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Living together The power of experiencing spirit together In many places the new school year has started. New beginnings always mean that September 2017 • N° 9 something has come to a conclusion: the time in kindergarten ends when the main school starts. The first seven-year period is complete, the second begins. There is no new Anthroposophical Society beginning without something finishing. If this conclusion does not happen, the new 1 Living together beginning can be overshadowed by lingering influences. 2 Appeal for donations Birth is an immense new beginning: think Newssheets of the influences pervading this new life! 10 nz: Sphere, Scope, Ardent And of the karmic inspirations that direct its gb: New View course! The Christian festivals in the course of the year remind us of new beginnings, 14 Obituaries: Dorothea Hidber, Easter with the resurrection, for instance, Hellmuth ten Siethoff or Whitsun with the inner Christ coming 15 Membership News to life in us. These new beginnings cannot be understood without the events that preceded them. 2 Stage: Audience response to Faust The process initiated at the Goetheanum in order to shape its profile also relates to Anthroposophy Worldwide previous developments. The Goetheanum 3 Switzerland: Equality of Leadership has worked through the his- tory of the various Sections of the School 7 gb: Foundation Stone Conference of Spiritual Science and is now focus- 8 Germany: Showing strength ing on the forthcoming centenary of the Nepal: Light Ensemble 1923/1924 Christmas Conference. The new 9 Sweden: Mystery Drama Conference beginning is bound to make an impact. Experience becomes life: the eastern sun at the Goetheanum 11 Germany: Fritz Fuchs book project Spirit presence School of Spiritual Science The strength needed for such an impact can This is an allusion to the community- 4 Section for Social Sciences: be gained from inner reflection. In cultic building potential of shared experiences Economics Conference life, according to , a special or shared memories. 5 Humanities Section: Colloquium on power manifests because the allows The image of starting school can help us the Language in Poetry people «to experience shared memories to gain awareness of the complex interre- 6 Natural Science Section: Research of a pre-earthly existence». The joint an- lationships of individuals and communities. Colloquium on evolutionary biology throposophical work, he said, aimed at a As human beings we are, we have evolved present experience because it was about and we continue to evolve: our spirit-soul Forum allowing a real spirit being to be present participates in the eternal while our body 11 The culmination of anthroposophy suprasensibly, through our souls, through and soul develop in time, in the transitory 13 Rudolf Steiner’s financial genius our inner soul constitution (ga 257, lecture (ga 184, 15 September 1918). A community of 27 February 1923). If such an experience has needs that either relate mainly to expe- Feature becomes «a shared memory, or shared life», riences from pre-earthly existence or mainly 16 Living Warmth a foundation is being created for «staying to the present moment. All these aspects, together in the spirit», even if, due to earthly with all the qualities and laws they imply, conditions, we will be «separated again are at work simultaneously and our and again by space» (ga 226, 21 May 1923). coexistence. | Sebastian Jüngel 2 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 9/17

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Stage: audience response to the three full performances of Goethe’s Faust Parts 1 and 2 Modern but not faddish Christian Peter’s unabridged production of Goethe’s Faust 1 and 2 was performed three times at the Goetheanum in July this year. The written responses received by the Goetheanum Stage from audience mem- bers were largely positive, if not enthusi- Appeal for donations astic. More and more voices are asking for more performances. The first part of the play Scene from Faust 1, Act 1 Financially viable will be shown in Munich on 23 September. within three years «Outstanding (a verdict expressed twice!). eurythmy in particular was mentioned pos- In Anthroposophy Worldwide 7–8/2017 Please resume.» This response is represen- itively again and again, as were individual Justus Wittich, treasurer at the Goethe- tative of dozens of others asking for the actors. Others commended the «natural anum, asked for your support for the performances to be continued. «Finally a speech that enhanced expression» and the Goetheanum’s tasks and plans. The aim performance that can be recommended to «absence of self-enamoured pathos», the is to provide a solid financial basis for non-anthroposophists, too. […] Top-class!» «beautiful singing and music», the «cos- the goals and projects the Goetheanum The feedback received is a response to the tumes and wonderful, swinging fabrics», Leadership has set out to accomplish decision taken by the Goetheanum Leader- «the colour that emerged through the light. and to attain economic viability by 2020. ship to discontinue the new production of This was not yet possible in Roggenkamp’s In order to achieve this, additional do- Faust (Anthroposophy Worldwide 1-2/2017). time. The soul world was imagined through nations will be needed initially. More Public discussions were offered alongside light». The ensemble had achieved a «social detailed information on the plans and the new production during the 2016 perfor- sculpture that was true to life». paths envisaged will be published in late mances and in the first half of 2017, where What did the critical voices say? An oc- summer | Sebastian Jüngel impressions, questions and reservations casional lack of clarity was mentioned («The could be aired. A formal statement and a old Faust could whisper more clearly!») From Switzerland Membership meeting on the Faust produc- Some found the overlapping of speech and and non-Euro countries tion – as decided at the last Annual General music difficult, even if the «words were Meeting (see Anthroposophy Worldwide meant to fade away». Homunculus did not Allgemeine Anthroposophische 5/2017, p. 9f.) are still outstanding. Since meet everyone’s approval, and the three Hel- Gesellschaft, ch-4143 then the ensemble continued working enas were also called into question («a nice Raiffeisenbank Dornach towards the revival of the play in July, af- idea – but does it really add to the play?») bic RAIFCH22 ter three main parts were newly cast for With regard to the music someone thought iban CH36 8093 9000 0010 0607 1 various reasons (Gretchen, one of the two that the mood was sometimes «too musi- Faust actors and one of the two Mephistos). cal-like». One critical question aimed at the From Germany with The production has ‹matured›. With this in concept was «Why blue petals for Faust?» charitable donation receipt mind, Stefan Hasler, who represents the Limited demand Förderstiftung Anthroposophie Goetheanum Stage within the Goethea- 70188 Stuttgart num Leadership, told the Faust Ensemble While attendance was below expectation after the final performance, «Isn’t it great for the first two performances (around gls-Bank Bochum that we have a new problem? The Goethe- 300 tickets sold, plus tickets for individual bic GENODEM1GLS anum Leadership will certainly consider parts), the third performance was much iban DE49 4306 0967 7001 0343 00 whether and how to go on with the Faust.» better attended (around 550 tickets sold, plus tickets for individual parts). «Why this From other Euro-countries The soul world imagined through light lack of interest?» someone asked and at- Allgemeine Anthroposophische What was it that convinced the audience? tempted an explanation, «The production Gesellschaft, ch-4143 Dornach The production was all in all «modern with- has been badmouthed internally as well as gls-Bank Bochum, de-44708 out being faddish,» «relaxed, humorous, externally by those opposed to the artistic bic/swift GENODEM1GLS but true to Goethe’s spirit and to Anthro- realization – what a shame!» iban DE53 4306 0967 0000 9881 00 posophy», «wholeheartedly presented», no «What you have shown here is a purifica- sense of any «pressure to be more contem- tion of the water,» was surely the most po- porary». All the arts involved were praised; etic of all the responses. | Sebastian Jüngel Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 9/17 | 3

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Switzerland: Complementary Medicine established in constitution Equality of Anthroposophic Medicine Since 1 August 2017 the provisions of Anthroposophic Medicine, classical homeopathy, phytotherapy and Traditional Chinese Medicine have been definitely included in the mandatory health insurance in Switzerland – a highlight for anthroposophy worldwide.

