The German evolutionary biologist, anthroposophist and Goetheanist Wolfgang Schad (1935-2022) was one of my most significant teachers, and probably for many...
In Memory of Margot Friedländer One cold January morning in 1943, Margot Friedländer’s brother was arrested in the family apartment...
In memory of Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian composer (October 24, 1931–March 13, 2025) During a family vacation at the age of five, Sofia saw an icon for the first time. She was fascinated, even spellbound by the impression the icon made on her. Perhaps she sensed something of what Dostoyevsky meant...
The death of Traute Lafrenz Page on the evening of March 6, 2023, two months before her 104th birthday, was...
He wrote that his reading was «the light of heaven,» «the deepest book there is.» Christian Bobin did not die....
On the 150th anniversary of Goethe’s death, Schad gave a lecture in the hall of the Waldorf School Uhlandshöhe in Stuttgart, in which he compared assumptions of the normal natural scientist with the attitude of many autistic people. His remarks remain unforgettable to me. I got to know him better...
The French philosopher and ecologist Bruno Latour died on October 9th. His work and thinking made a decisive contribution to...
A touching collection of memories, written by his colleagues at Rudolf Steiner Archive after his unexpected death this autumn, reveals...
Marginalia on Rudolf Steiner’s Life and Work No. 22 – The Sister had the works of her famous brother read to her after her blindness. The deaf brother copied them after his death. Rudolf Steiner had two younger siblings: Leopoldine and Gustav. Both were born in Pottschach and had godparents...
“I dreamed of being the first black female rock’n’roll singer to fill stadiums like the Stones!” recalls Tina Turner. And...
The image of Joseph A. Ratzinger still wavers, distorted by the hatred and favour of opposing parties. Two hundred thousand...
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