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Germany: Music for the Earth Being Attentive – and Listening The initiative ‹Music for the Earth› celebrated its seventh performance from 25 to 27 September looking at the question ‹Are Man and Earth in a process of impoverish - December 2009 ment?› This initiative symbolically represents support for actions and initiatives of oth - No 10 ers within the agricultural movement in general but especially for those researching seed quality. Anthroposophy in the World 1 Germany: Music for the Earth he four elements of earth, water, air 8 Germany: 33 years Eurythmy T and fire form the basis for human Training Nürnberg habitation. If they become unhealthy it re - 9 Israel: Publication ‹Adam–Olam› quires great human recognition of respon - 10 Lebanon: Day Care Centre Initiative sibility. Key subjects are ‹The bread of to - 10 Slovenia: Living with Language morrow – gene technology in agriculture?› (earth), ‹Source of life, water – recognition Anthroposophical Society of the danger – healing through courage 2 General Secretaries’ Conference to action› (water), ‹Climate change – ener - 2 Christmas Appeal 2009 gy for action› (air) and ‹Childhood and en - 4 Membership Strengthening vironment› (fire or warmth). Helmut 5 New Aspects of Leadership Lachenmann, one of the lecturers in 2006 8 Iceland/Norway: Working with and a true pioneer and partner in this ‹The Mission of Folk Souls› process of consciousness creating, called it 8 Great Britain/Goetheanum: «Music as an adventure of the spirit» be - Meeting between Executive cause it lives in every human being as cos - Councils mic legacy. Music allows an inner tranquil - ity, it awakens attention and listening and Environment Earth: Connecting to our cosmic School of Spiritual Science connects between interpreter and audi - le gacy with music 6 Youth Section: Working with the ence. Could this be a model for a social cul - Exercises from ‹Knowledge ture of the future? Daniel Barenboim says Association with the same name ‹Mu - of the Higher Worlds› quite clearly: «Music is something that sic for the Earth› and through friends. This 6 Humanities Section: Conference helps us to forget the world and music is includes much voluntary work, ensuring a ‹Templar Impulse in the 21st something that allows us to understand financial base through contributions, do - Century› the world». It is a social impulse that is nations and applications for subsidies. 7 Humanities Section: Conference looking for a way from a conscious experi - Any surpluses were distributed to those ‹The Outer Layers and the I› ence in the present to that of the future. initiatives which are representative for 7 General Anthroposophical the ideals in this area and are themselves Section: School of Nature’s Demonstrating Initiative dependant on donations. So far this has journey to Africa To enrich the events artistic displays included the Section for Agriculture at the were included such as a presentation of Goetheanum, the Centre for Cereal Re - Forum water sound images by Alexander Lauter - search in Darzau and the Future Develop - 11 Acoustics of a Building wasser, presentations on seed formation ment Foundation for their project to ob - by the Bingenheimer Saatgut AG, a docu - tain rainwater tanks for smallholders in Feature mentation about endangered butterflies Kenya. | Marianne Worel, Niefern- 12 Eurasia: On Tour for Direct as well as a painting exhibition by Uta Al - Öschelbronn (DE) Democracy beck entitled ‹Earth›. The idea of ‹Music for the Earth› is made possible by people Information: www.musik-fuer-die-erde.de. who met through an 2 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/09

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General Anthroposophical Society: General Secretaries’ Conference Sebastian Jüngel: At the moment the General Secretaries’ Conference is taking Expanding One’s View and place (page2). What is the situation of An - Defining One’s Own Position throposophy in the world? Cornelius Pietzner: It is refreshing to note From 3rd to 6th November the General Secretaries met at the Goetheanum focusing how differently Anthroposophy is re - on three main aspects: preparation for Rudolf Steiner’s 150th anniversary in 2011, the ceived and dealt with in the various coun - status of the Anthroposophical Society and the necessity to pay attention to the im - tries. But Troels Ussing also gave us a clear portance of context of anthroposophical terminology. picture of the task we are facing as a worldwide spiritual movement with re - he mood of the General Secretaries’ Troels Ussing showed in his report on gard to terminology with his examples T Conference manifested itself through East Africa, how Anthroposophy can at from the development of Anthroposophy the experiences of its participants of a so - the same time enthrall and irritate with in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. In Kenya, cially intensive working process packed its terminology (see interview with Cor - for example, a language exists where the with substance. This has been said for nelius Pietzner, pages 2f.). In Kenya, Ugan - word for ‹I› stands for something nega - years and remains the feeling in the re - da and Tanzania alone there are at pres - tive, something evil. You can imagine views by Jan Borghs (BE), Philip Martyn ent throusands of Waldorf School pupils what it would mean this term was being (GB), Hartwig Schiller (DE), Philip Thatcher and many teachers. used without previous reflection when (CA) and Leena Westergren (FI). What they talking about a «Strengthening of the I» have to contribute is taken up by the Affirmation of Bodo von Plato Similarly problematic for German speak - Goetheanum-Management. In addition, Members of the Executive Council up - ers in Europe today is the term ‹Folksoul›. the mutual perception of what is happen - dated on current projects such as the new Thus it is our task to find expressions and ing in individual countries helps to ex - production of Rudolf Steiner’s Mystery words which allow the terms and ideas pand one’s own view and to define one’s Dramas, Publications (‹Anthroposophy behind the thoughts to come to the fore. own position. Worldwide› No 9/2009, page 10), English For me, this indicates that Anthroposophy Week at the Goetheanum in 2010 and the is a living being that lives in different ways 2011 – The Year of Anniversaries financial pressures. At their retreat in Oc - in the human heart, depending on Individual General Secretaries report - tober 2009 they had also evaluated Bodo whether one comes from Finland, Kenya, ed about the planned events in their von Plato’s time so far as member of the Canada or Taiwan. This multiplicity and vi - countries on the occasion of Rudolf Stein - Executive Council. The result of the evalu - brancy is part of Anthroposophy. er’s 150th anniversary in 2011. At the cen - ation – as in the case of Paul Mackay’s po - Jüngel: Multiplicity and vibrancy are also tre of these events stands the task to sition as member of the Executive Council acknowledged by the Goetheanum. This work on the spiritual sources of Anthro - – will be presented at the Annual General year, however, some events had to be can - posophy using the themes which Rudolf Meeting in 2010. celled due to a lack of participants. How is Steiner illuminated quite specifically in A new member was the architect the Goetheanum doing? some countries. In Germany a venue has Michael