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Liberating Roots 28 March 2014 No 4

Annual Report 2013/2014 1 ‹The I knows itself› 2 Motifs from 2013/2014 3 Leadership: Looking back over 2013/2014 4 Visual Art Section: New section leader Marianne Schubert 6 Goetheanum Stage: From the Mys- tery Plays to Faust 7 Finance Report

Anthroposophical Society 11 Addendum to the Annual General “The I Knows Itself” – seal to ’s First Mystery Drama “The Soul’s Awakening” Meeting: Concern and motion received too late 15 Membership he I knows itself – a surprising motto Again, this motto will be at the centre Tthat is not easy to grasp. It expresses of the Anthroposophical Society and its Anthroposophy Worldwide activity. It reflects the identity of anthro- life – in this year (2014/2015) as the foun- 11 Russia: 120th anniversary of the posophy, of the Anthroposophical Society, dation stone of a world affirmation, just ‹Philo¬sophy of Freedom› and of any anthroposophically inspired work, as, in the past year, it was the affirmation the conference ‹Freedom as in fact. Activity, cognizing activity, activ- of the foundation stone laying. A hundred a way of keeping the human ity that leads to knowing the I as the true years ago, Rudolf Steiner laid the foun- identity › being of a spiritual movement, of a soci- dation stone for the Goetheanum – the 13 Australia: Little Yarra Steiner School ety and of manifold initiatives all over the home of the wrestling for the knowledge world? A self-knowledge, which is not easy of the human being, for becoming active School of Spiritual Science to grasp, as the unifying task of people who in the world out of knowledge. World af- 11 Medical Section: The History of research, teach and take on responsibility, firmation in an ever more complex world Curative Education and Social who are connected throughout the world of questions, insecurities and man-made Therapy in their active spiritual practice; as the mo- disasters needs strong spiritual and in- tif, that is, of the School of Spiritual Science? terpersonal roots. As the meditative prac- Forum But this is not all. Does this enigmatic tice of self- and world-knowledge, these 14 On Rudolf Steiner’s identity – reply phrase not describe what makes us hu- liberating roots are the living heart of 14 Thoughts on the Critical Steiner man, does it not designate humanity as all anthroposophical work. They connect Edition such? Understanding oneself and being people across professions, interests and able to act in the world out of under- orientations, they bridge continents and Feature standing; being understood and finding contrasts. The annual report gives insight 16 Argentina: Fire at the House of the meaning in one’s own and other people’s into this commitment and speaks of the Anthroposophical Society actions – that is a desire that increasingly trust in the ongoing development of this rises to consciousness in us today – with endeavour. | Bodo von Plato, Executive ever greater urgency. Council at the Goetheanum 2 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 4/14

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Dear reader, Motifs from 2013/2014 n mid-March more than 800 members in ISpain, Argentina and other Latin-Amer- The expansive gesture and its counterweight ican countries received the first Spanish Rudolf Steiner’s statement that we can only be individualities to the extent that we issue of Anthroposophy Worldwide. This carry humanity within us becomes living experience project of the Anthroposophical Society in Spain makes it possible for the General Anthroposophical Society and the Latin- t the 2013 World Teachers’ Confer- within the Anthroposophical Society. As American world to communicate more Aence at the Goetheanum, thirty shown in a number of opinions expressed directly. teachers came together in a work group in Anthroposophy Worldwide – for in- The willingness to communicate is on the future of . These stance by Paul Mackay and Marc Desaules like the opening of a market where peo- teachers had come from China, South in issue 6/2013 – this process needs a cul- ple come together, meet each other and America, India and various European ture of individual and communal forming share their experiences. Mutual percep- countries. They sat in a circle, a geometri- of judgements. In November a Members’ tion and participation can be enhanced. cal form that aptly expressed the way the Day was newly introduced as a forum And this is what happened. Thanks to conversation unfolded. Peter Röh of the without the need to take positions. Jus- the contact established through the Pedagogical Section described it as “a tus Wittich introduced the gathering by editor Michael Kranawetvogl we already circle of cultures in which we, together, speaking out the wonderful wish that “it received contributions from Argentina asked questions regarding the future of may be possible for all to turn their stand- (page 16). And Paul Mackay had hardly education and found answers.” With Ben points into points of view”. But as pleas- announced that the members should be Cherry, coordinator of Waldorf schools ant as the atmosphere was at that Mem- included in the considerations regarding in China, Röh moderated this small but bers’ Day, which was attended by around changes to the exterior stairs in the west global cultural circle. 300 people: it showed again that it is not of the Goetheanum, when the first con- easy, in the Anthroposophical Society, to tribution on that topic arrived. Once the Global topics keep to factual discourse or ‘constructive plans have been presented at the AGM, Until around ten years ago, anthropos- dispute’. Either the views put forward this “conversation” will take place at vari- ophy was exported from Europe into the harden and become positions or deter- ous levels: in the media, in an exhibition world: people in Chengdu or the Brazilian minations of truth or they lose their clear at the Goetheanum and at membership city of Botucatu were keen to hear how outlines in the attempt to bring about days: the members will be included, at this or that could be done anthroposophi- harmony. every step on the way, in the forming of cally. Today, the picture has changed. The judgements.| Sebastian Jüngel formerly Eurocentric explanations have The tension between balance and contour turned into conversations on anthropos- Rudolf Steiner’s sculpture depicts these ophy. Anthroposophy does not only indi- two opposite sides of the soul – in last vidualize itself in people; it also manifests year’s conflicts with their hardening and in specific ways with specific answers in dissolving tendencies they appeared as a Anthroposophy Worldwide appears ten the various cultures. A global field of time phenomenon. As in Rudolf Steiner’s times a year, is distributed by the national conversation, a mutual learning process, wooden sculpture, both forces seem to be Anthroposophical Societies, and appears as a supplement to the weekly Das Goethea- emerges and Rudolf Steiner’s statement necessary. Standing up for what is seen num • Publisher: General Anthroposophical that we can only be individualities to the as the truth gives the Anthroposophical Society, represented by Justus Wittich • Ed- extent that we carry humanity within us, Society spiritual form while taking away itors: Sebastian Jüngel (responsible for this becomes living experience. With the first warmth and even its life. Making an effort edition), Michael Kranawetvogl (responsible completed training course in to achieve balance and tolerance brings for the Spanish edition), Margot M. Saar (re- sponsible for this English edition). Chile, the first anthroposophic hospital diversity and vibrancy, but at the cost of Address: Wochenschrift ‹Das Goetheanum›, in India and the Asian Pedagogical Con- clear spiritual contours. Postfach, 4143 Dornach, Switzerland, Fax ference attended by 400 teachers in the The monthly meetings of General Sec- +41 61 706 44 65, info@dasgoetheanum. summer of 2013, new topics come to the retaries and the Executive Council, the ch • Correspondents/news agency: Jürgen surface and new agents join in the con- new concept of the Annual Conference Vater (Schweden), News Network Anthro- posophy (NNA). • We expressly wish for versation. and the specialist meetings that aim at active support and collaboration. • Subscrip- We could look at last year’s conflicts, exchange are stages on the journey. The tions: To receive ‹Anthroposophy Worldwide› which culminated in Sergei Prokofieff’s success of these and other steps will please apply to the Anthroposophical Society withdrawal from the Executive Council, determine whether truth and life – two in your country. Alternatively, individual sub- as the shadow cast by this expansive sides of the same coin – are the hallmarks scriptions are available at CHF 30.- (EUR/US$ 20.-) per year. An e-mail version is available gesture within anthroposophy. But we of the Anthroposophical Society. They to members of the Anthroposophical Society could also see these conflicts, which con- form the counterweight in the process of only at www.goetheanum.org/630.html?L=1. cern basic questions of anthroposophy expansion of anthroposophy.| Wolfgang © 2014 General Anthroposophical Society, and the relationship with Rudolf Steiner, Held Dornach, Switzerland as a necessary process of self-assurance Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 4/14 | 3

