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person1948-2010

Robert Muller

Disciplines:
spirituality
international civil service

Summary

Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations who developed the World Core Curriculum — a global education framework influenced by the Theosophy of Alice Bailey, intended to create a spiritually unified world citizenry.

Core Contribution

The World Core Curriculum: Muller spent 40 years at the UN and became convinced that education was the path to world peace and unity. His World Core Curriculum (for which he received the UNESCO Peace Education Prize) was explicitly influenced by Alice Bailey's Theosophical writings — specifically the books produced through Bailey's Djwhal Khul 'transmissions.' The curriculum's four pillars (our cosmic and planetary heritage; our Earth family; our place in time; the miracle of individual life) reflect Theosophical concepts of cosmic evolution and the hierarchy of initiates. Critics see Muller's curriculum as evidence that New Age/occult thinking has influenced global education institutions.

Notable Works & Achievements

New Genesis: Shaping a Global Spirituality

Most of All They Taught Me Happiness

Historical Influences

Alice Bailey Dag Hammarskjöld UN idealism

Intellectual Lineage

United Nations IdealismTheosophy-influenced Spirituality

Contemporaries & Peers

Alice Bailey UNESCO leadership

Minds Influenced

Global Education Policy World Core Curriculum

Intellectual Posterity

World Core Curriculum Global Education

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