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Pause for thought 2 Initiative and cooperation Anthroposophical Society 1 Connecting spirit and practice 2 : Ahriman and Lucifer Annual General Meeting at the 3 Increase in Executive Council activities 3 Partial streaming 4 Global perspective: Joan Sleigh review 5 usa: Meeting people where they are … 10 Obituary: Christoph Graf 11 Membership News Goetheanum 5 Stage: Three generations of Faust School of Spiritual Science Medical Section: Connecting spirit and practice global association of people who stand up indi- 6 Events vidually and courageously for human dignity and 6 A hundred years What does the new for shaping the world out of spiritual insights. 6 Art therapy conference decade ask of us? The motto we have chosen for this year’s An- at the Goetheanum nual Conference from Rudolf Steiner’s Letters 7 Art therapy school in India The 2020s will, on the one hand, bring a string of to Members reflects this: «Connecting with the 7 Johannes Kühl retires as section leader commemorative moments up until 2025; on the world willingly out of love». 8 Marianne Schubert steps other hand, the world is often asking now what The members of the Executive Council are down as section leader those who are inspired by anthroposophy can therefore delighted that Ueli Hurter decided to 8 Social Science Section: Steward Ownership contribute to the open questions and problems accept their call to join them even if this nomina- of our time. tion may seem unusual (page 3). For where, after Anthroposophy worldwide all, is the connection between spirit and practice 9 Taiwan: Public performance Individual and courageous as tangible as it is in ? This 9 : Publicly active Such contributions have to prove themselves in quality is needed in the coming years, as is the Forum practice and they must be able to give clear infor- increasing inclusion of the Society worldwide. It is 10 Threefolding film project From mation on the extended knowledge and spiritual with this particular task in mind that Joan Sleigh Before the Storm… foundations they are based on. This applies as has offered to continue her work on behalf of the 11 The situation of the branches much to agriculture in times of climate change Executive Council for another seven years. The in the ‹old› world as it does to , medicine or ethics in the Executive Council will ask the members to agree Feature age of transhumanism. Practice and knowledge, to both nominations at the forthcoming Annual 12 Spain: new general secretary if they are conveyed in accessible and compre- General Meeting. | Justus Wittich, Goetheanum Florencio Herrero hensible ways, move more closely together and present major challenges in all areas. What must Image Experience with biodynamic agriculture not be forgotten in all this are artistic creativity, in the Executive Council at the Goetheanum, transformative power and social action as es- Trav Williams / Deer Island Studio sential preconditions for the future of humanity. The Anthroposophical Society could become a 2 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 1–2/20

■ Pause For Thought Rudolf Steiner

Ahriman and Lucifer Initiative and collaboration biodynamic farms, regular ipmts for medical I in the We doctors, nurses, therapists and students, art Ahriman is never concerned with how therapy courses, and an idea coincides with the objective It is through the care for social life in the Phil- the Anthroposophical Group in the Philippines. world. He is only interested in the ef- ippines and the commitment of individuals Last September, 200 people gathered at the fects it has, in what it can achieve. […] that many anthroposophical initiatives have University of the Philippines to celebrate the Lucifer is more concerned with devel- been established. The task of anthroposophy oping ideas that generate the greatest contributions of anthroposophical impulses in possible consciousness in us […] We is directed both inwardly, towards one's own the country in the last 30 years. come across so many untruths and self, and towards working in the world: a even lies today […] arising from emo- commitment to individuality and community. tions, because Ahrimanic and Luciferic streams have really seized hold of the In the Philippines the anthroposophical move- world in a very chaotic way. ment started with individuals asking what could And in this space of Source ga 170, Lecture of 28 August 1916 be done with the social challenges the country individuality and faced after the dictatorship, and with searching community, may we uphold Relates to phenomena of our time for coworkers who are also asking for alternatives and seeking empowerment and social change. each other’s freedom, feel One of them is Jake Tan. As early as the 70s he ever more responsible fought side by side with the farmers for better irrigation systems, and asked himself, «How do for our becoming and Rudolf Steiner’s Four Mystery Dramas you empower the Filipinos from the deprived connecting with one sectors of society?» His wife Bella Tan, having as part of the conference another, and trust in the witnessed many daily inhuman conditions was Encounter - through you I find myself also concerned about the future of their children. guidance that comes (German and English) Maryjoan Fajardo is part of the Philippine Educa- when we ask. 26 to 31 December 2020 tional Theater Association (peta) that produces plays to present issues against oppression and Performance in German, violence. was forced to leave the English available via audio channel country during the Martial Law years because Upholding each other’s freedom Booking opens Easter 2020 of his opposition to the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant under the regime of Ferdinand Marcos. In the age of fake news, rapid technological ad- mysteriendramen.goetheanum.org vancement, constant attacks on basic human Reviving the country rights and the gap between rich and poor, how These four individuals, among other friends and will the anthroposophical movement find its colleagues who are also asking and seeking, relevance? Through dialogue within and outside ‹Anthroposophy Worldwide. What is hap- started studying anthroposophy in 1987. It was the anthroposophical community, calm vigilance pening in the Anthroposophical Society› ap- the time when the country was reviving itself to what is going on in the world, engaging the pears monthly in German, English, French and after the success of the People Power Revolution youth and commitment to act - both within Spanish as a supplement to the weekly ‹Das in 1986 and the end of the 21-year dictatorship. one’s own ‹I› and in the world. And in this space Goetheanum›. Publisher General Anthropo- However, corruption, oppression and poverty of individuality and community, may we uphold sophical Society represented by Justus Wit- have seeped through the vein of the Filipino way each other’s freedom, feel ever more respon- tich. Editors Sebastian Jüngel (responsible for the German edition), Margot M. Saar of life so that one asks how these overwhelming sible for our becoming and connecting with one (responsible for the English edition), Michael problems can be alleviated. another, and trust in the guidance that comes Kranawetvogl (responsible for the Spanish edi- Following study groups with Nicanor Perlas, when we ask. | Nicole Asis, Dornach (ch) tion), Jean Pierre Ablard and Anselme Killian teacher trainings abroad and a pioneer kinder- (French edition; coordinator: Louis Defèche). garten with the farmers’ children on the Ikapati Proofreader for the English edition: Amadeus biodynamic farm, Bella Tan, Maryjoan Fajardo Bodenstein. Address Anthroposophy World- and Kathryn Perlas started the first Waldorf wide, po Box, 4143 Dornach, , Nicole Asis, born 1984, is fax +41 61 706 4465, aww@dasgoetheanum. School in the Philippines in 1994. Jake Tan fo- a teacher and musician com • We expressly wish for active support cused on anthroposophic medicines, while physi- from Manila, Philippines. and collaboration. Subscriptions To receive cians like Dr Moon Maglana and Dr Grace Zozob- In 2017 Nicole studied on the Anthroposophi- ‹Anthroposophy Worldwide› please apply to rado-Hahn brought anthroposophically-inspired cal Foundation Course at [email protected]. Digital sub- primary health care and individual empower- the Goetheanum. She is scriptions are free. As a supplement to ‹Das ment of the Filipino through self-education and currently continuing her Goetheanum› ‹Anthroposophy Worldwide› a healthy relationship to the environment to training in Anthroposophic Music Thera- is also free. If the printed edition is posted to py at atka while working part-time for the you directly, we ask for a donation to cover far-flung areas like Mindanao and Palawan. Social Initiative Forum. Image: courtesy of costs. Printed by Birkäuser + gbc, 4153 Rein- Nicanor Perlas started the first biodynamic ach, Switzerland. Design concept according farm in the Philippines among his other ini- to Karl Lierl, Unterföhring, Germany. © 2020 tiatives, here and abroad. From then on, the General Anthroposophical Society, Switzerland. movement expanded to include Waldorf schools, www.anthroposophyphilippines.org Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 1–2/20 | 3

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General Anthroposophical Society General Anthroposophical Society Increase in Executive Council activities Partial streaming In agreement with the Goetheanum Leadership, the Executive Council at the Goethea- In order to make it possible for as many mem- num has asked Ueli Hurter, the co-leader of the Section for Agriculture, to join its ranks. bers as possible to follow the 2020 agm, plans At this year’s agm from 2 to 5 April 2020 the members will be asked to agree both to this are afoot to stream parts of the meeting in a new appointment and to a further term in office for Joan Sleigh. protected environment.

