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■ anthroposophy Youth: amok and terrorism “Tell me something about yourself that no one October 2016 understands” No. 10 When the German translation of the book “A Mother’s Reckoning - Living in the Anthroposophy Aftermath of Tragedy” came out, two German-speaking media reported on the school 1 Youth: Amok and terrorism shooting at Columbine High School in Littledon, Colorado (US) in 1999. The book’s author, Sue Klebold, is the mother of one of the attackers. In Pacifica Journal 50/2016 Anthroposophical Society Douglas Gerwin quotes speaking of the origin of this kind of violence. 2 All four Mystery Dramas 13 Belgium: New general secretary hether it is adolescents going on Sue Klebold writes? In an interview Bart Vanmechelen Wkilling sprees or suicide attackers – published in Das Magazin (CH) and 14 Theodor Ganz: 60th anniversary of what shocks us is how young people deny Süddeutsche Zeitung (DE) she says that the painter’s death others as well as themselves the right theirs had been an average family. “We 15 Obituary: Erika von Baravalle to live full lives. Douglas had a happy life, did lots of 15 Membership News Gerwin, the founding things together and had a director of the Center for warm and close relationship Anthroposophy, asks why with our children.” But her 2 Faust: Financial aspects so many people around son Dylan had lost “his moral 3 Goetheanum Leadership: Autumn the world are becoming compass”. “Something went retreat radicalized. A colleague horribly wrong in his head 4 Goetheanum World Conference of his, Patrice Maynard of and that is why he caused 6 International Faust Festival the Research Institute for harm to others and to Anthroposophy Worldwide , called himself. […] For me it feels 7 USA: San Francisco Youth his attention to a lecture of Focusing on the human powers today as if he died of cancer.” Troupe 11 September 1920 (9/11!), of imagination She then goes on to talk 8 Turkey: Eurythmy programme published in Spiritual about some advice her of the Istanbul kindergarten Science as a Foundation for Social Forms psychiatrist had given her, which was training (GA 199), in which Rudolf Steiner described that one should invite teenagers to open 9 Pacific Rim: 20 years of Pacifica how we bring imaginations with us when up. “Tell me something about yourself Journal we are born from our pre-birth existence in that no one understands; something that 10 Georgia: AmWort further training the spiritual world. is hurting you.” Rather than trying to tell 10 Germany: Mystery Drama children that there is a solution to every Interest instead of suppression performed in Witten problem one should encourage them to It is up to educators and teachers “to “Tell me more!” School of Spiritual Science bring these images back to life”. If this does 11 Section for the Performing Arts: not happen, unredeemed forces are caught Heaven-creative powers of picture-making Speech and drama training council in the astral body and they “will burst out At the end of his contribution Douglas First World Eurythmy Day elsewhere if they are not brought to the Gerwin writes, “Wherever we hear of Eurythmy training initiatives surface of consciousness”. The “heaven” children – in the West, the East, or the 12 Medical Section: New leaders in that is suppressed in the young person’s Middle East – who were robbed by several areas soul will erupt in “fight and blood” – instead their education or their culture of the of manifesting in imagination. Those who opportunity to tap into their heaven- Forum take part in this kind of “destruction of the creative powers of picture-making, we can 14 Reflections on Michaelmas social order” are convinced that what they expect to find isolated cases or organized Feature do is good. networks of earth-destructive terrorists.”| 16 Iona Summer Camp 2016 How does this go together with what Sebastian Jüngel 2 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/16

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General Anthroposophical Society Financial aspects of “Faust” All four Mystery Dramas Celebrated – but financially disappointing Faust, parts 1 and 2, has been performed six times. The outstanding achievements of ll four Mystery Dramas by Rudolf Steiner the entire ensemble, consisting of actors, eurythmists and musicians, were celebrated Awill be performed during this year’s throughout the summer with standing ovations, but the financial expectations have Christmas Conference from 26 to 31 December, unfortunately not been met. in a production directed by Gioia Falk and Christian Peter. The conference is entitled he feedback received by the included full performances of both parts “Building the Temple and the Society out of TGoetheanum Stage for the various 17- of the play (altogether 1,967 visitors). the Cosmic Midnight Hour”. Simultaneous hour performances of Faust 1 and 2 since Around the same number of people readings in other languages will not be the premiere at Easter 2016 was largely (1,826) bought individual tickets to see available for this performance. The cosmic very positive, with a few critical voices either part 1 or part 2, which meant that midnight hour – the spiritual location where here and there. One of the highlights on average just under half the seats in the our actions and sufferings are considered – within this series of performances was the auditorium were sold. This adds up to a will be at the centre of this conference. In this Faust Youth Conference which attracted shortfall of around 800,000 Swiss Francs – mysterious spiritual place our earthly lives and around 600 people to the Goetheanum in while the treasurer had, of course, secretly the decisions we made are evaluated as a basis Dornach (CH). hoped for a profit! for decisions guiding our future incarnation. A period of intensive work and efforts Personal human encounters and co-existence is coming to an end. During this period Questions about the concept are prepared during this phase of our sojourn the entire ensemble and all who were di- As a result of this experience we need in the spiritual world. rectly or indirectly involved, including the to question the concept we chose for the The various contributions and directors Christian Peter, Andrea Pfaehler Faust performances by embedding them demonstrations, conversation groups and and Margrethe Solstad, did their utmost – in four- to five-day conferences. It means artistic activities as well as the performances, under extreme time pressures and with a that conference members not only had to which are enhanced by music and eurythmy, very tight budget – to bring this produc- pay the high, unsubsidized ticket prices will focus on this mysterious event. tion to the stage. Preparations for this but also had to shoulder the costs of an The Mystery Dramas also serve to enrich mammoth task started in 2011. The plan- almost week-long stay in Switzerland and the life of the Anthroposophical Society ning, including the selection of actors and of taking time off work. In other words: and to make its spiritual aspects more additional eurythmists, and work on the How can we present this drama of the comprehensible. Reduced tickets (30% off) stage set began in 2014 whilst the major modern human being, as a synthesis will therefore be available for members of the stage renovation was still ongoing. From of the arts and a biographical event, to Anthroposophical Society. | Gioia Falk, Oliver January 2015 up until the premiere in those seeking answers, in a way that Conradt and Bodo von Plato, Goetheanum 2016 the ensemble worked day in day out allows great numbers of people to flock to make this unique performance possible. to the Goetheanum because they are Information/registration: determined to take part in this 17-hour www.goetheanum.org/8201.html Investing in the future artistic process of transformation? Despite the fact that the Goetheanum Luckily the Iona Stichting in Amsterdam Anthroposophy Worldwide appears ten times a year, is distributed by the national was facing a financial crisis in 2015 after (NL) was able to encourage two further Anthroposophical Societies, and appears as the cap was lifted from the Swiss Franc, foundations to subsidize the Faust Youth a supplement to the weekly Das Goetheanum the Goetheanum Leadership decided to Conference which meant that the ticket • Publisher: General Anthroposophical go ahead with the new six-million Franc prices could be further reduced and the Society, represented by Justus Wittich production as an artistic investment in the young people were able to benefit from • Editors: Sebastian Jüngel (responsible for this edition), Michael Kranawetvogl future. This continuation of the project these performances. (responsible for the Spanish edition), Margot was possible because of the willingness Thanks to expenditure cuts we were M. Saar (responsible for the English edition). of the Goetheanum staff to accept a able to make for the Faust, compared to Address: Wochenschrift ‹Das Goetheanum›, reduction of their salaries last year and the budgeted amount, the deficit will Postfach, 4143 Dornach, Switzerland, Fax also thanks to a generous legacy. not have to be covered by the funds for +41 61 706 44 65, [email protected] running costs. But it will nevertheless • We expressly wish for active support and The expected positive impact of the collaboration. • Subscriptions: To receive Faust production on the Goetheanum’s cause considerable problems for the ‹Anthroposophy Worldwide› please apply to 2016 finances did, however, not materialize Goetheanum in the present year and the Anthroposophical Society in your country. despite the largely positive response the also for the 2017 budget, and we need to Alternatively, individual subscriptions plays have received. While more than work hard to overcome these problems. are available at CHF 30.- (EUR/US$ 30.-) 900 conference members and viewers Following the experiences of recent years per year. An e-mail version is available to members of the Anthroposophical Society attended the preliminary premiere of we have put aside reserves as a security only at www.goetheanum.org/630.html?L=1 Faust 1 at Easter 2015, only about a third for the Goetheanum staff, which will © 2016, General Anthroposophical Society, of the auditorium’s capacity was used now probably have to be used up. | Justus Dornach, Switzerland at each of the six Faust conferences that Wittich, treasurer at the Goetheanum Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/16 | 3

