Some “digital natives” of the younger generation are beginning to question the vast amount time they spend in the digital realm: both the positive potential and the grave dangers that they often have to struggle through on their own. As a part of the Goetheanum’s Anthroposophical Studies program, Ariel Turner...
Deepenings
Essays
For her final presentation during the Anthroposophical Studies program at the Goetheanum, Rosemary Channin explored the question, “Are Rudolf Steiner’s indications for young people still relevant in 2023?” by researching Steiner’s addresses to young people, polling students at the Goetheanum on their major challenges, and looking at how Steiner’s tasks...
Deepenings
Essays
Some “digital natives” of the younger generation are beginning to question the vast amount time they spend in the digital realm: both the positive potential and the grave dangers that they often have to struggle through on their own. As...
For her final presentation during the Anthroposophical Studies program at the Goetheanum, Rosemary Channin explored the question, “Are Rudolf Steiner’s indications for young people still relevant in 2023?” by researching Steiner’s addresses to young people, polling students at the Goetheanum...
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A chair from and for the Goetheanum, in which European tradition, the departure into modernity, and new community are reflected. At 360 cm x 790 cm, the tapestry Guernica de la Ecología by Claudy Jongstra has the same dimensions as...
The UFO/UAP phenomenon raises hard questions about technology, consciousness, and politics. In this article, scholar Aaron J. French describes how this topic, now in the public spotlight, has been investigated by researchers who drew upon esotericism, thinking of themselves as...
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Spotlights
Signs of the Times
True art surprises us, calls on us to set ourselves in motion, takes us to the limits of the familiar,...
New research shows that our moment-to-moment experience of the passage of time—particularly, what we might call “the present”—is not constant...
Climate chaos is apparent in more and more parts of the world today, but our disconnection from nature reveals itself...
Spotlights
Signs of the Times
True art surprises us, calls on us to set ourselves in motion, takes us to the limits of the familiar, and demands that we change. Art relates to the middle realm: the artistic element lies between thinking and volition, between the sensory-physical and the supersensory-spiritual. This middle realm is a space...
New research shows that our moment-to-moment experience of the passage of time—particularly, what we might call “the present”—is not constant but stretches or shrinks even within each heartbeat. It’s a truism that time feels shrunk or stretched depending on circumstances. “When you sit with a nice girl for two hours...
Climate chaos is apparent in more and more parts of the world today, but our disconnection from nature reveals itself in other ways as well. In these excerpts from her recent book, Inner Climate Change, Selma Lea Bach encourages us to contemplate the connections between our external and internal environments...
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Musings
Dialogues · Reviews · Notes
Upon beholding the vivid and uncompromisingly truthful experience of my being, a tendency arises to turn away from the spiritual world and the reality of myself, back towards the material world. Often this tendency is...
Alan Hovhaness was exposed to the most varied influences when he created his symphonies. His music is transcultural and anticipates future togetherness. People in the Old World often think that good music and eminent achievements...
The finale of this four-part series considers how anthroposophy inspired the foundations of Waldorf Education as practically applied and transformed knowledge. We can, therefore, distinguish between the content and the method of anthroposophy. Part 1...
The third in this four-part series looks at key topics in anthroposophy that have become fundamental for teachers in Waldorf Education, namely reincarnation, karma, and cosmology. Part 1 of the series can be found here,...
Seeds
Quotes · Poetry · Thoughts
The other day, we were looking at photos from our vacation, and one had slipped...
We do not read in order to collect information, but rather to learn and practice...
A few years ago, I wanted to send a quote via an app that was...
Musings
Dialogues · Reviews · Notes
Upon beholding the vivid and uncompromisingly truthful experience of my being, a tendency arises to turn away from the spiritual world and the reality of myself, back towards the material...
Alan Hovhaness was exposed to the most varied influences when he created his symphonies. His music is transcultural and anticipates future togetherness. People in the Old World often think that...
The finale of this four-part series considers how anthroposophy inspired the foundations of Waldorf Education as practically applied and transformed knowledge. We can, therefore, distinguish between the content and the...
The third in this four-part series looks at key topics in anthroposophy that have become fundamental for teachers in Waldorf Education, namely reincarnation, karma, and cosmology. Part 1 of the...
Seeds
Quotes · Poetry · Thoughts
Intimacy is within and without. In the aridity and solitude of the...
Angels always appear when people encounter border or boundary situations. […] At...
The horizon is an earthly fact. It is the all-embracing perimeter. It...
For this piece to be creative, I have to throw it into...
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News
Research - Initiatives - Life
After graduating from the Anthroposophical Studies program at the Goetheanum in 2016,...
Juan Bottero, Co-Founder of Youth Section Argentina, returned to Argentina after completing...
The Qi Academy in Gangelt, Germany, is offering a course for eurythmy...
This fall, the Anthroposophical Society of America is hosting an online “Chrysalis...
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