Following the unexpected rejection by the agm tion for Agriculture. Ueli Hurter will continue The Annual General Meeting is one of the most in 2018 of the proposal to re-affirm Paul Mackay to lead the Section with Jean-Michel Florin but important organs of the General Anthroposophi- and Bodo von Plato and the retirement of Seija transfer his overall activity to the Goetheanum. cal Society. But due to geographical distance Zimmermann, the four remaining members After confirmation by the agm in April, he would and the costs involved, many members don’t of the Executive Council at the Goetheanum gradually change his active and leading involve- have the possibility to attend this meeting in have now, in cooperation with the Goethea- ment in the Ferme-Fromagerie de L’Aubier and person and so depend for information on what num Leadership, restructured the spheres of the associative enterprise located there (which happened on the written or oral accounts of responsibility at the Goetheanum. One essen- includes an eco-hotel, an organic restaurant, an others. In addition, they can never actively par- tial step in this process was the appointment organic city café with hotel and eco housing). ticipate in discussions or in the votes. Last year, of Constanza Kaliks, Claus-Peter Röh and Peter Gerald Häfner and Justus Wittich therefore Selg as leaders of the General Anthroposophical Broad experience developed proposals for the improvement of Section, a task they will take up at Easter 2020. With this broad experience in his background, member participation. As a first step, one now Joan Sleigh will continue to be responsible for Ueli Hurter was instrumental in the forming of plans to stream part of the 2020 agm in German the English-speaking world within the First Class the Goetheanum Leadership in 2012. In 2016 he and English in a secure, password-protected of the School of Spiritual Science which encom- was actively involved in preparing and organiz- environment. passes all the Sections; Constanza Kaliks and ing the Goetheanum World Conference and Claus-Peter Röh will represent the speakers of in the general affairs of the anthroposophical For members only Romance languages and the German-speaking movement and the General Anthroposophical The events on stage will be filmed and recorded world respectively. Up until Easter, Joan Sleigh Society. As a board member of both the Interna- (including the simultaneous English interpreta- will also continue to be in charge of the General tional Biodynamic Association (ibda) and Weleda tion) and can then be watched live on a login- Anthroposophical Section. he was instrumental in the growing cooperation based digital channel. Only the persons speaking between the Goetheanum and the spheres of on stage will be shown and heard (both live and Extraordinary demands life where anthroposophy is applied in practice. later via the archives); anyone not wishing to be Until the summer of 2019 Justus Wittich, Joan Three of the future five Executive Council seen can speak from the auditorium with only Sleigh, Constanza Kaliks and Matthias Girke members – Constanza Kaliks, Matthias Girke and their voice being audible. The streaming is only thought they could manage all the responsi- Ueli Hurter – would also have responsibilities as envisaged for the lectures given at the Annual bilities and activities of the Executive Council Section leaders at the Goetheanum (General Conference and the plenary sessions of the agm. by themselves. In June 2019 it became clear, Anthroposophical Section and Youth Section, Access to the streaming will be restricted to however, that they will be facing extraordinary Medical Section, and the Section for Agriculture). members of the General Anthroposophical So- demands: Matthias Girke in relation to the work Joan Sleigh’s tasks will involve extensive travel- ciety. They need to register personally via the of the Medical Section, Constanza Kaliks due to ling and Justus Wittich continues to be respon- Goetheanum Login for which they can apply on her forthcoming co-responsibility for the Gen- sible for the general and financial management the Goetheanum homepage. The Membership eral Anthroposophical Section and Joan Sleigh at the Goetheanum. | Justus Wittich, Joan Sleigh, Office at the Goetheanum will make sure that because of her increasing travel activities. Constanza Kaliks and Matthias Girke, Executive anyone who registers is really a member and In November, the Conference of the 36 country Council at the Goetheanum will only allow access once this has been ascer- societies voted, in an open but decisive way, that tained. The possibility of partially streaming the the Executive Council needed strengthening. AGM has been investigated by Oliver Conradt, Joan Sleigh then refocused her plans more on the the Goetheanum’s data protection officer. The Goetheanum and the Executive Council opened recording will be deleted after a fortnight. consultations on a new appointment. Discus- Read and order Live streaming in a protected environment sions with the members during the 2019 agm Anthroposophy will initially only allow members passive par- had already shown that it would be advisable ticipation. The process will then be evaluated to appoint a further Executive Council member Worldwide in order to establish whether or not member- now from among the Goetheanum Leadership, www.anthroposo- ship participation is significantly improved by it. because of the successful way this body has | Sebastian Jüngel been working together. In agreement with the phie.org/en Goetheanum Leadership and following consul- tation on this matter with the three general www.goetheanum.org/en/user-login secretaries of the extended Executive Council (Marjatta von Boeschoten, gb; René Becker, fr and Michael Schmock, de), it was then decided to appoint Ueli Hurter, the co-leader of the Sec- 4 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 1–2/20