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Goetheanum Leadership: Looking back on the working year 2013/2014 September to December were dedicated to Goethe’s Faust to give us a foundation for Living harmony as an organizational task our decision-making with regard to a new of the Anthroposophical Society, the School of Spiritual Science and the practice fields. production. The idea is that the production Since September 2013, the Goetheanum Leadership has worked intensely with the foun- ought to be intimately connected with the dation stone laying of 1913, preparing a new step that can serve as a foundation for the questions of the Sections and of the School 2014 Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting. of Spiritual Science. A further area we worked on were the n the newsletter of the Johannesbauverein only comes into its own if it can provide the formalities connected with the First Class I(Johannes-Building association) of October sources of inspiration necessary to meet the of the School of Spiritual Science. So far, we 1911 we already find the statement that the needs of our time. have looked at the admission interview and future building was to be a place devoted to With this stocktaking we do not intend what it means to be a representative. Three the Mystery Plays as well as to an esoteric to criticize the way things are at present. It is meetings with Class members around the school and the permeation of all areas of meant as a reflection that makes us aware of Goetheanum in March, April and May will science with anthroposophy in an indepen- the wider tasks we need to take on in future. offer the opportunity for conversation on dent academic institution. Looking at the The living harmony of the Anthroposophical these questions. specialist sections and fields of life in gen- Society, the fields of life and the School of eral we realize today that the deepening and Spiritual Science - through mutual inspira- Areas of responsibility at the Goetheanum further development of the anthroposophi- tion and penetration in spiritual practice, ac- At the beginning of 2013 we first reflect- cal substance is our main challenge in the tive participation in the Class work and the ed and worked on areas of responsibility at years and decades to come. We also observe realization of practical life tasks – is the chal- the Goetheanum, asking ourselves whether in many places that a living relationship be- lenge posed by the Christmas Conference. It any changes were possible or necessary tween the Anthroposophical Society and the remains an important task for us. The real- before confirming those in charge of the fields of practice must first be established or, ity in the fields of life is so complex and de- various areas and departments. Members where such a relationship exists, it needs to manding today that we need the spiritual of the Goetheanum Leadership Group are be deepened. It often happens that those inspiration of the School of Spiritual Science. – either individually or in pairs – respon- who are active in the fields of practice have It is the place where we develop the inner sible for the areas and departments at the little strength or motivation left to attend lo- faculties and gain the forces that we need to Goetheanum. This means that, for the first cal branch meetings or Class events. Some face the diverse threshold experiences. time, the principle of individual responsibil- branches also seem to constitute a cosmos The Anthroposophical Society should ity was consistently introduced to each area of anthroposophical life of their own and have a central role in this, promoting the (see Anthroposophy Worldwide 5/2013 for people involved in the fields of practice find School of Spiritual Science on the one hand more details). This responsibility is granted them restricting or uninspiring. What forms and supporting and protecting the work in for three years and can be withdrawn by of working together must be developed to the fields of practice on the other. That Ru- the Goetheanum Leadership. All bigger meet the needs of these people? dolf Steiner struggled to establish this way projects are presented to and discussed by of harmonious working together even be- the Goetheanum Leadership Group, which Practical relevance fore the Christmas Conference is apparent does, however, not take any decisions since Work within the School of Spiritual Sci- from the events of the fateful year 1923. As they are the remit of the person(s) in charge ence also often seems like a world of its own we approach the centenary of the Christmas of the relevant area or department. where the class lessons are cultivated, closed Conference in 2023/2024, we consider the As a second, and equally important, pro- off from the Anthroposophical Society and active continuation of this striving for unity cess that took place in the first half of 2013, the fields where anthroposophy is applied as a central task. the section leaders presented their indi- in practice. It often seems to lack practical vidual fields. Due to our full agendas, the relevance. Heinz Zimmermann thought that Themes to work on weekly meetings of the Goetheanum Lead- this was due to “the view that the contents Starting with the foundation stone lay- ership Group do not usually allow for such and cultivation of the First Class, which prob- ing for the First Goetheanum, we have de- an in-depth exchange. The presentations of ably consisted in the listening to the reading voted ourselves since September to the uni- the individual sections included a historical of written down class lessons, were what fication of science, art and religion. We have overview as well as a look as their current characterized the School of Spiritual Science. looked at the individual areas in more detail tasks, conferences, people or groups with What people forget is that the course of First and we continue to work on the question of particular responsibilities within a section Class lessons […] was given primarily for in- scientific qualities. We have started to study and the worldwide section work. Against dividual meditation, to develop the faculties GA 25 (Philosophie, Kosmologie und Reli- the background of current events we consid- without which anthroposophy cannot be gion) as well as the eponymous lecture cycle ered individual problems and plans for the individually represented.[…] The narrowing (GA 215). These studies we will continue. future. In addition to these more exoteric down of the School of Spiritual Science to The three areas are here most closely con- aspects and developments we also looked the cultivation of class lessons is something nected with the anthroposophical knowl- at the esoteric work within the sections.| that first needs to be overcome.” The work in edge of the human being and the path of Paul Mackay/Christiane Haid, Goetheanum the School of Spiritual Science consequently inner development. Leadership spokespersons 4 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 4/14