Mösch (51) who will be Ingrid Pietzner: I believe this is a sign that we are been found in Weimar that represents a Böhringer’s successor from 2010, as Gen - going through a phase of change and de - prominent place of Rudolf Steiner’s life eral Secretary of the Anthroposophical So - velopment which allows us to discover and work as well as an important point of ciety in Brazil. In Kenya, Uganda and Tan - and define what we want, and what our identification for German cultural histo - zania there are thousands of Waldorf members and friends want and what is ry. Here, Rudolf Steiner’s effectiveness in Schools and many teachers. | Sebastian timely. If an event doesn’t draw sufficient the presence and for the future is to be Jüngel people, this could mean that it was really researched along side a confrontation just put on out of habit. Here we have to with the shadows of the recent past by re-think. Sometimes we plan an event asking about the roots of National Social - which will not happen until a year later ism. and by then the perceived spiritual im - 2011 is also the 100th anniversary for pulse may have passed. Rudolf Steiner’s lecture in Bologna on the being of the human I. This prompted the Springboard into the Future conference to discuss this lecture in small - Jüngel: Even the core conference ‹Evolution er groups following preparation at home and Freedom› by the General Anthropo - and led to a «higher standard». Hartwig sophical Society, on the occasion of Darwin’s Schiller and Paul Mackay, in their keynote Anniversary, had to be cancelled because of speeches, dealt with the status of the An - alackofparticipants.Whatisneededso that throposophical Society based on today’s events succeed which arise out of an im - conditions (see pages 4 and 5 for his and pulse or event that lies in the past? Paul Mackay’s ideas on membership Pietzner: When an anniversary is purely strengthening). nostalgic it is the least productive. To re - Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/09 | 3

General Anthroposophical Society: Christmas Appeal 2009/10 are more subject orientated.That is not al - ways recognised. It is therefore our duty to Inspiring Action draw more attention to the many small The Goetheanum faces a difficult financial task as do many other cultural initiatives. focal points and the ‹silent›work. Nonetheless, it is unique in the world: historically and because of its extensive and Jüngel: A tight continuity? plentiful spiritual activities. Goetheanum-treasurer Cornelius Pietzner talks about the Pietzner: I think so, although develop - current spiritual tasks which require finance in order to be materialized. ment happens in small steps and don’t al - ways appear ‹elegant›. Jüngel: Are high points and unrealised ideas subject to less funding? Pietzner: I am not sure that in the long term there is less funding. Every living or - ganism – as also every human being – goes through ups and downs. That is an essen - tial part of development. We are working on improving the financial basis for the fu - ture, although this may not be immediate - ly noticeable. For example, efforts are be - ing made by the Anthroposophical Society worldwide to improve the co-operation between Anthroposophical Society and anthroposophical institutions. If we suc - High points of spiritual work: Goetheanum project IPMT, Medical Section Peru. ceed in making the mutual relationship member the past, although this is of space, where there is a constant need of and the mutual dependency between An - course justified, and to re-connect to it, re - renovations and repairs, at the moment throposophical Society and institutions quires that one also wishes to inspire fu - rather amass. If we look at these as depre - clear, this could also lead to an improved fi - ture development by envisioning what ciation costs over 30 years, we lie within the nancial situation at the Goetheanum. happened, where we are now and where usual capital expenditure. we want to be.When an anniversary leads No Plans for Expansion at this Moment to a common perception and aspiration, a Many Small Focal Points Jüngel: The point might be reached, how - consolidation of our intentions, it can be - Jüngel: How is spirituality expressed to - ever, when the Anthroposophical Society come a springboard for the future. day in the School? will have to cease operations due to lack of Jüngel: Like a review giving strength for Pietzner: I think, for example, through the finance. the next day and beyond? training programme IPMT of the Medical Pietzner: For some years now we have not Pietzner: Yes. Then the recollections unite Section which has already trained hun - had much scope at the Goetheanum and us as a community and inspire us, in con - dreds of doctors worldwide. Or through at the moment we are not planning any nection with what has become, to new the way the Medical Section, the Pedagog - expansions. The work, even if restricted, and stronger deeds. ical Section and the Section for Agricul - will certainly continue. The Anthropo - ture have become politically active in or - sophical Society does not just live at the Priorities with Limited Resources der to safeguard anthroposophical pro - Goetheanum but interacts with the Jüngel: What is actively happening at the duce and services within the EU. Also whole world, as we have just seen during Goetheanum? through the training of Kindergarden the General Secretaries’ Conference. If an Pietzner: We are a School of Spiritual Sci - teachers, Upper School teachers and lec - Orchestra’s players (sections and depart - ence which works with limited resources tures on the basis of the knowledge of ments) don’t harmonise, the concert (the and hence we have to set priorities; we can - man. Then there is the work and confer - Goetheanum) does not synchronize. A not do everything we want. Of that which ences of the Humanities Section. And concert needs a lively audience; if the we are able to do I would like to highlight there is the research into the theory of members, friends, institutions and trusts the following: the artistic element of An - colour undertaken by the Natural Science want to acknowledge and support the throposophy in the new production of Section. None of the sections is afraid to Goetheanum-Symphony if it doesn’t com - Rudolf Steiner’s Mystery Dramas. Since deal with core anthroposophical themes, ply with people’s or the members’ needs, 2004 there has not been an obvious ether - even if they are sometimes unspectacular we have to determine which decisions we ic sheath for the mystery dramas at the to the outside world. They are part of the have to take, even if they may be unpopu - Goetheanum, it has to be newly created; as core task of the sections and entail much lar. It is very encouraging that the does the ensemble and the audience; the work on the quiet. These are the high - Goetheanum has so many active mem - School, where we have very busy sections lights of the spiritual work of the School. bers and friends. We witness this all the with a broad spectrum of research work of At the Goetheanum we have many small time through the wonderful support, which one isn’t always aware and which focal points but few ‹blockbusters›. 