Natural medicine, which has been used for In 1999 the most popular approaches in millennia and continues to be very popu- complementary medicine – Anthroposophic lar, has been marginalized – in therapy, re- Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine, search, tuition and politics – by natural-sci- homeopathy, neural therapy and phytother- entific mainstream medicine and pharmacy. apy – were included in mandatory health- Even proven treatments of complementary care, provisionally for a period of six years, or alternative medicine continue to face during which time the effectiveness, expe- vehement opposition. In order to counter- diency and economy of these approaches act this development and overcome the were to be scientifically scrutinized as part existential threat posed to these healing of the Programme for the Evaluation of systems with their wealth of medicines and Complementary Medicine (pek), for which therapies, a broad umbrella organization six million Swiss Francs were set aside. ‹Yes to Complementary Medicine›: submitting was set up in Switzerland thirty years ago, signatures in Bern (ch) on 15 September 2005 initiated and led by the «Association for Successful popular initiative Anthroposophically Extended Medicine» In 2003, shortly before this evaluation was The work continues (now anthrosana), which was founded in concluded, major changes occurred: Home 1977. This cooperation with other comple- Secretary Ruth Dreifuss (Social Democratic Since this major success, for which much mentary medical approaches was neces- Party) stepped down and Pascal Couchepin effort and money was needed, the ffg sary, because the anthroposophical medical (Liberal Democratic Party) took over the and the former initiative committee have movement was quite small, and turns out in Department for Home Affairs whilst health merged to form the umbrella organization retrospect to have been crucial in achieving and accident insurance were shifted to the for complementary medicine, Dakomed. a breakthrough in medical politics. Federal Office for Public Health. Things With the financial support from its 14 mem- changed drastically within the commissions bers and 35 support organizations as well as Forum for Freedom in Healthcare and publication of the pek findings, which donations from the people this association After the initial building up and political ad- were very supportive of complementary has made every effort over the last eight vances this «Forum for Freedom in Health- medicine, was prevented. The Forum – re- years to realize its intentions in all areas of care» (ffg) – supported by the National named «Forum for Holistic Medicine» (fo- public healthcare – an endeavour that has Councillor and anthroposophist Rudolf Haf- rum für ganzheitsmedizin, or ffg) – had by already proved successful at various levels. ner – saw its first successes in 1993 when then wisely prepared a popular initiative With the government resolution of 16 June it gained a seat on the Swiss Drug Com- for the consideration of complementary 2017 – just one day before anthrosana cel- mission, where it was represented by the medicine in all areas of public healthcare ebrated its fortieth anniversary – its central pharmacist Silvia Briggen. The ffg gained and, by mid-September 2005, was able aim has become reality. a lasting political success in the following to present to parliament a petition with On 1 August – Swiss National Day! – An- year when it courageously took on the around 140,000 signatures. throposophic Medicine has gained uncon- referendum against the new health insur- After its initial rejection by the govern- ditional and unlimited parity with main- ance act. Its arguments – that the new law, ment and the National Council, the constitu- stream medicine and the cost of medical with defined services and obligatory health tional article soon found support from both provisions will definitely be covered by the insurance, was too prescriptive without houses and even from the government after statutory health insurance: a success that being cost-reducing, that it was fully com- a counter-proposal («a future with comple- will hopefully radiate out into the world mitted to mainstream medicine and that mentary medicine») was smartly submitted from the heart of Europe. | Herbert Holliger, it therefore posed an existential threat to to the Council of States. In the memorable (ch) the consideration of complementary medi- referendum of 17 May 2009, 67 per cent of cine in public healthcare – even found a voters as well as all the Cantons consented Herbert Holliger was administrator of sympathetic ear with the responsible Swiss with a surprisingly clear majority. This prob- anthrosana from 1986 to 2012, co-found- government minister Ruth Dreifuss. ably first establishment of complementary er and co-president of the predecessor In late 1994 the law was nevertheless ac- medicine in a state constitution attracted organizations of Dakomed, and a com- cepted by the voters with a very slight major- worldwide attention. It forms the founda- mittee member of the popular initiative «Yes to Complementary Medicine». ity, but the previously received promise that tion for the implementation of the referen- complementary medicine should be consid- dum’s comprehensive demands which were ered was fortunately soon implemented. fully accepted with the counter-proposal. Contact [email protected] 4 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 9/17

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Trying to understand capital: members of the Economics Conference in Folkestone.

the specific sense of using accounts to make visible one’s will and then to anticipate how the consequences of the path one chooses become discernible in the etheric.

Finance as Guardian The question of the threshold as a societal phenomenon was also encompassed. It be- came of special significance in the year 1917 when ‹humanity’s crossing of the threshold in the nineteenth century› came to effective expression. One can also understand from external history that 1917 was the year in which humanity had a new possibility to link with its will life, to take responsibility for economic life, which had hitherto been Section for Social Sciences: Economics Conference directed ‹from outside›. From that point on, economic life became independent of rights Funding initiative life and needed to be taken hold of as such. 1917 was the year in which Steiner first be- Understanding the way in which capital arises and is allocated could be described as the gan taking initiatives in connection with the leitmotif of the Economics Conference culture. It is this understanding that distinguishes threefold nature of social life; the historical an associative approach from others. The meeting of 21 to 25 June 2017 in Folkestone context of this is linked to the First World (gb) looked, among other things, at the funding of initiatives, in particular initiatives War and where the responsibility for it lay. of young people, and at different ways of taking responsibility for the economic life. Meeting in Folkestone allowed us to consider where in the English psyche the An overriding theme of the conference con- of some of the [technical] restrictions of question of the causes of the WW1 stands sisted in considering how the idea of ‹Youth operating a Youth Bond but also some and what chance there is now for the mood Bonds› might constitute a practical way principle concerns about the right way of forgiveness to arise so that the growing in which humanity can find a path from to make decisions about allocating funds, pains of the twentieth century can be seen a beguiling but misconceived capitalistic whether by committees, according to in a new light. economic thinking to an associative para- written criteria, or based on the author- digm, in which everyone who has initiative ity of the user. As tempting as it appears Economics Conference Fund can be capitalized. to set conditions in stone, often succes- The Economics Conference Fund (ecf) is now sor ‹fund administrators› do not share the held among 12 accounts in different Societies Capital for initiatives karmic intentions of the fund founders. around the world and denominated in the Youth Bonds are characterized by the ges- The financing of initiative is a sine-qua- ‹Hibernia› (a notional unit of account equiv- ture of providing capital for entrepreneurs non of economic development and is in- alent to the Swiss Franc). There are three for new initiatives on terms set out by them creasingly contingent upon there being a aspects to the funding of the ecf: adminis- and affordable for them. Many societal con- culture of financial literacy both on the part tration, publications, and website manage- cerns are thereby addressed in this appar- of the users and of the lenders of such funds. ment. The substance of the work itself is ently simple concept: facilitating young increasingly characterised by a gesture of people to take hold of their life circumstanc- Karmic accounting coherence. | Arthur Edwards, Folkestone (gb) es, developing financial literacy, allocat- The special place of accounting in eco- ing ‹surplus capital› in a socially productive nomics has often been noted within the way, promoting initiative and sovereignty. Economics Conference (and occasionally Next conference We discussed different versions of the elsewhere). A further dimension was ex- 20 to 24 June 2018, Folkestone (gb) Youth Bond idea that had been tried, from plored in link to the various references and Argentina to Folkestone, and other vehicles, analogies Rudolf Steiner makes between Contact [email protected] for example through the Anthroposophi- accounting and karma (ga 95, Lecture of cal Society creating a fund available for 27 August 1906). Becoming accountable A fuller version of this article, including youth initiative and replenished from the means taking responsibility for one’s ac- reports from around the world on lo- ‹loans› being repaid in the course of time. tions and preparing to sense its conse- cal initiatives, is available at economics. This brought up not only the question quences, not just in the general sense but goetheanum.org Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 9/17 | 5

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Title of the first edition, engraved by Carl Ermer in copper

the multiple layers and carefully examine individually discovered and not only general or symbolic images. Communal efforts can be helpful. The diversity and change of perspectives and interpretations lead to experiences that one would not have by oneself. This hap- pens fairly regularly and these are happy moments. But it is never easy to leave be- hind a perspective one has assumed and make place for others. In May this year sixteen people spent a weekend at the Goetheanum, studying Goethe’s poetic cycle West-East Divan, in particular The Book of Hàfiz, the Persian poet discovered by Goethe, and The Book of the Parsi. In earlier years we had studied The Book of Zuleika from the same cycle. The West-East Divan was the culmination of Goethe’s lifelong fascination with orien- tal, mainly Arabic, culture, the Quran and the Old Testament. «Who knows himself Humanities Section: Colloquium on Language in Poetry and others well / No longer may ignore: / Occident and Orient dwell / Separately Hei, Chebeldei, Chebeldei no more.» 1 Goethe’s concern struck us as The Colloquium on Language in Poetry, organized by the Humanities Section at the utterly topical. Goetheanum, goes back almost thirty years. The members of this colloquium work, and exchange results on their work, on literary texts. Most recently, the group has devoted Poets, cycles, themes its attention to major compositions and cycles, focusing in its meeting from 5 to 7 May We usually focus on one poet during each on Goethe’s West-East Divan. meeting and have for some years now de- voted ourselves to more extensive composi- Language in poetry – unlike that of a the groups came together for a conference tions and cycles, including Rainer Maria Ril- piece of news – has a rich and ramified on the German poet Friedrich Hölderlin. ke’s Duino Elegies or his Sonnets to Orpheus, life. Thanks to the imagination it often pur- As early as thirty years ago, these initially the late Hymns of Friedrich Hölderlin, or sues unexpected new paths. What kind of monthly meetings turned into colloquia on Paul Celan’s Breath Crystal. Occasionally we reader is prepared to follow these paths? the Language in Poetry, taking place twice decide on a particular theme such as «Na- As Felix Philipp Ingold wrote in a Zurich yearly, in spring at the Goetheanum and ture Poetry», «Poetic Prose», «Small forms newspaper (Neue Züricher Zeitung) on 18 in autumn in Salem, in the Feuchtinger’s of prose», «Poetic Drama», «The Image in May 2017, «The majority of people who still literary and welcoming home. Around ten Poetry», or «Georgian Poetry». Living poets take notice of poetry is probably almost to twenty people take part each time. we have studied include Durs Grünbein, identical with the minority of those who Dealing with additional knowledge about Reiner Kunze, Rudolf Peyer, Erika Burkart, write poetry». an author and his poem can be a challenge. Michael Donhauser, Peter Waterhouse and Yet it is true to say that we can have ex- It can be helpful and instructive, but often Peter Handke. | Ruedi Bind, Arlesheim (ch) periences with language: we are involved it rather prevents access and makes people in language when we listen, read, speak, listen less carefully to their reading. write. And we can try to share our reading We aim to remain as close as possible Colloquium on the Language in Poetry, experiences with others. to the text. This is not always easy, par- Friedrich Hölderlin’s River Poems («Hölder- lin and the Orient»), 13 to 15 October 2017, ticularly with contemporary poems such Salem in Allgäu (de). Registration: ssw@ The danger of knowing too much as those by Paul Celan, in whose work goetheanum.ch or [email protected] It all started in Almut Bockemühl’s sitting we found the title of this article. Modern (Emily Feuchtinger) room in Dornach (ch) in December 1989. poetry can be particularly challenging to We heard of similar meetings in Salem at read, because we have to unfold what has 1 Martin Bidney, Johann Wolfgang Lake Constance (de), with Emily and Tilman been condensed into sparse language; at Goethe, West-East Divan: Poems Feuchtinger, and in Stuttgart (de). In 1991 the same time we must not lose sight of with «Notes and Essays» 6 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 9/17

