Winter 2011–2012

Karl König Archive Newsletter 6  e Karl König Archive Newsletterr is published by the Karl König Archive www.karl-koenig-archive.netwww.kar Karl König Archive, Camphill House, Milltimber, Aberdeen, AB13 OAN, Scotland [email protected] Editors: Richard Steel and Christoph Hänni

1861 and the Man of the Middle A Study by Karl König of a Special Year ! e year of Rudolf Steiner’s birth is in yoke of serfdom. It is said that Ivan Tur- manifest itself in its tragic greatness. many respects a signifi cant nodal point genev’s stories moved the ruler to tears Whitehead is a physicist, mathemati- in the history of 19th century Europe and gave the moral impulse for the deed cian and philosopher. Steiner is a phi- and the wider world. ! e most diverse of emancipation. Not only the peasants losopher, seer and modern scientist waves of historical events meet there but also the lords of the manor them- of the supersensible. Tagore is a poet, as in a pencil of rays, fl owing together selves were at that time actually at the singer, educator and reformer.’ again and forming a fascinating pano- mercy of an over-preponderant feudal In the perception of the doctor, curative rama in which past and future meet. order.  ey were all living in an ossifi ed, educator, universal scholar and founder With these words Karl König intro- patriarchal understanding of the world, of the Camphill communities, it is as duced the essay ‘Vor hundert Jahren— where the feeling for what it is to be a hu- though the three regions of the Earth, Zur Phänomenologie des Jahres 1861’ man being had come to a grinding halt. standing as they do before far-reaching (A Century Ago: A Study of the Year  e Civil War in the United States had decisions, would seek to fi nd an ideal- 1861), which fi rst appeared in the jour- come about for similar reasons, although ised expression in these three repre- nal Die Drei. By immersing himself in in completely diff erent circumstances. sentatives: the historical context he sketched the  e deeper reasons for this dispute, In Tagore and Whitehead the mighty prevailing mood of that time, which which did not only have to do with the contrasts between East and West be- can also be discerned in the paintings question of slavery, also lie in the battle come clearly manifest. For the one there of Adolph von Menzel, who depicted between the incipient industrialisation exist only objects, as they are encoun- the middle- and upper-middle classes of the North and the feudal landowners tered and discovered through events. together with the working-class as an of the South. What results is not an individuality emerging social group. On the basis of In addition to referring to Stifter’s but a ‘boundary’ , and God can be seen his knowledge of Steiner’s Historical Witiko, Flaubert’s Salambo and Hugo’s as the highest ‘irrational limitation’. Symptomatology, König described the Les Misérables, König singles out Das For Tagore, on the other hand, person- spiritual antecedents of that phase and Mutterrecht by Jacob Julius Bachofen. ality is everything. In it nature comes the failure to reach beyond the liberal Its intuitive analyses of mythologies lead into being and passes away; objects are ideas that arose in the 1840s to new so- beyond Graeco-Roman and Egypto- abstractions of an ill-formed under- cial and political forms. Babylonian times and shed light on the standing, which endeavours to compre- In 1861 Wilhelm I became King of struggle between matriarchal and patri- hend what is incomprehensible but can Prussia, after his brother Friedrich Wil- archal principles. Furthermore, the Hun- nonetheless be experienced. God is the helm IV, who considered himself to be garian doctor Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis all-encompassing reality, with whom one of the last kings to rule by the grace published his work on aetiology and the man can be wedded as a person. of God but who died in a state of men- prophylaxis of childbed fever. At that And fi nally: tal confusion. At the time there was also time approximately a third of mothers ! e only bridge that can establish a the idea that eventually ‘every human giving birth were dying from inadequate connection between these two worlds is being will be included in the status of hygiene in many hospitals. the spirit of Central Europe. ! e form divine right and acknowledged as such’. in which Rudolf Steiner has grasped, With Friedrich Wilhelm IV the heritage Whitehead—Steiner—Tagore recognised and transformed this spirit of classical Romanticism came to end, Finally—and the essential core of the forms the arch bridging the gulf between and with the deaths of Alexander von essay—he writes about three special West and East. ! e concern of Rudolf Humboldt and Schopenhauer ‘the last children who came to the world in the Steiner, the man of the middle, is the bearers of a spirituality for which the springtide of this year.  ese were the forming of a conception of one’s own ego. second half of the century seemingly Englishman Alfred North Whitehe-  e legacy of the boy born on 27 Febru- no longer had space vanished from the ad (1861–1947), the Austrian Rudolf ary 1861 in Kraljevec, amidst the king- scene’. In the same period as witnessed Steiner and the Indian, and future No- doms of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the unifi cation of Germany, the gradual bel Prize-winner Rabindranath Tagore under the name of Rudolf Joseph Lorenz collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Em- (1861–1941). Steiner, the man of the middle and much pire was beginning. In the West, in Central Europe and else besides, continues after one hundred In March 1861 Tsar Alexander II pro- in the East there appear the repre- and fi fty years to be thought and spoken claimed his manifesto for the emancipa- sentatives of an epoch which only about in many places in the world. tion of the Russian peasants from the now, a hundred years later, begins to Alfons Limbrunner