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General Anthroposophical Society: Membership Strengthening has an effect on one’s own destiny. Through a culture of encounter it be - Every Individual Makes a Contribution to the Des - comes possible to take new steps in one’s tiny of Humanity own destiny. Having met Anthroposophy a longing arises to take initiative. (GA 237, During the General Secretaries’ Conference on 4th November, Paul Mackay outlined lecture of 4 August 1924). One wishes to ideas to clarify the tasks of the Anthroposophical Society. In the following article he become active for an in the world out of summarizes core aspects of the age of the consciousness soul which, for example, in - Anthroposophy and looks for collabora - clude freedom, trust and encounter. tion with others. This leads to a culture of omparable to aWhitsun event, our re - service. One wishes to serve Michael. We C lationship to the being Anthro - are living in the fifth Post Atlantian Epoch posophia enables man to develop that where the confrontation with evil has spe - which is generally human and thereby cial meaning.This confrontation demands finding the way to the other. The reality of increased self-knowledge. karma and re-incarnation has undergone Rudolf Steiner points out that as hu - a fundamental change because Christ has manity we have crossed the threshold (GA become ‹Lord of Karma›. Every individual 233 a, lecture of 12 January 1924). If we do destiny makes a potential contribution to not recognise this reality, chaotic social the destiny of humanity. Since Michael be - conditions will arise. After the end of came the Spirit of the Age it is possible for World War One, Rudolf Steiner explained every human being to consciously live as a that we have not reached the end but that contemporary and citizen of the world. we are in the middle of the battle. Howev - Linked to an awareness of the appearance er, this battle should take place within in - of the Christ in the Etheric (Christianity ner man. But because we reject this inner beyond denominations) this adds up to battle, it is being projected to the outside, four new dimensions which we regard as says Rudolf Steiner. Out of this deep un - important tasks for the Anthroposophical derstanding of soul arises the task to nur - Society. How can we put them into effect? ture an active culture of freedom.

Practice Field for what is Developing what is generally human: Paul Mackay Culture of the Heart Generally Human These five aspects can be summarised The Anthroposophical Society cannot threshold is developed. This type of free - as the creation of a ‹Culture of the just be concerned with studying Rudolf dom results in a true relationship to the Heart›.Which tools are needed to further Steiner, however important this is. The So - spiritual world. Of course, this culture also this culture, which has to be developed by ciety is the bearer of the School of Spiritu - defines the way how the Anthroposophi - man, so that society can increasingly be al Science, whose task it is to further de - cal Society is presented in public and how ennobled? Adequate communication, at - velop Anthroposophy as a Spiritual Sci - people can meet Anthroposophy. tentive nurture of the festivals and time ence and to make it fruitful for the world. for reflection certainly play a role. I think The sections of the School interact with all Developing Abilities that a committed development and ad - areas of anthroposophical life, and the Leadership of the Anthroposophical vancement of these elements is required General Section in particular, relates to Society has to be founded on trust (GA and is indeed possible, to create a founda - what is generally human. This requires its 260a, lecture of 30 January 1924). Wherev - tion for a culture of the Heart. . | Paul own practice field which can be found er responsibility is taken on within the Mackay, Goetheanum within the Anthroposophical Society. It is School and Society, this has to be based on about the development of the higher a culture of trust. Here it is crucial that we members of man’s being, starting from assign each other the different tasks and the consciousness soul. Rudolf Steiner in - functions. dicates that in our time a culture of spirit And it is important not only to look at self should be developed so that it can ex - proven kills, but also consider abilities ist humanly in future times. This points to which are developing. However, this im - a significant task of the Anthroposophical plies that ‹mistakes› can be made. I be - Society. Five aspects of this culture can be lieve that constructive tolerance and an specified. It is essential that a culture of ‹ability to forgive› are part of this culture Paul Mackay wrote on the Development and freedom lives within the Anthroposophi - of learning. An important feature of the Task of The Anthroposophical Society in Nachrichtenblatt Nr. 28/1997 and Nr. 29/1997, cal Society, where people can enter into a culture within the Anthroposophical Soci - published as a book ‹Esoterik und Öf - free relationship with the spiritual world. ety is the encounter. Here karmic dimen - fentlichkeit. Zum offenbaren Geheimnis der This means that an awareness of the sions become visible. An awakening Anthroposophischen Gesellschaft›, Verlag threshold and of the guardian of this through the soul and spirit of the other am Goetheanum, Dornach 2002. Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/09 | 5

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General Anthroposophical Society: New Aspects of Leadership involves a difficult to describe unity of commitment and patience, freedom and Open to Everyone, Possibilities for Everyone decisiveness, knowledge and wisdom, Hartwig Schillers believes that the question of how the Anthroposophical Society will compassion and strength. The most con - develop during the second century of its existence comes down to leadership. He has trasting possibilities are united in a situa - developed a starting point based on the knowledge of man and concludes that a spe - tional presence and moral competency. cial feature of Anthroposophy is the possibility for everyone to take a leading role. What has been gained within the physical through the work of the I is becomes spir - ducation gives many examples of it man, who is capable of real productivity. E ‹Leadership›. For a certain age group The term altruism describes this state. learning by example is an effective tool. One finds oneself in a region of ideals However, it is not so easy because it as - where it is deemed that they present a sumes a kind of perfection and one has to constantly guiding horizon without ever dispense with discussions, explanations becoming ones property. or corrections. Either someone is a good example or not. Trusting in the Hierarchies’ Support Somewhat more flexible is the role As leader of the School Rudolf Steiner mode. Usually one develops into a role adopted the policy of a ‹long leash› as his model or is being seen as such. That work load did not allow him to be there means one becomes the picture of an in - day after day. The basis for this mutual spiring being for someone else. This en - and reciprocal freedom was the expecta - tails a living, creative process between tion of a mature spirit self of the partici - and for the people involved. Example and pants with the inclusion of the respective role model work on the quiet and have personal Angelo, a free exchange of spiri - something of a mystery of an obvious se - tual achievements through supportive cret about them. cooperation and the nurturing of a new community spirit on the level of the The Inspiring Effect of Archangeloi as well as the