Ask Art #4 - The Spirit and the Letter

Ask Art #4 - The Spirit and the Letter - Charlotte Mason Poetry

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A listener asked, "If Charlotte wanted us to rely most of all on the Holy Spirit for guidance, why was she so specific (e.g. the timetables etc.)? If we were handed her 20 principles alone, I think there would be a wider array of practices, but she expounded on the specifics of her methods. Should those things be a jumping off point, or an end goal? Obviously there are areas most CM people see as being flexible, but what if you don't keep a nature journal, what if you start with ancient history, or don't do short lessons, what if you choose RightStart™ Math?"

Join Ashley Olander and me for a rousing discussion in which we explore the many aspects of this question and put forth an answer. Listen in as we discuss the great recognition, divine and natural law, and the twenty principles. And don't be surprised if we challenge some of your assumptions about how the Holy Spirit operates-especially when we explore what Charlotte Mason meant when she said that children are "capable of receiving and constantly enjoying intuitions from the intimate converse of the Divine Spirit."

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