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13 Functions of the other bodies begin to emerge early on, however they do not take active

previously discussed, it is the erroneous interpretation of that response that can potentially

or dominant hold until the approximate seven-year cycles. It should be noted this is not a

place the client at risk.

linear process just as the threefold organic systems are not.

26 The “attitude” ultimately leads into a discussion between the ‘natural attitude’ and a

14 The Group Souls of Animals, Plants, and Minerals; Lecture given by Rudolf Steiner, 2

phenomenological one. Space in this article does not allow room to delve into this aspect;

Feb 1908, Frankfurt-on-Main; website accessed 31 Aug 2015: http://wn.rsarchive.org/

suffice it to say that the current state of clinical equine assisted therapy remains in the

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‘natural attitude’, and in fact the mainstream view of the horse itself is from that perspective.

15 ibid, Fn 14

Please see David Seamon’s works for a complete discussion of natural vs phenomenological

16 ibid, Fn 14

attitude as it relates to environmental research.

17 Stephen Usher, website accessed 15 Aug 2015: http://www.anthroposophy.org/calendar/

27 “Downstream/upstream” thinking is attributed to the late Henri Bortoft, physicist and

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preeminent student of Goethean science and wholeness in nature; 1938-2012; author of The

awareness-of-the-etheric-world/

Wholeness of Nature and Taking Appearance Seriously.

18 Website accessed 15 Aug 2015: http://www.pathintl.org/resources-education/resources/

28 This ‘metaphorical conversation’ has nothing to do with the previously mentioned

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analytical metaphors derived from the typical EAP/L session.

19 Adapted from The Origin of Animal Disease, 2012, unpublished pdf file; Aleksandra
Mikic; I have listed the aspect of ‘Place’ separate as I feel it is significant enough to stand on
its own; otherwise it would simply be combined into Regimen as ‘environment’. See Fn 20.
20 We speak of the domestic animal’s environment as a ‘thing’ of consideration and

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affection upon the animal, but seldom is the phenomenological concept of ‘place’ used in

Sarah L. Reagan

animal literature. The research on Place as a phenomenological concept within environmentbehavior research in the human realm is extensive. Biologist Mark Riegner (see References
section) is one scientist that has approached the concept of Place from a phenomenological
perspective within the animal world. In this article I would like to bring this concept more

I am