prerequisite for Awakening Interest Leadership Qualities as a result of self-schooling: the emergence of the Spirit of Time (Zeit - Hartwig Schiller This is different when we look at the geist) through selfless commitment to leadership tool of interest. When a group the tasks arising out of the current situa - focuses its interest on a specific matter or tant whether the leadership’s impulses tion. Hierarchies do not result from defi - person, this group is formed and looks at for action are determined by outer cir - nitions of service grades but out of com - just this specific question. But someone in cumstances, the overall context, the truth, petency and function. These develop ad whom others are interested, changes: He compassion and a perspective of good hoc for a period and do not create service opens up, becomes accessible and ap - will. If not, the community becomes the grade differences. The whole of the col - proachable. Interest changes the relation - centre of self-centred egoism. legium delegates tasks which are subject ship between people – interest has an in - to a duty of reporting and accountability. spiring effect. Whichever leadership tool Guiding Horizon of Ideals A healthy co-operative organism is trans - someone applies reflects himself or more A higher level of leadership includes parent and open to participation. Where - precisely, his constitution. Being an exam - acting in and out of the truth. Honest from can leadership qualities in the An - ple expresses the spiritual equivalent of striving for truth has a purifying force throposophical Society arise if not his physical existence, being a role model compared to self delusion and habits. A through the direct results of the work expresses his active development and chaste and sober life of truth develops with Rudolf Steiner’s works and the con - awakening interest expresses his astral from an ego transformed astral body to - tinuous co-operation with him? But with body. First of all and predominantly man wards a consciousness which doesn’t ask one crucial stipulation, that it is open and leads through his being, his I. Through his for what is popular but for what is and possible for everyone and thus attains a everyday consciousness man experiences maybe for what benefits. Another form of fruitfulness in the social sphere. That is himself as effective. He advocates some - leadership is reflected in nurture, devo - the real rationale behind a new, horizon - thing and seizes opportunities and guides tion and virtue which require commit - tal module, linked appropriately to the the rudder of the shared boat into a cer - ment. Although the I know the bound - vertical module, for leadership qualities tain direction.This innate side of the I, that aries of its imperfections and the difficult in an anthroposophical context. | Hart - which is personal, however only signifies path towards its realization, it remains wig Schiller, Stuttgart (DE) what has already become. In contrast, faithful. Here the transformed forces of whatever is individual, supplants by the ether body are being used and become points to what is yet to come, it shows the affective as life spirit. Unabridged Version in German in ‹Mitteilun - development possibility of the I. For the The highest level is the transformed gen aus der anthroposophischen Arbeit in - Deutschland›. development of a community it is impor - example. The highest level of leadership 6 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/09

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Youth Section: Work with the exercises Humanities Section: Conference ‹Templar Impulses in the 21st Century› from ‹How to Achieve Knowledge of the Higher Worlds› Absorbed in the Stream of Humanity From 16 to 22 August the Humanities Section held a conference at Emerson College Practicing Anthroposophy with the theme: ‹Confronting the Future: Templar Impulses in the 21st Century›. The initiative for this week arose from a conference on the Knights Templar held in Ham - n Rumania work has begun on working burg (DE) in 2007. 130 people came from 16 countries to deliberate the history and I with Rudolf Steiner’s exercises from his spiritual legacy of the Templars. book ‹How to Achieve Knowledge of the Higher Worlds› ‹How to Achieve Knowl - lfre d Kon set the tone for the open - and the Black Madonna. Rolf Speckner edge of the Higher Worlds› (GA 10) was A ness of the week with a lecture on brought a different aspect of the Templar first published in Romanian in the late the Knighthood’s Contribution to Future Order. He spoke of the Nazi Concentration ‘30s, when Steiner’s lectures and books Spirituality covering a wide range of Camps, where we see the impulse of the were so fascinating that the personal ex - themes from Celtic spirituality to Anthro - AntiChrist and human degradation con - ercise practice from this book became sec - posophy. tinuing. And we can remind ourselves that ondary. The six secondary exercises, the Judith von Halle gave a detailed picture this very ‘sophisticated’ degradation and rose-cross meditation, the mantras of the of the initiation rites of the Templar extreme torture of fellow human souls is Esoteric School and The School of Spiritu - Knights arising from Johannine Christian - continuing now . al Science were seen as serious spiritual ity and the Grail stream. She brought us exercise from the beginning, however, the into the present – by looking at how the Still Ongoing Today exercises in GA 10 were not practiced as Christianity of John the Baptist and the David Lenker looked at modern Tem - Dr. Steiner had expected. Grail stream disappeared in their outer plar impulses in philanthropic endeavours form. It was no longer visible externally as near his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylva - A New Culture of Meditation and it was from then onwards in the earth and nia. The Hershey Chocolate Bar Company Research in the physical body of mankind, said von based on the threefold social order. We In October 2008, 99 years after the first Halle. From that time it needed to be can remind ourselves of similar Quaker edition of GA 10, a workshop lead by Marius worked with personally and this has be - ventures in the UK – Cadbury’s, Fry’s, Ter - Gabor began to work with these exercises. come the Parsival question.This cannot be ry’s & Bourneville. Jaap van der Haar Between 2008 and 2009 other Anthro - a teaching but has to be searched for indi - looked at today’s cultural, political and fi - posophists took up the impulse of working vidually. nancial situation in the light of the past with the canon as indicated in the chapter and today. Stages of initiation. At the Youth Summer Continued Effect on Humanity Today Further themes were explored in the Conference Creative in 2009, the General This reminds us of Rudolf Steiner’s lec - workshops: Christine Gruwez looked at Meeting and the Waldorf Pedagogy Con - ture of 25.9.1916 where he describes the the connection of the Templar Knights gress, many young people practiced more founding of the Order. A great task was with the Manichean impulse. Terry Board - exercises. Ten Romanian Anthroposo- set, less to thought than to deep feeling, man referred to Mary Magdalene and the phists, who had participated at a confer - which aimed at strengthening the indi - feminine looking at today’s struggle with ence on ‹How to Achieve Knowledge of vidual soul life with the intention that it the many distorted images