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General Anthroposophical Society • Co-responsibility for the design and ex- Global perspective: Joan Sleigh review ecution of Living Connections – what is Anthroposophical Meditation? This project This year’s agm will decide on the Executive Council’s proposal to reconfirm their colleague Joan has grown out of the Goetheanum Medi- Sleigh for a further seven years in office. Joan Sleigh has been active around the world on behalf tation Worldwide Initiative and builds a of the General Anthroposophical Society and is prepared to continue these activities in future. public platform for Meditation for Life in larger and smaller events. A Working Team Joining the Executive Council from South Africa of 18 practitioners meet regularly at the seven years ago, I took on responsibilities within Goetheanum to inspire and deepen their the Anthroposophical Studies in English and own experiences in preparation for large nurturing the links to anthroposophical develop- international events. ments in the English-speaking world. This has grown over the years to active engagement in • Co-responsibility for matters of the First numerous projects and responsibilities for the Class in the English-speaking world. This Anthroposophical Society, both in Dornach and includes working with the fast-changing worldwide with particular focus on social aware- developments of structures and practices, ness and networking. correspondence and meetings with Class Holders, the translations and updating of Biographical situation publications, as well as the organization of My personal situation is currently in a process Class Conferences. of change, as my husband Martin Herbert, an active researcher and practicing forestry con- • Remaining the liaison person between the sultant, has been called back to South Africa. General Anthroposophical Section and the His expertise, including research in the effects International Biography Trainers and Prac- of global climate change, call him to take up a titioners, enabling a growing visibility and leadership capacity in a large future-orientated impact of this growing field of work in the project in Africa. Anthroposophical Movement. This has led to the question of my role and place in Dornach from the perspective of the • Staying interconnected with the Inter- Executive Council at the Goetheanum. Being a national Anthroposophical Studies at mother-tongue English-speaker, as well as my This will be possible by building on the experi- the Goetheanum. This multilingual pro- upbringing in a Camphill Community in South ences of the last seven years at the Goetheanum, gramme offers students the possibility of Africa during the time of racial segregation, by taking up the impulse of Anthroposophy as a getting to know themselves through the have sensitized my social awareness of diver- path of research and practice, a lens for under- research and experience of Anthroposophy sity in peoples, and approaches, and I standing life in all its complexity, and through in dialogue and exchange with one another therefore have a particular contribution to offer remaining based in Dornach and integrated in at the Goetheanum. A sense of co-learning in the Executive Council. I have been asked by the active work of the Goetheanum Leadership and mutual agency is a unique characteris- my colleagues in the Council and the Goethea- Team and the School of Spiritual Science. tic of the programme. num Leadership, as well as by the Circle of the Country Representatives to be available for a My proposed tasks and responsibilities: • Continuing to support the re-enlivening of further term of office. As this is fully aligned to In the context of widespread travels and the the of Branch and Group work on a my own intention, if this is also affirmed by the growing significance of the English-speaking worldwide scale. membership at the agm, I would like to focus my world, I intend to consolidate my other projects work on the international growth and healthy through focussed research and deepening prac- True humanity development of the Anthroposophical Society tice. I wish to continue coordinating a number The current global situation appears to de- worldwide, in the following ways: of international initiatives which are based at mand a more consciously intuitive approach Of particular interest, enhanced by the com- the Goetheanum and have found their way to to all matters of society, culture, economy and munity and forestry project of my husband, is my desk. These include the following: personal development than ever before. My the opportunity to meet and research the awak- intention is to serve the call to place what is ening soul-spiritual impulses in Africa, through • Managing the Social Initiative Forum (sif) truly human at the centre of global attention, the capacity-building tool of Anthroposophy. In Project with a wonderful team of four using the unique insights and practices made addition, I will continue to grow the relationships young people. The SIF, originally inspired by available to all through Anthroposophy. | Joan between the Goetheanum and the emerging An- Ute Craemer and Truus Geraets, is linked to Sleigh, Goetheanum throposophical Societies in Asia, with the main the Social Sciences and General Anthropo- focus on nurturing and cultivating the diverse sophical Sections. It hosts and co-creates Image Joan Sleigh (r.) with a student, approaches to the unfolding of individual and Social Forums in many places in the world, by Edda Nehmiz collective human potential. In addition, I intend in which an international network of social to explore how the English language (and mind- initiatives meets to grow the awareness set) may contribute to the current and future and practice of socially healthy individual enhancement of Anthroposophy in the world. and community development; Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 1–2/20 | 5

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Goetheanum Stage Three generations of Faust The new production of Goethe’s Faust is a multigenerational project, with per- USA formers’ ages ranging from 16 to 75. «Theatre is a place for becoming and for Meeting people where they are promoting development», says Andrea The Anthroposophical Society in the usa seeks to meet people where they are, including on Pfaehler, the director of Faust 1 and 2 at the the internet. But direct meetings from person to person are equally important, such as for Goetheanum. This statement reveals what instance the Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting from 10 to 13 October that is important to her in this new produc- attracted almost 900 people. tion. She creates development even by the way she casts the various parts across the In the us we are committed to meeting the mental love guided us. Two people from the whole range of a human life. Gretchen and next generation where they are. This means next generation, Andrea De La Cruz from the Valentin are cast close to the characters’ we must show up in new ways. First and fore- Goetheanum Youth Section and Patrick Ken- age (around 17); Faust is presented at two most, we greet them with a warm smile and a nedy from the Christian Community led keynote different stages of life in Goethe’s tragedy. willingness to listen without judgement. Deep conversations, asking us to be ready with open This suggests a differentiation of char- listening opens us to the presence of a being of minds, a depth of practice, and creative inner acteristic traits. In the new production, love that can only enter our spaces when we are work in order to meet ourselves and others. different actors, male and female, will truly present for each other. For this reason, we These keynotes were live-streamed for anyone represent different qualities of Mephisto, consider biography work a key ingredient in all in the country and world to view. such as a more traditional side, then his of our in-person gatherings. animal instincts, and different from these, We create opportunities for sacred conversa- What affects one, affects all a feminine seductiveness. In addition, tions about 21st century issues like social justice, We invite you to work with two of our con- Faust as a human and Mephistopheles as a earth justice, and human connection. We in- ference opening passages as a study for what metaphysical being are portrayed through vite young people into leadership roles at our is possible-and what is imperative-as we move eurythmy in the Prologue in Heaven and events and in our organizational structures. To towards our centennial year. in other scenes through acting. compliment this, we are committed to using «lnjustice anywhere is a threat to justice ev- From the beginning, Andrea Pfaehler technology to create social spaces, and offer erywhere. We are caught in an inescapable net- was inspired by the idea of Faust as a ‹join- free digital meeting spaces for youth. We just work of mutuality, tied in a single garment of ing-in project›. Early on she asked Agnes hosted our first online Holy Nights gatherings destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects Zehnter to build up a speech choir of both with nearly 900 registrants of all ages from all indirectly» Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from professional and amateur speakers from around the globe. Small groups were created in a Birmingham jail, April 16, 1963. around the Goetheanum. These speakers, the online space for sharing and reflection. The «There is only one sure hope, and it has not along with Andrea Pfaehler, Eduardo Torres, warmth and joy was palpable. been tried: To base both our understanding and who is in charge of eurythmy, and every- our practice on esoterics. For esoterics alone one else involved will only have around six Personal meetings and live streaming makes it possible to see human beings whole, months for rehearsing. | Sebastian Jüngel Our agm and national conference in Atlanta, to discover them in their heavenly as well as in Georgia was an example of an integration of their earthly aspect, and, in the light of that total meaningful in-person encounters, youth led picture, to recognize what makes them worthy Premiere Goethe’s Faust 1 & 2 work, and technological opportunities. Atlanta is of esteem and love» of the Moral in nine hours, 20–21 June 2020, Goetheanum Stage in the heart of "the South, "a part of our country Artistry Group, 1983. | Laura Scappaticci, Ann known for its hospitality, diversity, and history Arbor, Michigan (usa) Other performances (as part of Faust Weekends with lectures and work- of racial oppression. With this in mind, social shops): 3–5 July, 10–12 July, 17–19 July justice was not a side-note or something that www.anthroposophy.org and 24–26 July 2020 felt separate from our work. Martin Luther King, Image Annual Conference with young people, Special student offer 17–19 June 2020 Jr and Marjorie Spock strengthened our theme of by John Bloom www.faust.jetzt Facing Each Other: Freedom, Responsibility, and Image Urs Bihler, Bernhard Glose, Love, while Steiner's hope for a true and unsenti- Ludowika Held, by Lucia Hunziker 6 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 1–2/20