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Goetheanum Leadership: autumn retreat budgeted and the actual costs. The new production of Goethe’s Faust 1 and 2 has Perceiving, understanding, taking action received positive feedback from the audience At this year’s autumn retreat of the Goetheanum Leadership the joint study time was and the media, but an average audience of changed from text work to independent contributions from individual members. The only 480 people per performance meant main issues discussed included ways of enhancing the profile of the Anthroposophical that instead of the budgeted income of 2 Society and the School of Spiritual Science and the Goetheanum’s financial challenges. million Swiss Francs only 1.2 million Francs were taken. This means there is a shortfall of 800,000 Swiss Francs. Over and above that there is still a structural deficit, which means that the Goetheanum will not have enough income to cover its expenses. The Goetheanum Leadership does not want to use the finances as a steering tool, however. And yet, they reflect clearly that the relationship between mission and needs is out of balance. The thought behind this approach is to promote those who take the initiative, in other words, to invest into the Photo: Sebastian Jüngel Photo: future. The driving force for such decisions Enhancing the profile of the Goetheanum as a School of Spiritual Science should be that a project, if it arises from a shared will impulse, can be realized without Enhancing the profiles ith this autumn retreat new making cost-effectiveness the primary Wspokespersons have taken on the Another question is how the profiles consideration. The three performances of task of preparing and chairing the meetings. of the Anthroposophical Society and the Faust 1 and 2 scheduled for 2017 will go As a result of this change the working year School of Spiritual Science can be further ahead (see page 6 for dates), and the ticket that lies ahead is given a new direction and enhanced. Like any other society, the sales in 2017 will determine whether there character. For Jean-Michal Florin, one of the Anthroposophical Society needs a degree of will be further Faust performances in 2018. leaders of the Section for Agriculture, and continuity if it is to work efficiently. Young Bodo von Plato, a member of the Executive people, on the other hand, want to seize and Advisory groups Council at the Goetheanum, it is a priority shape the moment (kairos). How can these that the way in which the world is perceived two qualities be combined? In addition to The following advisory groups have been and the way esoteric contents are being that, the Anthroposophical Society needs to formed: dealt with become more individualized. In “cultivate the life of soul” – and that means - Stefan Hasler, Paul Mackay, Christiane the course of the coming year the former learning to deal with many different soul Haid and Bodo von Plato will be concerned classical text studies will be replaced by moods, such as recognition or not-feeling- with basic “questions of orientation” in independent, individual presentations on understood. The School of Spiritual Science the context of the Goetheanum Stage. the topic of “threshold” by the individual is about qualities of the ‘I’. Its representatives Margrethe Solstad, Stefan Hasler, Seija members of the Goetheanum Leadership. are expected to deepen their knowledge of Zimmermann and Nils Frischknecht will The idea is that these contributions the esoteric contents (by meditating for be in charge of questions concerning the will later be published. In addition, the instance) and to master scientific methods. stage as such.; individual members will give reports on These two areas are usually separate in the - Questions regarding the building and the situation in the world, based on the general cultural life, but it needs both to the aesthetics of/at the Goetheanum impressions they have gained on their form a whole.* A task that still needs to be will be dealt with by Marianne Schubert various journeys. Interesting people from tackled is how results arising from individual and the “building group” she has non-anthroposophical institutions, with esoteric work ought to be presented within convened, which will advise Paul Mackay whom one has already established contact, the School of Spiritual Science. as the representative of the owners. This are to be invited on a regular basis, so one group, which is expected to be active can get to know them better and find Financial questions until Christmas, includes Marianne out whether some kind of cooperation While the section leaders have a clear Schubert, Henning Schulze-Schilddorf, will be possible. Since the foundation of picture of the tasks that need doing in their Alexander Schaumann, Elke Schmitter, the Goetheanum Leadership in 2012 the particular fields, the picture one has of the Johannes Nilo, Hansjörg Palm and Bodo members of the Leadership Group have School of Spiritual Science as a whole is less von Plato. | Sebastian Jüngel always represented this body together. clear. This uncertainty is reflected in the They now ask themselves whether, with finances: the sections have a healthy grasp Sources: Jean-Michel Florin, Bodo von Plato some meetings, delegations would be of their individual budgets, but the two and Justus Wittich. more appropriate. recent major stage projects have resulted * Cf. Peter Heusser: Anthroposophy and Sci- in noticeable differences between the ence. An Introduction. Frankfurt 2016 4 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/16

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Goetheanum World Conference the knot which is formed when we think that anthroposophy is being “applied” in Opening up – to the other and to the situation in the fields of life. This would mean that an- the world throposophy is not present in the original activity but is imported from the outside, From 27 September to 1 October the Goetheanum will be hosting the Goetheanum by the General Anthroposophical Society World Conference. One of the objectives of this conference will be to give a and the School of Spiritual Science. The new impetus to the cooperation between the School of Spiritual Science, the external perspective implies that we are Anthroposophical Society and the fields of applied anthroposophy (or “fields of life”) – looking at the current events. We basically with an eye on the challenges of our time. see dramatic times and upheaval every- Sebastian Jüngel: In the letter of invitation removed from it. Yet the way in which the where. This is what we want to bring close for the Goetheanum World Conference General Anthroposophical Society and the to people – in the sense of Michael world you sent out on 17 November 2015 it says, School of Spiritual Science were founded confirmation. “What is important now and in the years can inspire new impulses for our time. We Jüngel: And then? to come? Which inner attitude and quality are looking for the structure that is able to Hurter: And then I can find out where I can of soul, mind and spirit do we need to de- carry a new culture of knowledge which make my particular contribution. I don’t velop? What actual plans and projects can will make this possible. mean that I just go along with what is hap- we agree on now?” What kind of impulses Jüngel: But everyone who comes to this pening in society, but that I find my own do you expect from the members of this conference has incarnated with his or her specific task and grasp hold of it. In my field conference? particular intentions. These intentions can- of work, for instance, in farming and nutri- Ueli Hurter: For us it is not about people not be left behind; they are an integral part tion, we are facing immense challenges coming here with their own favourite of the individuality in question. globally. What can I do with others so that ideas, because that would mean that ev- Mackay: That is true. But the Goethea- the biodynamic movement can play its eryone – to say it with an image – arrives num World Conference strives to integrate part? This conference is a special opportu- with a full backpack. But we are not expect- these individual intentions into a wider nity: there will be a number of people who ing a “marketplace of backpacks”. We ex- context. This context can enhance the in- run Demeter farms and/or have important pect people to put their luggage to one side tentions or even transform them – in con- jobs within the Demeter movement. The and look around at what can grow from be- nection with the other intentions – so that Goetheanum World Conference offers the ing here with others. We want to create a the individual intentions can be combined unique opportunity to give a new orienta- space for conversation here, together with into a shared vision. This is what is impor- tion and new impulses to our commitment, those who attend the conference. tant to us. The success of the impulse that not just within our particular field but in all Christiane Haid: That will be the chal- has arisen from the Christmas Conference fields of anthroposophical initiative. lenge, or to put it more positively, the art of 1923/1924 depends on whether we can of this meeting: that people do not bring create the context together in which this People with experience something with them that has become impulse can grow. Jüngel: What picture do you have now, two rigid, but that they come above all with weeks before, of those who will attend the the willingness to be open to others and A society initiative Goetheanum World Conference? to the situation in the world – and to take Jüngel: What do you mean by context? Hurter: We looked through all the names responsibility for the further development Mackay: Several things. There is on the and that has given us quite a clear picture of anthroposophy together. one hand the fact that the connection be- even if one doesn’t know many people per- Paul Mackay: This Goetheanum World tween the School of Spiritual Science, the sonally. Conference strives for an initiating, evoca- Anthroposophical Society and the fields of Kaliks: Let’s start with outer aspects: the tive quality that will help to prepare our- life has come apart. Many anthroposophi- youngest participant is 22, the oldest 98. selves for the future. The foundations for cal activities, on the other hand, have been About 40 percent are between 22 and 56; this will be created by the morning group severed from the general activities in so- the clear majority between 50 and 60. In sessions where we will work consecutively ciety. This goes back, among other things, other words, most of them are in active on the three exercises mentioned in the to the concept of the cultural islands that work and experienced. This is anyway my Foundation Stone Meditation. prevailed in the 1950s and 1960s. I don’t overall picture – that we are dealing with want to speak against “cultural islands”, experienced people. Placing individual intentions into a they have their place, too – but in the con- They come from more than 50 coun- wider context text of a societal task. Every initiative must tries, half of them from Germany, Austria Constanza Kaliks: In looking towards the find its place within the whole of society. and Switzerland. The other half are non- centenary of the Christmas Conference of The anthroposophical movement is part of German speaking. This really reflects the 1923/1924 and at its spiritual and cultural society at large. What is expected of us in anthroposophical life as it is today in the impulses, we must ask ourselves how we this respect, particularly when we look at world! We did not plan this composition; can connect with what was founded then the mission of the spirit of our time? it happened as a result of our mode of in- and with the impulses arising from that Hurter: So there are two contexts. Inter- vitation: people suggesting other people, foundation. Young people are quite far nally we must ask how we can disentangle many of whom we didn’t even know. Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/16 | 5

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he budget of the Goetheanum TWorld Conference 2016 would be fully covered, including meals, if par- ticipants contributed CHF 360 each on average. On registration, please enter an amount that reflects your financial means. We also ask all members and institu- tions for a financial contribution so that the Goetheanum World Confer- ence 2016 can become a reality and we can set up a fund to support members from further afield.