of the Tem - Higher Worlds› at the Goetheanum, felt might be absorbed in Christian evolution. plars. We also looked at Rudolf Steiner’s the increasing importance of practicing He pointed out ‘how that which proceed - Mystery Dramas, the Solomonic Temple, the canon of exercises in order to achieve a ed from this Order worked on in broad the early Cistercian Order and Bernard of real understanding of Anthroposophy. The streams which still flow into the feelings Clairvaux. The conference included visits spiritual content of the Complete Works and perceptions of human beings today’. to Argyll with Horst Biehl and two Sussex (GA) is and will always be essential for (2.10.1916). Templar churches. We experienced the modern ,side by side with the practice of Horst Biehl followed with:‘The Knights peaceful atmosphere from old Templar the exercises and meditations given by Templar in Britain’. Horst has been visiting sites. The artistic activities included dra - Rudolf Steiner, leading to a new meditative the west coast of Scotland annually for ma, storytelling, eurhythmy, music and and research culture, bringing into the over 13 years investigating grave slabs that charcoal drawing: all having a special world the needed impulses for social, cul - could have a connection to Templar thread connected to the conference tural and spiritual health. The participants Knights after the Order was dissolved. theme. One highlight for many was a dra - will take this impulse into their branches Richard Ramsbotham introduced us to key matic presentation portraying the meet - and working groups. figures from British history including ing between Jacques de Molay and Philip More courses on ‹How to Achieve James 1st, Henry VIII and Shakespeare as IVth. A play written by Simon especially for Knowledge of HigherWorlds› with Marius examples of the reappearance of theTem - the conference. | Gil McHattie, Forest Gabor, Dirk Kruse, Sebastian S ta˘nculescu plars in British cultural life. Row (GB) and others in Romania are planned. | Sylvia Francke led us from the Templar Se bastian St a˘nculescu and Mioara Ghe - Church of Shipley to the mission of Albion orghiu, Romania and the Hibernian Mysteries to Chartres Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/09 | 7

ó School of Spiritual Science General Anthroposophical Section: Humanities Section Conference: ‹The Outer Layers and the I› School of Nature’s Journey to Africa Clothes Maketh the Man Experiencing At the Conference ‹The Outer Layers and the I› from 16 to 18 October at the Goetheanum, cultural anthropologist Heide Nixdorff and the physicist and writer the Countryside Rolf Speckner explained how certain styles of dress can diminish, foster or prevent Michael Grimley, Karen Goldberg, Ronnie soul-spiritual development. Muhl and Norman Skillen founded the African Branch of the School of Nature in Capetown. In 2010 they plan a journey n their lectures which included cos - the Mysteries. Thus the manifold styles through the landscape. I tume demonstrations on stage and of dress and fashion throughout history slide shows, Heide Nixdorff and Rolf were purposely directed towards a cer - he writerWalter Scott can probably be Speckner presented a lively picture of the tain development. T regarded as one of the founders of relationship between the members of modern tourism. The countryside was ex - the human being, his bodily and soul Dress as an Expression of the Aura perienced as saturated with mythic inci - sheaths, and his clothing. They looked at What could dress look like in today’s dent and as a field of established mean - the cultural epochs of Egypt, Greece and epoch of the consciousness soul? «Dress ings. With Scott the relationship to the modern Middle Europe from a spiritual becomes art when I know why I wear it», Scottish Highlands changed in the 18th historical and human aspect. Certain said Joseph Beuys. According to Rudolf century, when the transformation from a styles of dress served either to diminish, Steiner the desire for clothes arose after place where people lived and farmed to a to foster or prevent soul-spiritual devel - the ability to see the human aura had playground for the English aristocracy was opment. Special attention was given to been lost (‹Chance, Providence and Ne - completed.What had been home to an an - the relationship between textiles and cessity). Fashion has always attempted to cient pastoral community was converted the sentient soul, intellectual soul and imaginatively copy or re-construct the in - into scenery, however with only a gener - consciousness soul. nate supersensible sheaths. Body paint - alised relationship to anything divine. ing and tattooing of natives made the vi - Sometimes Mirror, sometimes Veil sionary sounds and patterns of the hu - From History to National Parks The two lecturers made clear how man aura visible. Self-development, re - Personal well-being became more im - dress either mirrors or shrouds human search, education and not least medita - portant and the countryside was no consciousness. From the beginning, tion serve the aim to cleanse the soul. longer seen as only an historical setting dress not only served as cover but also as This is aura-shaping. How much dress we but attained the status of scenery. It be - projection in the sense of ‹clothes need will have to be seen, says Nixdorff. came something to be admired for its maketh the man›. Anthroposophy rec - The unconscious wearing of favourite beauty. As society, under the influence of onciles opposite views; in the East spirit colours might have to do with the soul’s mechanical science, became more ur - as adversary of the (sense, in matter state «which is also reflected in the banised, so beauty came more and more rooted) soul; in the West a materialistic aura». Based on Steiner’s assumption to be associated with wilderness as the in - understanding of humanity that no that an experience of aura colours will evitable polar counterpart of a culture longer has an I-centre but only knows again be possible in future, Speckner an - based upon mechanical thinking. outer layers. Speckner pointed out that ticipates an increasing individualization In 1805 the poet William Wordsworth the relationship between centre and of fashion and the art of dress: «When a tried to inspire the nurture of Recollections outer layer is continuously being modi - colour vision of the aura starts to re-de - of Early Childhood in order to foster our re - fied. On the basis of Rudolf Steiner’s velop, the staggering differences be - lationship to the beauty of nature. This has ‹Theosophy› he was able to demon - tween a man’s aura and his/her dress will since led generations of hikers into the strate how man, as spiritual being, takes increasingly become visible». With the forests, mountains and wild valleys and the hold of his sheaths and slowly incorpo - help of the costume department of the creation of national parks. While it is often rates them into his being. In time the Goetheanum-Stage an impressive pres - though that Yellowstone was the first na - centre becomes sheath and vice versa. entation of what had been said took tional park, there is strong historical evi - This is for example how the Egyptians place.Two couples were dressed in Egypt - dence that Roosevelt, in founding it, had understood their strongly «movement ian and Greek robes which had been es - been inspired by the setting up of the adjusting, dignified» dress as a comple - pecially designed. This gave an under - Kruger National Park in South Africa. Now mentary aid for teaching the virtue of standing of the folding of the drapery the African Branch of The School of Nature listening to each other which was to and an idea of the scope of movement. | wants to offer the opportunity to have in- guarantee everlasting life. From an an - Wolfgang G. Vögele, NNA depth experience of the mineral, plant and throposophical perspective this means animal kingdoms in an African context in a restraint of the astral body, whilst dur - August-September 2010. | abridged version ing the Greco-roman epoch the trans - from a contribution by Norman Skillen formation of the etheric body was at the Information: www.schoolofnature.org. forefront. Dress also finds its source in 8 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/09