■ School of Spiritual Science Events 100 Years of Medical Section Medical Section Anthroposophic A hundred years Art therapy Medicine At Easter 2020 will The art therapy conference on anxiety disor- celebrate its one hundredth birthday. The spe- ders and the somatic effects of anxiety from 27 February – 1 March Overcoming Pain, cial anniversary will be marked with various 9 to 12 January at the Goetheanum was sold St Petersburg (ru) events and through practice and research. out. www.medsektion-goetheanum.org/filead- min/user_upload/Flyer_Russland_2020.pdf In his first course for physicians, Geisteswissen- The topic of anxiety drew more than 300 art schaft und Medizin (ga 312)1, Rudolf Steiner pre- therapists from more than thirty countries to the 6 – 8 March 100 Years Spiritual Science and sented the foundations of a medicine extended Goetheanum, with a multifaceted programme Medicine. Research Conference (German, English), Medical Section, Goetheanum (ch) by spiritual science. For many therapeutic profes- and a sheer endless range of creative meth- Web (German) www.medsektion-goethea- sions these were the very first guidelines on top- ods and materials. The question was how art num.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Forschun- ics such as human physiology (cardiac function, therapists around the world can share with and gskonferenz2020.pdf for instance), meeting the patient (questions of guide each other through methods and support Web (English) www.medsektion-goethea- num.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Research_ history-taking), disease pictures and their thera- measures that are highly individual and how the conference_2020.pdf pies, and even dentistry. Steiner provided impuls- patient’s forces of self-healing can be stimulated es for pharmacists on mistletoe preparations for in this process. The conference members trust- 20 to 22 March Animal disease: solutions cancer treatment, on nursing and massage, bal- fully crossed the threshold of their own fear and and questions. First international conference on anthroposophic veterinary medicine neology and oil dispersion baths. Many of these embarked on artistic journeys together. They (German, English, Italian), Medical Section, presentations have long been proven successful laughed, embroidered, painted, played, con- Goetheanum (ch) in practice, such as mistletoe therapy in oncology, structed, prayed, created, felted, cut, stamped, Web (German) www.medsektion-goethea- for instance, or the link between the microbiome smelled, sang, hummed, searched, dreamed, num.org/fileadmin/user_upload/VET2020_ DE.pdf and the nervous system and the importance listened, wrote, ate, drank, lived – together! Web (English) www.medsektion- of external warmth applications in diabetes. Fear and anxiety are omnipresent in our so- goetheanum.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ ciety. Global virtual reporting adds to this and VET2020_EN.pdf_ (http://www.medsektion- Ongoing development overburdens us all with real and virtual fears goetheanum.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ VET2020_EN.pdf) Rudolf Steiner’s intensive collaboration with while the information, the ‹digesting› of these Web (Italian) www.medsektion-goethea- physicians, in particular, made it impressions, comes up short. As a result our num.org/fileadmin/user_upload/VET2020_ possible to further develop and conceptualize vital forces are weakened and everything that IT.pdf Anthroposophic Medicine, which has since then our life body is unable to process builds up in 10 – 13 June The Dignity of the Child. Interna- continued to evolve, alongside anthroposophic our body and our soul life. Is there a hardening tional congress on pregnancy, birth and early pharmacy, in practice and research, teaching and effect? Maybe. Who can really tell? childhood (depending on requirements in literature. Especially within the context of ‹West- German, English, French, Mandarin, Russian, Newly connecting with the body Spanish), Medical Section, Education Section, ern› medicine, the anthroposophic approach is Goetheanum (ch) fundamentally innovative and integrative. The The anthroposophical knowledge of human Web www.medsektion-goetheanum.org/ practising of anthroposophic medicine requires nature can be inspiring and helpful here. With fileadmin/user_upload/Early_years_confer- thorough natural-scientific medical and pharma- therapeutic clay-modelling, for instance, we ence_2020.pdf ceutical knowledge extended by phenomeno- can work on the life body. Experiencing the 10 – 12 July Krisen, Abgründe und Entwick- logical and spiritual-scientific insights. It is there- clay allows patients to feel connected with lung. Mensch und Medizin heute (Crises, fore true to say that Anthroposophic Medicine their body. And because anxiety manifests chasms and development. Humanity and is a pioneer in the field of integrative medicine. mostly in the etheric – as a most intensive medicine today), Faust weekend (German), Goetheanum (ch) Impulses receive momentum and effective- form of bodily constriction – the patient’s life www.faust.jetzt/zeitplan/krisen-abgruende- ness out of their inner essence, their spiritual forces and resilience can be strengthened and und-entwicklung identity. Any separation from an original im- the anxiety transformed. Spirituality can also pulse results in weakening. Anthroposophic be a healing force and the Christ force is an August International Diploma Course Foun- dations of Integrative-Anthroposophic Medi- Medicine must therefore be recognizable in its inspiration for the future. cine starts at Cayetano Heredia University, essence and methods and its role in inspiring That drawing from one’s own centre through Lima (pe) modern medicine must be understood: it lies artistic activity can be health-giving has recently in promoting individual human development been shown in a study conducted by the who’s 1 – 8 August Twelve Senses. International Postgraduate Medical Training (Russian, Ger- in health and illness through solidarity-based Office for Europe. | Silke Speckenmeyer and Jo- man), St Petersburg (ru) community-building. | Matthias Girke, Georg hanna Gunkel, International Coordination of Soldner, Goetheanum Anthroposophic Art Therapies 12 – 20 September 2020 Crossing Bridg- es – Being Human! 100 Years of Anthropo- sophic Medicine (depending on require- ments in German, English, French, Italian, www.medsektion-goetheanum.org/en/ Next Art Therapy Conference on anxiety Japanese, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish), anthroposophic-medicine 7 to 10 January 2021, Goetheanum Medical Section, Goetheanum (ch) www.icaat-medsektion.net/en/home www.crossingbridges.care 1 Published in English in 1999 as Introducing Anthroposophical Medicine by Anthroposophic 14 to 15 November Annual conference of the Press, Hudsons ny (translator: Catherine E. Anthroposophic Medical Association of Rus- Creeger). sia (Russian, German), Moscow (ru) Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 1–2/20 | 7

