed method approach by combining a literature analysis with a qualitative investigation. Both investigate the nature of the organising principle behind the cosmos and consider whether this principle is intrinsically part of the human capacity for speech, thus embedding them within cosmic laws. The literary analysis explores the cultural settings of ritual speech during the Classical Greek and mediaeval periods. It follows up with an exploration of Rudolf Steiner’s philosophy as it relates to speech in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The second investigation consists of a research survey questionnaire submitted to a group of anthroposophical speech practitioners, enquiring whether and how they relate to the cosmos through speech. It qualitatively explores the experiences of the speech practitioners and how they engage with the cosmos by means of speech. The questionnaire introduced the topic of the cosmos as a principle underlying the manifestations of human speech.

Name dc:type.qualificationname

ma

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

masters

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Year dc:date.issued

2024

Author dc:creator

• Novy, Jeanette

• BF Seicoleg
• P Ieitheg. Ieithyddiaeth

Dc Identifier Grantnumber

UWTSD

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.uwtsd.ac.uk:3350