Please use one of the following accounts for your donations Photo: Sebastian Jüngel Photo: Reference: World Conference Two weeks before the Goetheanum World Conference: Paul Mackay, Christiane Haid, Ueli Hurter, Constanza Kaliks 2016 Tolerance is important activities, and in the evenings find a bal- Donations from Germany in Euros Haid: We also invited people who are not ance, through the arts, between the adver- (tax-deductible) so close to the anthroposophical move- sary forces of Ahriman and Lucifer that play Anthroposophische Gesellschaft in ment or who are not so decidedly a part such a dominant part today. Deutschland of it, because we saw their potential for a GLS Gemeinschaftsbank eG, possible future cooperation. This will be No distinction but a task 44708 Bochum, Germany the challenge of this conference: address- Jüngel: How can these encounters lead to IBAN DE13 4306 0967 0010 0845 10 ing on the one hand the inner needs of the a shared sense of responsibility? BIC GENODEM1GLS members who look back on a long connec- Kaliks: This conference is more than an tion with the Goetheanum and on the oth- event that just takes place and then it is Donations from Switzerland er to be open enough to not come across as over. It marks a journey that we wish to (tax-deductible) exclusive – an impossible task really, but we pursue further. Allgemeine Anthroposophische Gesell- are willing to take it on. Haid: The specialist work groups are meant schaft, Dornach, Switzerland Kaliks: This is about people with whom we to be starting points for a long-term collab- Raiffeisenbank, feel we can talk about our future plans. oration far beyond the conference. Apart 4143 Dornach, Switzerland Haid: It is an opening gesture and a chal- from that, we don’t see the members of IBAN CH36 8093 9000 0010 0607 1 lenge. Will we find a way of sharing what this conference as participants in the usual BIC RAIFCH22 has grown in anthroposophy over decades, sense, but as multipliers of an impulse with people in whom we recognize an in- whose reality we want to confirm during Donations from other countries (in terest in the future, without creating a divi- these days. What we experience here will Euros) sion? This will need many things, flexibility hopefully radiate out and benefit above all Allgemeine Anthroposophische Gesell- of language being one of them, because those who cannot be present. Being invited schaft, Dornach, Switzerland not everyone will be familiar with the an- to this conference is not a distinction but as GLS Gemeinschaftsbank, throposophical terminology. It needs inner a task: the task to multiply the concerns of 44708 Bochum, Germany mobility, because one cannot hold on to the conference. We hope that each confer- IBAN DE53 4306 0967 0000 9881 00 one’s own ideas and expectations; all in all ence member will return to their own place BIC GENODEM1GLS it needs great tolerance. of activity inwardly strengthened and with Jüngel: How will you make sure that these a clearer orientation, and hopefully also encounters will really be fertile? filled with enthusiasm – and that they will Haid: With the way the conference is struc- begin to put these impulses into practice – Three special issues of Anthroposophy tured: it will have a meditative element in by participating in and involving the world Worldwide have provided information the mornings, based on the Foundation that is longing for spiritualization - … about the intentions, objectives and the Stone Meditation, then the specialist work Hurter: … in other words that they will help programme of the Goetheanum World Con- of the Sections will be introduced; in the the concerns of the World Conference to ference (Anthroposophy Worldwide, issues 1, 5, and 7-8/2016) plenary sessions we will look at the global incarnate. ó 6 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/16

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International Faust Festival: How relevant is Goethe’s Faust today? too close to the original text and allowing Long-term effect too much poetic license. Mephisto does not know real love During the international Faust Festival which took place at the Goetheanum from 1 to 5 August simultaneous interpretation and readings were provided in English, French The lectures focused on the impor- and Spanish. Members of the anthroposophical Society in Spain experienced the Faust tance of Faust as the representative of the drama against the backdrop of their own literary culture and decided to continue modern human being. Virginia Sease, for working back home on the questions inspired in them by this performance. instance, pointed out that Mephisto sup- ports Faust in his striving for knowledge, but fails to count in the forces that are un- known to him: Faust’s love for Gretchen, for instance, or his attempt to move be- yond mere sensory aspects in his search for Helen’s archetypal beauty. Valentín Fernández combined his at- tendance of the Festival with his investi- gation of a particular question. His work within the Anthroposophical Society in Spain focuses at present on artificial intel- ligence and robotics and the effect these phenomena have on individuals and soci- ety. His question is how we deal with the forces that lead us to believe that there is a beautiful new world between techni- Photo: Photo: Tedeschi Georg cal feasibility and convenience, enabled Helped by images: growing up with Calderón de la Barca makes Faust hard workten through technology? He has collated some of the insights he derived from the art 1 of Goethe’s Faust was first pub- few lines, with numerous references to performances and work groups as a basis Plished in 1808. The heyday of the Ger- Greek mythology and culture. It expects for future Faust workshops in Spain. man Classic and Romantic Movement a lot even from its German speaking re- In the daily meetings and discussions saw, among other things, August Wilhelm cipients if they aspire to understand it in during the Faust Festival, the Spanish visi- Schlegel’s translation of the most impor- all its profundity. For any viewer from an- tors expressed the wish to turn their spon- tant works by Pedro Calderón de la Barca other culture this means that the images taneous enthusiasm about this work into (1803/1809) and the first German trans- presented on stage are particularly impor- more sober research. Eighteen of them de- lation of Don Quixote by Ludwig Tieck tant, because they transport him beyond cided to organize groups in various regions (1801). The production of Faust at the the language and storyline right into the in Spain. Among the topics they envisage Goetheanum, performed in 2016 for the dramatic events, allowing him to experi- are “Evil as a force necessary for awaken- first time with simultaneous readings in ence certain nuances more deeply. ing goodness”, “Faust and self-knowledge several languages, has helped to inspire For many Spanish viewers the light- as a path of development”, “The guardian mutual interest in the works of world lit- flooded, eurythmic staging of the arch- of the threshold in Faust” and “How is sci- erature that illuminate universal human angels and of the “Walpurgis Night” and ence portrayed in Faust?” questions from the point of view of the “Classical Walpurgis Night” scenes was At the end of the festival the Spanish different folk souls. moving and impressive. The imaginative visitors left the Goetheanum feeling that presentations by the Faust Ensemble en- “The artistic-sensory presentation of the Hard work abled them to penetrate some of the mys- spiritual wealth of this work has affected For the German reader of Faust it is teries of this work. us all lastingly and in ways we cannot yet usually a joy to encounter Cervantes’ evaluate. Events of this kind imbue us with sense of humour when he, as in Don Preparation for the simultaneous readings the forces and insights that help us to see Quixote, brings such lightness to the A group of artists – speakers, actors and our goals clearly before us and to continue most serious problems of life. This mix- eurythmists – had come together in Spain on the journey that has been inspired by ture of depth and lightness, earnestness under the direction of Leonor Montes to Rudolf Steiner.”| Michael Kranawetvogl, and humour, was a real example of ro- prepare the texts that were to be simul- Villagarcía de Arosa (ES) mantic art even for Ludwig Tieck and the taneously read with the performances. brothers Schlegel. Approaching the Faust, They chose the best-suited passages from There will be further (unabridged) perfor- mances of Faust 1 and 2 at the Goetheanum however, if one comes from this southern three or four good translations, based on on 17 to 19 July, 21 to 24 July and 28 to 30 July culture, is tremendously hard work. This is considerations such as length of verse, ar- 2017. Advance ticket sales start on 15 Decem- an opus, after all, that contains the most tistic quality, rhyme and metre. 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USA: 21 years of San Francisco Youth Eurythmy Troupe and 12 and their practice times are timeta- bled optional lessons, offered in addition The best way of making feeling visible to the regular eurythmy tuition. When the The Youth Eurythmy Troupe was formed 21 years ago at the request of former students group started in 1995, it had eight mem- at the San Francisco Waldorf School. Since then the group has widened its scope under bers, now there are 26. Astrid Thiersch has the direction of Astrid Thiersch and is traveling the world. With eurythmy as a shared to select her troupe every year from more element, teenagers also find out what life is like in other countries. than 30 applicants because the stage is not big enough for a larger group. Most of the students stay with the ensemble for several years. Over the years, parents, former par- ents and friends have been sewing for the group so that there is now a store of over 150 costumes. Five yards of silk are needed for each dress, plus another four and a half yards for each veil! Every en- semble member also has white and black eurythmy shoes as well as matching knee socks and underdresses. The costs for hiring stages and for equipment are covered by the ticket sales; foreign journeys are – as far as possible – paid for by the students’ families and by donations from organizations and friends International encounters: the young eurythmists in Thailand of eurythmy.