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Natural Science Section Johannes Kühl retires as Section leader After 23 years in office, Johannes Kühl has stepped down from his leadership of the Natural Science Section at the end of 2019. He was the longest serving member of the Goetheanum Leadership. Following the Medical Section motto ‹First anthroposophy, then natural science› he was committed as a physicist Art Therapy in India and teacher to the anthroposophical life and to the School of Spiritual Science. The art therapy school Swaasthyakala Nik- etan in Bangalore has been recognized by the At the end of last year Johannes Kühl spoke Medical Section; the second training course to the Goetheanum staff about his time as will start in April. the head of the Natural Science Section. As The study of genetics resulted in Craig Hold- From 7 to 9 January 2019 a group of students a student he worked at the Max Planck Insti- rege’s book Genetics and the Manipulation of from the art therapy school Swaasthyakala Nik- tute in Göttingen (de), where he and six other Life – the Forgotten Factor of Context. Many etan based in Bangalore came to represent their anthroposophically interested students as years later, Johannes Wirz published his study training at the annual meeting of the European well as the Institute’s director, Ernst-August on Seeds as a Commons in which he presents Academy for Anthroposophic Art Therapies at Müller, studied Rudolf Steiner’s natural-sci- ideas on how natural science can promote the Goetheanum. The school is the first anthro- entific courses together. the social life. Johannes Kühl himself had posophical art therapy training in India. The worked intensively on atmospheric colour training is of 3–4 years duration and is given in From experimentation to meditation phenomena, how they appear in the rainbow, modules throughout the year. Up to now seven Ernst-August Müller was a faculty member for instance, and how they relate to Goethe’s students have been certified. of the Natural Science Section and he tended Theory of Colours. The initiative was brought to life by the physi- to talk to his students about the work that Over the last ten years Matthias Rang has cian and painter Wahida Shaikh Murthy and the was done there. «The research we do here in been able to develop the work on colours to art therapist and painter Caroline Chanter, who Göttingen, that is the Section.» This comment a level that resulted in important publica- teaches at the Rudolf Steiner Painting School in had shown him, Johannes Kühl, that the work tions and several exhibitions. As part of all Dornach (ch). It grew out of the ipmts (Interna- of the Section needed to be thought of as this research contacts were established both tional Postgraduate Medical Training) confer- broad and international. with the public and with academic circles. ences held in India, the first of which took place The three aspects of the School of Spiritual in India in 2005 with Michaela Glöckler. In this Science then became a driving force for him: Collaboration and appreciation respect the training sees itself as part of the research from experimentation to meditative While one generation earlier it had been development of Anthroposophic Medicine in deepening, the relationship with colleagues, mainly individual personalities who achieved India. The physicians there have been accom- locally and worldwide, and the representa- important results in the anthroposophically panying the training with lectures and advice. tion of anthroposophy. The Natural Science inspired natural science, establishing collabo- Dr Harihara Murthy (Bangalore) and Dr Swapna Section was lucky, he pointed out, to have ration and achieving mutual appreciation was Narendra (Hyderabad) have played a major role. its own research institute. probably easier today, Kühl said. This was Up until now four physicians have also taken He only just started working at the Goethe- apparent in the Section’s Evolving Science part in the training. anum when he had direct experience of what colloquia. The same collegiality had grown in- The artistic-therapeutic foundation of the it meant to represent anthroposophy, be- creasingly in connection with other Sections course has its roots in the sketches for paint- cause Johannes Wirz, the Section’s biologist, of the School of Spiritual Science and within ers given by Rudolf Steiner together with the organized a conference («Ifgene») together today’s Goetheanum Leadership group. methodology based on Gerard Wagner’s paint- with other biologists that promoted the Johannes Kühl expressed his gratitude for ing and colour research of these sketches. The dialogue between spirituality and gm tech- having had the opportunity to be part of this course consists basically of painting with plant- nology. The goal of the conference was to development and to devote such a large part based pigments, clay modelling, black and white establish contact with people who worked of his life to the Goetheanum. drawing (slant technique), text study and medi- actively in genetic engineering. In the same As announced previously, Matthias Rang cal lectures given by Rudolf Steiner. | Caroline year, 1997, a major conference on bees had and Johannes Wirz will lead the Natural Sci- Chanter, Dornach (ch) set the whole Goetheanum ‹humming›. ence Section together from January 2020. The institute itself was also a place of | Wolfgang Held Web Wahida Shaikh Murthy, wahidaam@ research. Jochen Bockemühl, for instance, gmail.com; Caroline Chanter, c.chanter@ presented studies and exercises on the imagi- iriscolor.ch www.science.goetheanum.org/en native experience of landscapes, and Georg Image courtesy of Image Graduates and lecturers of the first course, Maier conducted in-depth studies in optics. courtesy of 8 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 1–2/20

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Visual Arts Section Marianne Schubert steps down as section leader Marianne Schubert has led the Visual Arts Section for almost six years, but she has known the Goetheanum for much longer as a member of the campus team and of the construction office. Her approach as section leader was integrative and she introduced special events such as picture contemplations, workshops and Social Science Section exhibitions. spired her colleagues to a deeper perception of Rudolf Steiner’s artistic work, for instance Steward ownership Marianne Schubert was appointed head of when they were working together on the Gerald Häfner, the head of the Social Science the Visual Arts Section in March 2014 but in Foundation Stone Meditation. Section at the Goetheanum, has, in collabo- her profession as architect and landscape Important events in recent years were de- ration with others, developed a draft bill on designer she had already worked with the voted to the ‹sources of art›, the dealing with ‹steward ownership› for enterprises. Goetheanum Campus Team and for the con- new media and materials, the small cupola struction office in the 1990s. of the First Goetheanum or the relevance of «Companies, hospitals, schools etc. are often Marianne Schubert saw leadership above organic architecture in our time (with Doug- bought up by investors who have nothing to do all as a serving and mediating role and was las Cardinal among others). with their staff or activities and use them merely therefore most active in the background. In connection with the sales exhibition to enrich themselves,» says Gerald Häfner. More Her selfless and integrative influence often 250 Works by 120 Artists in early December and more entrepreneurs are therefore looking helped to calm the waves between the paint- 2018, of which Marianne Schubert was the for ways of keeping their firms independent ers, sculptors, and architects who constitute initiator and curator, a much-noticed panel so that they can’t be treated as commodities. the Section. She did not shy back from bring- discussion took place in the Schreinerei on «Unfortunately we do not have the necessary ing artists from the most diverse orienta- the question «Is there such a thing as an- legal forms in place yet.» tions together in conferences, colloquia and throposophical art?» The law as it is at present sees enterprises as exhibitions. She honoured the painter Hannes commodities. «But enterprises are social struc- Weigert as much as the sculptor and archi- A variety of exhibitions tures that include staff, suppliers and customers. tect Christian Hitsch, who was himself quite Exhibitions curated by Marianne Schubert They are not arbitrary commodities,» Gerald Häf- influential in the Section for many years and were almost permanently on show on the first ner adds. The proposal for the new legal form of who has left many traces of his activity at floor of the Goetheanum. They included art- «steward ownership» envisages property rights the Goetheanum. ists such as the South African painter Igor Stur- that specify the long-term use of capital for the mheit and the photographer Duilio A. Martins, purposes of the actual enterprise as a social Workshop discussions – the early work of Gerard Wagner, Edith structure. Co-owners and shareholders can bring artists’ workshops Maryon’s eurythmy figures, Rudolf Steiner’s in and withdraw capital, but the voting rights Together with Alexander Schaumann, Mari- art and contemporary art from Tbilisi (ge). and profit remain with the enterprise. anne Schubert organized a cycle of seven Marianne Schubert also headed the group Companies such as Zeiss and Bosch have been workshop discussions on the architecture of that is in charge of graphic design at the pioneering this approach and others – such as the second Goetheanum. The last one took Goetheanum and of the General Anthropo- Alnatura, Ecosia, Sonett, Wala and Weleda – are place in February 2019 and was devoted to Ru- sophical Society. moving in this direction but have to employ dolf Steiner as a landscape designer. Exploring It is astonishing how much Marianne auxiliary measures because the necessary legal the Goetheanum campus as an experiential Schubert achieved in almost six years as Sec- forms are not in place. space and studying its historical evolution tion leader, without any permanent staff. Only In 2016, Gerald Häfner and others started devel- as well as Rudolf Steiner’s impulse for the Thorwald Tiersch, who is now over 80, always oping a proposal for a legal form of «steward own- campus design are themes that are close to faithfully supported her wherever he could. ership» and, following the property conference in Marianne’s heart and that she will continue At the end of the year, shortly after her 2018, more than thirty enterprises got together to pursue, with a book publication in mind. 64th birthday, Marianne Schubert stepped in 2019 to found the independent Steward Own- During Marianne’s leadership regular down as head of the Visual Arts Section, ership Foundation in Berlin. | Sebastian Jüngel artists’ workshops took place, for instance handing over the leadership to Christiane with Hannes Weigert, Claudia Schlürmann Haid. | Stephan Stockmar, Frankfurt (de) www.sozial.goetheanum.org and Dorothea Templeton. Together with www.stiftung-verantwortungseigentum.de Ronald Templeton, she also organized ses- www.sbk.goetheanum.org Image Steward Ownership Foundation, sions of contemplation in front of original by Anna Wyszomierska/Stiftung Verantwor- Image by Anna Krygier art works by Rudolf Steiner. As a member of tungseigentum the Goetheanum Leadership she often in- Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 1–2/20 | 9