– 1 – Social Work—Social Farming—Working with Biography Introducing a member of the Karl König Institute: Alfons Limbrunner Along with our friends from Aber- says and notes on farming. 2010 saw this volume (Landwirtschaft deen (Robin Jackson et al) Alfons und Gemeinschaft) get published in German with some new ma- was one of the fi rst to take up the terial and re-worked notes from agricultural conferences. After challenge of contributing to the Karl being active for that volume (which we hope to translate into Eng- König Institute, which is still in its lish soon) it became obvious that Alfons is too deeply involved beginnings, promoting research on with Karl König's work to leave it at that. Since then he has set many levels and encouraging projects up his own business, supervising, counselling and coaching on to further the work and intentions of biographical and organisational levels. Due to his interest for bio- Karl König. graphy he has now taken part in re-publishing biographical essays As social worker and lecturer at the König wrote about personalities involved in the time leading up Protestant College for Social Work to Rudolf Steiner's birth year 1861—a "World Historical Date", as in Nuremburg for many years Alfons you could read in the latest Karl König Archive Newsletter! % is Alfons Limbrunner has had contact to anthroposophi- volume we planned for the 150th Rudolf Steiner commemorative cal institutions and has read much year and by the time you read this we hope you already have it! In of Karl König's works. Amongst many publications about social English the title of this new volume is: At the " reshold of the Mo- themes he wrote a very interesting book in 1993 about "Waldorf dern World—Biographies around the Year 1861. Simon Blaxland Social Work" reviewing all areas of social work covered by anthro- de Lange has done a wonderful job of translation! posophical ventures. 2002 he wrote an article for Karl König's 100th But this volume will not be the end of our contact with Alfons! birthday about König and Adalbert Stifter. Since about 2003 he has Already we have started to work on a new edition of Brothers and been interested in developing "green social work" and joined the Sisters, which König originally intended to become a comprehen- European research sive study on the subject with 12 chapters—of which only the fi rst and action group was published! Unfortunately he did not manage to get that far for "Social farming" but the new edition will include his research and fragments for the around Prof.% omas unfi nished book. We will let you know about the progress on this van Elsen of Kassel theme soon. You can also check up on our website; there you can University. Out of fi nd more about and by Alfons Limbrunner, who is at the moment this background we very involved in practical social work at the German Camphill invited him to be Village Hausenhof. Richard Steel part of the work we http://www.karl-koenig-institute.net/heilpaedagogik.htm were doing with Karl http://www.karl-koenig-institute.net/naturwissenschaft.htm König's lectures, es- http://www.karl-koenig-institute.net/newsletter.htm

Christmas Shopping — and what to look forward to in the New Year As Christmas comes closer we hope that they developed out of the 19th century. You Camphill, working with König for instance the wooden stands for the Soul Calendar see already that this theme continues both on horoscopes. Together they staged a pictures will be available in various coun- with the above volume as also—when may- conference about Rudolf Steiner's Cura- tries. We printed an announcement in the be not so obviously—with Rudolf Steiner's tive Course for instance, looking at the last Newsletter with a photograph of the attempt to introduce a new experience infl uence of the stars at that time. By the fi nished article. Unfortunately some of the of time with the Soul Calendar. For us in time our next Newsletter comes (for Sum- Camphill Villages were not able to fi t this the Archive it was a challenge to follow on mer of 2012) we can let you know some work in so quickly, but now Beaver Hill with a volume turning to Karl König's con- more of these contents and certainly give Community in Pennsylvania and New- nection to Kaspar Hauser, but we hope to dates of publication—in English and Ger- ton Dee Village in Scotland have started have this book ready for the Michaelmas man simultaneously. By then we should al- work; the team in the woodwork shop of birthday (29 September 1812–29 Septem- ready know more about various events in Camphill Königsmühle in Germany has ber 2012). It will certainly have some sur- which the Karl König institute is involved: already made the fi rst run. So let us know prises in store—even for those who know At Ansbach, site of Kaspar's last years, his early enough and we will do our best to Karl König's works well! For this volume confi rmation, of the murderous attack and deliver. Details are on the website if you particularly Peter Selg and Richard Steel of his death, there will be a Kaspar Hauser can't fi nd your Newsletter Nr 5. are working together, but now we could Festival, hosted by the town. % is will be For cosy winter evenings please do not not neglect the need to study at least some 29 July–5 August. In Berlin we will have forget that we have a special book out now: of the horoscope charts König drew. In the a weekend conference for the birthday: Apart from 2012 being 100 years since the last Newsletter we let you know that we had 28–30 September, during which we will fi rst printing of the "Kalendarium" (1912– at least discovered their signifi cance, with- have our annual general meeting of the 13) with the verses of the Soul Calendar, out being able to go into detail yet. For this Karl König Institute and hopefully there it will also be 200 years since the birth of we have got help from Alan % ewless of will be an event around Kaspar's death day, Kaspar Hauser, the Child of Europe! Many Pennsylvania who knows and works with between 14 and 17 December. Perhaps this friends around the world will be remem- the methods of Willi Sucher. % is is impor- will take place in Dornach. We will keep bering this fact and looking for ways of cel- tant because König himself worked with you informed. ebration, but also for ways of turning more Sucher, who was in the same internment You see, there is a lot to look forward to inwardly to this event which had so much camp on the Isle of Man in 1940. From and a lot to prepare. Let's stay in contact! to do with the destiny of our times and how there he also went for a while to live in Richard