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Visual Art Section: New section leader Marianne Schubert munities’. His thoughts on metamor- phosis resounded deeply with Marianne A wide and welcoming gesture Schubert, presenting her with an interest- Since March Marianne Schubert has been the new leader of the Visual Art Section. As ing contrast to the static scientific views an architect she is not only interested in building but also in the social life arising from she had met at university. The landscap- the way one builds. Her wishes are for a culture of togetherness, where people devel- ing project at the Goetheanum was ac- op their communal awareness for new methods of working and evaluating. companied by anthroposophical experts from whom she could learn much: Rex Raab, Michael Bockemühl, Abi Asmussen arianne Schubert grew up in Hesse and Arne Klinkborg. M(DE), a part of Germany with many The building team in Järna areas of natural beauty and places as fa- (SE) remains a model for her miliar as Mother Holle’s pond in the folk- own work. From them she tales of the Brothers Grimm. Her father learned to understand that being an architect and painter, she got to modesty and the power of ar- visit building sites as well as exhibitions tistic expression are not mu- from an early age. The documenta, a ma- tually exclusive. The smallest jor exhibition of contemporary art in Kas- chicken coop can be ‘beau- sel (DE), which opened for the first time in tiful’, she says, in that it is a her birth year 1955, is where she encoun- metamorphosis of the basic tered modern art from childhood. Here, building idea behind all the she met , with his ‘Honey- buildings in Järna. pump’ and ‘Direct Democracy’, the drastic performance artist Hermann Nitsch and Entrepreneurial responsibil- photorealism, all of which left a deep im- ity pression on her young soul, as she says. Other activities followed. At the age of 18 she began to study For 16 years she was a mem- architecture in Darmstadt (DE), graduat- ber of the Board of Directors ing with a thesis on ‘Interaction between of the Gemeinschaftsbank built-up environments and their inhabit- in Dornach (CH) and worked ants’. She studied how people feel in dif- with the Goetheanum’s ferent surroundings. She then went on to building fund group, gaining study landscape design in Kassel and a insight into entrepreneur- year of ecology in Vienna. In that period, ial and financial matters. By between the age of 18 and 28, clear mo- founding the International tifs emerged and stayed with her through Forum Man and Architecture her life: architecture and the kind of so- (ifma) she established con- cial life it inspires, as well as garden art tact with architects all over and the question of how one deals with the world. Major architecture wild plants. Her first professional experi- conferences resulted from ence she gained in a landscape planning The contribution of the arts to the general anthroposophical this impulse: in Järna in 1994 office in Frankfurt. concerns: Marianne Schubert and at the Goetheanum in 1996. Shaping the environment Her encounters with oth- At the age of 28 she met anthroposo- Marianne refers to the years that fol- er arts, such as eurythmy and painting, phy and shortly after she discovered the lowed, from the age of 32 to 43, as her “an- and her studies of the growth gestures Goetheanum. She attended the Waldorf throposophical apprenticeship”. With the in plants widened her concept of the life teacher training in Mannheim to deepen sculptor Hansjörg Palm she planned the forces. The idea of the living organism her knowledge of anthroposophy. “Inter- landscaping at and around the Goethea- and Rudolf Steiner’s building forms be- estingly, I had my admission interview num in the 1990s. With Christian Hitsch, came new companions in her life, as she with the Goethean scientist and biologist who took over the Visual Art Section, she began to explore the question, “where Andreas Suchantke”, Marianne Schubert organized building camps. Giving courses does the language of architecture flow explains. From him she learnt on field at conferences and guided tours and or- into the landscape and meet landscape trips how to identify birds and plants. ganizing a major art exhibition in support forms that, in turn, evolve into architec- She continued these studies when she of the refurbishment of the Main Audito- tural forms.” attended the Science Year at the Goethe- rium were important steps in those years. Marianne Schubert refers to the peri- anum under the direction of Jochen Bock- With Jochen Bockemühl, she worked od between the ages of 44 and 57 as her emühl. on his concept of ‘directed plant com- “anthroposophical journeyman years”: in Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 4/14 | 5