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Iceland/Norway: Working with Great Britain/Goetheanum: Meeting Germany: 33 years of Eurythmy Train - ‹The Mission of Folk Souls› between Executive Councils ing in Nürnberg Task for Everyone Direct and In Depth The Twofold Bridge Anthroposophists from Iceland and the An - The British Society Council each year On October 24th and 25th the School for throposophical Society in Norway are ask - holds a retreat to work on various issues Eurythmy Training in Nürnberg celebrat - ing everyone to participate in a walking and this year, on 6 September, it was held ed its 33rd anniversary with substantial seminary. Its aim is to study Rudolf Stein - at the Goetheanum also to provide the festivities. Noticeable was the integra - er’s lectures on ‹The Mission of Folk Souls›. opportunity for a meeting with the Vor - tion of the school into the anthroposoph - stand who are responsible for the Society ical surroundings of Nürnberg and the udolf Steiner’s lecture cycles on the worldwide. make up of the leadership in three gen - R folk souls has touched many people. In erations. the course Steiner emphasizes the necessi - he meeting was an in depth sharing ty of the phenomena that each single folk T of information, perspectives and in - hosoever celebrates for two days – regardless of size and culture – plays a sights contrasting the situation in W has much enthusiasm and fun! unique instrument with a specific voice in Great Britain with that in other coun - That was proven by the School for Euryth - «the orchestra of mankind». Steiner stress - tries. Because esotericism had already a my Training in Nürnberg. In Rudolf-Stein - es that if you can remain unaffected by long history in Great Britain, with the er-House in Nürnberg a large, colourful that what rises from your own nationality, original Theosophical Society, a great bouquet of roses welcomed the guests you will be able to receive the actual chal - deal of spiritualism and freemasonry, and everything was decorated for the fes - lenge and task of mankind. Unaffected – Rudolf Steiner was able to talk very di - tivities. The eurythmy students who but not unconscious! Because at the same rectly and esoterically in a way he was handed out the programmes did so with time it is important to recognize oneself as not always able to do elsewhere. As a re - sparkling eyes. a part of one’s own culture. The one who is sult he gave many important public lec - The celebration started with all partic - homeless – who has become a true citizen tures on themes such as the Christ Im - ipants being taken right into the spiritual of the world – also knows that he is in great pulse and the role of the Archangel world as Angelika Storch read out all the debt of gratitude to his own native culture. Michael which he had only given else - names of those who had died and who where to members of the esoteric had helped the school to flourish, teach - A Hymnical Request for the North school. The question was whether that ers and former students who had passed The course on the folk souls can also be tradition still echoes on and how does it over the threshold. The spiritual world is read as a powerful – almost hymnical re - find its reflection in the Society, espe - not just somewhere, but it surrounds us quest to the Nordic countries and the pos - cially in the light of the fact that the de - immediately and closely. sibilities within the culture there. But velopment of the consciousness soul is Today the collegial leadership of the there have been only few opportunities to a specific task of the British. This in turn school lies with Antje Heinrich, Nicole meet and develop further the great mo - gave rise to a discussion about how Es - Hofmann and Angelika Storch, represen - tives in the lectures on the folk souls – and oteric Christianity finds itself in Britain tatives of three generations. A further lec - there is very little working- and study ma - at the present time. turer is Beate Lukas. 33 years ago, on Sep - terial on the subject. The remarkable fact tember 20th 1976, Storch had founded the is that «the porridge is extremely thin» re - Similar Developments Worldwide school. Artistic Direction was under Mag - garding ‹the Nordic› – after 250 years of There was information sharing about arete Proskauer. scholar’s analyzing habits and traditions. the current Society and wider Movement The inside remains hidden – until each activities as well as the recent conferences Being There for One Another individual through inner work and activi - and Section activity in Britain and mutual During the afternoon many greetings ty, achieves an insight. Knowledge that expectations. It is remarkable that, many were heard which repeatedly verified the does not include my thought, feeling and of the issues are the same the world over, valued motif of working together and will so deeply that it transforms me, be - such as the drifting away of the daughter common striving, being there for one an - comes a burden, yes, can even be harmful. movements. other and mutual support between the The one who has ears that hear, can ob - We were very graciously received by different anthroposophical institutions in serve that Heimdallur is blowing for a the Vorstand at the Goetheanum and Nürnberg and the surrounding area. feast: «The art is the God’s child that be - thank them for their very warm reception Manfred Krüger from the Nürnberg An - wares the human being from sinking and hospitality. We all felt that the meet - throposophical Society reported how es - down into the lie» (Rudolf Steiner 1919). | ing was helpful for our future work and pecially those who come from «outside» Gudjon Arnason (IS), Frode Barkved (NO) consolidated the already close relation - experience the wonderful living aura of ship of the British Society with the Rudolf-Steiner-House. And this is due to The «walking seminary» (incl. the conference) Goetheanum. | Philip Martyn, Co-Gen - the amount of eurythmy being practiced takes place from June, 30 – July, 14 2010. It will proceed in Nordic languages, German and eral Secretary of the Anthroposophical here (in the group room and the stage on English.www.antroposofi.no,www.mannspeki.is. Society in Great Britain the first floor). Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/09 | 9

Israel: The Publication ‹Adam–Olam› Nurturing Contacts About ten years ago the publication ‹Adam–Olam› (Hebrew: Man-World) was founded as a private enterprise. In 2008 it was newly addressed and now appears bi-monthly in a larger format. It connects the anthroposophical movement within Israel and the world.