– 2 – 2012 Soul Calendar Exhibitions Ausstellungen zum Seelenkalender 2012 Before Karl König's 52 pictures for the Soul Calendar and Karl Königs Bilder zum Seelenkalender sind auf dem Weg nach Hause! the 13 Metamorphosis of the Cross pictures go back home An verschiedenen Orten sind wir aber gebeten worden, noch einige to Scotland, we have been asked to show them again in Ausstellungen der 52 Bilder für die Wochensprüche und der 13 Bilder diff erent places.  ey have already been twice to the Goe- zur Metamorphose des Kreuzes zu machen. Seit Anfang unserer For- theanum in Dornach (2009 and 2011), to Rudolf Steiner schung zu den Bildern (2009 erschienen 2 Bände der Werkedition) ist House in London (we reported in the last Newsletter), to die Ausstellung zweimal im Goetheanum, Dornach gewesen (Michae- Botton Village and then to Rudolf Steiner House in Berlin li-Tagung 2009 und Pfi ngsttagung 2011), im Rudolf Steiner House, Lon- for 3 months. Since then we have had lots of post about don (Bericht im letzten Newsletter), in Botton Village, Yorkshire und für the pictures, people wanting to know more, wanting to drei Monate im Rudolf Steiner Haus in Berlin. In dieser Zeit bin ich an discuss themes that are in the two volumes of the New verschiedenen Orten in Deutschland, der Schweiz, England, Schott- Edition and many people who saw them would like an- land und USA um Vorträge zu den Bildern gebeten worden—über 20 other chance. Unfortunately we couldn't manage the costs waren es bis jetzt. Viele Anfragen haben wir im Archiv gehabt—über to follow invitations to Warsaw and to the US, but I have die Bilder und über Texte in den beiden Büchern und viele Menschen been invited to over 20 lectures about the Soul Calendar fragen, ob die Ausstellung wieder zu sehen sein wird. Leider sind Auf- and the pictures in many places and the set of cards we wand und Kosten zu groß gewesen, um Einladungen nach Warschau presented in the last Newsletter has found its way into und USA wahrnehmen zu können. Es scheint also angebracht zu sein, homes, communities and libraries in various countries. It bevor die Bilder ins schottische Archiv zurückkehren, doch noch einige seems fi tting therefore, that we should use the year of 2012 Möglichkeiten zu nutzen, denn das Jahr 2012 ist ein besonderes für den well, as it commemorates the centenary of the fi rst print Seelenkalender! of the Soul Calendar by Rudolf Steiner in 1912.  is was a 12.–21. Januar: Humanus Haus, Beitenwil, Schweiz very special attempt at a specifi c point—after the lectures (Vortrag am 12. Januar) about the second coming of Christ—to introduce a new 10.–23. Februar: Rudolf Steiner Haus, Stuttgart way of experiencing time; through the weekly meditations (Wochenendtagung am 10.–12.2.) and their rhythmic structure, connecting continuously 21. April–5. Mai: Delrow House, London into each of the seasons, but also through a new approach 8.–16. Mai: Botton Village, Yorkshire, England to the zodiac and to our standing in world history. But 21.–29. Mai: Newton Dee Village, Aberdeen, Schottland this was also connected strongly to the hope that around (Votrag am 21. Mai) this impulse a new community process would evolve. At Christmastime 1911 to 1912 Steiner put a question about Hinzu kommt eventuell noch ein Termin im Herbst in Irland, was this to friends gathered in Berlin, naming it an association aber jetzt noch nicht sicher ist. Wenn Sie den letzten Newsletter ver- for ‘ eosophical Art and Lifestyle’. Unfortunately this passt oder verschenkt haben, können Sie ihn übrigens zu jeder Zeit was one of the intentions of Rudolf Steiner that people im Internet lesen oder downloaden. Und wenn Sie durch die immer were not able to take up and so ‘nothing more’ came of weiter sich entwickelnde Landschaft unserer website spazieren gehen it than the Soul Calendar. All the more important to take (“surfen” mag ich im Winter nicht schreiben—vielleicht kann man aber up the theme now and try to discern its signifi cance for inzwischen schon im Internet snow-boarden?), fi nden Sie die Termine today! für alle Veranstaltungen, Einzelheiten über die Publikationen und sons- So we will start in Switzerland and work our way tigen Produkte und wie man sie bestellen kann: siehe oben. natürlich Northwards: freuen wir uns auch über einen mehr persönlichen Kontakt, briefl ich, 12–21 January: Humanus Haus, Beitenwil, per Telefon, oder auch ganz persönlich! Switzerland (lecture on 12 January) 10–23 February: Rudolf Steiner Haus, Stuttgart (Weekend Conference 10–12 Feb) 21 April–5 May: Delrow House, London 8–16 May: Botton Village, Yorkshire 21–29 May: Newton Dee Village, Aberdeen Regine and (lecture on 21 May) Richard showing the Soul  ere still may be an additional possibility to see them in Calendar Ireland in Autumn but this is not yet certain. pictures at If you missed the last Newsletter by the way, you can the St John’s read it or download it from the website whenever you Market. like! If you care to explore the continuing developments of our website, you will fi nd updates of the exhibitions also, giving times of lectures and so on, but also details of the books and postcards and how to order them. http://www.karl-koenig-archive.net/events.htm http://www.karl-koenig-archive.net/publications.htm http://www.karl-koenig-archive.net/miscellaneous.htm You can also write or phone for more information: Richard Steel, Finckensteinallee 1, 12205 Berlin, Germany *49/30-61741414 Fax -61741415 Christoph Hanni, Cairnlee House, Bieldside, Aberdeen AB15 9BN, Scotland *44/1224-860381