lyssa and Merlin are on the edge of School who, because there was no high Relief, pride, joy their chairs, leaning forward, mouths school, had each gone their own way after A When the students “float” through open, eyes glued to the action on stage class 8. Some of them missed eurythmy – the theatre for the grand finale, throw- and the swirling of coloured silks; they aside from other Waldorf elements they ing roses into the audience I see relief, delve into the dramatic music and the fas- had grown fond of – and they asked Astrid pride and joy in their faces. During the cinating tale that is being presented. We Thiersch if she would work with them out- three years he spent with this group my are witnessing the San Francisco Youth side school. The idea for a performance rather intellectual teenage son with his Eurythmy Troupe’s first performance in was born! angular movements acquired grace and February 1996. For two years the group consisted of flowing gestures. He learned about group As parents we had our doubts at the alumni, but when a high school was start- dynamics and responsibility. Karin, an- time whether our children – who were in ed in 1997, present students also joined. kindergarten then – would be able to fol- Seven years later the programme was pre- other member, says, “Eurythmy is not just low such a performance. All we hoped for sented exclusively by students of the San something one ‘does’. Eurythmy ‘is’, and was that they would sit quietly through it. Francisco Waldorf High School. we are privileged to be able to present it We never expected them to be so fasci- to other people. It reflects the beauty and nated! And who would have thought then From San Francisco into the world goodness that live in things. It may well be that Merlin would one day take part in it! The ensemble first performed their the best way of making pure feeling vis- pieces in San Francisco (up until 2010 in ible. Just as with light, you cannot see it, An alumni project Fort Mason, after that at the Jewish Com- but you can see what is being lit. … There Since then I may have missed one per- munity Center) and at the annual Waldorf is nothing more human.” formance, two at most. Every February teachers’ conferences in Sacramento. When they travel abroad new worlds I travel from southern Silicon Valley to Then they spread their wings, going off to are opening up for the students: euryth- San Francisco (driving at least one hour) show their work in other Waldorf schools, my is the linking element that bridges the in order to plunge into this world of sto- such as Fair Oaks, or Santa Rosa in the Bay boundaries of foreign languages and the ries, music and coloured silks, presented Area (California), New York and Austin difficulties of verbal communication. The by the eurythmist Astrid Thiersch and (Texas). These tours proved so success- young people see how people live in other her ensemble. The San Francisco Youth ful that the group ventured even further countries. They often stay with school Eurythmy Troupe are pioneers of a move- afield, visiting Switzerland, Germany, families and make new contacts. These ment that has attracted more and more France, Italy, Japan, Egypt, China, New international encounters have a lasting young people over the years. Zealand, Thailand, Holland, Belgium, Tai- effect and make them think about their The group began in 1995 with former wan and India. own lives.| Katharina Woodman, Sunny- students of the San Francisco Waldorf The students are from grades 10, 11 vale (US) 8 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/16

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Turkey: Eurythmy programme of the Istanbul Kindergarten Seminar league Tille Barkhoff would also continue with the newly founded teacher training, Connecting with the spiritual stream of Ephesus two weeks after the eurythmy perfor- At the performance of their third eurythmy programme on 7 August, the students mance, with the first budding Waldorf of the Kindergarten teacher training of the “Association of the Friends of the Art of teachers. Education” (ESDD) in Istanbul presented “Red Riding Hood” as well as texts, in Turkish Over two weeks Alfred Rahmen spent translation, by Rudolf Steiner, Rumi and Goethe, and the composition “Kara Toprak” three lessons every day teaching about (Black Earth) by Fazıl Say. the Foundations of Human Experience, the child study, paths of inner develop- ment and much more. Eurythmy was also scheduled for three lessons a day – but we ended up doing at least five because the students were so keen to have extra practice after the seminar. We rehearsed in a gym hall which would later be trans- formed into a magical stage. The tem- peratures there rose above 30° C, with 90 percent air humidity!

Reflecting the dance of the dervishes The eurythmy performed by the stu- dents of the Kindergarten teacher train- Photo: Yavuz Erkan Yavuz Photo: ing on 7 August turned out to be brilliant. The riddles of life: speaking images from Red Riding Hood Choreographic forms for the seven scenes of “Red Riding Hood” had been prepared he first big performance in 2014 was tion from the Artemis cult to the Mystery and the 46 parts divided among the 24 Tunder the motto “Stars spoke once of Mary also occurred in the Anatolian- students; costumes had been sewn. The to human beings” (Yıldızlar bir zamanlar Aegean region. questions evoked by the images of this insanlarla konuşuyorlardı). One year later The teacher-pupil relationship took a folktale seemed more pertinent than the title of the presentation was “The Gi- crucial turn at Ephesus. It was from then ever. What is concealed behind the image ant Turnip” (Tombul Havuç). And this time on that the teacher developed alongside of the child with the red cap? Or the wolf? we were inspired by Rudolf Steiner’s Ephe- the student and their mutually fertiliz- The mother? The hunter? Step by step, the sus Verse of 22 April 1924: Being, sprung ing relationship was a necessary devel- unfolding drama unveiled many riddles of from worlds, you in the form of light,/ opment on their joint spiritual path. We life for us. Given strength by the Sun in the Moon’s absorbed all these elements as sources of Elements of the dervish dances were might,// You are endowed by Mars’ cre- inspiration for our work this year. integrated in the eurythmy to the music ative resounding/And Mercury’s wings by Fazil Say. The eurythmic movements of which move your limbs,// You are illu- The coup did not stop us! the planets – although slightly different, mined by Jupiter’s radiant wisdom/And It took a whole year to prepare for these but substantially similar – appears also in by the beauty of Venus, bearing love.// two weeks of intensive work from 25 July the movements of the whirling dervishes May Saturn’s world-old spirit-inwardness to 7 August. Then came the attempted of Konya (TR). Fazıl Say’s hommage to Aşık / Consecrate you to being in space and be- coup on 15/16 July! Should it all be can- Veysel, the great troubadour, includes jazz coming in time!” celled? No way! I had experienced a coup elements and is profoundly moving! before as a ten-year old in Brazil – that one The seminar in Istanbul receives sup- Fertile mystery stream followed by 21 years of dictatorship. We port from the International Association The connection between the Istanbul were determined to continue – now more for Steiner/Waldorf Early Childhood Edu- kindergarten training initiative and the than ever! cation (IASWECE) in Stockholm (SE), the impulses of Ephesus, represented by the I landed in Istanbul on 20 July: luckily Friends of Steiner Education in Berlin (DE) deities Artemis/Persephone, the sister of – and amazingly – the airport was open and from many other friends, pupils of Apollo, is undeniable. 2500 years ago the again. We started immediately with our the Rudolf Steiner School in Hamburg/ ancient philosopher Heraclitus was active preparations for the seminar. In the course Nienstedten, lecturers and various initia- in the mysteries of Ephesus, using speech of the week two lecturers from Germany tives. With 1001 thankful oriental greet- itself as a path of initiation. Later John the cancelled – understandably. The political ings from the Seminar in Istanbul and Evangelist wrote his prologue at Ephesus situation in Istanbul, and in Turkey, was from Tarhan Onur | Roberto Luca Pellacini, and made a connection with its spiritual very tense and unpredictable. Phone calls Hamburg/Tornesch (DE) stream, which to this day is able to unfold and emails went to and fro in the Waldorf its inner power as a mantra. Paul also has a world. Thankfully Alfred Rahmen (CH) close connection with this site. The transi- agreed to come! He and my eurythmy col- www.egitimsanatidostlari.org Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/16 | 9

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Pacific Rim: ‹Pacifica Journal› A vehicle of communication for the spirit of time The Pacific Rim is a region rife with political and military interests. There are also many anthroposophical initiatives at work in that part of the world. One element that con- nects them are the people who see themselves as one community across the Pacific, another one is the Pacifica Journal which was founded twenty years ago.