In Israel much moves from right to left, not necessarily politically, but in any case everything that is written in Hebrew. This also applies to the anthroposophical pub - lication ‹Adam–Olam›. It deals with themes concerning Israel but also ad - Founder and artistic director: BerthaWolf,Manfred Krüger, Angelika Storch and Margarete Proskauer-Unger dresses international themes connected to Anthroposophy and its achievements. The editor is Noam Sharon, 32 years old There is also an active relationship to Next door to the Eurythmy School and and born in Jerusalem. He studied Geogra - the Rudolf Steiner School because that is Rudolf-Steiner-House is the building of phy, Indian, Iranian and Armenian Art at where the students go for their place - the Michael-Bauer-Home, an old peoples Jerusalem University and has graduated ments and where they can practice their and nursing home. Horst Beckmann ex - from the Jerusalem academic Waldorf teaching in the classes as Veronika pressed the wish to house the Kindergar - Teacher Seminary. Friedrich explains. The Christian Commu - den, the Eurythmy School and the Home nity supports every worldwide activity for under one roof in the future. Conscious of a World Movement the city of Nürnberg. Humanity has to ex - Greetings from «within», as he called Looking through the eight issues of the perience eurythmy. (The Christian Com - it, came from Gerd Schmäche on behalf of newly formatted publication, it becomes munity priest Harry Lohse provided the the School of Spiritual Science. He used to obvious that Anthroposophy has been speech for part of the presentation in Hes - be employed by Stationery Firm Staedtler present in Israel for a long time. For exam - sian dialect, which previously had been who used to own the building of the Eu - ple through such pioneers as . Anna spoken in the Nürnberg dialect). On behalf rythmy School. Gerd Schmäche put to our Richter Mai, who was sent there by Rudolf of the Karl-König-School, Markus Imhof souls a picture of a bridge over a stream, Steiner as a painter in the 20’s and expressed the wish that besides the stu - the stream of life, where the bridge is through Hugo Bergman, a well known dent’s placements, additional opportuni - firmly anchored just as through the py - Philosophist of the 20th century, who ties could be offered to learn especially lons on land. Above this bridge rises a fur - knew Rudolf Steiner, corresponded with from eurythmy for the disabled. Here the ther bridge, the rainbow, the etheric arc of him and who, in 1934, became the first soul intention becomes visible even when light as a link into the spiritual world. We Chancellor of the Hebrew University in the physical movement is often only little need both these bridges, says Schmäche, Jerusalem. The editorial team today has or not at all accomplished. In addition spe - the one firmly grounded on earth and the made it its task to stimulate an awareness cial qualities of movement, even miracles, «eurythmic arc of colour». of a world movement in all readers. can be observed, which can make one jeal - Recently, for example, the Goetheanum ous. As a present the Eurythmy School re - Much Joy of Movement and the Anthroposophical Society were in - ceived six copper rods made in the work - Of course the festivities would not be troduced as hub of the anthroposophical shops of the Karl-König-School; a further without Eurythmy. A full programme by movement. Reports from initiatives within six rods are to follow at Christmas when the Nürnberg Eurythmy Group and stu - the country and elsewhere, essays on they will have been finished. dents as well as a cheerful birthday pot - many themes such as the seasonal festi - pourri performed by the Nürnberg Euryth - vals, questions of nutrition, psychology Learning to Practice from Eurythmists my Group, students and guests, with plen - and much more form the contents which The Waldorf School in Wendelstein ty of laughter and (interim) applause from is not only informative but also aids com - taught us how a school collegium can the audience. munication. No Anthroposophical Society learn from Eurythmists. Learn what? Prac - The original costumes, a sense of hu - was founded in Israel. The numerous an - ticing! says Hans Moritz. A strengthening mour and the enthusiasm for eurythmy throposophically inspired initiatives likes of the will through eurythmy as the most pulsated through the festivities. May it the 17 Waldorf Schools, nearly 100 Kinder - genuine quality that makes a human be - bring much light for the future of the gardens, social-pedagogical institutions ing by saying: «I will! » school. | Gabriela Jüngel, Dornach (CH) such as doctors, therapists and artists see 10 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/09

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Kalman feels: «I have to begin». Why in Lebanon? «The arts are needed every - where. But since I have experienced the wars in Lebanon in 2006 and 2007 and the civil war in 2008 I was certain that I want - ed to become active here». In a refugee camp she teaches the Hallelujah in eu - rythmy. First there were only two or three participants. Then more and more came and the children cried less. Kalman is confident to find comrades- in-arms. An architect has already drawn up plans for a building. But first of all Kalman relies on her relationship to her guardian angel. | Sebastian Jüngel

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Donations : Silvia Kalman, Postfinance, 3030 Creating a space for encounter with his publica - Art in country marred by war: Silvia Kalman Bern, Kto.-Nr.: 40-151160-0, IBAN: CH79 tion: Noam Sharon 0900 0000 4015 1160 0, BIC: POFICHBEXXX.