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1998 she founded her own architecture the artistic elements, individual as they also asks about the organs which can firm, where she planned and realized may be, are connected; strict, yet full make the Section visible and about the buildings and the grounds of schools, of loving details, especially where the work on the anthroposophical founda- communities and commercial enterpris- transitions are. It is as if Rudolf Steiner tions of art creation. es, such as the anthroposophical bank wanted to build a bridge for us between Marianne Schubert looks at the GLS, the organic supermarket chain alna- the material and spiritual worlds.” She Goetheanum: “There is no place in the tura, the drugstore chain DM or Sekem. In quotes from one of Rudolf Steiner’s note- whole world where one can learn so much, 2002 Marianne Schubert opened an art books from 1888, “The artist transforms day in day out, from Rudolf Steiner’s artis- gallery south of Munich to offer a plat- the individual, lending him universality. tic impulse.” Her question is what we can form for freelance artists to meet and He turns the merely accidental into some- ‘learn’ in the Visual Art Section. One needs share their experiences. thing necessary; what is of the earth he to have an interest in anthroposophical makes divine.” and non-anthroposophical artists in the Understanding the needs of others Outlining the artist’s task she says, world and discover who is close to the How can one, when one pursues long- “We know too much and therefore forget anthroposophical ideas. Asked how she term projects, read the needs of others about what we sense. It is not the task of sees her collaboration with the Executive from what they bring to expression? This artists to give a sensory form to the idea, Council and the other section leaders, she question led her to attend further train- but to allow reality to appear in the light emphasizes that it is also a matter of ac- ing in mediation, biography work, Vik- of the ideal.” Her own task she describes knowledging the general anthroposophi- tor Frankl’s logotherapy and non-violent as “taking seriously my own concern with cal concerns of the School of Spiritual Sci- communication. togetherness, with the perception of the ence and contributing to them what the Building has a social aspect for Mari- special place that is the Goetheanum, arts have to offer. What she implied again anne Schubert: “Working in construction with looking at the biography of this and again indirectly, she speaks out at the at Frankfurt Airport showed me the hor- task.” For this, she first wants to experi- end of her contribution: “I would like to rible, slave-like working conditions on ence what exists, what has grown, and be a host.” | Wolfgang Held large-scale building sites: at the end of she therefore asks, “Who has brought a long row of sub-contractors stands the about what and when?” builder who slaves away for 3.50 Euros an Because she thinks that the concept of Das Goetheanum hour, not knowing where, what or whom art needs to be newly identified again and The German-Language he is working for. I wanted to create build- again, Marianne Schubert wishes for peo- Weekly ing processes where the workers can con- ple to develop their perception together, nect with their task, where planners and so that new ways of working and evaluat- craftsmen meet at eye-level, as it used to ing can be found. “In order to be sensory Now in Color be in the old cathedral workshops.” For a observers we need nothing but healthy spiritually extended building culture this senses; genius is not necessary.” Mari- I would like to subscribe to means – as Marianne Schubert points out anne Schubert cites this statement from Das Goetheanum. One year €108 – “that one takes into account all the be- Rudolf Steiner’s ‘Goethe as the Father of a ings which contribute to the building, in- New Aesthetics’ in order to underline her Name ...... cluding the elementals. She summarizes wish to develop a culture of togetherness her ethos as “building in order to heal, in where people meet over the questions – Address (Including postal code) order to create vitality.” not the answers – of life. She remembers the discussions about the refurbishment ...... Rudolf Steiner’s place of life of the Main Auditorium in 1998, “My ex- During a meeting of section members perience from the meetings of that time ...... Marianne Schubert describes how she was that people used the voice of Rudolf experiences her task as section leader. “I Steiner to prove to each other with the ...... sense two streams that want to come to- same quotation that their own opinion gether in this new task: they are, on the was the right one.” Country ...... one hand, my – family and professional – The present and future of the past roots in the material life and, on the other, Date ...... my childhood experiences that there is a “How do we move on with the Goethe- spiritual world that led me to anthropos- anum building, with all the works of Signature ...... ophy at the age of 30.” art from the past, how do we integrate She never felt that the Second Goethe- them? How are guests being received Please send to: anum radiated a purely contemplative, who would like to understand something Wochenschrift Das Goetheanum temple-like mood that is only meant for of Rudolf Steiner’s artistic impulse? What Postfach, CH– 4143 Dornach, the inner life. “For me, Rudolf Steiner’s working conditions can we offer them, Switzerland, Fax +41 61 706 44 65 Gesamtkunstwerk continues to breathe; how can they meet artists?” These, in www.dasgoetheanum.ch it has a wide and welcoming gesture. All summary, are her main questions. She 6 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 4/14

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Goetheanum Stage if we hold different views on this or that question. From the Mystery Plays to Faust Jüngel: For the Mystery Plays, Christian Following the Mystery Plays by Rudolf Steiner the Goetheanum is planning to present Peter introduced quite an open way of a new production of Goethe’s Faust. The first part of the tragedy will be performed in rehearsing, without instructions. Instead the summer of 2015, followed by Faust Parts I and II from Easter 2016. Artistic directors there is a possibility to find a new way Margrethe Solstad and Christian Peter give first insights into the preparations each time. How is this in eurythmy? Solstad: Eurythmy is a different world in this respect. We have big group forms, for instance, which cannot be improvised. Since there are no forms given by Rudolf Steiner for most Faust scenes, we have to find them first – based on the laws of eurythmy. By the way, many young eurythmists expressed the hope that they would be able to deepen eu- rythmy on the basis of Rudolf Steiner’s indi- cations with regard to Faust.