n the warm tropical summer of 1995, the rect its focus from the tiny island activities to IHonolulu Waldorf School and the Anthro- become an organ of communication for this posophical Society in Hawai’i joined forces to work in the Asia-Pacific. And so Pacifica Jour- host an international conference in the middle nal was born. of the largest ocean on earth. In a venue on the slopes of a 13,796-foot volcanic mountain, The connecting element Mauna Kea, participants arrived from around Pacifica Journal is now celebrating its the Ring of Fire. Peru, California, Canada, Ja- twentieth year of publication and its fiftieth pan, the Philippines, China, Thailand, Australia, consecutive issue. Originally published four Peripheral awareness: editor Van James New Zealand, and of course the various Ha- times a year and mailed out as a hardcopy waiian Islands, Kaua’i, O’ahu, Maui, Moloka’i, issue, the journal eventually reduced produc- An unintended positive side-effect and Hawai’i Island were represented. Europe tion to be bi-annual emailed PDF copies. It was and other parts of the United States also sent clear from the start that this newsletter was The Asia-Pacific Conferences, besides participants. This was the first ever Pacific fulfilling a need. The late Fred Paddock, librar- providing a rich palette of anthroposophical Region Conference of its kind with lectures ian of the Rudolf Steiner Library wrote in 1997, offerings, produced a very important, at first and workshops on Waldorf Education, bio- “This is the journal to watch! The Pacifica Jour- unintended, side effect. Putting together the dynamic farming, threefold social science, nal takes in the whole Pacific Rim, including conferences forced the disparate, often adver- , and other arts and Australia, the Philippines, Japan and India. It is sarial groups within a given country, to work sciences. It was a truly special multi-national, in this region that Anthroposophy as a world together. This had a very real strengthening multi-cultural, multi-ethnic event. movement (and not just a central European outcome for the work in the different coun- transplant) will meet its test. The task of incul- tries. Later, host countries were chosen spe- Annual conferences turating anthroposophy into the Asian setting cifically to help the various local groups get Later that year, at the country representa- will demand the best thinking we can come together and share their experiences. At this tives meeting of the General Anthroposophi- up with. Pacifica Journal has clearly taken this time, over the past 20 years, there has been cal Society in Switzerland, Karl Kaltenbach of challenge seriously.” (Rudolf Steiner Library an explosion of interest in Waldorf educa- Australia and Hans Mulder of New Zealand, Newsletter, Volume 5, 1997) tion and so the AWTC grew in numbers, as did together with from the Philip- Throughout the late 1990s the APIG con- many smaller conferences and regional train- pines, all of whom had attended the confer- tinued to meet with changing members and ings. It became clear that national rather than ence in Hawai’i, agreed that the momentum representatives, also from the Goetheanum, international conferences held in local Asian begun by the Pacific Region Conference joining the annual Asia-Pacific Conferences languages were what was now needed. The should continue. They decided that an infor- that took place in India (1997, 2004, 2011), Asia-Pacific Initiative Group disbanded itself. mal conference would be arranged in the Phil- Thailand (1998, 2007), Taiwan (1999), Japan Ronald E. Koetzsch, editor of the American ippines and representatives from not just the (2000 and 2015), Nepal (2001), Korea (2015) Waldorf education publication Renewal Mag- Pacific region, but from all of Asia, would be and the Philippines (2009). At the same time, azine, says, “The Pacifica Journal is an excellent invited. Held in 1996 in Manila, this was the Nana Goebel of the Friends of Rudolf Steiner resource, providing news about events— up- first official Anthroposophic Asia-Pacific Initia- Education, based in Germany, began to hold coming and past—and about developments tive Group meeting (APIG). It was at this Ma- Waldorf roundtable meetings in connection in anthroposophical communities all around nila meeting that it became clear that, apart with these conferences. These meetings even- the Pacific Rim and in Asia; stimulating articles from the well-organized work being done for tually led to the forming of the Asian Waldorf with deep esoteric content; and informative education, agriculture, medicine, and other Teachers Conferences (AWTC), which are now reviews of recent books related to anthro- fields in the US and Europe, little coordinated held every two years (Thailand—2007, Philip- posophy, Waldorf education, and other sister effort or even conscious overview of activities pines—2009, India—2011, Korea—2013). The movements. existed in and for the Asia-Pacific. As a step to- last one took place in Fujino, Japan (2015) and Perhaps Pacifica Journal will go the way ward bettering this situation, APIG’s members the next one will be held in China (2017). of APIG and the Asia-Pacifica Conferences resolved to organize annual English-speaking Pacifica Journal has striven to keep those as more and more local grassroots initiatives international conferences in different Asian interested in the renewal of education, the re- take over the task of communicating the in- countries on the themes arising out of the enlivening of agriculture, the healthy exten- spiring work that is being done in Asia. But for work of Anthroposophy. At the same time, it sion of modern medicine, the threefolding of now, Pacifica Journal celebrates this milestone was agreed that the modest Anthroposophi- society, abreast of what is happening in Asia in its life as a vehicle of communication for the cal Society in Hawai’i Newsletter would redi- and the Pacific. spirit of the time! | Van James, Hawai’i (US) 10 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/16

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Section for the Performing Arts I Section for the Performing Arts II Speech and drama training council First World Eurythmy Day On 3 July eleven training courses for artistic speech and drama joined forces and will Following an initiative by the euryth- now, as a training council, take responsibility for ensuring shared training standards mists Aban Bana and Dilnawaz Bana and cooperation within the Section for the Performing Arts. from Mumbai (IN) the first World Euryth- my Day took place on 24 September.

ban Bana and Dilnawaz Bana felt that Athere should be an opportunity to cele- brate the possibilities offered by eurythmy every year on 24 September. In the appeal they sent around they wrote, “What is the most complex and challenging instrument we can tune and play? It is something we all share as human beings.” They are refer- ring to the ether body. They chose the date because it was on 24 September 1912 that Marie Steiner first referred to this move- ment art, which she had developed to- Decision to work together: the new speech and drama training council gether with Rudolf Steiner, as “eurythmy”. Stefan Hasler, leader of the Section for his new alliance of speech and drama (GB), the Performing Arts at the Goetheanum, Ttraining courses has taken its lead – Hamila. School of Speech and Drama, is supportive of the idea of a world euryth- from the eurythmy trainings. Margrethe (IL) (full-time training), my day. “After a hundred years, eurythmy Solstad, the former leader of the Section – Spirit of the Word. Independent School has become a reality. Not least because it for the Performing Arts, was in favour of for Creative Speech and the Art of Dra- is being practised 24 hours a day thanks collegial independence and wanted indi- ma, Kapiti Coast (NZ), to the global network of Waldorf schools vidual training centres to take responsibil- – Hogeschool Leiden, Opleiding Kun- and artistic ensembles. ity. Eurythmy trainings wishing to operate stzinige Therapie – Spraak & Drama, All eurythmists were called upon to under the umbrella of the Section, work Leiden (NL), make eurythmy visible somehow in their together on developing shared training – Marie-Steiner-Schule für Sprachgestal- area on 24 September, either in the form standards and decide about the recogni- tung, St Petersburg (RU), of a performance or by inviting people to tion of training courses on behalf of the – AmWort, Dornach (CH), take part in a eurythmy session. Section for the Performing Arts. – Slovowort. Schule für das künstlerische Wort, Dornach (CH) (Course in Russian), Section for the Performing Arts III Under the auspices of the Section – Snellman-Korkeakoulu: Puhe – ja draa- On 3 July the speech and drama train- mataiteen opinnot, Helsinki (FI) (full- Training initiatives ing courses followed the example of the time training) eurythmists. All existing trainings were in- – Slovo Řeč Divadlo, Prague (CZ), here are at present 22 recognized eu- vited to work together within the Section. – Libera iniziativa per lo studio della Trythmy training courses and 19 train- The conditions they need to meet include Sprachgestaltung, Bologna (IT) ing initiatives worldwide – from South developing joint standardized examina- America to Europe and Egypt to Asia. tion regulations and making the tools Part of a greater whole One of the agenda items at the eu- available that are necessary to implement The idea behind this alliance is that rythmy training conference on 1 July at the and adhere to these regulations, striving the students show each other what they Goetheanum was the high proportion of for mutual awareness, visiting each other have been working on. This happened for part time training courses and the related and working together regularly, in particu- the first time on 1 and 2 July, in the wake question of “quality assurance”. Stefan lar on themes relating to the epic, poetic of the international eurythmy qualifica- Hasler, the leader of the Section for the Per- and dramatic arts. tion meeting of 27 to 30 June. “It means forming Arts, thinks that the reason there The following training courses decid- that individual students realize that they are so many training initiatives is that eu- ed to work together and form a training are part of a greater whole,” Stefan Hasler rythmy really has become effective since council for speech and drama: says. its foundation and has spread around the – Logoi. Freie Akademie für Sprachge- Silke Kollewijn and Agnes Zehnter, both globe, not least due to the existence of so staltung, Schauspiel und soziale Kunst, speech artists, are working with Stefan many Waldorf schools.| Sebastian Jüngel Mannheim (DE), Hasler on behalf of the training council. | – PerformInternational, Peredur Centre Sebastian Jüngel Eurythmy training courses: www.srmk. for the Arts, East Grinstead/London goetheanum.org/ausbildungen/eurythmie Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/16 | 11