Archaeopteryx: the unique identity of an organism

• Demonstrations of water dynamics. These supplied images of perpetual, dynamic movement and metamorphic responsive- ness similar to the fluidity of living organ- isms and transformative currents of evo- lutionary development. • A demonstration showing the differences in blood movements in the hearts of dif- ferent vertebrate groups. • An experience of the «timeless archetype» concept through intuitive perception of form, a method used in dowsing practices. Natural Science Section: An experiment in collaborative research Our dowsing colleague demonstrated how Archetypes, ancestors and novelty in evolution human beings have an awareness of form that goes beyond sense perception. From 17 to 19 May a research colloquium took place at the Ruskin Mill Field Centre to • Archetypal forms in metamorphic expres- study biological evolution. The group consisted of seven representatives from philoso- sion were observed in the skull forms of a phy and meditative practice, medicine, hydrodynamic research, dowsing, education variety of bird species. and evolutionary biology, all with experience of the Goethean method. • An impressive metaphor for evolutionary development came from a description of We met to address the problem of over- new dynamic, changing concept of arche- an actual journey through different Euro- specialisation in science, taking as our type, both ‹timeless› and ‹time-inhabiting›. pean locations, with a craft activity at each focus themes from evolutionary biology. Ancestor: Since Charles Darwin and his location. The journey was compared to an Human beings gain specialised concepts early followers popularised the idea of evolutionary pathway, leading out of the and perspectives from experiences. For ex- common ancestry, the biosciences placed past, meeting the future but always indi- ample it is possible to imagine the different much emphasis on hereditary lines, pre- viduating at each stopping point, through perspectives of a geologist, a real estate senting them as phylogenetic trees2. Our creative practice. broker or a soldier on studying a landscape. group felt such emphasis on past history These specialists might see diverse pos- overshadowed the experience of species The Archaeopteryx sibilities for using the land such as mining as phenomena in the present, with all their These shared experiences prepared the operations, housing developments or troop future possibilities. group for a study of an iconic evolution- movements, while long-term residents of Novelty: For evolutionary biologists, nov- ary problem: the fossil Archaeopteryx, an the same landscape may view all these as elty is a tricky concept.3 A crucial question extinct bird, provided by Bristol University detrimental. But when ideas are not fixed, is can completely new things ever arise palaeontological collections. human beings can increase the mobility and how far are they really rearrangements The first near-complete specimen of Ar- and versatility of thinking by working with of pre-existing entities. To our experience, chaeopteryx, with feather impressions, was others and can become a vessel for new novelty was always associated with some discovered near Langenaltheim, Germany ideas and discoveries.1 form of pre-existence. We considered a in 1861, two years after the publication of number of apparently novel situations: for Darwin’s Origins of Species, while the world The subjects of focus: archetype, example feathers in birds and the activity of was raging with discussions on the possi- ancestor, novelty Man. In all examples discussed, the level of bilities of species changing one into another. Archetype: Practitioners of Goethean sci- re-organisation of pre-existing foundations So this strange bird with reptilian features ence often speak of the ‹archetype› but was completely unpredictable and involved appeared at a time of transformation in our work showed its meaning was not a radical saltation from a previous into a thinking. For the 21st Century mind, steeped completely clear and had changed over new state, with a large increase in possible in Darwinism, it is hard to understand the the course of history. The first step was to future developments. impact of such a radical change in ideas, address our different mental pictures and in which species were potentially able to experiences of ‹archetypes›. These were Phenomenological investigations transform into new forms. connected with our biographies, interests In every specialised discipline, the form Archaeopteryx was seen as a connecting and fields of work and thus loaded with and spirit of questioning creates a context link between two animal groups: reptiles subjectivity and open to misunderstanding. constraining the answers. We overcame and birds, because it clearly possessed bird- It needed much patience to carefully re- this challenge by exposing ourselves to a like features (e.g. wings, flight feathers, phrase our ideas and craft more precise com- range of different phenomena. Our stud- furcula or ‹wishbone›, partially opposable munication. In the process we discovered a ies included: hallux or ‹big toe›, long narrow shoulder Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 9/17 | 7

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London: Conference on the blades) and reptilian features (e.g. a long Foundation Stone Meditation tail supported by about 23 vertebrae, teeth with continual replacement, gastralia or A contemporary call ‹belly ribs›, unfused pelvic bones e.g. pubis and ischium). to the human soul Even though Archaeopteryx is often From 28 to 29 October 2017 the second au- said to be a ‹transitional› or intermediate tumn conference on the Foundation Stone form, it is not really so, if by transitional Meditation will take place at Rudolf Steiner we mean all its features were somewhere House in London, hosted by the General between reptiles and birds. Creatures Section of the Anthroposophical Society such as Archaeopteryx were rather more Drawing in Great Britain. like ‹mosaics›4 in which some characters by Zhang were retained from a past history (ances- Gualao The meditation, which can be considered tral characters), while others were novel, as a spiritual basis of the anthroposophical anticipating possible future trajectories. movement, was given by Rudolf Steiner And very importantly, some characters The magician on the donkey as a renewal of the ancient call: «Human were unique to that animal living in its Our meditative work invited a being of in- Being Know Thyself.» The meditation pres- particular time. spiration, a spiritual entelechy, to embody ents this call in a way that is appropriate itself in the group dynamic. We conjured to the consciousness of the contemporary Coexisting three levels of time the image of the magician-philosopher, rid- human being. Everyone can work with the The three levels of time-dynamics past, ing backwards on a donkey. As we trace the meditation in their own way. One can study present and future coexist in every spe- ancestral paths of animal or plant species in its content, work with its rhythms, medi- cies. In Archaeopteryx the axial skeleton the flow of evolutionary time, the magician tate on certain words or phrases, or simply (i.e. skull and backbone) was more reptilian, can look back on the path he has taken but speak the words silently or aloud, thereby so retained more of the past. In contrast, his future trajectory is not completely pre- becoming increasingly sensitive to the the motor organisation and extremities determined and remains full of possibilities. spiritual reality of one’s own human nature. (wings, flight feathers, legs) tended to be This image may be found in folk tales (e.g. In this conference we will seek to get the regions developing novelties. So the from Turkey and China). The magician is to know and experience our own human forelimbs looked to the future while the suspended between past and future but is nature within the greater spiritual world deeper structures remained conserved. his own individualised self in time, express- around us. Mindful that it was in 1917 that Where the two functional systems (axial ing an archetype that actively ‹presences› Rudolf Steiner first described the threefold skeleton and limbs) interpenetrated was itself at each moment. For us, this symbol nature of the human soul, we will now, in where the more individualised characters became the metaphor for evolutionary 2017, focus on the three distinctive calls of could be found (e.g. hips). change. | Judyth Sassoon, Bristol (gb) «Human Soul!» and practise spirit recalling, However, to fragment Archaeopteryx spirit sensing, and spirit beholding, so as into ‹characters› either reptilian or avian, to become more inwardly active in taking and to ascribe more importance to some responsibility for our lives and actions. First published in full in New View, Summer 2017 over others, could not present the reality There will be short contributions, dis- of this creature. The unique identity of an cussions in smaller groups, exercises, eu- 1 Rudolf Steiner: The relation of the diverse organism becomes lost if too much empha- branches of Natural Science to Astronomy rythmy and speech. sis is placed on causality and ancestry. Our (ga 323), Lecture 1st January, 1921, Stuttgart. With Auke van der Meij, Marjatta van observations and the group meditation 2 Phylogenetic tree: A branching diagram Boeschoten, Shaina Stoehr and Sibylle showing inferred evolutionary relationships that followed, facilitated an experience between organism species or higher groupings Eichstaedt. | Marjatta von Boeschoten, of how a living creature constantly brings such as classes or genera. The relationships are London (uk) most commonly calculated from the number itself into being through its own processes: of similarities in morphology or genetic se- creating, recreating and maintaining itself quences. For more information or to book please contact in the stream of its own lifetime. When 3 Gerd B. Müller, Günter P. Wagner: ‹Novelty in Ilona Pimbert at Rudolf Steiner House: ilona.pim- Evolution: Restructuring the concept›. Annual [email protected] , phone +44 20 7723 4400, that impulse dies, the processes metamor- Reviews. Ecol. Syst. 1991, 22:229–256. or visit our website www.anthroposophy.org.uk. As places are limited kindly consider booking early. phose into something else. The pattern of 4 Mosaic evolution. This term is used in palae- activity of this organism could be experi- ontology to denote the evolution of characters at various rates within and between species. enced as its own, integrated heterochronic The linear representations of evolutionary state. Archaeopteryx was no more or less trajectories are misleading. There are always many possible routes for evolution to take, Judyth Sassoon is Associate Researcher in palaeobiol- a transitional form than my own mother, which can only be studied in retrospect. These ogy at Bristol University. Her work includes applied in her hereditary position between my routes disclose the dynamic of animal form Goetheanism with particular focus on evolution. She with environment. Organisms must be seen as occasionally teaches upper school main lessons on maternal grandparents and me. Having interpenetrating fields of vital activity influenc- scientific topics in British Waldorf Schools. Contact (if known my mother, I would find it difficult ing and being influenced by their environmen- you are interested in the full article or in sharing your tal situation and evolving together with it. views on the topic): [email protected] to dismiss her as ‹intermediate›. 8 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 9/17