‹Adam–Olam› as a space for encounter. and was able to thus paint. Another, who The publication makes a valuable and ef - did not speak, uttered the sounds ‹I›, ‹A› fective contribution to the nurture of con - und ‹O› after the eurythmy lessons. That Slovenia: Living with Language tacts for those in Israel for whom the an - encouraged Kalman to begin to dream of throposophical idea of man and the world her own initiative: a home that can ac - Nurturing Understand - has become a foundation for their work. | commodate all those in need of the arts. Udi Levy, Dinhard (CH) She is aiming at Baalbeek near Beirut. ing There she already has a piece of land at her The meeting in Ljubljana between 36 Contact: [email protected] disposal; there is no building or finance to Waldorf Kindergarden Teachers and a www.antro.co.il/AdamOlam built one since her studio was destroyed teacher from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia during the war in 2008. Thus she intends and Serbia at the beginning of October to start with a tent. motivated Samo and Claudia Simcˇicˇ to look at how we live with language dur - Switzerland/Lebanon: Symbiosis of Eurythmy and Painting Day Centre Initiative ing such meetings. Does she differentiate between eu - «I Have to Begin» rythmy and painting? She beliefs that Special about this conference was the there are many similarities which are meeting between people from a region Silvia Kalman has a dream: an integrated linked to colour. «Painting leads into a which was formerly Yugoslavia and which day centre for children and adolescents, rhythm. And although it is different from is today divided into a number of au - with or without disability, where the the rhythm in eurythmy, they can be tonomous countries. It used to be the case arts, eurythmy, painting, music and linked». Therefore Kalman likes to work that conversations were held in the so- sculpturing are practiced. She intends to with both arts for example painting, called Serbo-Croatian language because begin in a tent near Beirut. break, and eurythmy. She is happy to ask this was the language taught at school. Silvia Kalman is driven towards the the question what is red or yellow in Today that is no longer the case. The new arts. The Hungarian fashion designer and movement? How do we experience blue? generation no longer understands Croat - Ergo therapist discovered eurythmy ten Kalman also repeatedly makes use of ian or Serbian as a rule. During recent years ago and took to it fully. She studied the therapeutic effects of the arts. If years old expressions arising out of Croat - eurythmy in Switzerland, Hungary and someone is withdrawn or afraid, her ex - ian, which are different from Serbian, have Germany. Then Kalman studied painting perience taught her that painting in red been re-discovered. Cultural and linguistic at the School for Painting at the can be helpful, similar to the movement differences have always existed and it has Goetheanum. During work experience of red; if someone is unable to do the eu - always been an effort to overcome them. whilst studying, particularly in the Beirut rythmic gesture for ‹O› as a properly But today this tradition has become more Waldorf School Fista, but also in Greece, closed form, their balance is disturbed difficult.The conference organizers intend Kalman discovered the wonderful ef - which can be harmonized through paint - to nurture understanding as a healing im - fect of these arts. A paralysed youngster ing. «Starting with fine lines to grounds pulse between these peoples, even if managed to hold the painting brush be - the person; then later follows a large cir - ‹only› with small beginnings. | Samo und tween two of his fingers after two weeks cle», says Kalman. Claudia Sim cˇi cˇ, Aesch,(CH) Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/09 | 11

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Eurasia: On Tour for Direct Democracy the environment and the contamination of the I. Humanity hungers for living con - Self-knowledge leading to Self-Determination cepts.The I experiences democracy as na - Under the heading ‹Democracy in motion›, and by invitation of the Goethe-Institute, ture persona that sees man as a being the bus for direct democracy (DE) toured 12 South-Eastern European countries from 7 whose wolf-nature has to be tamed September to 14 November. The encounter with culture and people showed how im - through social institutions. The concept portant supporting self-determination really is. of freedom, on the other hand, asks that man recognises his nature defined tran - sient thoughts as a plight which has to be seized by the I. During a street cam - paign in Athens a journalist from a renowned daily paper put one single question to the bus team: What is the re - lationship between direct democracy and the Christ?

Telos turns into Strength of Initiative Everywhere I met people who could not have been more different. It became clear through discussions how, throughout Eu - rope, egalitarianism is implemented in the disguise of democratic equality. The results and consequences were shown in the ‹Athens Talks›. The journey through South-East Europe showed us that noth - ing of Alexander von Humboldt’s ideals on education has remained. Humboldt for - mulated the phrase: «We do not intend to coin or accrue knowledge, but we wish to Individual Participation:Art-and Democracy Events over several days and 8000 kilometers. encourage that all human forces are de - veloped so that they recognise their in - olfger Pöhlmann, Head of the Pro - ness to thinking 2500 years ago. The nate imprints, unfold themselves by ac - W gramme department at the knowledge inscribed into the temples and quiring knowledge of the world and de - Goethe-Institute, Athens, got in touch the art at that time still contributes to our velop into self-determining individualities with the bus team and the council of understanding today. In Delphi the ob - and personalities». ‹Mehr Demokratie› (more democracy) server discovers his archetype in the During a discussion at the German with a request to bring it to Greece. The sculptures of the Gods Dionysus, Artemis School in Thessalonica which was about aim was to keep an impulse alive beyond and Apollo. Between the Nature God the Youth Rebellion of December 2008, I the 60th anniversary of German constitu - Dionysus and Apollo, the representative of remembered Rudolf Steiner’s call for tional law and the 20th anniversary of the cultural development, stands Artemis, everyone who leaves school to have an fall of the Berlin wall, which puts the ques - who finds her counterpart in the Egyptian understanding of the threefold order. As tion about the individual and his/her rela - Isis. long as this is not the case, there will be tionship to Society as a whole. no apt escape out of the crisis. Awareness Hunger for Living Concepts has to intensify that the telos (the goal) Gods as Archetype of Man When man recognises his relationship as principle of former initiation today During the journey which first of all led to nature his self-knowledge leads to a lives in every man as strength of initiative. to Ljubljana, Zagreb, Sarajevo, Sofia, Skop - need for self-determination. In addition, Skill in art and reason, in the Aristotelian je and Thessalonica, and their different man who has become self-aware expects sense, is only in accord with the con - landscapes and people, the question to be able to express his free will within a science when the logos consciousness is about cultural identity became increas - social context; through democracy! present in the enlightened concept. Only ingly clear. Thousands of people took part Whosoever gives his/her vote and then then can the Sophia be resurrected with - in approximately 100 lectures, campaigns allows him/herself to be controlled by in the soul and the I can awaken to its self and discussions. In Delphi a surprise re - the interests of those in power, wherever within the spirit. | Karl-Heinz Tritschler, sponse was received to the question that may be, should not be surprised if Weimar (DE) about cultural identity: «Great is the force the dragon-like vapours of ideologies of memory that lives in a place» – said Cic - poison ones memory, said Johannes ero. At the Apollo Mystery Centre the tran - Stüttgen in his lecture. An alternating Information: www.democracy-in-motion.eu sition took place from mythical conscious - link exists between the destruction of