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Mystery Drama performance in Witten Georgia: further training in artistic speech Excerpt from Michaela Glöckler’s The Portal of Initiation address A cultural encounter Wolfgang Dornwald stages an unusual The good of humanity From 13 to 17 July 2016 the Dornach speech performance by rearranging and cutting school AmWort ran a further training course the text of Rudolf Steiner’s first Mystery in mind at the Tbilisi Waldorf School that also includ- Drama “The Portal of Initiation”. ed an art and culture trip through Georgia. udolf Steiner’s work is not only year ago, during an intensive speech young painter enters the chasms of Rmade up of books. The Goetheanum Aweek at AmWort, Valerian Gosha Gor- Ahis soul. His conscience tears apart is also one of his achievements. This goshidze, the Georgian theatre director, the armour of coldness and heartlessness, building – this work of art – is a visible speech artist and member of the Tbilisi and he has to face the unbearably dark symbol of people building something Waldorf school council, had the idea to or- crevices of his soul. His small everyday self together; it is a social building. The ganize a similar event in Georgia. Once he cannot cope with this. But he receives help Anthroposophical Society is a service had managed to win the directors of Am- from people who share his destiny and provider for the world; it is a society Wort over to his idea, the further training from spiritual beings, so that he can con- of people who are willing, of their own course in Tbilisi could go ahead. tinue on his way into the spiritual world, free initiative, to take entrepreneurial Dietrich von Bonin spoke about speech accompanied by a mighty, supportive action and responsibility in the world. therapy and explained the speech exercises stream of images. Every modern human Writing beautiful books is no longer that can be used in the area of tension be- being today is – more or less consciously enough. Today we need to make an ef- tween the neurosensory system and the sys- – on this journey. fort – even if this needs much patience tem of metabolism and limbs. He also mod- and even if many attempts fail. We erated the case reports that were presented Access for the less well-read need to feel responsible for the culture by the students. There was also a parallel As a director I wanted to bring out the of our time. Because what we achieve course for Georgian teachers – led by Agnes existential thread of this drama more on a small scale will radiate out to the Zehnter and Monika Gasser and interpreted strongly. I cut the text, added to it and larger context. This radiating out will by AmWort student Tornike Bluashvili – took the liberty of allowing Sophia and Es- only happen, however, when we act out which focused on pedagogical speech, and a tella, the two women who disagree with of love and freedom and not in pursuit biographical counselling course led by Philip each other in the Pre- and Interlude, to get of recognition and praise. Jacobsen. As part of the cultural programme on and guide the audience through the Goethe said something like, ‘If we presented to the thirteen participants and drama. I find it important that people who cannot look back and ahead over a lecturers who had come from further afield, are not so well-read can also find access to thousand years, we cannot live in the Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone was performed this play. I found the players by advertis- moment’. As a community we have the by the Georgian Waldorf teachers. ing my plans publically and they prove in possibility to live up to such an ideal. In every rehearsal that everyone can be an his course for physicians Rudolf Steiner Sharing the same past artist. There will be modern music by Per- said that with each individual patient During the seminar days there was also vez Mirza for three instrumentalists and we cure, we need to have the good of all time for sightseeing and for visiting muse- singers.| Wolfgang Dornwald, Witten (DE) of humanity in mind. ums in Tbilisi as well as the ancient capital of Mtskheta. The course was followed by Not incarnated to relax The Portal of Initiation by Rudolf Steiner will a week-long trip to Mount Kazbek in the be performed at the Rudolf Steiner School in I am grateful that my destiny and Greater Caucasus, the Vardsia cave mon- Witten (DE), Billerbeckstrasse 2, on 22, 23, 29 therefore you [the celebrating commu- astery in the south of the country and, fi- and 30 October, 5 – 9 p.m. nity as well as the active co-workers of nally, to Kutaisi in Western Georgia. In the Contact: [email protected] the Medical Section all over the world] eighth century BC Kutaisi was the capital have allowed me to live the way I did as of the ancient kingdom of Colchis, home the leader of the Medical Section at the to Medea and the Golden Fleece. In the Goetheanum. My work has always been twelfth century the Gelati Academy was ■ correction therapy for me. For I was born in 1946, founded nearby, which was to remain the just after the Second World War; I wit- cultural centre of Georgia for a long time. Country code missing nessed the development of nuclear en- We visited old churches and sights, learned ergy, then the Vietnam War. I had clearly about Georgia’s culture and history and en- t the end of Rainer Schnurre’s article not incarnated in this world to have a joyed the Georgian hospitality. Although A“A manifesto for social art – intend- relaxing time. I don’t want to see even a the Georgian language and alphabet are ed as a culture shock” in Anthroposo- single moment pass unused. And my foreign to us Central Europeans, this cul- phy Worldwide 9/2016 the country code wish for you is that you will be able to tural excursion showed impressively that was missing from the author’s email seize many moments too. | Michaela we share the same Greco-Christian past.| address. The correct email address is: Glöckler, Medical Section Leader emerita Heidi Tschümperlin, Pleigne (CH) Germany: [email protected] 12 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/16

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Medical Section: New section leaders and changes within IKAM eurythmy therapy means that eurythmy therapy is really present. It has entered the Blossoming – with many new buds ready to open sphere of people’s awareness.” There are changes ahead within the Medical Section’s steering committee, IKAM. In Rüdiger Grimm, who will remain sec- Matthias Girke and his deputy Georg Soldner will take over as Medical Section lead- retary of the Curative Education and So- ers from Michaela Glöckler, and Angelika Jaschke, Rüdiger Grimm and Ad and Hern- cial Therapy Council until the end of the riette Dekkers, who were in charge of eurythmy therapy, special needs education year, Michaela Glöckler appreciates above and social therapy, and psychotherapy respectively, will also hand over the reins to all his exemplary thoroughness and devo- their successors. tion to the cause. When she invited Ad and Henriette nder Michaela Glöckler’s direction chaela Glöckler on the one hand and from Dekkers to become coordinators for psy- Uthe Medical Section has grown into the representatives of the various fields chotherapy, Michaela demonstrated her a globally active medical-therapeutic net- on the other. This group of people was interest in professional fields that were work. Over the last 28 years, twenty-two able and willing to work closely together as yet undiscovered by anthroposophic professional medical groups have joined and they learned to appreciate each other medicine at the time. the Section. IKAM, the International Co- in the process. ordination for Anthroposophic Medicine, Some of the notes that were struck Open doors is the steering group that coordinates all during the farewell speeches reflected Some of the speakers also looked to- specialist fields and professional groups how closely Michaela Glöckler and the wards the future. Ralph Heinisch, the within the Section. In addition to the coordinators worked together. Of Ange- CEO of the Weleda Group, described Ita handover in the section leadership, which lika Jaschke, who retired as coordinator Wegman as the “first pioneer” and Mi- coincides with the celebrations of Michae- for eurythmy therapy in May during the chaela Glöckler as “the last pioneer”. He la Glöckler’s 70th birthday, three specialist World Eurythmy Therapy Conference expressed his view that new qualities fields within the Section will receive new (Anthroposophy Worldwide 7-8/2016), were now required “if we want to arrive coordinators. Michaela said, for instance, “I asked her at in the future”. Andreas Jaeschke, the new the time if she would take on coordinating manager of the Klinik Arlesheim, asked, Inspire, integrate, represent eurythmy therapy and she just said ‘Yes’.” “Which doors are open now? They may When Michaela Glöckler thanked the Angelika Jaschke (“I didn’t just say ‘Yes’”) well be closed in a few years?” outgoing coordinators on 18 September, remembered the three tasks Michaela The Young Medics presented a truly it was apparent that creating this network Glöckler suggested to her right at the be- symbolic gift. Handing Michaela Glöckler had not merely been an act of profession- ginning: inspire, integrate and represent. a small Jasmin shrub, they said, “This plant al duty but that their collaboration had Angelika Jaschke says of her experience has many blossoms but also plenty of new grown out of real human relationships – as a representative, “The fact that there buds that are ready to open – it reflects following an impulse that came from Mi- is a person who represents (in my case) your situation perfectly.” | Sebastian Jüngel

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Belgium: new general secretary Bart Vanmechelen The living stream of anthroposophy In March Bart Vanmechelen took over the office of general secretary of the Anthropo- sophical Society in Belgium from Kristina Lucia Parmentier. For him, the central task of the Anthroposophical Society is to create a “riverbed” in which anthroposophy can flow.