Germany: Communication conference Nepal: Light Eurythmy Ensemble «active in public« Light into the world ether Showing strength From 29 May to 8 June 2017 the Arlesheim Light Eurythmy Ensemble (ch) went on The initiative öffentlich wirken (active in a tour of Nepal, presenting eurythmy performances for the first time ever in Kathmandu, public) was founded in 2009 and aims Dakshinkali and Pokhara. In addition to the artistic demonstrations on stage, members at improving communication and public of the ensemble also gave workshops. relations. The impulse now also has the support of a friends’ association. If you work in communication in an an- throposophical context – in institutions, organizations or enterprises, or as edi- tors – in the German-speaking realm, you have the chance twice a year to share your professional experiences with colleagues. In 2009, an initiative grew from this confer- ence of press and PR workers and editors in anthroposophy, KoPRa for short. It aims at organizing professional meetings entitled öffentlich wirken (active in public) as further training opportunities for people working in communication. Since 2011 this conference has taken place biennially in Bochum (de). The Light Eurythmy Ensemble in Nepal: eurythmy workshop at the Tashi Waldorf School in Kathmandu

Public welfare oriented communication The ensemble first performed in the capi- orphans, which was founded and is under Since then it has become apparent that tal, Kathmandu, at the Rastriya Naach the direction of Marianne Großpietsch pr and public welfare oriented commu- Ghar (National Dance Theatre). Thanks to from Germany. The auditorium was nication have an immense potential for the organizers, the Kevin Rohan Memorial full of children and adults from Shanti development, for instance when it comes Eco Foundation (krmef), the auditorium and Nepal’s minister of health attended to making sure that smaller initiatives are was filled twice: there was a performance as a guest of honour. The outstanding heard in a world of corporate enterprises. for children in the afternoon and an eve- eurythmy performance was framed In connection with the three specialist con- ning performance for adults. The pro- by artistic demonstrations presented ferences that have taken place so far and gramme with speech and music was very by Shanti children. It was simply beau- the fourth, which will be held on 3 and 4 diverse, and the Indian folktale «Bhakta tiful, a great festival of encounters. November 2017 at the Rudolf Steiner Schule Dhruva» (child of the North star) turned in Bochum-Landendreer (de), the öffentlich out the be the audience favourite! A well-rehearsed team wirken initiative has also asked itself how The twelve members of the Light Eu- these projects can be funded. Up until now, Festival of encounters rythmy Ensemble are excellent in how the organizer, Thon Marketing, has had to The bus journey to Pokhara was a real they present this art. The well-rehearsed bear the sole financial responsibility. adventure. With an average speed of not team can set up the stage in no time. For this reason a friends’ association has more than 20 kilometres per hour on roads Stage curtains, a stage floor and even now been founded which aims at establish- some of which were mere tracks, we took lighting equipment they bring with ing links between public welfare oriented a whole day to cover a distance of 200 ki- them on the plane from Switzerland. institutions and provide further training for lometres. We stayed at Pathsha- Their aim is to carry eurythmy into the them because, as it says in the preamble to la, a Waldorf farm school that overlooks world, to bring the light of this art to the association’s bylaws, «the association the snow-capped Himalayan mountains. foreign countries, particularly to poor believes that activities which are concerned The performance was in the town cen- countries where people would other- with public welfare will promote civil-soci- tre, in quite a small but very beautiful and wise not have the opportunity to experi- ety commitment and therefore human and atmospheric theatre. Thanks to our local ence the art of eurythmy. societal development».| Sebastian Jüngel organizer, Rittmann Gurung, the audito- The Light Eurythmy Ensemble has rium was filled to the last seat: 500 children the task to disperse light into the world The specialist conference ‹öffentlich wirken› had come to see the folktale. ether and, by doing so, deepen the an- (on the topic of «showing strength») will The final performance was held again throposophical activity in the countries take place on 3 and 4 November 2017 in Bochum (de). Info/registration/contact: in the auditorium of the Rastriya Naach they visit. I would also like to thank my www.oeffentlich-wirken.de, Förderverein Ghar, this time organized by Shanti sister, Dilnawaz Bana, for taking the ‹öffentlich wirken›, Julia Wedel, +49 2222 Sewa Griha, a home for lepers, home- initiative to bring eurythmy to Nepal. 93 21 19 42, [email protected] less people, people with disabilities and | Aban Bana, Mumbai (in) Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 9/17 | 9

Six years of growing efforts: poster motif from Scene 2 of The Soul’s Probation

actor and director has years of experience with the Mystery Dramas and is bubbling over with ideas for putting them on stage. The two scenes we worked on with him clearly stood out from the others, but they indirectly affected the rest of the plays be- cause they gave us the courage to overcome our individual boundaries. At Michael Debus’ suggestion we per- formed scenes from all four dramas this year, focusing on Johannes’ path of develop- ment. That this path is about an encounter with Anthroposophia is reflected in the con- ference title, «Anthroposophy. The journey of a being.» Because the feminine element in human evolution is an essential part of this journey, Michael Debus was able to refer to motifs from his book Maria Sophia (2000), which came out in Swedish in 2017.

Sweden: Mystery Drama Conference «Anthroposophy. The journey of a being.» Eurythmy included It was good that I only had a small part be- Overcoming boundaries cause it meant that I could focus on my addi- In the last six years Rudolf Steiner’s Mystery Dramas have been rehearsed in stages tional role as prompter. My services were not by a Swedish group. From 25 to 30 June, after a few cast changes, scenes showing the often required, however, because the actors development of Johannes were presented at Järna’s Cultural Centre as part of the Mystery mastered their lines very well indeed – al- drama conference Antroposofi. Ett väsen på sin väg. though southerners say of us that we are not properly grounded here in the north, It almost looked as if there would be no ing after? And had not Michael Debus, who particularly around St John’s Tide. Anyway, mystery drama performances at all for had carried the work with us right from the I had plenty of opportunity to admire my us this year. For six years we had worked start with his series of lectures, already de- wonderful colleagues and to enjoy the eu- on them, putting in ever greater efforts; veloped a proposal for their continuation? rythmy. The birth of eurythmy is connected first on individual scenes, then one What had first seemed impossible sud- with the history of the Mystery Dramas and drama after the other; two years ago the denly took shape. Our producer, Ulrike von the eurythmy scenes had been central to first three dramas within one week and Schoultz, again proved her strength of ini- our work from day one. It was therefore finally, last year, the fourth drama. All tiative. A new Benedictus and a new Maria only logical that this year’s conference con- performances were enhanced between were found who were prepared to learn an cluded with a eurythmy performance about acts by Lennart Nilo’s beautiful music. enormous amount of lines in addition to the «fairy tales» in the Mystery Dramas. With the exception of a few main parts their daily jobs. The directing was shared Of course there were difficulties on the all actors were amateurs – up to fifty between a small group. The smaller parts way. The archaic language of the present people who devoted much of their free were filled during the year, some only a Swedish translation was difficult, not only time to this basically impossible project. few weeks before the performance. We for the audience, and some of us were did not even shrink from unconventional not always able to project their untrained Unconventional compromises compromises: the producer played Marie voices to the very back of the auditorium. Then a bombshell after the 2016 perfor- Kühne, the lighting technician was Michael Many people have enjoyed coming to the mances: Hans Lindmark, who had inspired Edelmann – that was not only original, but Cultural Centre in Järna every year at St and directed the plays and played the part artistically very successful. And what other John’s Tide to attend the Mystery Drama of Benedictus, declared that he was leaving country society can boast to have seen its Conferences. And seeing as we have perse- now that all four dramas had been per- general secretary and chairman on stage in vered for seven years now we have come to formed. Continuing the work without him the same scene – and to such good effect? believe that we may as well go on next year. seemed impossible, particularly since many | Jürgen Vater, Järna (se) of the actors also decided it was time to stop. Special inspiration But could we just give up? Had we not Working with Paul Klarskov for a weekend given birth to a child that now needed look- in spring proved very inspiring. The Danish Contact [email protected] 10 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 9/17

