I have not attended a waldorf school but waldorf is really big in the area where I live so I'm somewhat familiar with the culture. I have not had too many negative experiences with it. I have dabbled in things along the lines of "connecting with higher beings" like you mentioned in one of the responses. I have had some negative and positive experience with that. I think my negative experiences were colored by background of being abused. Okay, I'll just come out and say it - I have dabbled with native american shamanism. But now, I will not journey on my own, only when I'm in a group setting. I'm not sure if that is somewhat along the lines of what you are hinting at.