– 3 – Eine Fußnotenwanderung Es ist zu hoff en, dass Sie, lieber Leser, rauszugeben. Diese hatte er eingehend ressierten Assistentin des Instituts, die bereits den neuen Band der Karl König mit Neumann besprochen und hatte so- uns willig die staubigen Bände vom Regal Werkausgabe in Händen halten: Geister gar dafür Pali gelernt. Herr „E. R.“ aber holte. Ja—jeder Band mit Vorwort…von unter dem Zeitgeist. Schicksale an der wollte nicht, dass jemand eine Biographie einem anonymen „E. R.“! Mir war die Pus- Schwelle zur Moderne. Wenn nicht, bit- über Neumann schreibt, falls es von sei- te fast ausgegangen, aber bei der Dame ten wir um kurze Nachricht, damit wir ner Leistung als selbstloser Übersetzer funkte es direkt—natürlich! Sie fand eine Ihnen helfen können, das Problem zu ablenken könnte. Karl König ließ sich Fach-Zeitschrift aus dem Jahre 1954, in beheben! Sie werden vielleicht gemerkt aber nicht so leicht von einem Vorhaben der eine Rezension der besagten Bände haben, dass der Band 292 Anmerkungen abhalten und besuchte „E. R.“ zweimal in zu lesen war. Endlich fruchtete die Suche hat. Nun ja, König hat wirklich geforscht, London, bis er überhaupt etwas Informa- und der geheime Schreiber wurde ent- wie ihm nur möglich war, um diese 24 tion bekommen konnte. Soviel von der al- tarnt: Ein gewisser Ernst Reinhold. Beina- Biographien zu beschreiben; von jedem ten Fußnote. Noch vor wenigen Monaten he hätte ich doch noch kapituliert, als ich oder über jeden hat er zumindest ein wäre es vergebliche Liebesmüh, nach den erfuhr, dass auch dies nur ein Pseudonym Buch gelesen. Bis auf einen sonderbaren Besuchen Königs in London im Tagebuch war. Aber langsam, Kapitel für Kapitel Fall, wo es nichts gab, wodurch er sich zu suchen, denn wir wußten ja nicht mal fügten wir die Lebensgeschichte des Fuß- aber auch nicht abhalten ließ. Es ist gut, die Jahreszahl! Doch seit einiger Zeit hat notenmysten zusammen: Er war nämlich dass wir nicht so gründlich alles über- Anne Weise es geschaff t, nicht nur sämt- erst einige Monate nach König aus Wien prüft haben, dass wir zwei Tage Zeit für liche 7.000 Seiten Briefverkehr des Ar- emigriert und hatte bei der Behörde sei- jede Anmerkung gebraucht haben, sonst chivs, sondern schon fast alle Tagebücher nen richtigen Namen angeben müssen: wäre das Buch doch nicht mehr in die- zu lesen und zu indexieren. Wir berich- Ernst Hirsch, geboren 1886 in Budapest sem Rudolf-Steiner-Jahr erschienen, was teten darüber im letzten Newsletter. Das mit jüdischem Hintergrund, der sei- uns aber ein Anliegen war. Und Sie hätten heißt, dass wir in Kürze in der Lage wa- nen Beruf als „Vorwortschreiber“ angab. dieses besondere Buch nicht zu Weih- ren, den „E. R.“ im Tagebuch zu orten und Nachdem wir eine weitere Stunde (oder nachten bekommen können. Nichtsdes- zu erfahren, dass in der zweiten dieser waren es zwei? Denn schon rannte uns totrotz, Fußnote 159 hat mich gepackt wunderlichen Unterredungen der Herr die Zeit davon!) im Deutschen Biographi- und hat es geschaff t, mich schon wieder E. R. etwas freundlicher gestimmt war schen Archiv gewühlt hatten, fanden wir, auf Wanderschaft mit Detektivmission zu und manche Unterlagen für Königs Ar- dass Hirsch ein bekannter Schauspieler schicken. Das Abenteuer dauerte tatsäch- beit zur Verfügung stellte. Woher hätte er in Wien gewesen war, der nach der Um- lich gute zwei Tage insgesamt und ist bei- sonst Stoff für die Biographie bekommen siedlung einer der ersten Buddhistischen nahe Krimireif. Es begann alles, als ich bei sollen? Sie verstehen, dass ich inzwischen Lehrer in London war, mit eigener Praxis dem Aufsatz über Karl Eugen Neumann fast so entschlossen war, über „E. R.“ etwas für Atemtherapie. Im Jahr 1931 hatte er Korrektur zu lesen hatte. (Nun geben Sie zu fi nden, wie seinerzeit König über Neu- König Lear und Macbeth in einem Wiener ehrlich zu—haben Sie je von Karl Eugen mann! Aber selbst König hielt sich an die " eater rezitiert, wobei er alle Rollen aus- Neumann gehört? Verantwortlich dafür gewünschte Geheimhaltung des Namens. wendig konnte—und das auf Englisch! Er ist aber nicht nur eine selbstverschulde- Wie also weiter, da das Internet diesmal war ein Freund Oskar Kokoschkas gewe- te Bildungslücke—den Grund erfahren auch keine Hilfe anbot? Zum Glück gibt sen, der ihn sogar 1906 porträtiert hat— Sie hier.) Im besagten Aufsatz stolperte es in Berlin gute Forschungsmöglichkei- also kennt man das Gesicht des obskuren ich über eine seltsame Notiz Karl Königs, ten und ich begab mich in die Humboldt- Privatgelehrten insofern man das Bild eine heiße Spur, die er für Literaturdetek- Uni, die über eine wunderbare Bibliothek „Trancespieler“ gesehen hat. Hirsch/Rein- tive zukünftiger Generationen hinterließ. verfügt, wo ich schon manche Fußnoten- hold spielte sogar die Hauptrolle bei der Nachdem ich meine eigene Bildungslücke rätsel lösen konnte. Allerdings wagte ich Urauff ührung von Kokoschkas Drama zugegeben hatte, machte mich aber diese fast nicht, der Dame an dem Info-Schalter Mörder, Hoff nung der Frauen im Wiener Neumann'sche Biographie doch neugie- meine minimalen Suchkriterien anzuver- Burgtheater. Nur sprach er nicht mehr rig, denn er war—wie König—ein Wiener trauen. Würde sie mich überhaupt ernst mit Hirsch—bis zur Aussöhnung in Lon- und war aber sehr an dem Buddhistischen nehmen? Doch als ich ihr die wenigen don 20 Jahre später—weil er am Abend Einfl uss in Europa schuldig—er hatte als Anhaltspunkte erklärt hatte, jubelte sie nach der Auff ührung mit Kokoschka spa- erster viele der Reden und Lehren Bud- so gut, wie dies in der öff entlichen Bib- zieren ging und nicht merkte, dass dieser dhas ins Deutsche übersetzt (das heißt liothek tunlich ist und erzählte, dass sie in der Vollmondnacht leibfrei schwebte, aber überhaupt in eine europäische Spra- kurz zuvor ihrer Kollegin gesagt hätte, ohne einen Schatten zu werfen, sondern che), vor allem der Pali Kanon. Aber die wenn nichts Interessantes noch kommt, ihm des übermäßigen Alkoholgenusses Notiz Königs erklärte, warum ich nicht würde sie nach Hause gehen! Und nun bezichtigte. davon gewusst habe—Karl König war tat- war das Rätsel der Woche angekommen Ob Carlo Pietzner, der Mitglied in Kö- sächlich der erste Biograph Neumanns! und wir verbrachten einige Stunden mit nigs Wiener Jugendgruppe gewesen war, Die Notiz schilderte, dass der Einzige, der Computer-Suchfunktionen, mit großen den ominösen Herrn Hirsch/Reinhold eine solche Biographie hätte schreiben Buchausgaben, wo alte, handgeschriebe- wohl kannte? Denn auch er war Freund können, der mysteriöse damals in Lon- ne Listen noch lagerten und fanden end- Kokoschkas und fl oh zu ihm nach Prag als don lebende „Privatgelehrter“ gewesen lich, dass eine 19-bändige Ausgabe des die deutschen Truppen 1938 nach Wien wäre, den König auch nur als „E. R.