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Communication Newssheets (Part 2) One of the topics discussed during the 2017 agm at the Goetheanum was the ad- vertising of existing anthroposophical newsletters. The discussion was prompted by a motion suggesting that the initiative Ein Nachrichtenblatt should be given the space to introduce itself in Anthroposophy Worldwide. Another member pro- posed to include a list of existing newssheets in every edition of Anthroposophy Worldwide. Since this would take up too much space in every edition it was decided to take up the suggestion to have individual newsletters introducing themselves. This process started in Anthroposophy Worldwide 7-8/2017 and is continued here.

New Zealand a change in its look and feel, and in its world. Articles written by an international mandate. Currently, Ardent is very like a pool of authors regularly feature esoteric Sphere, Scope, Ardent contents page from a traditional hard-copy , science, art, education, current magazine. It gives a snippet of each article affairs, inner development and much more. There had been an Anthroposophical So- then links to that story online so readers In 2004 New View became independent ciety in New Zealand newsletter since the can explore the magazine by following of the Society and today we exist solely on early days of the Society. For many years this the stories of particular interest to them. income from subscriptions, advertising and, came out in a monthly typed version that All our publications work to deliver on our vitally, donations from our readers. was copied and mailed. In addition to the Society’s three core directions: Outreach, New View is published quarterly to coin- newsletters there was an annual publica- Support of initiatives and Connecting to cide with the Christian festivals of Christ- tion of greater depth articles. Today, the An- the 21st Century. | Sue Simpson, general sec- mas, Easter, St. John’s Tide and Michaelmas. throposophical Society in New Zealand has retary of the Anthroposophical Society (nz) Its readership stretches across Anthropo- three distinct but interconnected newslet- sophical Society members, those connected ters that utilize a range of different media. Sphere Printed. One annual edition. For to various anthroposophy-inspired initia- members and friends. English. Subscription tives and the general public. 1. Each year the Society publishes a siz- included with membership, otherwise $20. The entire production (editing, typeset- Scope Print/pdf. Three times a year. able magazine in hard copy that is circu- ting, graphics, etc.) is done by the New View For members and interested readers, lated to members but also to the wider e-version only. English. Subscription: in- ‹team› of Rosemary Usselman and myself. anthroposophical community. Called cluded with membership, otherwise free. One task as editor is to ensure that articles Sphere it was established in 2000 but Ardent electronic version only, six times are of universal relevance and importance, per year. For members and interested read- the first full magazine with coloured cov- ers. English. Subscription: included with another is to filter out authors’ use of ‹an- er came out in December 2009. Sphere membership, otherwise free. Contact and thro-speak› – terminology only understood carries predominantly long form es- homepage www.anthroposophy.org.nz by anthroposophists – and offer content says covering a wide range of subjects. that can be understood by those not so Great Britain familiar with Steiner’s concepts. 2. The second publication is Scope and Each quarter we sell around 1500 printed this is published in hard copy three times New View magazines in over 40 countries, but the actu- a year. It is sent to members of the Society al readership is much larger as bought issues in the post but also by email as a pdf for Originally an in-house journal published of New View are generously shared around! those who prefer a ‹soft copy›. A recent by the Anthroposophical Society in Great In the autumn of 2016 we launched a survey of our members found that only Britain for its members, New View came digital version of the magazine, not 64 enjoy the hard copy version but they into being at Michaelmas 1996. When I only to move with the times but also are steadfast and committed readers who became its editor in November 1998 my to make New View more affordable for spend many hours perusing the articles intention was to take Rudolf Steiner’s people subscribing from abroad. Take up in Scope so although there are not many world-view – particularly concerning for this grows slowly, but the printed- of them they are dedicated receivers of esoteric Christianity and the elemen- paper version remains the most popular. this newsletter! About 75% of the contents tal world – and what it inspires today in Our wish? To have funds for a marketing of Scope is then published as individual people and initiatives and make it better budget to reach more folk and increase our posts on our blog, which is an adjunct to known to a wider public, not just in the uk circulation. | Tom Raines, New View (uk) our website: www.anthroposophy.org.nz but throughout the English speaking world. I firmly believe that New View’s content New View In English. Quarterly. Annual 3. In conjunction with Scope we also is of immense value for these difficult times subscription Print: uk £28, Europe £38, rest distribute an e-newsletter called Ardent. in which we are living, particularly in en- of world £40. pdf £20 per year or £6 per In some form, Ardent has been running couraging knowledge of spiritual realities issue. Contact [email protected] for 8 years but in the last year it has had underpinning and informing our material | www.newview.org.uk Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 9/17 | 11

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Germany: Fritz Fuchs book The culmination of anthroposophy project The older generation has Carried by colour experience, the younger impulses A major monographic survey Andreas Heertsch describes how, in his view, the culmination is being put together on Fritz of anthroposophy was prevented at the end of the last century. Fuchs, a painter from Järna (se), With his contribution he wishes to inspire a wider discussion who designed colour schemes on the subject. for buildings all over Europe. The designer Fritz Fuchs (born On 28 June 1924 Rudolf Steiner Brabant. This conference was 1937), who lives in Sweden, has predicted a culmination of an- to take place every seven years devoted his entire life to the throposophy at the end of the up until the year 2000, accom- research and practical imple- twentieth century. «Anthropos- panying the preparations for the mentation of Rudolf Steiner’s ophists should know that they millennium. thoughts on the use of colour are called upon to prepare now At our urgent request Jörgen in architecture. In 50 years of what needs to spread increas- Smit began to initiate the re- indefatigable work, inspired by ingly as spirituality until a cul- newal of the School of Spiritual the cultural impulse of Järna (se) mination occurs at at the end of Science which would open up and his encounter with the art- the twentieth century when the new possibilities for inner work. ist Arne Klingborg (1915 – 2005), true anthroposophists will be in- Some inherited problems could he created around 250 proj- volved again, but in unison with also be solved: for instance ects – including many design others. […] Only when the kind when more than 1200 urns, objects – in more than ten Euro- of spirituality that permeates which had accumulated in the pean countries. The buildings in the anthroposophical move- Goetheanum, were buried. The question are characterized by a ment unites with other spiritual first burial took place before sun- special Nordic colourfulness and streams, Michael will find the rise on 9 November 1989 – the include sports arenas, tube sta- impulses that will reunite him day the Berlin Wall came down. tions, hospitals, nursing homes, with the intelligence that has universities, a one-mile wall of become part of the earth but Opening up a prison hospital, bridges, Wal- really belongs to him.» (ga 237) Another event, which was main- dorf schools, factories, heat and ly promoted by Goetheanum co- power stations, lidos, housing The Youth Section workers around Martin Barkhoff, developments, underground under Jörgen Smit was the Open Day. The first pub- carparks, laundry shops – wher- This preparation fell to a gen- lic open day took place in 1988. ever colour was needed. The jury eration of people who would Further events consolidated for the International Colour De- reach middle age by the turn the Goetheanum’s position as sign Award, which Fritz Fuchs of the century. They first came a centre in and for the public received in 1984, praised the together early in 1979 in Kings sphere: in 1995, for instance, «immensely differentiated use Langley (gb). This initiative, to- Johannes Wirz organized an of three scales of transparent gether with other streams, led international conference with colours» and the «colour spaces» to the foundation of the Youth Ifgene, gathering «green» and thus created. of colour lazuring brings out Section under Jörgen Smit. conventional scientists around qualities that are similar to the We met thinking that we a table for a sharing of views. Radiance, luminescence, experience of a rainbow: the ra- wanted to get to know each Other events, of the Goethea- shine diance, luminescence and shine other at a young age so that we num Branch for example, with For Fritz Fuchs, there is no bet- it generates carry us and make would be able to work together George Ritchie and Yonasan ter way of facilitating dialogue us feel safe. The planned pub- at the end of the century and Gershom, were equally success- between colours and materials lication will provide an overall not fall out as it had happened ful, but it also turned out that used in buildings than lazuring; experience of Fritz Fuchs’ work. repeatedly in the history of the the Goetheanum’s international because «transparent colour | Matthias Mochner, Mathis Lohl, society.1 In 1981 Jörgen Smit ap- renown was not strong enough has the rare quality of being Berlin (de) pointed the first Youth Section to allow for a meeting between just colour without having to Collegium2 for a period of two Richard von Weizsäcker and pretend to be something else. At years. Many of its members oc- Václav Havel (they politely the same time it does not hide For information or to offer sup- cupy leading positions today. declined). Further attempts the materiality with which it port please contact: mochner. Also in 1979, the first Mich- to achieve a greater opening has entered into a relationship». [email protected] aelmas Conference took place, of the Goetheanum – for in- The high – and still rare – art inspired by Manfred Schmidt- stance an invitation to the Da- 12 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 9/17