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Film project on : «From before the Storm …»

The film From Before the Storm, which has been planned since 2017/2018, aims to convey insights into the threefold social organ- ism, particularly to the younger generation. Using a simple narra- Taiwan tive, the film illustrates how the Germany social situation, having gone so Eurythmy at wrong, can heal again. The film the National Theatre Publicly active will focus on reasons why we are not putting social threefolding On 1 January, the Harmony Amateur Eu- Plans are underway to hold this year’s special- into practice. rythmy Club in Taiwan had a three-minute ist conference öffentlich wirken (taking action Initial ideas included making performance at the National Taichung The- in the public life) as a BarCamp event. The either a classic documentary us- atre – with real instruments. topic is Communication Today and Tomorrow ing existing interviews from the and the event will take place in Mannheim For some years, the National Taichung Theatre archives or a ‹fictional documen- from 13 to 14 March. has been offering amateur music groups the tary›, but these plans had to be chance to perform on its stage. The Harmony Fake news, hate posts and manipulated opin- reconsidered because an earlier Amateur Eurythmy Club was selected from 200 ion-forming threaten the free discourse today cooperation ended, the budget groups, and it was the first time the theatre has through distraction and disinformation. And was unrealistically high and the welcomed dancing performances. modern technology provides the possibility for necessary partners could The art of eurythmy is not very well known in unlimited communication. It is not enough that not be found. Taiwan. This caused some issues in its communi- we are able to use these powerful tools, we must With the help of Ina Walther, a cations with the technical staff at the National also base our actions on ethical foundations. first work meeting was arranged Taichung Theater. They could only offer an elec- The specialist conferences on communication on 27 April 2019 with Manuel tronic piano, which did not match the aesthetic entitled öffentlich wirken started in 2011 and Linke, a young cameraman. I ex- of the performance. It took some time to discuss have provided inspiration for a kind of com- plained my basic ideas for the film with them why the group needed a real piano to munication that serves the common good. Since and the plot I had in mind, which have live music. Finally, the solution was to per- then, communication technologies, their net- they both agreed to support. I form with real instruments: a flute and bassoon. working potential in particular, have become then wrote the screenplay and we It was very challenging for the group had only even more efficient and flexible social forms travelled to the Harz Mountains a very short time for preparation. Before going have established themselves. The forthcoming (de) to inspect the main filming on stage, there was only one practice and one conference will address this situation in three locations. By now we have also dress rehearsal with two wonderful musicians stages, using the BarCamp format moderated found our leading actor, Doris whom the group had never worked with before. by Rouven Kasten (gls Bank). Buchrucker. (It is thanks to some When the performance started, the audience Why BarCamp? Annette Bopp, a journalist and donations from Germany and Rus- was so quiet and the mood changed immedi- member of the preparation team, underlines sia that we can realize this project ately compared to previous pieces. This the potential of this social format, «Because it at all, on a ‹no budget› basis. Any was the only group to perform with live music. can cast light on the future of communication financial support, in form of dona- After the performance, the host commented from various perspectives and anyone attending tions, is more than welcome.) that it felt as if she could see the music visible can contribute experiences and ideas. And last The screenplay is now ready and on the stage. The club members know that their but not least, BarCamps are the perfect setting the work can begin as soon as we efforts could make more Taiwanese learn a bit for networking and making new contacts.» The have found the rest of our team. more about eurythmy. planned event will have keynote contributions Filming is expected to take place The Harmony Amateur Eurythmy Club has from Luisa Neubauer of Fridays for Future and in June 2020. The film will be in practised three mornings a week by themselves Maren Urner, professor of media psychology at German; translations into English after the first intensive lesson given by Shiori Cologne University. Constructive journalism will and Russia are planned.| Rainer Ogihara in 2016. They aim to support their self- be a further topic. | Sebastian Jüngel Schnurre, Hildesheim (de) education and bring new art elements to the community. | Shy Tyng Kai and Jessie Huang, Conference Communication Today and Tomor- Kontakt [email protected] Leichuan Waldorf School, Taichung (tw) row (in German) on 13 to 14 March 2020, Ala- www.alternativ3gliedern.com nus Hochschule, Studienzentrum Mannheim, Contact [email protected] Zielstraße 28, 68169 Mannheim, Germany Video youtu.be/NVC0ygyHCZA www.oeffentlich-wirken.de Image Three-minute theatre performance: Har- Image Fishbowl conversation: 2015 conference, mony Eurythmy Group, Nationaltheater Taichung by Bettina Engel Albustin, Archive photo 10 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 1–2/20

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The situation of the branches finding a time for the next meet- 18 March 1946 • in the «old» world ing seemed impossible on the Sat- 30 November 2019 urday night. Have we really come While the anthroposophical work to the point where the last one is flourishing at the periphery, leaving will turn off the lights? Christoph Graf branches in Central Europe are Not if I can help it. closing down for age reasons or are longing for members of the Feeling optimistic! Christoph Graf crossed the thresh- younger generation to appear. The more pleasantly surprised I old of the spiritual world on 30 No- Have the branches as a form of was when I myself surrounded vember 2019, unexpectedly for the working together had their day? by a mood of optimism on the many people who knew him. Only The growing of anthroposophi- Sunday morning. Others had eleven days earlier he had taught cal institutions drew commitment clearly also felt that we can’t go with great vitality and intensity, from those who used to be active on as before! Suddenly the room as one of his course participants in the branches and not many had is bubbling with ideas. The spirits reported, so that this sudden end enough energy for both. Rudolf may still look expectantly but on seems almost inconceivable. When Steiner was already aware of this this morning I have the impres- saying good-bye, one experienced imbalance (the children are aban- sion that they have received us his relaxed and almost serene ex- doning their mother). Once they again in their midst. ‹Networking› pression that, as always, both said come to the end of their working (community-building) and mu- much and kept much back, and Arabic culture life, some return to the branches, tual encouragement for spiritual his hands which still conveyed the Many artistic performances re- where they are either longing experiences emerge as new mot- steely power of his eurythmy. sulted, in Arabic, such as Mozart’s for younger people to appear or tos. It is up to us to put them into Magic Flute, Goethe’s Faust Part 1 focusing on working well together practice. Eurythmy as a cultural impulse (abridged), Goethe’s Tale of the as older members. Now there is a small adminis- Born in Winterthur (ch) Christoph Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily, trative group at the Goetheanum. Graf studied music (flute) and found Rudolf Steiner’s Tale of the Rock Hanging in there? Anyone who feels responsible for his way to eurythmy at an early age. Spring Wonder, Arabian folktales, While branch leader meetings the branch work can help with Lea van der Pals was his teacher and and poems by Gibran, Rumi and in the last century – along with the preparation. A group called his colleague on the Goetheanum other Arab poets. Christoph Graf the class holder meetings of that Branch Responsibility has been Stage. She also brought him into the firmly established eurythmy within time – were important occasions set up for contributions and min- eurythmy training and, in 1986, she the Arabic culture. that one attended because every- utes on the Goetheanum Forum. I entrusted the responsibility for the People there revered him too one who was someone was there, hope that you will all ‹overwhelm› eurythmy school to him, of which and were deeply touched by the they have now, in the 21st century, us with your own contribu- he was director until 2002. His news of his death. The eurythmist increasingly turned into gather- tions and inspirations. | Andreas style of teaching was inspiring and Martina Dinkel wrote, «We really ings of an ever smaller group of Heertsch, Arlesheim (ch) open. He always opened new doors, have to see Christoph as a ‹father stalwarts that has lost its attrac- provoked questions and awak- of eurythmy›. He was a bearer of tion. It is therefore not surprising ened enthusiasm in people to do eurythmy, a bearer of light: a true that only around 40 people came Contact [email protected] their own research. Christophorus.» to a meeting of group leaders His amateur courses were so His commitment to eurythmy www.forum.goetheanum.org with Joan Sleigh at the Goethea- popular that he was asked for help was a cultural deed and deeply num from 8 to 10 December 2019, by people whose circumstances permeated by anthroposophical in order to talk about the rel- did not allow them to undertake impulses. He taught and toured evance of branches today. a full-time training and as a result with the Aphaia Ensemble in many Franziska Bücklers told us he started a part-time training countries and it was only in the last vividly of the adventures of the as early as 1987 – an innovative five years that he reduced his travel young Weissdornzweig (haw- step at that time. activities. thorn branch) in Bonn (de) with His collaboration with, for in- Christoph was devoted to his elev- its organic vegetarian restaurant. stance, Georg Glöckler, Rudolf Kut- en grand-children and he played the Harald Haas spoke about the zli and people with a background harp. Right to the end he taught and structures of supersensible or- in dance and music led to public inspired people for eurythmy. He gans and the corresponding exer- workshops that brought together leaves an enormous gap in our train- cises. Adele Waldmann practised lectures, courses and performances ing centre, Eurythmeum ch, that he a kind of eurythmy with us that by the Aphaia Ensemble (de). Chris- helped build up and that has more has been developed on the basis toph had a special connection with than fifty full-time students now. of mindfulness and that felt like a , the founder of | Ingrid Everwijn, Eurythmeum ch meditative exploration of diverse Sekem (eg), where he established, eurythmy gestures. But was there out of the situation he met there, www.eurythmeum.ch a mood of optimism? No – it felt eurythmy and a eurythmy training Image courtesy of more like a hanging in there. Even as a comprehensive cultural impulse. Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 1–2/20 | 11

