Karma is accident (Zufall in German): that which befalls you. At least in appearance. I cannot produce it myself—only experience...
Franka Henn begins the conversation with Bart Vanmechelen by asking him about his capacity to be humorously self-deprecating. Bart says...
At a wedding reception, guests were invited to make a wish for the couple. One of the wedding guests surprised everyone with: “My wish is that you both learn to love the whole world—because if you love the world, you also have love for each other.” There were questions as...
Morning break at the World Teacher’s Conference at the Goetheanum: In the packed foyer of the Goetheanum I meet Peter...
Dear farmers, gardeners, agronomists, and colleagues; dear worldwide friends of crisp lettuce, delicious carrots, and sublime Pinot Noir; dear friends...
A faith that moves mountains, speaking with the tongues of angels—without love, these are nothing. Paul’s Song of Songs has been absorbed into everyday language through the power that lies in the words and presumably also the bridge that these words build to other religions. “I belong to no religion....
As a musician, I am touched by Steiner’s statement that what is musical is genuinely anthroposophical: the musical, experienced consciously,...
Sonja Zausch, Bart Vanmechelen, and Jan Göschel, the three leaders of the Council for Inclusive Social Development, have put these...
«It seems that mechanical-technical civilization is primarily deadly for the soul. The heart can hardly bear the icy touch of metal.» (Nikolas Berdyaev, ‹Humanity and Technology›). Mechanics obeys the cold laws of external causality. If the world, if world history were pure mechanics, there would be no wiggle room, and...
If you ask people what is sacred to them, after some consideration, they’ll offer an answer: family, tranquility, freedom, peace,...
Cognition is a function of temperament. First, you seek in all directions—you need sanguinity, air. Phlegmatism, fluid, gives you perseverance,...





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