Experiences in the ensemble Being aware of each other’s intentions: Margrethe Solstad (right) and Christian Peter (left) Jüngel: Eurythmy needs a permanent en- Sebastian Jüngel: How will the transition be Peter: That’s right. And I therefore seek semble, acting does not. from Rudolf Steiner’s Mystery Plays to Faust? the dialogue with the play and with the Peter: Not having a permanent ensemble Christian Peter: The Mystery Plays are still people with whom we are working on in itself creates a logistical problem, be- being performed; there is strong demand, this. This is why we did not have casting cause the actors will need other ways of especially from Germany. sessions to look out for people who cor- earning their livelihood, in addition to their Margrethe Solstad: We will then as- respond to a ready-made director’s idea. work on Faust. This means that time sched- semble a new ensemble for the Faust for Instead we held auditions that helped us ules need to be adapted, which can lead to which auditions took place in March. to get to know people and to put together difficulties with rehearsal times. We need Jüngel: Are there enough young actors, a team that we think will achieve a good to find ways of achieving quality without a seeing that the situation is so difficult for performance of Faust. permanent ensemble and of generating a speech artists? Solstad: This is why we are looking for a skin or membrane nonetheless. Peter: I was surprised that all the young stage set that leaves plenty of freedom Solstad: In Norway I used to have an en- people came from training courses that of- for what wants to unfold between the semble whose members met twice a fer not only the classic speech training but actors and eurythmists. week. That was possible. But for a major also acting – while the older applicants Peter: Light is an important element in project such as Faust one needs an estab- tend to have the more classic speech train- this. Light only becomes visible when it lished ensemble. One needs to know each ing. Among the young people we also had ‘meets’ something. How much material- other well to move well together. Acting, more women applicants than men. ity does it need to make spaces appear? on the other hand, relies more on the in- Solstad: In eurythmy we also had many We have experimented with objects and dividual… young people from many different countries. painted areas: where is either of them Peter: … which is to say: no eurythmy in Building on the ensemble’s potential most suitable? In a performance that lasts Faust without a permanent ensemble… Jüngel: What is special about this produc- 16 hours the eye simply needs changes. … Solstad: I mean something else: if a mem- tion? ber of the ensemble is prevented from be- Solstad: It’s too early to say. We have cho- Relationships in space ing there through illness, for instance, the sen a way of working where everyone Solstad: In the Mystery Plays we brought gap can be more easily closed if one has contributes their point of view and then together acting and eurythmy. This we a permanent ensemble. Apart from that, we see where that leads us. That means want to continue to cultivate and deep- such an ensemble offers young euryth- that there will be changes. We have cho- en with the Faust. There is much scope mists the possibility of gaining experienc- sen a path of mutual inspiration. for development, for instance, when it es that they will need if they later want Jüngel: On the Goetheanum stage, there comes to the relationships in space be- to build up an ensemble. And last but not have often been added impulses that tween the various actors in the play and least, it will have been special for them to went beyond the performance of the play, the speaking through eurythmy gestures. have once worked at the Goetheanum. such as ‘moving light’. The eurythmy aims to further explore the Peter: That is not what I am after. I am dramatic tension. In order to allow act- The ‹Faust›-Team: Margrethe Solstad (eu- interested in the subject matter and the ing and eurythmy to come more closely rythmy), Christian Peter (acting, artistic director), Roy Spahn (stage set), Ilja van der play. I don’t need anything else. together, we meet regularly to become Linden (lighting), Martina Maria Sam (dra- Jüngel: What do you mean by “the play”? aware of our mutual intentions, so that maturgy), Rob Barendsma (costumes), Nils Does not everyone see “his” or “her” play? we can later work homogeneously, even Frischknecht (administration). Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 4/14 | 7

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General Anthroposophical Society: Finance Report The consultations of the Goetheanum Leadership Group, which was formed in The Goetheanum as an independent 2012, the meetings of the small group academic institution of treasurers and the inquiries of people wishing to support the School of Spiri- Thanks to donations and legacies the annual financial statement is balanced, al- tual Science in particular have resulted in though it shows a structural deficit for the School of Spiritual Science. The annual greater clarity regarding the tasks of the accounts are presented in a new way that allows the School of Spiritual Science to Anthroposophical Society and the School be more visible as an independent institution. of Spiritual Science. This clarity should he annual financial statement and into just a few figures. Apart from eco- become visible even in the figures of the Tbalance sheet reflect – in financial nomic considerations, the statement is 2013 financial statement (in agreement terms – the many individual initiatives, also an expression of the intentions of with the auditors). As usual, we include activities and events of the last year, the people in charge and of how they the profit and loss accounts and balance as of 31 December 2013, condensed approach their jobs and tasks at the sheet to allow for comparison with the from a great number of movements Goetheanum. previous years.