“ be- Pali-Kanons, Jahrgang 1954 (also E. R.!) in zogen. Aber irgendwo ist die Jagd nach ei- zeichnet. Er wäre ein enger Freund Neu- einem Keller in der Nebenstelle des Ori- ner Fußnote auch zu Ende. Aber vielleicht manns gewesen und hatte die Aufgabe entalischen Institutes zu fi nden wäre. Wir wird eines Tages eine Biographie von E. R. übernommen, nach dem Tod Neumanns telefonierten mit der gleichsam durch Geschrieben werden. seine hinterlassenen Übersetzungen he- die Anfrage der Bibliothekarin mitinte- R. S., Berlin – 4 –  e Adventures of a Footnote By the time you read this you should already feat of translation. In fact König was so in- have your copy of the new Karl König vol- tent on fi nding traces of that special destiny ume: At the  reshold of the Modern World. that he had to go to London twice to meet (If not, do let us know and we will help you this mysterious character before getting with your problem). any information at all. Checking through So you have noticed that this volume has König’s diaries would have been like look- 292 footnotes? Well Karl König really did re- ing for a needle in a haystack some months search into the biographies of those 24 peo- ago! Luckily Anne Weise (we reported in ple he wrote about! But it is good that while the last Newsletter) has made that all acces- checking on everything for this edition we sible for research now and I could fi nd the did not spend two whole days for each foot- two entries whereby the second time König note, otherwise you would not yet be able noted that the gentleman only named as “E. to read this incredible volume. However, R.” was a little more friendly. It seems that footnote 159 did especially intrigue me and this time he was able to get some answers managed to send me on yet another detec- at least—where else could he have found all tive’s adventure that lasted a good two days! he wrote about in that essay? But now you It was whilst proof reading the essay about realise that I was getting curious about Mr Karl Eugen Neumann (be honest—who has “E. R.” and was not even as lucky as König at really heard of him?) that I stumbled over a fi rst. How does one go about that at all?—a Der Trancespieler, Oskar Kokoschka strange note; a clue that König had left for Mr E. R. living in the 1950’s in London! In future generations of literature detectives. the internet there was no clue to be found, King Lear and Macbeth in the Burgtheater, After having to admit that my general edu- so off I went to the library of the Humbold speaking all the parts himself—in English! cation had not covered one specifi c major University in Berlin. I was a little hesitant I wonder whether Carlo Pietzner perhaps event in European history, I became curious to disclose my quest to the lady at the desk. met Hirsch because he too was a friend of about the life of Neumann, like König from What would she think about trying to follow Kokoschka and went to stay with him in Vienna, who was to a large degree responsi- such a faint clue? To my dismay she was de- Prague when König’s youth group dispersed ble for the infl ux of Buddhism into Europe. lighted to be included in my search and said and fl ed the Nazi occupation in 1938. He was the fi rst translator of many of Bud- that she had only just told her colleague that But at some point the hunt for a footnote dha’s teachings, particularly the Pali Canon; she was going to go home if nothing of inter- has to stop. Maybe someday there will be a a life’s work indeed. But one little footnote est was going to come her way—and here it biography of E. R. made by Karl König suggests why Neu- was! After two hours of searching through R. S. mann was never really so well known and the computer and climbing many fl ights of At the  reshold of the Modern World why König himself was the fi rst to write any stairs to shelves that had long not been used, biography at all! " ere Karl König simply and after phoning an expert on asian writ- Table of Contents Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868) states that about the only person who could ings, we knew that Karl Eugen Neumann’s Austrian writer and painter have written such a biography was the “in- translations were still considered the best Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843) dependent scholar” living in London at that and in many cases were still the only ones. Founder of homeopathy Helen Keller (1880–1968) time who was a close friend of Neumann We had even tracked down 19 volumes that Deaf-blind author and political activist and had taken on the task of seeing to the were edited in London in 1954—but, alas, Ernst von Feuchtersleben (1806–1849) Austrian physician and philosopher many unpublished translations still in Neu- the foreword was signed “E. R.”