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We have been informed that the following 121 members Philip Schouw Bloemendaal (nl) 8 November 2019 have crossed the threshold of death. In their remem- Roswitha Groth Gaborone (bw) 13 November 2019 brance we are providing this information for their friends. Roland Koller Kreuzlingen (ch) 13 November 2019 Renate Schnorr Grellingen (ch) 13 November 2019 | Membership Office at the Goetheanum Gabriela Gerretsen Lüneburg (de) 14 November 2019 Walfried Remmert Kassel (de) 16 November 2019 Henriet Barendregt The Hague (nl) 5 February 2018 Susanne Harnisch Kassel (de) 16 November 2019 Christa Feldmann Münster (de) 6 April 2018 Renate Kaspar Lübeck (de) 18 November 2019 Roland Fuhrmann Leipzig (de) 31 July 2018 Gerda Ferber Niefern-Öschelbronn (de) 19 Nov. 2019 Frank A. Perkins Ypsilanti/mi (us) 6 January 2019 Valerie Kral (de) 19 November 2019 Sibylle Grossellus Cham (ch) 8 January 2019 Heinz Burg Basel (ch) 20 November 2019 Arthur Ross Romakloster (se) 1 February 2019 Kaj Tropp Henån (se) 20 November 2019 Maria Feichtl Munich (de) 3 February 2019 Hermann Wahl Lippetal (de) 20 November 2019 Paul Purga Tallinn (ee) 11 February 2019 Christopher Buck Passau (de) 21 November 2019 Liselotte Mihm Essen (de) 26 February 2019 Margret Scharmer Horst (de) 21 November 2019 Renate Kämmerer Bielefeld (de) 2 March 2019 Karin Westendorf Bremen (de) 21 November 2019 Germaine Neukom Winterthur (ch) 4 March 2019 Werner Spänhauer Walkringen (ch) 22 November 2019 Veronika Biesantz Dortmund (de) 21 April 2019 Jeanne Vallée Paris (fr) 22 November 2019 Rita Linder Arlesheim (ch) 21 April 2019 Christina Krüger Ettlingen (de) 23 November 2019 Michael Sarrach Dortmund (de) 24 April 2019 Ingeborg Klink Darmstadt (de) 24 November 2019 Eleni Bitzarakis Stuttgart (de) 28 April 2019 Annelene Knoller Munich (de) 26 November 2019 Vesela Vitanova Varna (bg) 29 April 2019 Lamara Babluani Tbilisi (ge) 29 November 2019 Thelma Ralston Morphettville (au) 8 May 2019 Petre Papacostea Bucharest (ro) 29 November 2019 Sandra Liverman Wesson/ms (us) 11 June 2019 Frau J. C. Smits-Boot Leeuwarden (nl) 29 November 2019 Merilyn Rankins Heidelberg (au) 30 June 2019 Anne Effenberger Mannheim (de) 30 November 2019 Per-Elof Nilsson Färjestaden (se) in June 2019 Christoph Graf Oberwil (ch) 30 November 2019 Christiane Hofmann Hanover (de) 25 July 2019 Gerda Peinelt Rot am See (de) 30 November 2019 Folke Sandell Vikbolandet (se) 27 July 2019 Alba Rodríguez Santiago (cl) 30 November 2019 Solveigh Bockemühl Kleines Wiesental (de) 30 July 2019 Attila Varnai Breziers (fr) 2 December 2019 Jeanine Larmand Armaillé (fr) 30 July 2019 Janet Klaar Stourbridge (gb) 3 December 2019 Nina Stamova Sofia (bg) 3 August 2019 Monica Maioli Bellaria - Igea Marina (it) 3 December 2019 Anneliese Schaebel Bad Tölz (de) 29 August 2019 Fred Rosenbaum Los Angeles/ca (us) 3 December 2019 Eleonore Vognsgaard Ekerö (se) 6 September 2019 Ingrid Røstad Andresen Vardø (no) 6 December 201 Johanna Engel Kirchheim (de) 15 September 2019 John Davidson Camp Mountain (au) 7 December 2019 Vidar Jansson Söderköping (se) 22 September 2019 Brigitte Schwierin Borchen (de) 8 December 2019 Jane Hipolito Placentia (us) 23 September 2019 Stuart Heywood Bristol (gb) 9 December 2019 Nicholas Skilton Forest Row (gb) in September 2019 Irene Behrens Stuttgart (de) 10 December 2019 Helmut Günther Eichenau (de) 4 October 2019 Barbara Hübner Arlesheim (ch) 10 December 2019 Gertrud Kohler Pasadena/ca (us) 4 October 2019 Nelly Senfft von Pilsach Merano bz (it) 10 December 2019 Claartje Wijnbergh Driebergen (nl) 5 October 2019 Dorothea Czeczka Dortmund (de) 11 December 2019 Allan Rydblom Floda (se) 10 October 2019 Peter Gilly Ehrendingen (ch) 11 December 2019 Dietlinde Schowalter Albersweiler (de) 11 October 2019 Marthe Pernet La Tour-de-Peilz (ch) 11 December 2019 Auriol de Smidt Forres (gb) 11 October 2019 Sonja Landweer Thomastown (ie) 15 December 2019 Jan Verdonk Bussum (nl) 16 October 2019 Margot Renggli Zollikon (ch) 18 December 2019 Georg Kuehn Frankfurt (de) 19 October 2019 Gudrun Davy Stuttgart (de) 21 December 2019 Hans-Heinrich Glismann Hamburg (de) 23 October 2019 Irmtraud Weber Stegen (de) 21 December 2019 Cornelia Leist Grosshöchstetten (ch) 24 October 2019 Peter Tradowsky Berlin (de) 23 December 2019 Louis Aventuro Chestnut Ridge/ny (us) 26 October 2019 Michèle Sanz Paris (fr) 29 December 2019 Wendy Bakker Alkmaar (nl) 27 October 2019 Valerij Kondratjev St Petersburg (ru) 30 December 2019 Jock Murray Beecroft (au) 27 October 2019 Ingeborg Mauff Kassel (de) 30 December 2019 Norbert Kaczerowski Marl (de) 30 October 2019 Inger Pehrson Hjørring (dk) 30 December 2019 Ute Kühn Herrsching (de) 30 October 2019 Kyllikki Almqvist Järna (se) in 2019 Friedgard Schwarz Niefern-Öschelbronn (de) 30 October 2019 May Brage Järna (se) in 2019 Elisabeth Wahlen Zutphen (nl) 30 October 2019 Martin Vogt Karlsruhe (de) in 2019 Franz Wolf Randers-Mellerup (dk) 30 October 2019 Felicitas Schmidt Stuttgart (de) 1 January 2020 Marie-Laure Schmit La Clastre (fr) 31 October 2019 Genrich Schnapir Moscow (ru) 1 January 2020 Karola Rückbeil Schorndorf (de) 1 November 2019 Berthild Kother Niefern-Öschelbronn (de) 3 Jan. 2020 Annemarie Plietzsch Munich (de) 2 November 2019 Helmut Lindheimer Stuttgart (de) 3 January 2020 Frédérique Wouters Zeist (nl) 3 November 2019 Cornelia Zippel Frankfurt (de) 5 January 2020 Constance Cook Edinburgh (gb) 5 November 2019 Werner Zumpe Berlin (de) 5 January 2020 Grietje Hubers Bussum (nl) 5 November 2019 Almuth Liesenborghs Dornach (ch) 7 January 2020 Anne-Thérèse Altaffer Hombrechtikon (ch) 6 November 2019 Hellmut Fischmeister Graz (at) 6 November 2019 In November and December 2019 the Membership Office at George Rose Garden City/ny (us) 6 November 2019 the Goetheanum registered 176 new members. 139 left the Paul Thomas Schwerte (de) 6 November 2019 Society between 9 November 2019 and 10 January 2020. 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New general secretary Florencio Herrero Being part of a modern society Spain is a country with autonomous regions, a country that has been both fought over much in its history and that has also been a colonial power itself. The identity of its popu- lation today reflects the diverse cultural influences. In May 2019 the physician Florencio Herrero was appointed general secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in Spain.

