Trump designated his inauguration to be a “day of liberation.” It is worth clarifying what “freedom” actually is and means....
In Memory of Margot Friedländer One cold January morning in 1943, Margot Friedländer’s brother was arrested in the family apartment...
Urs Bihler plays King Lear at the Goetheanum. At the beginning of the drama, the king asks his daughters how they love him. Here, the actor Urs Bihler talks about the great feeling. Questions by Wolfgang Held. When I asked you to talk about love, you said: I’d rather keep...
As part of its series on Humanity, Development and the Future, the Mahle Foundation invited the philosopher and journalist Alexander...
The fundamental difference between spiritual and sensory perception is apparent: with the latter, it is always possible—due to external solidity—to...
It occurs to me that I will not survive purgatory. I realize, all too painfully, that I also have a part in this, a dark share in what is happening, and it destroys me, it shatters me, as if in a volcanic mine. Nothing will remain of my identity, my...
In the 70s, alternative forms of spirituality were once associated with a rose-colored glasses worldview. Today, it’s the opposite –...
A church is a place of energy. The greatest power in the building is found where nothing is built, in...
At school, we practice interpreting texts—in the school of life, we learn to read people: how do I interpret gestures, looks, or words? Pure perception becomes all the more important lest mere speculation guide our actions. Our tendency for interpretation is wonderfully exemplified in Paul Watzlawick’s story of the man...
What else does it take to escape the trap of stereotype? A critical extension to the article Hypermoralism Kills Freedom,...
Over the past two years, Eduardo Rincón, the new co-leader of the Agriculture Section, traveled in America and Europe to...
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