! But we did Josef Breuer (1842–1925) Austrian physician who mann’s estate after he had died. " is myste- fi nd a magazine article with a review of just laid the foundations of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) rious “E. R.” however, did not want anyone that edition—lo and behold the name was Founder of psychoanalysis to write a biography because it might dis- to be found: Ernst Reinhold! Even this did Justinus Kerner (1786–1862) tract from the special mission and selfl ess not help us initially however, as we found German poet and medical writer Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902) that the trail had ended at a pseudonym! German anthropologist and biologist Rudolph Wagner: Now there was nothing to stop us detec- Wilhelm Dilthey (1833–1911) German philosopher Rudolph Wagner (1865–1864) As in a number of these essays includ- tives though, and we traced E. R. diligently German anatomist and physiologist Alma Mahler (1879–1964) Austrian socialite ing some almost forgotten personalities, until we found that he had also emigrated from Vienna (a few months after König), Lou Salomé (1861–1937) one wonders where König got his infor- Russian-born psychoanalyst and writer giving his name to the British authorities Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) mation from for such deep-searching as Ernst Hirsch, born of Jewish background Austrian-Bohemian composer biographical studies. In this case we Marie Eugenie delle Grazie (1864–1931) in 1886 in Budapest, and his profession as Writer and dramatist know from letters (Karl König Archive) “foreword writer”. And in the German Bio- Karl Eugen Neumann (1865–1915) that Rudolph Wagner was the great Translator of Buddhist writings graphic Archive we found that he had been Robert Owen (1771–1858) grandfather of Carl Alexander Mier, a well known actor in Vienna, converted to Industrialist and social reformer König’s friend from early times of Bio- Harry Graf Kessler (1868–1937) Buddhism and actually became one of the Anglo-German diplomat and arts patron dynamic farming conferences and since fi rst Yoga teachers in London with his own Charles Darwin (1809–1882) English naturalist 1954 co-worker in Camphill. He gave practice for Breathing " erapy. He had been Charles Grant (1841–1889) Scottish poet and literary critic König diaries and other documents a friend of Oskar Kokoschka, who portrait- Adolf von Hildebrand (1847–1921) belonging to Wagner, including the ed him in 1906 (“Der Trancespieler”) and German sculptor Anton Dohrn (1840–1909) German Darwinist quoted lecture of 1854 and the obitu- had played the main part in the premiere Hans von Mareés (1837–1887) German painter ary written by his son Adolph Wagner. of Kokoschka’s drama Murderer, Hope Carl Ludwig Schleich (1859–1922) of Women in Vienna. In 1931 he recited German surgeon and writer – 5 – Edith Tudor Hart  ose who have an interest in Karl König cialist bookshop.  e whole family had their and Camphill for some time must have sympathies with the socialist movement. come across the portrait of Karl König Edith was very gifted. She played piano and taken by Edith Tudor Hart. Other ‘fa- was friends with many in the musical circles mous’ shots of hers are  omas Weihs of Vienna, among them Schönberg. in the fi eld ploughing with some boys in At some point she went to study photo- Newton Dee. In fact, she provided the graphy at the Bauhaus in Dessau. When she photographs for an article on Camphill, returned to Vienna she saw all the poverty that appeared in the Picture Post on April and misery and was able to make the world 30, 1949 with the title: ‘A school where aware of it through her lens. She got to know love is a cure’.  is article helped to make an English doctor, Alexander Tudor Hart, Camphill known in the country. whom she married in 1933. Being the wife of Edith Tudor Hart was recently men- a British citizen helped her emigrating from tioned in the papers in connection with Austria. From 1936 she had to rely on her the declassifi cation of historical archives: craft for her income after her husband went she apparently was involved in recruiting to fi ght Franco in Spain, by working for illus- Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt and others of trated magazines, like the Picture Post. She the Cambridge Five, the spies who be- also gave birth to a son, Tommy, at that time. trayed British intelligence to the Soviets Her marriage broke up soon after the return during the war and right into the 60s. In of her husband from the Spanish civil war, June 2009 ! e Times published an article and she and her son had to survive on their on Engelbert Broda, ‘the spy who started own. It also became apparent that Tommy the cold war’, which is again of great inter- suff ered from a developmental handicap. est because one of the founders of Cam- Edith tried everything to help him. He went phill, Alex Baum to diff erent schools, and even received top: Edith Tudor Hart, and Broda knew treatment from a psycho-analyst. However, 1937 in London each other from in the end she had to realize that Tommy (Photo: their studies at Vi- would never live an independent life. Wolf Suschitzky) enna University.  is disappointment combined with other left: Karl König taken by Broda and Edith diffi culties in life led to a nervous breakdown, Edith Tudor Hart, Tudor Hart appar- after which she did not take up photography around 1950 ently were lovers again, although she had been successful and below: for some time. well known as a photographer. She worked from the Picture Post, April 30, 1949 Edith Tudor as a social worker and later run an antique Hart, born in Vi- shop. below right: " omas Weihs with enna in 1908 into a She died in 1973 of cancer of the liver. boys in Newton Dee Jewish family, grew Today, Edith Tudor Hart’s negatives are in up in a time of the Scottish National Galleries. A beautiful great social strive. book, ! e Eye of Conscience, published by Her father was in- Nishen 1987, is unfortunately out of print. spired by socialist (It is also available in German: Das Auge des ideals. He fought Gewissens, Nishen 1988)  e text is by her for the eight-hour brother Wolf Suschitzky, her junior by four day, women’s years. He was also a photographer. rights, sexual edu- In the Karl König Archive we have a col- cation and birth lection of her photographs that she took control, and was when shooting for the issue of Picture Post. the owner of a so- Christoph Hänni

