Five thousand years ago, the soul directed divine or royal will – feeling and thinking were determined from the periphery. With the birth of personality, the soul became a condensed point, lost the relationship and gained itself – and today? «It is not what we experience, but how we feel,...
Deepening
Essays & Interviews
Janusz Korczak was a doctor who came to the conclusion: if I want to do something substantial for the health of children and young people, then I have to live with children and shape their lives. Thus the doctor, author and poet turned into an educator. Yet his work and...
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From October 6th to 9th, at the fall conference of the Natural Sciences Section at the Goetheanum, polarities in human beings became the subject of joint research. The discussions revolved around the polarity of inner life and external knowledge, as well as the polarity of nature and technology and thus...
Trevor Button was born in Zimbabwe and grew up in Botswana and South Africa. He studied architecture and later Waldorf education, and then taught English at Waldorf schools in Germany and Switzerland for 15 years. He has now returned to the country of his birth to help build the small...
Deepening
Essays and interviews
Five thousand years ago, the soul directed divine or royal will – feeling and thinking were determined from the periphery....
Janusz Korczak was a doctor who came to the conclusion: if I want to do something substantial for the health...
10 min read
From October 6th to 9th, at the fall conference of the Natural Sciences Section at the Goetheanum, polarities in human beings became the subject of joint research. The discussions revolved around the polarity of inner life and external knowledge, as well as the polarity of nature and technology and thus...
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Trevor Button was born in Zimbabwe and grew up in Botswana and South Africa. He studied architecture and later Waldorf...
Urs Bihler plays King Lear at the Goetheanum. At the beginning of the drama, the king asks his daughters how...
On October 25th, the World Social Initiative Forum (WSIF) launched the Leadership in Transformation (LiT) Forums, an online program investigating Leaderful Practices for Societal Metamorphosis. The following text is taken from Orland Bishop’s opening invocation entitled ‹Sacred Hospitality›. One thing is necessary here in this hard world of homeless and...
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Spotlights
Signs of the times
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For Rudolf Steiner, the ruin after the fire signalled not only the defamation of anthroposophical work, but also the failure...
The image of Joseph A. Ratzinger still wavers, distorted by the hatred and favour of opposing parties. Two hundred thousand...
The artist, entrepreneurial activist, and researcher on childhood, Bernhard Hanel, from Oberried, is campaigning for and setting up the World...
Spotlights
See the present
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For Rudolf Steiner, the ruin after the fire signalled not only the defamation of anthroposophical work, but also the failure of the Anthroposophical Society to adequately protect the building. The smoke at the ruins of the Goetheanum had hardly cleared before Rudolf Steiner said: «And I hope, of course, that...
The image of Joseph A. Ratzinger still wavers, distorted by the hatred and favour of opposing parties. Two hundred thousand had come to say goodbye to the deceased. Banners at the funeral service demanded ‹Santo subito,› immediate canonization, obituaries spoke of a ‹mishap› pope who was accused of rhetorical provocation...
The artist, entrepreneurial activist, and researcher on childhood, Bernhard Hanel, from Oberried, is campaigning for and setting up the World Child Forum, which is to be on a par with the World Economic Forum in Davos. Because childhood is the key to the future and its disregard is a symptom...
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Musings
Dialogues · Reviews · Notes
On December 31st, I participated in the night watch of the Goetheanum. It was the 100-year anniversary of the burning...
Surrounded by his family, Pierre Della Negra peacefully departed his earthly life on October 4, 2022. This important figure of...
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Last New Year’s Eve, the commemoration of the night that the first Goetheanum burnt down was celebrated in a dignified way by 2,000 people. Throughout the night, those present in and around the Goetheanum took part in readings, eurythmy performances, concerts, communal singing and much more. The seriousness with which...
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The English edition of the Goetheanum’s ‹Wochenschrift› (Weekly Journal) has been running for ten months now, and every week there...
Seeds
Words and poetry
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The wise men in the Jewish land proper – the Pharisees and scribes that is, had no...
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Some of its critics dismiss anthroposophical pedagogy as unscientific, e.g., because it attributes pre-existence –...
Malcolm Gladwell puts the story at the beginning of his book ‹Blink: The Power of...
Musings
Dialogues · Reviews · Notes
On December 31st, I participated in the night watch of the Goetheanum. It was the 100-year anniversary of the burning of the first Goetheanum. The first Goetheanum was a jewel...
Surrounded by his family, Pierre Della Negra peacefully departed his earthly life on October 4, 2022. This important figure of French anthroposophy left us gently, leaving behind a remarkable creation:...
5 min read
Last New Year’s Eve, the commemoration of the night that the first Goetheanum burnt down was celebrated in a dignified way by 2,000 people. Throughout the night, those present in...
3 min read
The English edition of the Goetheanum’s ‹Wochenschrift› (Weekly Journal) has been running for ten months now, and every week there is a compiled edition that tries to show anthroposophy and...
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Initiatives and people
In 1994, when Klaus Schmidt discovered the buildings of Göbekli Tépé on...
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A jewel, set in warmth and imbued with life – this is...
Humans And Their After-life Path Through The Cosmos. The working group Sterbekultur...
The Bachelor’s Degree Program in Padagogy Receives the Highest Rating from the...
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Seeds
Words & poems
1 min read
The wise men in the Jewish land proper – the Pharisees and scribes that...
1 min read
Some of its critics dismiss anthroposophical pedagogy as unscientific, e.g., because it...
Malcolm Gladwell puts the story at the beginning of his book ‹Blink:...
1 min read
Life is always designed. It is always a present appearance that changes...
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