Sebastian Jüngel: You have taken on the Vanmechelen: Our region has been office of general secretary of the An- ruled by many countries in the course throposophical Society in Belgium this of history. Chauvinism is therefore alien year. From next year onwards you will to us. We are used to considering a va- also be co-secretary of the Curative Ed- riety of perspectives and as a result we ucation and Social Therapy Council. On have immense cultural riches and many top of that you work at “De Speelhoeve”, inspiring artists. This “rich” sentient cul- a centre for children with multiple dis- ture is in my view a good basis for the abilities. How do you manage all that? development of the consciousness soul. Bart Vanmechelen: (laughs) As the fa- The art of living also involves getting to ther of four children and husband of a know oneself and changing when one very busy artist and Waldorf teacher faces darker aspects such as fear, cyni- I have had plenty of practice. I can do cism and hatred – rather than project- all these tasks lovingly and devotedly ing one’s own feelings onto the world. thanks to the support I receive from my Daily meditation: Bart Vanmechelen many industrious colleagues. I am also A good reputation greatly inspired by the way our children Jüngel: What does the Anthroposophi- Anthroposophical Society has the task with disabilities are struggling every cal Society in Belgium mean for your to create a riverbed so that anthroposo- day for their humanity and this encour- country? phy can flow into all fields of life and ages me to do my best. Vanmechelen: With around 500 mem- fertilize them. This happens through Jüngel: Are there more differences or bers, the Anthroposophical Society is human deeds, through receiving grate- more similarities between your various relatively small (compared to the 30,000 fully and passing on selflessly. Human- activities? Freemasons in Belgium), but a relatively ity is yearning more and more for this Vanmechelen: What is very important large percentage of these members are living stream and there are people today for me in all these activities is the love quite active. The Waldorf schools and who are serving this impulse but who that goes into furthering the develop- centres for special needs education and are not members of the Anthroposophi- ment of human beings and of society. I social therapy are state-recognized and cal Society. It is not about us, it is about also love the wealth and richness of en- have a good reputation. this living stream of anthroposophy and counters and the work I share with very Jüngel: What is enriching for the An- about making sure that anthroposophy diverse people. throposophical Society in Belgium? is accessible and available. Connected with many people Vanmechelen: Such a densely populated Jüngel: From the outside it seemed country with three official languages, a Daily meditation quite unexpected when you took over very complicated state structure and Jüngel: You speak several languages; as general secretary from Kristina Lucia people from many cultural backgrounds you studied psychology in Belgium, Parmentier. What were the reasons for is a great place for practising one’s so- organisational development in Britain. this change? cial skills. What makes you cosmopolitan? Vanmechelen: It was less unexpected Jüngel: What qualities of the General Vanmechelen: All the people I have the for us, because the question had been Anthroposophical Society are helpful fortune to live and work with, and daily put to me when I started my involve- for the Anthroposophical Society in Bel- meditation. ment with the Council. At the time I gium? Jüngel: So far you have answered the could not accept because of my work Vanmechelen: The General Anthropo- questions. What question do you live duties. An important motive for me sophical Society widens the horizon of with (which others might find surpris- is that the Anthroposophical Society, the society here and mirrors our par- ing)? the School of Spiritual Science and the ticular qualities. Our “Belgian” qualities Vanmechelen: People who don’t know fields of practical application are closely seem to thrive best anyway in the inter- me so well yet will probably not expect interwoven in my biography and that I national context. the question: where can I find the best am therefore connected with many Jüngel: What are the tasks of the An- ice cream? ó people. throposophical Society? Do you think Jüngel: Which spiritual impulses en- that its long-term purpose is self-disso- hance the anthroposophical work in lution? Information: www.antroposofie.be Belgium and which hinder it? Vanmechelen: The way I see it is that the 14 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/16

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Reflections on Michaelmas Weekly, 19-25 August 2016), in defining it in words that best 6 February 1896 – 28 Sep- part on account of the threat communicate your sense of tember 1956 The true spirit of English causes in terms of “lin- what light is and what light can Michaelmas guistic imperialism”. We are all generate. Theodor Ganz more or less guilty of “linguis- 2. Now please focus in your lizabeth Carmack has de- tic imperialism”, the attitude mind’s eye and build up an heodor Ganz, the artist and Eveloped some thoughts for that legitimizes English as the imagination and picture of Tpainter who died on Mich- the anthroposophical commu- most acceptable language of light. Please remember some aelmas sixty years ago at the age nities in Vancouver, on how to communication for all forms of of the words you have used to of sixty, was very active in the think of language as the defin- multicultural contact. Do we characterise a particular quality last eleven years of his life. As a ing feature of our humanity not consider when faced with of light. Your active imagination painter he produced many paint- and of light as the bearer of the the extinction of a language creating a living picture of light ings and drawings. In addition, spirit of Michael. that it can serve the spirit? as only you can experience it. he offered daily guided tours In The Four Seasons and Canadian author Marga- for visitors at the Goetheanum, The Archangels (GA 229) Ru- ret Atwood not only espouses Sending light to an individual working also as a security guard dolf Steiner describes the re- the importance of language in peril in the Goetheanum foyer. lationship between the Arch- to define us as human beings, 3. Now think of individuals Theodor Ganz spent his youth angel Raphael and Archangel but endorses storytelling and who are helpless! For example, in Schaffhausen (CH). After -fin Michael. At this time of the the narrative art as imperative children captured to work as ishing his “Matura” (A-Level ex- year you have the Archangel for human survival. In Classi- soldiers fighting for a rebel aminations) he trained as a de- Raphael alive in the human cal Ancient Greek the logos cause, made to respond as au- signer for embroideries in St. Gal- breath providing healing and was understood as a universal tomatically as the weapons len. At Whitsun 1920 he came to the Archangel Michael in the principle that created and de- they brandish; children sold in- Dornach where Rudolf Steiner heavens providing light. The fined our humanity. As a result to bonded labour by parents to was active at the time. “It felt like work of both archangels is ide- at the time of Christ when the cover an unpayable debt. chil- home from the first moment,” ally captured and portrayed in Greeks sought a word that best dren who will work a lifetime in he wrote in his diary. The global the song “Echoes of Peace” by defined the quality of the spirit slavery with no thought of free- and political disasters of the the Squamish first elder Wendy of Christ “logos” was chosen. dom; children forced to marry 1930s, combined with changes Charbonneau. How better con- On the one hand you have the against their will and then in his family, affected him deeply. nect with the supersensory universal principle of human coerced into prostitution. You At that time painters tended world than through the spirits language engendering thought don’t need to use any of these to have their own individual of those who have died. and on the other hand the uni- examples, but think of a human style. Albert Steffen, who was a versal principle of the spirit being unable to escape such in- friend of Theodor Ganz’, tried to Language defines us as hu- known as the Word. justice. Now take your imagina- inspire these artists out of his man beings The source of inspiration be- tion of light and actively give it own spiritual visions. In 1953, Law enforcement in Canada hind the Cambridge Music Con- in any way you can imagine that Theodor Ganz, Emil Schweigler having imposed legal restric- ference is my sister Catherine will help your victim. and Lili Wadler-Bosshard were tions forbidding a whole gen- Carmack (1957-2003). The indi- 4. Describe your experience. commissioned by the Executive eration from speaking their vidual strength of her spirit, her Has giving your light to an indi- Council at the Goetheanum to own language, Wendy Char- human courage, to embody the vidual in peril transformed you? start a painting school at the bonneau can hear her ances- universal terms of the music in Has the quality of your light Goetheanum. tors, but cannot understand one final act, spiritualised her changed as you moved from an While the artistic medium, their language. She often turns will so she could move con- ideal or imagination to exercising plant or oil colours, was the starting to her relatives who then help sciously through the moment your light as a form of practical point for Theodor Ganz’ creative in deciphering the language. of death forging a unique rite concern? Has your understand- activity, the moral effect of the What touched me was her of passage. These are terms we ing of community changed? colour and picture compositions painstaking effort of con- must all seek to find the true How do you feel now in the face was for him an object of ongoing science not only to decipher spirit of Michaelmas. Not just of such abuse and injustice? research. He had periods when he and understand, but to take reaching for the light, we need In an attempt to build our painted animals, all kinds of trees or action and quite unconsciously to create light consciously so new light-filled Michaelmas landscapes with the sun setting or preserve her language that was we can speak to others of the community we now turn our rising, alternating with periods de- near to extinction. “Voice of the Spirit”. attention to individuals who voted to religious themes. | Math- To native English speakers have died in harsh and abusive ias Ganz, Dornach (CH) linguicide may be an odd term, Creating a living picture of light ways without actively receiv- but it recognizes the growing Please take about two to ing light or love from others. Is An exhibition of paintings by trend of how languages are dy- three minutes for each of the not love invisible light? | Eliza- Theodor Ganz can be seen at ing quickly at a rate of 26 lan- following exercises. beth Carmack, North Vancou- the Goetheanum Speisehaus guages a year (The Guardian 1. Describe any form of light ver (CA) until 30 October. Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/16 | 15