– 6 – Have you been to the Der Leseraum Weihnachten 1944 Reading Room Today? Herzlich willkommen im Leseraum des Karl Der Camphill–Community in Liebe, Karl König We have so many visitors at the mo- König Archivs! Da waren Sie heute noch nicht? I. Vom Heiligen Geist empfangen Ist Jesus das Kind der Maria. ment that we could not fi t them into Keine Sorge, die 25 Besucher, die wir im Schnitt täglich haben (40–50 zu Stoßzeiten, wie am Wo- Als es geboren wurde the Archive rooms in Aberdeen. We chenende), müssen nicht im Gang des Camphill Sangen die Engel: are at an average of 25 people a day, Es off enbaren sich die göttlichen Wesen Hauses in Aberdeen Schlange stehen—sie sitzen with peaks going up to 40 and 50 at der Höhen in ganz Europa, Nord Amerika, China, Japan, the weekends. Luckily they don't need Und bringen den Frieden zur Erde Korea, Australien, Mexiko und anderen Ländern Ins Herz der Menschen, to queue in the corridor of Camphill verteilt am eigenen PC! Ja, viele unserer online- Die vom guten Willen erfüllt sind. House because they are in very diff er- Besucher nehmen Kontakt mit uns auf; haben ent places—some of them are spread Der Friede des Herzens, Fragen über Camphill, über die Biographie across Europe, others across the UK, der Gute Wille der Glieder, Karl Königs, bitten um Zusendung von Texten, but some are in the US, Canada, Ja- Sie sind Vater und Mutter von Information, um Hilfe für ihre Hausarbeit, Des Kindes im Menschen, pan, China, Korea and Mexico. Yes, Masterprojekt oder wollen ein Buch bestellen; Das dort erwacht, wo seine they are online visitors, interested wollen Mitglied im Freundeskreis werden oder Gedanken leben. in varying things, but many of them Ja, das Kind wird geboren manchmal sogar eine Spende schicken. Gele- take contact also and send an email In jedem von uns, gentlich macht ein Besucher einen Vorschlag— to enquire about something,to order Wenn wir den Vater des Guten Willens zum Beispiel manche Texte im Internet ver- Und die Mutter des Herzens-Friedens a book, to verify a quote, to ask for fügbar zu machen, die sonst nicht—oder noch Wirklich zu pfl egen versuchen. special material that has not been nicht—zur Veröff entlichung in der Werkausgabe Ach, das Kind, published…and sometimes they have Es liegt im Stroh unserer vorgesehen sind. Das war eine gute Idee, dachte ideas, like the question if we could täglichen Gedanken, ich, und da wir gerade bei der Mitgliederver- not regularly put texts by Karl König In der Krippe des harten Schädels, sammlung des Karl König Institutes saßen, habe Im Stall unseres Leibes. onto the Internet so that things could ich die Initiative (und Dr. Schilys Handy) ergrif- be read that otherwise would not be fen und zwei unserer Vorstände bei der Ruhe II. Das erwachte Denken Ist der Name des Kindes. published for a long time. Well this nach der Sitzung fotografi ert! Finden Sie nicht, idea we took up and as I took it to our Da stehn an der Krippe dass sie wunderbare Türwächter für unseren Ochs und Esel, die guten, und wärmen fi rst meeting of the new Karl König online-Reading Room hergeben? Sie haben sie Mit ihrem Atem Institute, it began to take shape there. noch nicht entdeckt? Dr. Kurt Becker und Dr. Das zarte Wesen. After the meeting two of the board Konrad Schily geleiten Sie zu den Texten, die im Der Esel, der unsere störrische Weisheit, Der Ochs, der unser brütendes members and founders of the insti- „Leseraum“ bereit liegen: tute were taking a rest in the library— Wahrnehmen ist. http://www.karl-koenig-archive.net/leseraum.htm Aus Sinnes-Empfi ndung und what a chance not to miss! Now you Dort wollen wir im monatlichen Wechsel Gedanken-Bildung, fi nd them at the entrance to the Read- Texte, Vorträge und Aufsätze vorstellen, die si- Aus Ochs und Esel allein ing Room: Dr. Kurt E. Becker and Dr. cher für viele von Ihnen von Interesse sind. Dazu Ist unser Bewusstsein erhalten. Wird das Kind geboren, Konrad Schily. Take a look: stellen wir meist ein Gedicht oder Spruch für www.karl-koenig-archive.net/leseraum.htm Dann erstrahlt die Krippe im Licht. die jeweilige Jahres- und Festeszeit. Die meis- Es leuchtet der Glanz der Sterne We will be putting a new text by ten dieser Texte werden Ihnen neu sein—selbst In unser armes Dasein. Karl König in the shelf for you each den „Experten“ unter Ihnen. Falls Sie aber eigene Der Stall wird geheiligt; month; mainly items that are not yet Wünsche oder Vorschläge haben, freuen wir uns Das Kind, Empfangen vom Heiligen Geiste, on the schedule for publication, many immer über Kontakt! Waren Sie heute schon im contents that will be unknown even In seinem Abbild erschaff en, Leseraum? Richard In uns, in dir, in mir, to the ‘experts’, and we will also put In jedem, der wahrhaft will. some of his poems and verses there for you, particularly those that belong III. Dann tönt auch to the specifi c festival or season. Usu- Im Nu der ruf des Engels Hernieder zu allen, die Hirten sind! ally we have translations of König's All unsere guten Gefühle erwachen verses – they were almost all writ- Und hören den Sang der ten in German and Mark Gardner himmlischen Scharen. has put a lot of work into translating them. In some cases we will open up Es eilen die Hirten, Die guten Empfi ndungen, a translators' competition because Liebe tragend we would like to get all this done as Zum Haupte, der Krippe soon as possible in order to create a Und bringen die Gaben volume of poetry, verses and stories. Und opfern und preisen  ere are some wonderful items in Das Kind. Nicht mehr ist leer das Stroh the Archive! der Gedanken. Please feel free to make some sug- ICH KANN IM INNERN NEU BELEBT... RUDOLF STEINERS IMPULS DES ANTHROPOSOPHISCHEN SEELENKALENDERS Liebe-strahlend gestions as to what we should put UND DIE MEDITATIVEN ILLUSTRATIONEN KARL KÖNIGS Und Liebe-umstrahlt into the Reading Room, but do read Vortrag von Richard Steel mit anschliessendem Gespräch in der Ausstellung Liegt das Geistes-Kind, DONNERSTAG 12. JANUAR 2012 | 19.30 UHR | HUMANUS-SAAL Das Bild des Heiligen Geistes regularly – we will not keep things in LADEN & CAFÉ GEÖFFNET BIS 19.30 UHR | KOLLEKTE In uns, in dir, in mir, there too long! Have you been read- In allen, ing today? die rechtschaff en sind.