Profit and Loss Account 2013 – Budget 2014, Subdivided into Sectors

General Anthroposophical Society Budget 2013 Result 2013 Budget 2014 in 1000 CHF Revenues Expenses Net Revenues Expenses Net Revenues Expenses Net Membership contributions 4'350 - 4'350 3'984 3'984 4'150 4'150 Annual conferences 181 -141 40 211 -166 45 200 -60 140 Executive Council / secretaries' offices (50%) 16 -677 -661 9 -698 -689 16 -610 -594 Staff housing and property 1'331 -740 591 1'418 -829 589 1'281 -704 577 Legacies 0 0 0 2'133 -10 2'123 0 0 0 to equity 0 -9 -9 0 Total 5'878 -1'558 4'320 7'755 -1'712 6'043 5'647 -1'374 4'273 in support of School of Spiritual Science 4'320 6'043 4'273

School of Spiritual Science Budget 2013 Result 2013 Budget 2014 in 1000 CHF Revenues Expenses Net Revenues Expenses Net Revenues Expenses Net

in support of General Anthrop. Society 4'320 4'320 6'043 6'043 4'273 4'273 Donations 2'000 0 2'000 1'128 1'128 2'000 2'000 Donatios and contributions from institutions 2'150 0 2'150 1'981 1'981 2'150 2'150 General Anthroposophical Section 348 -422 -74 548 -728 -180 321 -349 -28 (incl. studies and further training) 210 -329 -119 302 -301 1 210 -329 -119 Youth Section 105 -272 -167 89 -233 -144 71 -203 -132 Mathematical-Astronomical Section 234 -427 -193 58 -304 -246 237 -397 -160 Medical Section 1'655 -1'730 -75 1'950 -2'057 -107 1'540 -1'565 -25 Natural Science Section 417 -654 -237 375 -660 -285 417 -654 -237 Pedagogical Section 527 -667 -139 700 -735 -35 468 -762 -294 Visual Art Section 28 -110 -82 13 -93 -80 28 -170 -142 Section for Agriculture 355 -496 -141 378 -493 -115 425 -565 -140 Section for Performing Arts 104 -255 -152 126 -281 -155 97 -261 -164 Literary Arts and Humanities Section 67 -185 -118 110 -206 -96 75 -197 -122 Section for Social Sciences 35 -53 -18 100 -96 4 72 -52 20 Executive Council / secretaries' offices (50%) 16 -677 -661 9 -697 -688 16 -610 -594 Communication and documentation 982 -1'559 -577 1'068 -1'616 -548 989 -1'520 -531 of that documentation 52 -364 -313 33 -364 -331 39 -367 -328 of that weekly journal 950 -1'071 -121 1'034 -1'166 -132 950 -1'071 -121 Goetheanum Stage 427 -2'276 -1'849 1'050 -2'863 -1'813 513 -2'394 -1'881 of that Mystery Plays 375 -375 0 662 -656 6 0 0 0 Goetheanum Building Administration 1'146 -3'210 -2'065 1'045 -3'384 -2'339 1'154 -3'204 -2'050 Reception and Event Management 47 -883 -836 71 -905 -834 47 -899 -852 Human Resources 47 -314 -267 12 -271 -259 12 -274 -262 Finance Department 0 -291 -291 0 -368 -368 0 -350 -350 IT Department 0 -326 -326 6 -327 -321 0 -350 -350 Unallocated revenues and expenses 57 0 57 71 -136 -65 57 0 57 Support for retired staff members 25 -284 -259 0 -217 -217 0 -186 -186 extraordinary revenues and expenses 0 0 0 6 -3 3 0 0 0 Reserves 0 0 0 8 -273 -265 0 0 0 Renovation Goetheanum 0 0 0 2'764 -2'763 1 0 0 0 15'089 -15'089 0 19'709 -19'709 0 14'962 -14'962 0 8 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 4/14

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Differentiating between Society and School of Spiritual Science General Anthroposophical Society Profit and loss account 2013 The Goetheanum is, of course, the 2013 2012 home of the General Anthroposophical REVENUES in CHF Footnote Society, the Executive Council and the central membership administration. But Membership contributions 3'983'856 4'084'957 for this, neither the building nor the nu- Contributions from institutions, not designated 1'981'024 1 1'853'770 merous services offered by the individual non-designated donations 1'128'110 864'314 departments at the Goetheanum would designated donations 2'595'097 2'652'395 be necessary, since the activities of the Zweckgebundene Legate 176'574 0 Anthroposophical Society, which is repre- Contributions and donations 9'864'661 9'455'436 sented on all continents, unfold mainly in Events, studies and further training 2'242'726 2'918'792 the various countries. publications, weekly journal 1'023'745 2 1'065'270 The Goetheanum – and that includes services 1'020'141 940'464 the building, the grounds and the whole financial revenues 107'820 101'316 infrastructure – serves primarily the Operational revenues 4'394'432 5'025'841 School of Spiritual Science. The School Total revenues 1 4'259'093 1 4'481'277 of Spiritual Science is the ‘soul’ of the Anthroposophical Society and the raison Expenses d’être of the scientific and artistic activi- Expenses Events and Studies -2'032'855 -2'245'416 ties of the sections and the Goetheanum Expenses services -2'684'097 -2'560'221 Stage (drama, eurythmy, music), which is Maintenance buildings, grounds, inventory -955'751 -922'752 connected with most other events, the financial expenses -139'476 -162'933 conferences and the hundreds of meet- TOTAL EXPENSES - 5'812'179 - 5'891'323 ings. All the services and departments, such as Building Administration, garden, Gross result 8'446'914 8'589'955 reception, event management, IT, human staff salaries incl. social security benefits -10'625'982 3 -10'029'229 resources and finance departments work towards this central task. The weekly Ordinary result - 2'179'068 - 1'439'274 journal Das Goetheanum and its monthly Extraordinary result supplement “Anthroposophy Worldwide” Staff housing, real estate are also striving to be organs of the School revenues 1'418'478 1'418'936 of Spiritual Science. expenses -829'024 -876'992 Members of the General Anthropo- Result 589'454 541'944 sophical Society join this global society in the first instance, before they become Pension schemes retired staff members -217'172 4 -288'258 members of local or thematic groups. extraordinary matters According to the decision taken by the revenues 21'103 191'982 expenses -21'724 -22'984 result -621 168'998 1 This is mostly a donation from Weleda to Reserves the School of Spiritual Science. withdrawals 429'591 275'239 2 The weekly journal ‹Das Goetheanum› has lost around 300 subscribers, due to the ex- deposits -736'727 -565'333 change rate to Euro (and the resulting con- Result -307'136 -290'094 siderable rise in costs) and the age structu- re of its readers. Its income has gone down Goetheanum renovation as a result. donations Goetheanum renovation 2'027'677 1'973'510 3 While the expenses for staff members ha- revenues from selling property to renovation 736'630 ve remained below the 2013 budget, they reserves Goetheanum renovation -2'763'637 -2'073'510 have risen by five per cent compared to Result 670 -100'000 2012, among other things because the Exe- cutive Council gained a new member and Legacies (not designated) because operational costs had to be slight- Result 2'123'290 1'413'247 ly raised in various places. 4 The support for retired staff members of Extraordinary result 2'188'485 1'445'838 the Goetheanum consists in contributions for elderly people whose services to the Ordinary result -2'179'068 -1'439'274 Goetheanum are not yet covered by a regu- Extraordinary result 2'188'485 1'445'838 lar pension scheme or other social security benefits. Result 9'417 6'564 Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 4/14 | 9

