Witten, Germany. 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of Rudolf Steiner’s death. How does he live on in individuals? Griet Hellinckx, a long-standing lecturer, supervisor, and process facilitator, gives her answers.
Which of Rudolf Steiner’s statements has particularly touched you and why?
Steiner’s first guiding principle—because it focuses on the heart’s need as the starting point and touchstone for dealing with anthroposophy.
How is it apparent in your environment that you are interested in Rudolf Steiner?
A glance at my bookshelf, for example, shows my connection: more than three meters of Steiner’s books and lectures testify to my long-standing engagement with his work.
What thoughts would you like to add to anthroposophy?
For me, anthroposophy is not a closed system to which something missing should be added. Rudolf Steiner has compiled a wealth of helpful suggestions and thoughts on many topics and areas of life. Anthroposophy and its implementation in various areas of life grow and flourish on this foundation—but not only there.
Through engagement with other authors, spiritual approaches, and tools, anthroposophy gains strength and contour for me, and new perspectives open up. Aurobindo’s magnum opus, Savitri, stands on my bookshelf alongside the Mystery Dramas. I find inspiration for inner work and dealing with the lesser guardian of the threshold in Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication, Glasl’s Selbsthilfe in Konflikten [Self-help in conflicts], and Jung’s Traum und Traumdeutung [Dreams and dream meaning], for example. Hadewijch’s Visions and Gitta Mallasz’s Talking with Angels testify to original approaches to the spiritual world. The powers of the heart are strengthened through eurythmy, but also in Sufism, for example. Ramana Maharshi’s question of self-exploration, “Who am I?”, enters into dialogue with Steiner’s reference to a second, more powerful self within us.
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Translation Charles Cross
Image Griet Hellinckx. Photo: Frank Hellbrück