– 7 – News of a New Study Group Neue Studiengruppe (Open for New Members) (mit off enen Plätzen) Since we have been in Berlin we get the weekly email up- Seitdem wir in Berlin leben, bekommen wir wöchentlich per email date with news items from the anthroposophical book Nachrichten und updates über Neu-Erscheinungen aus der anthro- shop.  ere are often interesting things to read and notes posophischen Buchhandlung. Oftmals gibt es etwas Interessantes about new books, and anyway the owner and writer is an dabei, und außerdem ist der Buchhändler mit meiner Frau, Christi- old school-friend of my wife, Christiane. Well just after ane in die gleiche Klasse gegangen. Nach den Katastrophen in Japan the catastrophes in Japan in March the email came late kam aber der Rundbrief nur mit einigen Tagen Verspätung—Chris- and with the remark that Christoph Huhn had not felt toph Huhn, der schreibende Buchhändler, berichtete, dass er nach like advertising anything due to the situation of the peo- den furchtbaren Vorkommnissen nicht hat Werbung verschicken ple there. I had to think, what riddles are hidden in the wollen. Und ich musste denken, wie rätselhaft doch die geschicht- rhythms of history—the earthquake and tsunami were lichen Rhythmen und Wiederholungen sind, denn die Katastrophe on 11 March—that fateful day when the Knights Templar war an dem 11. März eingetreten, dem Tag der Verbrennung der were burnt. Karl König remarked on this because it was Tempelritter. Davon hatte Karl König geschrieben, als er das letzte 11 March when the Nazi troops marched into Vienna and Treff en der Wiener Jugendgruppe, beim Einmarsch der Nazi-Trup- he held the last meeting with his youth group, vowing to pen beschrieb—am 11. März 1938. Da war es, dass die Gruppe um meet again, taking the inner intentions they had talked König die Jugendansprache Rudolf Steiners gemeinsam las und sich about and read of in Rudolf Steiner's Youth Address. (You gegenseitig versprach, diesen Impuls mit in die ungewisse Fremde read about this of course in the volume My Task).  e und Heimatlosigkeit mitzunehmen. Natürlich haben Sie, lieber Le- group became homeless refugees to meet in Scotland and ser, im Band der Werkausgabe „Meine zukünftige Aufgabe“ darüber try to fi nd new community. gelesen. Well why did Christoph write that email in the end? Be- Nun, warum hatte Christoph den Rundbrief schließlich doch ge- cause he had a special experience. He wrote: schrieben? Weil ihm etwas Außergewöhnliches begegnet war. Er From time to time a man in a well worn training suit schrieb: comes into our bookshop pulling a cart behind him, Von Zeit zu Zeit erscheint ein Kunde in unserem Buchladen, in as the homeless do. He is not particularly tidy in ap- alten Trainingshosen, den Handwagen eines Obdachlosen hinter pearance and one can sense the 20 years of living on the sich herziehend. Ja, er wirkt nicht gerade gepfl egt; man sieht ihm streets, but he is always very correct and polite. ! is die 20 Jahre auf der Straße an. Doch wieder geht es zur Abteilung time—as always—he aimed with certainty for the new Anthroposophie. Ein Werk von Karl König in der Hand und äu- anthroposophical books and came to the till with the ßerst höfl ich, wie immer, geht es dann zur Kasse. Wir unterhalten volume of Karl König's Soul Calendar pictures, asking uns und er stellt fest, dass er sich das Buch mit den Seelenkalender- for the price. We came into conversation about the Soul Zeichnungen nicht leisten kann. Er bittet aber doch um zehn der Calendar but he decided that the book is too expensive blauen Hefte statt dessen, mit den Wochensprüchen wenigstens. for him, put it back and asked for 10 of the little blue Warum denn so viele? Ich konnte meine Verwunderung nicht ver- books just with the verses in. I couldn't hide my surprise bergen. Er gibt sie seinen“Freunden“ war seine Antwort, und stolz and asked why so many. His proud answer was: For my berichtet er von seinem Vorrat an Taschenbüchern—den „Volks- friends. And he told me about his collection of books, seelenzyklus“ zum Beispiel—und von seinem Bemühen um Er- like the Mission of the Folk Souls and how important he kenntnisse von karmischen Zusammenhängen. found it to get into conversation about Karma. Wie machten wir es mit der Bezahlung? Er nahm eine Quittung And how did we arrange it with the bill? Well he took für seinen Betreuer und bezahlt mir jede Woche €5,00 für seine a receipt for his social worker and promised to pay €5,00 Erwerbungen ab. Ich habe Vertrauen in ihn und wurde von ihm a week until it was settled. And I trusted him because he noch nie enttäuscht. Er macht eine Arbeit mit Menschen, die wir has never let me down all the years I have seen him here. wohl so kaum wahrnehmen. Christoph Huhn had another surprise that day, and I Christoph Huhn erlebte an dem Tag noch ein weitere Überraschung, hope, dear supporters of the Karl König Archive, that you und ich hoff e, dass die Freunde und Förderer des Karl König Archivs are in favour of my immediate decision…I took him a box mit meinem spontanen Entschluss einverstanden sind, denn ich of books and asked him to put it onto that hand-cart next brachte ihm einen gefüllten Karton und bat, dass er ihn das nächste time. Richard Mal einfach auf den Handkarren stellt. Richard Steel Spendenmöglichkeiten für das Archiv We need your donations Spendenkonto:“Freunde der Erziehungskunst“ bei der GLS-Bank Bochum, BLZ 430 609 67 Konto : 13042010 Verwendungszweck: „Karl König Archiv“ (bei Angabe der Adresse wird unaufgefordert eine Spendenbescheinigung zugeschickt) Tax-deductable Donations in the USA: checks to RSF Social Finance, 1002A O'Reilly Avenue,San Francisco, CA 94129 with „Karl König Archive“ written in the memo line. GB: Checks to Karl König Archive at Camphill Medical Services, AB13 0AN, Milltimber, Aberdeen, Scotland. Schweiz:Konto Nr 115.5 "Freunde der Erziehungskunst" bei der Freien Gemeinschaftsbank Basel, Postkonto 40-963-0, mit dem Vermerk "Spende Karl König Archive, Berlin"

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