lai Lama – failed because of the when it commissioned non- leaders refused to com- of the first Youth Section Col- reluctance of the Goetheanum anthroposophists to judge the ment – no (thoroughly investi- legium met again – some after leadership («Wishful thinking»). passages in question. The Barda gated) statement on the topic not having seen each other for At the same time energy- Enquiry came to the conclusion was published in time to pre- years. We agreed that we had consuming internal conflicts that from today’s point of view vent damage to Rudolf Steiner’s failed. I suppose every genera- erupted around the publication twelve of the passages in ques- reputation – the culmination of tion that judges its successes in of the class lessons, the reno- tion could be seen as racist. anthroposophy was prevented relation to the decisions taken vation of the Main Auditorium by this accusation of racism. before birth will come to the and eventually around the group Effective accusation same conclusion. And yet: real- that called itself Gelebte Weih- of racism Looking for reasons izing our ideals is our noblest nachtstagung (living Christmas The lack of response from the It is relatively easy to judge task as human beings.3 What Conference). And yet, the Wal- Goetheanum led to the impres- these events from the dis- the outcome will be, not even dorf movement, biodynamic sion that «anthroposophists are tance we have today. It would the loftiest spirits can predict. farming, anthroposophic medi- not open to conversation.» In probably have been cleverer I would like to end this retro- cine and special needs educa- an attempt to prove this wrong politically not to promote the spection with one of the best tion had an astonishingly good, I invited practising Jews and a bizarre «black book» by banning experiences I had when I was on though not uncontroversial, rep- Protestant professor, a com- it and to publish instead a state- the council of the Goetheanum utation in public. Everything was Branch: Nana Goebel, Martin set for the culmination to begin. Barkhoff and I joined this coun- cil in 1983 and suggested to the Signs of a culmination chairman, Kurt Franz David, that In 1984 the German weekly Der we should take the daring step Spiegel featured a six-part, well- of offering conversations. Af- researched series on anthro- ter being sceptical initially he posophy which was later also agreed. Two conversations then published as a book (Rowohlt took place: the first was wholly Press). These articles, composed inspiring, the second disastrous: by the renowned journalist people insisted on having their Ernst Hess (writing under his say to whom usually no one nom de plume, Peter Brügge) wanted to listen. were reluctantly positive about To this day I admire Kurt anthroposophy. Franz David’s views on old and This peace soon ended, how- Get to know each other early in order to work well together later: young working together: «A the first Youth Section Collegium, convened by Jörgen Smit ever, when the mother of a class new broom sweeps clean, but seven student at the Vrije School an old broom knows where the in Zutphen (NL) expressed her mitted defender of Jews, for a ment from the Goetheanum dirt is». Or to put it less crudely, «disconcertment» with passag- panel discussion at the Goethea- on the incriminated passages. the older generation has the es in Rudolf Steiner’s work that num. The latter said to me en There are various reasons why experience, the younger the could be seen as racist. Jutta von passant, «If you didn’t defend the necessary historical distance impulses. | Andreas Heertsch, Dithfurt and others soon made Steiner so passionately, we to Rudolf Steiner was not pos- Arlesheim (ch) this accusation public. In 1998 wouldn’t feel so tempted to sible at the time. Then, as now, a book entitled Schwarzbuch attack you». While the event the Goetheanum suffered from Contact [email protected] Anthroposophie disparaged Ru- helped to calm down the lo- the fact that it attracts souls in dolf Steiner as a racist. The fact cal press, I was asked internally search of an authority they can 1 We unfortunately did not always manage that. that this «black book» was soon why on earth I invited «such blindly trust. These people see banned only served to call more people» to the Goetheanum. anyone as a heretic who does 2 The other members were (left to right in the picture): Claudia attention to it and increased the People were up in arms be- not accept that Rudolf Steiner Grah (Wittich), Sanna Anderson, «hype» and public uncertainty cause a professor of theology is an initiate. Those who have Brigitte Haffner, Nana Göbel, Erd- about anthroposophy. had failed to fully quote a cru- direct experience of this influ- muthe Hoffman (Worel), Andreas Heertsch, and (not pictured) Ul- At the time the Goetheanum cial passage in Rudolf Steiner’s ence will understand that the rike Borchert (Mackay), Susanne leaders omitted to publish a work by leaving out a qualify- Goetheanum leaders at the Wege (Lin), Peter Wege, Sebas- clear response («We don’t talk to ing statement added by Steiner time were unwilling to distance tian Hilbert and Michael Knaak. people who think Rudolf Steiner in the next sentence. We had, themselves as a Society. 3 Ideals are often perceived as was racist.») The Anthroposoph- however, agreed to exchange But the prevented culmina- being «the only way forward». In his Philosophy of Freedom Rudolf ical Society in the Netherlands manuscripts and so I was able tion is more than a leadership Steiner developed the stages every demonstrated what such a re- to fill in the missing information. problem. At the 2015 Michael- ideal has to be subjected to: moral sponse could have looked like Because the Goetheanum mas Conference some members imagination and moral technique. Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 9/17 | 13

Financial dimension intent, the will of the mem- with the currently proposed bers should not be presumed Goetheanum Association). This Rudolf Steiner – or pressed upon. Its best effect was not taken up, however, and financial genius arises when it is freely expressed. the closest to it since is proba- Steiner’s genius lies in oblig- bly the Goetheanum Fund, cur- Concerning the financial travails ing the daughters (i.e. the rently an activity of the Swiss of the Goetheanum, how sad Groups or Country Societies) Society but originally conceived that a mother should have to to support their mother, but as (and still capable of being) ask her daughters to feed her. leaving them, and therefore a concept for each and every And how unnecessary. the members in general, free. country society. But there is more. Such a sum In 1923, when he re-founded as 4,050,000 Hibernias not only Obligations of the societies the Anthroposophical Society meets the day-to-day needs of If every society did in fact seek Rudolf Steiner naturally gave the Society, it could also have support for the work of the expression to the financial di- a siphoning or leveraging ef- School from society at large, mension of that deed. fect on the monies needed not only would that work be Statute 12 reads, «Member- to finance the work of the strengthened and protected, ship dues shall be fixed by the School – the latter understood because its relevance and merit individual groups; each group in its largest sense as ranging would have been recognized Necessary membership shall, however, submit 15 Swiss from stage work to research of by people generally, but the contribution Francs for each of its members all kinds in the Sections. 450,000,000 Hibernias would to the central leadership of the Likened to modern business also arise on a worldwide ba- The answer to these ques- Society at the Goetheanum.» precepts, membership income sis – that is to say, not in one tions – questions of leverage This, Steiner said, should be could be seen as covering the place but wherever the inner and world relevance – cannot enough for the budget of the risk implicit in the work we ini- Goetheanum was active. In be known, however, until the General Society. Updated us- tiate as a movement – the ‹eq- 2016 terms, that would mean 90 per member is achieved. ing information supplied by uity› part of our liabilities, pro- the current 10,750,000 Hiber- Currently that amount aver- the Swiss National Bank, that viding the ground that enables nias for the Goetheanum at ages a very uneven 75. Can we, amount today would be 90 chf/ humanity at large to join us in Dornach plus 439,250,000 Hi- therefore, find it in our hearts Hibernias1 – a factor of 6. On financing the ‹debt› part. To- bernias for the Goetheanum and will to increase this number, the recently reported member- gether, these two components beyond Dornach, with a large but also to carry it more widely? ship base of close on 45,000 (all finance our ‹assets›, namely, part of this probably coming Surely the Good Spirits that ac- figures from Anthroposophy what (in allusion to Statute 2) from ‹spend-out› foundations, companied the Christmas Con- Worldwide 4/17), this would we do for the benefit of human- where this money currently ference would not let such an amount to 4,050,000 Hibernias. ity as a whole on the ground of otherwise gets ‹stocked› in fi- effort on our part go unnoticed spiritual scientific insights into nancial markets. or unreciprocated. | Christopher The Society is funded civilisation and practical life. The question is whether the Houghton Budd, Folkestone (gb) In 2016 the cost for the Soci- Anthroposophical Movement Supporting the School ety and School combined was has reached the necessary ma- 1 See Anthroposophy World- 14,944,000 Hibernias, of which of Spiritual Science turity. Whether the Vorstand is wide 3/2017, p. 16 where Chris- 4,191,000 (28%) was met from On 31 December 1923, when prepared to oblige the Country topher Houghton Budd de- scribed the concept of the membership contributions and discussing how much money Societies. Whether in turn the Hibernia as a world currency free donations, meaning that would be needed to finance the Country Councils are ready, will- rated 1:1 to the Swiss Franc. overall we are actually already work of the School, Steiner ob- ing and able to meet their obli- meeting the sum updated from served, «We should need noth- gations to the General Society. 2 Cast over the 10,000 institu- tions worldwide, this would be 1923. The problem is that it is not ing more than something like 50 And whether the members can 45,000 Hibernias per institu- evenly, fairly or consciously car- to 75 million Francs; [though] I deepen their goodwill towards tion. As an economic calcula- ried by the membership at large. present this not as a wish, nor the Goetheanum. Above all, is tion, but not as a policy pro- This sum need not come as a possibility, only as an illu- it now possible for people to posal, it would be interesting to know what that would be as from the members necessar- sion, albeit a very real illusion.» see «that fruitful work can be a percentage of their turnover; ily or directly. Although Ghandi (ga 260) Multiplied by the fac- done out of Anthroposophy that is, as if they were charged once said that the best form tor of 6, today this would be [such that] it might be pos- an intellectual property levy. Conversely, and more inter- of financing for a society such 300 to 450 million Hibernias2. sible to say to them: …maybe estingly, it would be valuable as ours was regular amounts In that connection, the idea you are not interested now, but to know by what amount, if from individual human beings, was also discussed at that time, help us get it going and show any, their income would need because every such act is one of a World Goetheanum As- what it can do.» [Speaking on to increase (become true?) in order to contribute such a sum. of renewed will and conscious sociation (not to be confused 1 January 1924.] 14 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 9/17

