John Allison (anthroposophist)
John Allison (7 October 1950 – 14 March 2024)[1] was a New Zealand poet, musician, and teacher in Rudolf Steiner (Waldorf) education.
Allison was born in Blenheim, New Zealand, and taught at the Christchurch Waldorf Steiner School for twenty-four years. He lectured and wrote on themes related to poetic imagination and observation, anthroposophy, and Waldorf education,[2] although in later life he was no longer formally associated with anthroposophy.
References
- ^ Kerr-Laurie, Brett (18 March 2024). "Poets, friends and family mourn death of wordsmith John Allison". The Press. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ^ Nielsen, Thomas William; Haralambous, Bronwen (July 2011). "Imagination as evolution – an educational and human development perspective". Research on Steiner Education. 2 (1): 24–33. ISSN 1891-6511. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
John Allison, an experienced Waldorf teacher and author on Steiner education...
Publications
Prose
- Walking Out of Another World, Immortal Books, Murwillumbah, 2010
- A Teacher's Book: Digging Deeper, Immortal Books, Murwillumbah, 2008
- A Way of Seeing: Perception, Imagination, and Poetry, Lindisfarne Books, Great Barrington, 2003
- Living in Light Loving the Dark, Initiative Circle of the Waldorf Pedagogical Section in New Zealand, 2003
- Where Children Are: Beginning to Understand Waldorf Education, Initiative Circle of the Waldorf Pedagogical Section in New Zealand, 2001
Poetry
- I Came This Way Some Time Before: Selected Poems, Sudden Valley Press, Governors Bay, 2025
- A Long Road Trip Home, Cold Hub Press, Lyttelton, 2023
- Near Distance, Cold Hub Press, Lyttelton, 2020
- A Place to Return To, Cold Hub Press, Lyttelton, 2019
- Balance, Five Islands Press, Melbourne, 2006
- Stone Moon Dark Water, Sudden Valley Press, Christchurch, 1999
- Both Roads Taken, Sudden Valley Press, Christchurch, 1997
- Dividing the Light, Hazard Press, Christchurch, 1997