Sebastian Jüngel Bull fights, flamenco and Car- tioned here, and the mystic Teresa of Avila, to men, the opera – what is Spanish about Spain? whom Rudolf Steiner referred as one of the first Florencio Herrero: You are listing artistic ways representatives of the consciousness soul. La- of expression that we find in Spain in these or icism prevails today although there is a polariza- other forms. Maybe the authentic feature of tion between those who seek spirituality – based the Spanish soul is that it expresses its inner on Eastern approaches, Buddhism, Hinduism, world through art. and Yoga – and the materialistically minded.

Gateway to Europe Responsible individuality Jüngel Why was Spain fought over in the course Jüngel Where is anthroposophy in all this? of its history? Herrero Anthroposophy did not become known Herrero Spain commands a strategic position in Spain until the 1970s. The Franco era and that in the Mediterranean, with miles and miles of of social and spiritual totalitarianism represent- coastline which makes it permeable to the out- ed by the political regime first had to come to side world. As a result the country has become an end. The contribution of anthroposophy is a gateway to Europe for other cultures and re- the development of the free and responsible ligions as well as for refugees, primarily from individuality that allows people to connect with Africa. The Romans, such as Catholicism the world around them in solidarity. and Islam and military dictatorship have had a Jüngel Where is anthroposophy ‹strong›? paralyzing effect on the soul development of Herrero The development of the Anthroposophi- the Spanish people. The positive response to all cal Society in Spain has been slow but despite this was a – mainly artistic – fusion in areas such all the difficulties we have branches and work as architecture, painting, sculpture and music. groups today in many cities and we have three mentation within the movement and the Soci- Jüngel What holds it together? anthroposophical cultural centres. Waldorf Edu- ety. Although they have grown roots in Spain, Herrero First of all, this fusion needs to be ac- cation is the most active area, but biodynamic I think that more coherence and cooperation knowledged as the country’s spirit-soul identity, farming (Spain is an agricultural country) and are needed. then one needs to observe and emphasize the Anthroposophic Medicine are also important, Jüngel What are you planning to do? differentiation of the soul’s creative faculty and although we are facing difficulties at present, Herrero In accordance with this diagnosis the the manifold ways in which this manifests geo- as is apparent, for instance, in the closing down present council decided to promote the sense graphically and historically, in the language and of the Weleda laboratory and the campaign to of being part of a modern society that wants to the culture and so on. discredit complementary medicine. serve humanity today and help solve its prob- Jüngel: Does the fact that Spanish is a world lems. We try to achieve this by meeting with language create a sense of kinship with other Overcoming fragmentation active members and with the representatives Spanish-speaking countries? Jüngel What was your situation when you found of the various groups and by having work meet- Herrero Yes, through the relationship between out that you would be general secretary of the ings with the anthroposophical professional the Spanish language and literature. This means Anthroposophical Society in Spain? associations. that we find good and acclaimed writers in many Herrero I already was a council member and Jüngel You are yourself present on YouTube. How Latin-American countries, some of them Nobel president and I have always fostered a relation- can we take the anthroposophical impulse into Prize winners. Take the most universal oeuvre ship with the Goetheanum and its representa- the world? of Spanish literature, Cervantes’ Don Quixote tives. As a physician I have always been in con- Herrero One question we ask ourselves is how de la Mancha, where we see two multifaceted tact with the Medical Section. In Spain I often we can visualize anthroposophical activities. polar characters and how a balance is created have the opportunity, for various reasons, to How can people who are looking for a conscious through the dialogue between them: a model travel around the whole country. In May 2019 spirituality find anthroposophy, in a country for the social life. the members of the Anthroposophical Society where it is still so little known? We must use all Jüngel What kind of ‹natural› spirituality do you in Spain again expressed their trust in me to forms of media to make the anthroposophical perceive in Spain? form a team that will promote the development impulse known. Herrero The only official in Spain has of anthroposophy and of the anthroposophical been Catholicism; other religions were opposed Society in Spain. by the Catholic Church. There are small examples, Jüngel What would you say to the Anthropo- www.sociedadantroposofica.com however, of the coexistence of Catholicism, Ju- sophical Society in Spain if it came to you as Image Travels much in Spain: Florencio daism and Islam, for instance in Toledo in the a patient? Herrero, Sebastian Jüngel Middle Ages. Mysticism also needs to be men- Herrero The most pressing problem is the frag-