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12 Nov. 1935 • 9 April 2017 2 March 1928 • 4 August 17 Dorothea changed her way of he met his first wife with whom Dorothea Hidber life completely. With her pro- Hellmuth ten Siethof he would have three children. nounced artistic talent she His wife’s brother introduced transformed her own home as him to anthroposophy. In 1958 well as the kindergarten into he met the paediatrician Ber- beautiful oases where every nard Lievegoed and took on a child felt at home. She was al- leading position in the Dutch ways surrounded by children. Institute for Education (npi). She loved nature with all Hellmuth ten Siethoff was a its phenomena and even the consultant for big enterprises smallest of its beings and and state institutions on various would introduce the children continents, working in organ- to its wonders. Ahead of her isational development, which time, she would always look for for him meant developing a so- ecological solutions. She did not cial organism whilst awakening need much – but all her daily the individuality. He also gave activities were pervaded by her countless courses on biography sense of beauty. work, conflict resolution, three- With Dorothea Hidber’s pass- Hellmuth ten Siethoff was born foldness and anthropology. For ing away the spiritual world A Chilean heart in Indonesia on 2 March 1928. many people his courses were receives a wealth of future- Chile became her home; she He spent much time with the a source of self-knowledge oriented will forces. connected deeply with the Indonesian servants in his pa- where they discovered creative Dorothea was born in Swit- country’s destiny and its people rental home, listening to their ways of working together. His zerland on 12 November 1935. and showed a great and loving stories, observing their rituals guiding impulse was the hu- The simple childhood years interest in its nature. «Swiss and learning their language. «I man being as the end of all spent in post-war Europe would with a Chilean heart» she used have an Indonesian ether body», efforts and never as a means inform her entire life. After com- to say. As a strong Swiss motif he would say later. to an end. pleting teacher training in St in her life she preserved her His father, a lawyer, was His loving, open-mined but Gallen (ch) she applied to the profound sense of freedom Dutch and his mother, a pianist structured approach was eye- aso, an organization of Swiss and independence, a quality and violinist, was from Berlin. opening. As a consultant he Schools overseas, and left the that was not always understood When the Japanese invaded In- did not provide concepts but country to go to Chile. by those around her because donesia the family was separat- asked questions that made it For a while Dorothea taught they were not familiar with it. ed and taken to concentration- possible for others to look at an at the Colegio Suizo in Santiago, She fostered her relationships camp-style detention centres. enterprise or also at their own where she also started a fam- with friends in Europe and with At the age of 14 Hellmuth ten life with new eyes. ily with the Swiss teacher and the Goetheanum by travelling Siethoff felt responsible, not sculptor Urban Blank. After the there regularly. only to fight for his own life Working with Götz Werner birth of her third child she set In 1983 she helped Rafael but also for that of his brother. Whether he worked for Shell, up her first kindergarten in her González to found Colegio Ru- After the war all family mem- the Swiss authorities, whether own sitting room. The birth of dolf Steiner in Santiago. Later, bers, as by a miracle, came to- in Dubai, Pakistan or São Paulo, her fourth child, Olivia, brought she started a Waldorf kinder- gether again unharmed and he always followed the insights about a change in her life. She garten in Peñalolén, a suburb went to the Netherlands where gained from anthroposophical began to search for the spiritual of Santiago, and in the end she Hellmuth had to catch up with spiritual science. «As above, sources of human existence. moved to Limache, not far from the education he had missed. so below» was his motto. He Valparaiso, in order to build up saw cooperation and biogra- A new approach to life a Waldorf School there with Economics, army, phy as a reflection of spiritual After many dramatic develop- Jorge Gómez and Angelica Val- anthroposophy hierarchies and spiritual laws ments Dorothea found her way lespir. She also gave the initial Hellmuth studied economics of evolution. to anthroposophy and to the impulse for other kindergartens in Amsterdam and, not know- What was most fulfilling for first anthroposophical teacher in the country. ing what to do next, joined him was his 18-year collabo- training in Chile which, from In 2006 we met Dorothea at the army. He said later that ration with the entrepreneur 1977 and 1978, was led by Clau- the Ibero-American Education he knew everything that was Götz Werner in the German dio Rauch. After graduating the Congress in Punta de Tralca in needed there anyway – prob- drugstore chain dm. Werner, mother-of-five became a kin- Chile. I think of this wonderfully ably not from his present life. He he thought, «understood every- dergarten teacher in the newly active and inspiring person with had great people skills and was thing immediately – and acted founded Giordano Bruno Steiner the deepest gratitude. | Clara soon promoted to the rank of accordingly». They spoke the School in Santiago. Steinemann, Arlesheim (ch) lieutenant. At a New Year’s ball same language. Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 9/17 | 15