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18 December 1928 – 5 June 2016 We have been informed that the following 47 members have crossed the threshold of death In their remembrance we are Erika von Baravalle providing this information for their friends |The Membership Office at the Goetheanum hen she was born on 18 De- Lieselotte Gerhardt Hamburg (DE) 7 February 2016 Wcember 1928, the journey Felix Ibru London (GB) 12 March 2016 that would lead Erika Baravalle- Berit Kristensen Tønsberg (NO) im April 2016 Weiss (who wrote under the nom- Annemarie Ludwig Schauenburg (DE) 2 Mai 2016 Johannes Hollander Steenwijk (NL) 31 Mai 2016 de-plume “Erika von Baravalle”) Léon de Cotret Cookshire-Eaton (CA) 3 June 2016 from Heidelberg (DE) to Dornach Alfred van Rheeden Renkum (NL) 12 June 2016 was not yet foreseeable, even if Irene Schlüter Hildesheim (DE) 19 June 2016 this path, in retrospect, seemed Margaretha Vunderink Warnsveld (NL) 19 June 2016 to her to be so obviously a work of Hans Kahl Bad Emstal (DE) 22 June 2016 art made in the “workshop of the Sheri Reiner Makawao/HI (US) 12 July 2016 angels”. With her sister, who was Albert Baravalle and they moved Wilhelmina Redeman Den Haag (NL) 13 July 2016 Romeo Assirati Kiel (DE) 15 July 2016 three years younger, Erika Bara- into his small chalet in Dornach, Leni Bruning Zeist (NL) 18 July 2016 valle grew up in Heidelberg; their which overlooked the Goethea- Anne Buchheit Hamburg (DE) 19 July 2016 parents were devoted to the arts num. Being able to live so close to Wilhelmina van der Ploeg Heemskerk (NL) 20 July 2016 and the life reform movement. the Goetheanum – “a new Delphi Mary Gale Hopewell/NJ (US) 23 July 2016 Erika’s mother introduced her to for Michael and the etheric Christ” Ursula Korff Horstedt (DE) 23 July 2016 music and inspired her interest in – was for her the “greatest bless- Liane Rennert Berlin (DE) 24 July 2016 anthroposophy. From her mother ing” destiny had bestowed on her. Daniel Birns Santa Cruz/CA (US) 28 July 2016 Yaqoob Ghaznavi Thornhill (CA) 2 August 2016 she also inherited a passion for Erika Baravalle took on a post Rita Loock Bad Harzburg (DE) 6 August 2016 truth and justice that would char- as grammar school teacher in Ba- Hilja Michael Helsinki (FI) 6 August 2016 acterize her all through her life. sel, which meant a lot of hard work Tessa Therkleson Lower Hutt (NZ) 8 August 2016 Her father was a landscape archi- but also financial security. Next to Ulrich Wunderlin Zürich (CH) 11 August 2016 tect who later became a business- this work, she gave, with her hus- Heribert Unger Karlsruhe (DE) 12 August 2016 men dealing in health foods. For band, courses on Rudolf Steiner’s Josef Fratt Kriens (CH) 14 August 2016 her confirmation he gave Erika a architectural impulse, took part in Irmgard Meinert Hamburg (DE) 17 August 2016 Ettie Schack Andersen Århus (DK) 17 August 2016 Beethoven bust that she cher- conferences on architecture and Mechthild Schelcher Stuttgart (DE) 17 August 2016 organized exhibitions and slide ished greatly. During an air raid Hella-Maria Ermel Dornach (CH) 18 August 2016 she carried this bust and her flute shows. George Lugosi Kew (AU) 18 August 2016 down five sets of stairs. With her Having made a start in Paes- Hiroko Takahashi Hase (JP) 18 August 2016 sister she shared a love of singing. tum, she could now continue to Aleksei Zhukov Moskau (RU) 18 August 2016 refine her understanding of ar- Bertamarie Harms Hamburg (DE) 21 August 2016 Music, speech, archaeology chitecture and support the design Mark Bradshaw London (GB) 23 August 2016 Gisela Grauberger Göppingen (DE) 24 August 2016 At the age of twelve Erika made and research work of her husband, Elfriede Diederich Stuttgart (DE) 25 August 2016 Albert Baravalle. the decision that she would study Giulia Ligios Terni (IT) 25 August 2016 school music. This she did, add- When Albert suffered a stroke, Gustav Schram Wangen (DE) 26 August 2016 ing German studies as a second she nursed him whilst continuing Harro Simmenroth Kassel (DE) 27 August 2016 subject. After passing her exami- with her work, until his death in Cordelia Böttcher Nürnberg (DE) 30 August 2016 nations she immediately took up 1983. Elisabeth Schellhammer Florida (AR) 31 August 2016 studies in classic archaeology and Jutta Weber Niefern-Öschelbronn (DE) 31 August 2016 Ilse Schuckmann Hannover (DE) 1 September 2016 education. She was 21 when she New discoveries Arthur Sarabér Frankfurt am Main (DE) 3 September 2016 visited the Goetheanum in Dorn- After her husband’s death Erika Renate von Blücher Stuttgart (DE) 10 September 2016 ach for the first time in order to see Baravalle was able to embark on the mystery dramas. new discoveries, for instance by From 17 August to 12 September 2016 the Society welcomed 38 The period between her 28th attending concerts of the conduc- new members 40 are no longer registered as members and 35th birthdays was certainly tors Kurt Sanderling and Daniel (resignations, lost, and corrections by country Societies) a time of most intensive experi- Barenboim. She heard Bruckner’s ences. Erika helped with the exca- seventh symphony 26 times in in lectures and writings of the re- which she carried in her heart for vation work at Paestum (IT). She various places. She also continued lations she had discovered in an- many decades and which focused realized that she wanted to be a to study and deepen her under- throposophical architecture were on the Second Goetheanum re- special needs teacher and there- standing of Rudolf Steiner’s build- infused with her radiant enthusi- mained in the planning phase. fore made contact with Werner ing impulse. asm. Despite her fragile health she |Dorothee Jacobi, Basel (CH), Se- Pache. His death led her to study at She opened her house with the was able, in 2013, to finish a book bastian Jüngel and Henrik Hilbig, the Waldorf teacher seminar. On Baravalle Archives to visitors from about the laying of the foundation Dornach (CH) 29 September 1964 she married all over the world. 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Great Britain: Iona Summer Camp 2016 magic of Iona. Roland Playle created the space needed to reflect on our own expe- Perceiving nature as ensouled riences in and with the landscape and re- The Iona Summer School, which took place on the Isle of Mull in Scotland from 9 to 15 late them to the questions that arise in our July, attracted 47 people from Europe and Korea. By looking at nature in different ways social environment. The artistic exercises, and using practical exercises they connected with the forces of nature and learned the training of our own perceptive facul- how one can begin to develop supersensible perception through one’s own activity. ties, the daily searching and open sharing in conversation groups as well as the fos- tering of a mutual heart culture all served to deepen our relationship with nature. Iona is known as a place where the veil between the natural and the more subtle layers of the world is particularly perme- able. It is therefore no wonder that the gentle sharing of experiences and percep- tions we had in this anthroposophically trained group proved particularly fruitful. Several group members emphasized on looking back that the experiences they had there were among the strongest they ever had. One person said that every place was like a mirror that enabled one to see oneself differently and recognize and em- brace previously unknown inner aspects of oneself. A challenging as well as enrich- ing experience.

Photo: Griet Hellinckx.Photo: The joint reading of Walter Weber’s moving story “The Druid of Iona. A Hi- Practising perceptiveness on Big Hill, Iona bernian Initiation” ran like a red thread through these days and inspired us to try n the sixth century a boat carrying 13 nationalities was part of the programme. and relate our own inner experiences to Ioccupants reached the southern coast Renatus Derbidge, who is a research the inner schooling, wisdom and working of Iona, an island on the west coast of assistant in the Natural Science Section of the druids. Scotland. Columba decided to stay. He at the Goetheanum, was the main ini- founded a spiritual community. Apart tiator of this event and sees the camp as Devotion leads to vision from prayer and the hard work, which was part of a tradition to which the anthro- Having shared this week with others, necessary for daily survival, the monks de- posophical summer schools initiated by I would summarize the experience for voted their time to the copying of precious Daniel Dunlop (between 1923 and 1934) myself by saying that the opening of the manuscripts. This – or something like this also belonged. Learning to understand heart, or the enhanced devotion and love – is what their life was like. Numerous sto- that nature is ensouled and that we are for nature, leads to vision. It allows us to ries have been woven around this saint. surrounded by more subtle beings is for increasingly grasp the spiritual in the mo- The Celtic-Christian impulse that has been Derbidge one of the most urgent tasks of ment. Just as we are aware of being sur- carried into the world from this place is our time. rounded by air and water and know how imbued with a strong heart-culture and a important they are, we gain a growing loving, ensouled relationship with nature Like a mirror inner awareness of the elementary and and the cosmos. The young enthusiastic and gifted spiritual forces or beings that live and team of organizers made sure that a rich weave around us constantly. A searching Close to nature and varied programme, which included movement, a tentative sharing and a new In July 2016 forty-seven people from eurythmy, speech and singing, filled our self-experience become possible. Romania, Switzerland, Germany, Eng- days from early till late. On three of the The successful synthesis of art forms land, Scotland and Korea made their way days we walked on Mull or Iona in small made it possible for us to discover that to the Iona Summer Camp, which had its groups. Johannes Sloendregt used land Goetheanism has the potential to pen- base camp on the Isle of Mull. This was art to help us see how nature around us etrate to the very essence of things. no conference in the ordinary sense, but is ensouled. With Katherine Buchanan we Plans are afoot for another camp. | Griet a meeting close to nature, made possible learned about Goethean nature observa- Hellinckx, Witten (DE) by a small, dedicated group of people who tion. By practising systematically how to share a love for and interest in Iona. The achieve supersensible perception Dirk Info: sehenundschauen.ch; encounter of generations, languages and Kruse’s group became aware of the special www.summerschool-iona.org