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Annual General Meeting in 1990, each General Anthroposophical Society member is expected to pay a membership Balance as of 31 December 2013 compared with 2012 fee of CHF 125 per year to the Goethea- 31.12.13 31.12.12 num. The amount has never changed. At ASSETS present the members pay on average CHF all amounts in CHF Footnote 84. In addition, we have a regular income Current assets from the property we own in and around cash, banks 8'530'601 1 4'456'637 Dornach, which is mostly used as staff ac- debtors and clearing accounts 1'514'761 1'076'564 commodation. On the expenses side, we Financial assets have the costs of the membership office Loans, securities and investments 5'437'848 2 6'308'927 and – as we assume at present – half of the costs of the Executive Council and its Fixed assets secretaries’ offices (the other half serves Goetheanum buildings, grounds, inventory 1 1 the School of Spiritual Science). Main Auditorium 1'831'560 3 1'840'393 The account shows that, in 2013, the started renovation work Goetheanum 2'066'576 4 58'348 worldwide membership provided CHF staff housing, real estate 5'176'083 5'739'430 3.93 million in fees and CHF 2.12 mil- TOTAL ASSETS 2 4'557'430 1 9'480'301 lion in legacies to support the School of Spiritual Science. The total of around LIABILITIES CHF 6 million provides the basic funding for the School of Spiritual Science which, Short-term liabilities over and above that, generates its own creditors and other debts 2'204'431 867'312 income and receives free and designated Long-term liabilities gifts as well as third-party funding for Gifts with right of withdrawal 4'921'892 4'791'989 research. Loans to the Goetheanum 1'408'544 1'409'503 Divided according to areas, the annual Construction Notes and loans Main Auditorium 1'831'560 3 1'840'393 statement of the School of Spiritual Sci- Construction Notes + loans Goetheanum renovation 1'447'936 660'231 ence shows clearly that the 2013 budget Loans staff housing 3'083'000 3'105'000 was exceeded by CHF 4 million, luckily on Equity the income as well as expenditure sides Diverse reserves sections and departments 1'233'295 1'643'483 (expenses for the building: CHF 2.8 mil- Reserves Goetheanum renovation 7'892'818 5 4'637'852 lion). As a result of third-party funding, Free equity 1.1.2013 / 1.1.2012 524'537 517'974 individual sections have also been able to Result 2013/2012 9'417 6'564 take on additional tasks during the year. Free Equity 31.12.2013 / 31.12.2012 533'954 524'537

Profit and loss account 2013 TOTAL LIABILITIES 2 4'557'430 1 9'480'301 In the usual profit and loss account the Balance 2013 expenses for the General Anthroposophi- amount of CHF 2 million in non-designat- cal Society and the School of Spiritual ed donations could not be achieved. The Here, the most noticeable feature is Science are split into different categories membership contributions and income the amount of cash and money in the and differentiated into ordinary (statu- from events (only one summer cycle of bank which has almost doubled to CHF tory activity) and extraordinary budgets Mystery Plays and fewer big conferences 8.5 million (see note 1). These are the (property management for staff hous- than in the previous year) also fell short of funds accumulated for the major build- ing, reserves, legacies and donations for last year’s result. ing and renovation project, even though the building and renovation project). The Without the legacies from Switzerland, CHF 2 million have already been spent. notes refer to the corresponding explana- Germany, the Netherlands and Great Brit- In 2014, a further CHF 6 million will be tions in the text. ain, which we haven’t budgeted in recent spent on the stage upgrading, which will The ordinary budget closes with a def- years and which, at CHF 2.13 million in need to be completed by the end of Sep- icit that is clearly higher than last year. 2013, exceeded those of the previous tember 2014 and paid for soon after. The This is not due to the expenses, which year, the budget would not have been bal- roof work, and possibly the repairs to the were kept strictly to budget by the people anced. As it is, only modest amounts from concrete, in the South and West, should responsible for the various cost centres, these revenues could be allocated to the be completed by the end of 2014. The but to the fact that the income had been new production of Goethe’s Faust (CHF question is whether we will manage to estimated too optimistically. If one con- 150,000), the restructuring of the terrain collect the CHF 2.5 million in donations siders the generous amounts we received outside the West entrance (CHF 160,000) and Goetheanum Construction Notes in donations for the building and renova- and Rudolf Steiner’s cultural heritage that we will need for the repairs at the tion project (more than CHF 2 million), (CHF 60,000) as reserves for actual forth- northern side of the building and the ter- it is understandable that the envisaged coming tasks. race scheduled for 2015 (CHF 11 million 10 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 4/14