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There, Hellmuth ten Siethoff We have been informed that the following 92 Michael Koch Ilmenau (de), 15 June 2017 could contribute to a change in members have crossed the threshold of death. Irmgard Tornow Berlin (de), 16 June 2017 Peggy Harris Napier (nz), 18 June 2017 thinking that made a real differ- In their remembrance we are providing this Lore Bell Neustadt (de), 19 June 2017 ence and that, thanks to Götz information for their friends. Liane Kern Göppingen (de), 20 June 2017 Gisela Schneidewin Wuppertal (de), 20 June 2017 Werner, was tangible through- | The Membership Office at the Goetheanum out the enterprise, for staff, cli- Joan Showell Totnes (gb), 20 June 2017 Helmut Simak Klagenfurt (at), 20 June 2017 ents and suppliers. Nesta Davies Gilwern (gb), 16 August 2015 Graham Downer Vrede (za), 23 June 2017 Veronika Lemmer Berlin (de), 7 March 2016 Erika Schaper Stuttgart (de), 25 June 2017 Switzerland – Zimbabwe – Liliane Cavelier Nice (fr), 11 April 2016 Rolf Rein Ludwigsburg (de), 26 June 2017 France - Switzerland Ursula Krantz Munich (de), 19 October 2016 Elsbeth Bühler Stuttgart (de), 27 June 2017 Siegfried Fichtinger Linz (at), 2 October 2016 Ernst Hügli Wiler b. Seedorf (ch), 28 June 2017 Hellmuth met his second wife, Doris Schumacher Riehen (ch), 16 December 2016 Martti Kinnunen Oettern (de), 28 June 2017 Erika, in 1970 and the couple Henrike Tempelaars Breda (nl), 6 January 2017 Max Zimmermann moved to Switzerland. In 1995 Brunhilde Kirpes Offenburg (de), 9 January 2017 Hombrechtikon (ch), 28 June 2017 they bought a house in Zim- Herr G.J. Kraamwinkel Zutphen (nl), 12 January 2017 Rotraut-Irmela Koch Bleckede (de), 29 June 2017 Willem Vervloet Amersfoort (nl), 12 January 2017 Gudrune Wolff Arlesheim (ch), 29 June 2017 babwe and lived there before Michael Stafford Fair Oaks/ca (us), 16 January 2017 Rosemarie Stracke moving to Provence (fr). Henri Mehlin Schiltigheim (fr), 17 January 2017 Niefern-Öschelbronn (de), 1 June 2017 Back in Switzerland he gradu- Anneliese Kracht Volker Bergengrün Bad Liebenzell (DE), 2 July 2017 Michèle Grihault St Menoux (FR), 4 July 2017 ally developed dementia. With- Frankfurt a.M. (de), 29 January 2017 Roelof Veltkamp The Hague (nl), 30 January 2017 Otto Baertschi Weiningen (ch), 8 July 2017 out lamenting and with deep Margot Vink Ede (nl), 4 February 2017 Margaret Garner Sandringham (au), 8 July 2017 inner peace he allowed the Ingeborg Ahrendt Ahrensburg (de), 5 February 2017 Louisette Capus Compiègne (fr), 9 July 2017 outside world to fade away Maria-Elisabeth Förster Mannheim (de), 20 Feb 2017 Antje Ghaznavi Thornhill (ca), 9 July 2017 Ernst Schneider Basel (ch), 9 July 2017 and looked towards the transi- Ilse Schröder Frankfurt a.M. (de), 5 March 2017 Christa Hörster Elmshorn (de), 8 March 2017 Giselheid Schmidt Heiligenberg (de), 11 July 2017 tion to a future life, to living in Mrs E.M. Müller Zeist (nl), 12 March 2017 Walter Leopold Ottersberg (de), 11 July 2017 the spiritual world to which he Alexander Stamm Königsbronn (de), 16 March 2017 Anna Loos Frankfurt (de), 13 July 2017 felt very close. Christel Scheuerl Radevormwald (de), 17 March 2017 Peter Bollen Titirangi (nz), 14 July 2017 Jean Ledrolle Reims (fr), 14 July 2017 Hellmuth ten Siethoff died on Dorothea Hidber Limache (cl), 9 April 2017 Frau B.C.G. Gleistein Zeist (nl), 19 April 2017 Gerd-Joachim Fabian Stuttgart (de), 17 July 2017 4 August, at the age of 89, at Anne Dobbs Keighley (gb), 26 April 2017 Surrey Levenberg Johannesburg (za), 20 July 2017 Rüttihubelbad, a nursing home Johannes Frank Hamburg (de), 4 May 2017 Charles Barrington Dunedin (nz), 21 July 2017 near Bern (ch), where he treated Gerhard Schneider Katzweiler (de), 5 May 2017 Margot Blasberg Schwanau (de), 22 July 2017 Aplonia de Goederen Zutphen (nl), 8 May 2017 Friederike Küstermann Dortmund (de), 24 July 2017 the many people he met with Dörte Themann Ahrensburg (de), 17 May 2017 Michiko Koyasu Kanagawa-ken (jp), July 2017 the same loving kindness that Pierre Stocker Zurich (ch), 20 May 2017 Agata Nardelli Markham (ca), 1 August 2017 had distinguished him since his Robert Winterstein Munich (de), 25 May 2017 Margaret Colquhoun childhood. | Enno Schmidt, Basel Ida Scheuierman Capelle a/d Ijssel (nl), 26 May 2017 Longformacus (gb), 3 August 2017 Marianne Luedeking Miami/fl (us), 27 May 2017 Hellmuth ten Siethoff (ch), Bernard Hucher, Basel (ch)/ Joseph Steinmetz Petange (lu), 2 June 2017 Urtenen-Schönbühl (ch), 4 August 2017 Pau (fr) Hans-Joachim Ebel Neu Darchau (de), 3 June 2017 Marlise Stöckli Derendingen (ch), 5 August 2017 Claudine Derungs Dietikon (ch), 4 June 2017 Pirjo Lahti Imatra (fi), 7 August 2017 Dieter Knellessen Dettenhausen (de), 5 June 2017 Irene Glatz Stuttgart (de), 9 August 2017 Erika de Vries Kirchzarten (de), 6 June 2017 Maria Fonseca Tonbridge (gb), 9 August 2017 Hildegard Müller Vienna (at), 8 June 2017 Jutta Gädke-Timm Arlesheim (ch), 11 August 2017 Ilse Demarest Saint-Baudelle (fr), 9 June 2017 Evelyn Martin Ipswich (gb), in 2017 Conrad Maynzer London (gb), 9 June 2017 Wiltrud Clausen Munich (de), 14 June 2017 From 13 June to 14 August 2017 the Society Dirk-Jan de Geer Amsterdam (nl), 14 June 2017 welcomed 171 new members. 295 are no Eve Grothe Marburg (de), 14 June 2017 longer registered as members (resigna- Katharina Matte Bolligen (ch), 14 June 2017 El Horreya-Heliopolis tions, lost, and corrections by country Cairo (eg), 15 June 2017 Societies). Rolande Jouanjan Fouesnant (fr), 15 June 2017

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Medical Section: «Living Warmth» Conference Interprofessional study of warmth (2017 ipmt Australia) Connecting with the warmth forces The Medical Section will embark on a new series of annual conferences on the topic of for the earth’s warmth. Anthroposophy «warmth». The cosmos has evolved out of warmth and our innermost individuality lives can inspire ways of relating responsi- and weaves in the warmth of our body – when we have a fever our temperature is raised bly to the earth’s warming atmosphere, while in cancer patients the thermoregulation is out of balance. to the light and to the Sun. As human beings we are as responsible for the Today’s main health-related challenges have part of an integrative oncological therapy. warmth of the earth (climate change) to do with warmth: warmth is the decisive as for our relationships, for world peace. factor at birth and throughout early child- Warmth in the social sphere hood. Infectious diseases are often accom- This year, we also celebrate the centenary Perspectives of therapy panied by fever. The countless traumatized of Rudolf Steiner’s publication on the three- From external applications to mistletoe people we meet today are also in need of fold social organism and of ’s therapy, Anthroposophic Medicine offers warmth. Cancer continues to be among the first use of mistletoe in the medical practice. a wealth of treatments for imbalances of most frequent illnesses of our time requir- Threefoldness is the key to understanding the warmth organism. The Medical Sec- ing therapeutic stimulation of the warmth cancer as well as the medicine used to treat tion’s five care areas* will be at the centre organization. And finally, warmth is also it. Threefoldness therefore not only facili- of this year’s Medical Section Conference, essential in end of life support. The quality tates an understanding of the human being; where they will be studied interprofession- and therapeutic effect of warmth clearly it is also the source of therapeutic forces. ally under the heading of «Living Warmth». plays an important part throughout life. Regaining health consists in the harmoniza- We would like all therapists to join us in tion of our own, individual threefoldness. working on these topics and contribute their Warmth in medicine Rudolf Steiner’s wooden sculpture individual experiences from their countries. At the same time we continue to be faced depicts the Christ being, the represen- We will look at the effect warmth has on with the limitations of therapy: antibi- tative of humanity, between the ex- body, soul and mind from the point of view of otic treatment of infections has become tremes of hardening ahrimanic and loos- the various therapeutic professions and will one of the main causes of resistance to ening luciferic forces, and is therefore also focus on this theme in our Class work. antibiotics and therefore their growing the archetype of all healing measures. For the evening before the last confer- ineffectiveness. Despite all the progress At present we witness that this threefold- ence day we are planning a joyful and being made, cancer therapies still come ness is under threat, in individuals as well stimulating gathering on the Goetheanum up against unresolved problems. The as in the social organism. The re-emergence terrace. | Matthias Girke and Georg Soldner, same is true for the medical and ethical of nationalist tendencies obfuscates the Goetheanum issues arising around birth and death. ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity. This is why the Medical Section has These ideals need healing forces for the sal- chosen to give particular attention to the vation of humankind and for the overcom- Annual Conference goetheanum.org/8568.html essence and therapeutic significance of ing of the growing coldness. Rudolf Steiner warmth. We know, after all, about the posi- described anthroposophy as a science of tive health effects of the anthroposophical the spirit that can only thrive on the soil of * 1 Pregnancy, birth, childhood, living with disability approach to pregnancy, birth, early child- brotherliness. Anthroposophy contributes 2 Fever, acute infections, avoidance hood and to living with disabilities; there is to the humanization of the social life so of antibiotic illness evidence of the positive effect of restrict- that the light and warmth of the Christ 3 Anxiety, sleep disorders, depression ing the use of antibiotics, and studies have Sun can be effective, health-bringing forces. 4 Cancer 5 Pain treatment, end of life care revealed the effectiveness of mistletoe as As humanity today we are responsible