About the Author

Douglas is a retired superintendent of schools and professor of education who has worked with schools and organizations throughout the world. He has authored eleven books ranging from teacher training manuals to philosophical/spiritual works on the nature of the divine feminine. He was a Waldorf class teacher and administrator at the Detroit Waldorf School and taught courses at Mercy College, the University of Detroit, and Wayne State University for decades. He then became the Headmaster of a Waldorf School in Hawaii and taught at the University of Hawaii, Hilo. He was a leader in the development of charter schools in Michigan and helped found the first Waldorf School in the Detroit Public School system and the first charter Waldorf School in Michigan. Later, he became the superintendent of a public school that annually educated five thousand adjudicated youth throughout a dozen facilities in Wayne County. Gabriel also helped found the second largest charter school management company in the country and created their entrepreneurial business curriculum for elementary and secondary education. Gabriel came to Detroit and earned a BA in Anthroposophical Studies and History and a MA in School Administration. He became a Waldorf class teacher and administrator in Detroit and later in Hilo, Hawaii. Douglas has been a sought-after lecturer and consultant to schools and businesses throughout the world and in 1982 he founded the Waldorf Educational Foundation that provides funding for the publication of educational books. He has been a key fundraiser for Waldorf schools nation-wide.