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were raised by February 2014!). to how the sum of CHF 13.5 million could Steiner’s cultural heritage that will guar- An interest-paying loan to Weleda of ever be raised, what we have achieved so antee the basic funding of the Goethea- CHF 1 million was paid back as agreed in far seems like a miracle. num’s Documentation Department 2013 (note 2). The balance also shows the (owned by the General Anthroposophical remaining CHF 1.8 million for the refur- The use of assets for renovation Society) and the Rudolf Steiner Archives bishment of the Main Auditorium that Last year, the Anthroposophical Society (owned by the Nachlassverwaltung). The was funded with older Goetheanum Con- in Germany decided to support the major two archives need around CHF 765,000 struction Notes (from the late 1990s). The renovation project at the Goetheanum per year, of which around CHF 454,000 capitalization of those building costs will with a total of one million Euro (circa CHF were funded in 2013. The Fund for Ru- be reduced in accordance with the level of 1.23 million) from their own assets (from dolf Steiner’s Cultural Heritage was able the Construction Notes (note 3). The work legacies). This came with the request, to raise another CHF 231,000. While this that has been started (note 4) and the re- however, that the Goetheanum should does not cover the basic requirements, it serves put aside for the present building also use means from its own real estate is an important step in the right direction. and renovation project (note 5) reflect the for this extraordinary maintenance in- The Anthroposophical Society in Ger- present building activities. vestment. In principle, the Goetheanum many contributes 50,000 Euro each year does not sell land it owns in and around for three years; in Switzerland the branch- Funding of building work Dornach and respects, wherever possible, es have declared their willingness to take This issue of Anthroposophy World- the will of the decedents. But this real es- on CHF 30,000; and the Goetheanum wide comes with a supplement (BauZei- tate was ultimately given to the Goethea- and the Nachlassverein contributed CHF tung No 3), which contains reports about num for its maintenance and it is almost 30,000. In addition to that, the Goethea- the progress of the stage renovation and exclusively used as staff housing. Seeing num passes on donations collected by the about the beginning of repairs to the roof that the Goetheanum pays compara- Förderstiftung Anthroposophie (founda- and concrete in the south and west of the tively low salaries, it makes sense that it tion in support of anthroposophy) in Ger- building. At present the work is going to charges rents that are affordable for staff many to the Rudolf Steiner Archives. schedule and we can therefore hope that members. the stage will open as planned on 26 Sep- In this respect, the conveyance of A thank you to all sponsors and sup- tember 2014. House Julian to the Edith-Maryon-Foun- porters Regarding the funding of the build- dation constituted a special opportunity I would like to thank all sponsors and ing work, which is expected to cost CHF for the Goetheanum. This Basel Founda- supporters very warmly. One cannot 13.5 million – this amount has been bud- tion, which has plenty of experience with always see from the donations where geted – CHF 11 million have been either properties and supports forms of social they come from and under what circum- received or pledged for 2014. At this point housing, holds the land on which House stances they were made, or the sacrifices in time (March 2014) just over two million Julian was built under a lease. The house, involved in making them available to the Swiss Francs are still outstanding: which was originally built with donations Goetheanum. But in many encounters and own capital for the youth and used and conversations one gets a sense that Donations received CHF 7.1 million over the years as student accommoda- they all come from the heart. The fact that Restructuring of assets CHF 1.3 million tion, could therefore be passed on with the interest in and demand for what is Monuments Office CHF 0.4 million the same proviso and transformed into happening at the Goetheanum is clearly Interest-free loans CHF 1.1 million equity for the renovation of the Goethea- on the rise is not only apparent in the do- Construction Notes CHF 0.3 million num (the Youth Section has gained a room nations we have received. Subtotal CHF 10.2 million on the ground floor of the Goetheanum). I do hope that you will hear about the The house price, which was estimated building activities and the progress di- Promised donations by a surveyor, adds more than CHF 0.7 rectly during the Annual General Meet- and grants for 2014 CHF 1.1 million million to the balance in reserves for the ing or at other occasions when you visit Funded so far CHF 11.3 million building project as well as a further CHF the Goetheanum (there are guided tours Outstanding 2014/2015 CHF 2.2 million 0.5 million in liquidity. It might be neces- of the building site every Saturday – sary to sell another house under similarly booking essential!) and I look forward to favourable conditions to a not-for-profit experiencing with you the completion of We are pleased that two major Swiss organization to support the Goetheanum the first building stage, when the Main cultural foundations are interested in the renovation. Auditorium reopens on 26 September refurbishment of the Goetheanum’s ex- 2014 with the first artistic performances. terior. With a joint effort of many mem- Joining forces to preserve Rudolf Stein- | Justus Wittich, treasurer bers and the one or other Construction er’s cultural heritage Note or interest-free loan it should be Following several years of preparatory possible to muster the remaining funds discussions the Anthroposophical Societ- for this large-scale project. Looking back ies in Switzerland and Germany and the at the decision taken in the summer of Nachlassverein have joined forces and 2012 and the enormous uncertainty as established a fund in support of Rudolf