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Pause for Thought Finding a common path 2 Social challenges

Anthroposophical Society Taking hold of and reshaping society 1 Finding a common path 2 : Michael Dear members, dear friends, 3 AGM at the : Members’ motions and concerns The holidays are over and the new school Space for current impulses 4 First donations gratefully received year has started – or depending on where 4 New Zealand: New representative you are in the world, the second half of the We also look forward to uniting and work- Michelle Vette school year. Yet, where we could be looking ing together at the forthcoming Annual 5 Uruguay: More cows than people forward with positivity to new encounters General Meeting of the Anthroposophical 5 France: Asking real questions and ventures, there is uncertainty – and fear. Society. Given the fact that conditions have 5 Membership Communications: Lay- This cannot be ignored; it asks us to take changed so much, we envisage this meeting out, cost sharing hold of and shape society’s task towards as a space for concerns and impulses that 10 Obituary: Ursula Jepsen children and young people in new ways: are currently prevalent. The call to “willingly 11 Obituary: René Piamonte to receive them on earth and enable them unite with the world in love” is more urgent to actively participate in the world that is now than ever – and is often more difficult Goetheanum being renewed by them. to put into practice. It needs strong and re- 6 Leadership: Working together in Ways to unite newed mutual trust. times of social isolation This task of taking hold of and shaping soci- We warmly invite you to participate – vir- 7 Ensemble: Touring with ety in new ways is not restricted to schools, tually or in person – in the AGM on 31 October. ‘Klangzeiten’ but is one that is everywhere and that asks This is where the Society can perceive itself us to unite. It applies not least to our work- through you, dear members, and where we School of Spiritual Science ing together in the Anthroposophical Society, can take the next steps forward. | Constan- 7 Medical Section: Video clips on art in anthroposophical organizations and in za Kaliks, Goetheanum therapy the globally linked spheres of life and work. 7 Sections etc.: Videos In this respect, too, the performance of 8 Section for Agriculture: ‘Living Farms’ Goethe’s Faust Parts 1 and 2 at the Goet- – Limbua heanum was a great experience: after the Anthroposophy Worldwide extended closure of the stage, it was possible 8 India: Online – Anthroposophy to present the new production by Andrea 9 Great Britain: Online – Waldorf Edu- Pfaehler and Eduardo Torres three times cation during the European summer, each time 9 Germany: Film on with full or almost full audiences (within 9 Pakistan: Struggling with the heat official restrictions) who received the out- standing artistic achievement with gratitude. Image Crossing Bridges – World Conference of Feature The response was positive throughout. the Medical Section, photo: Ariane Totzke 12 : School of imagination 2 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/20

■ Pause for thought Rudolf Steiner Michael Social Challenges

Michael is a being who does not re- Fear, isolation, unemployment ally reveal anything, unless we bring Dealing with the Covid 19 pandemic has far-reaching and profound consequences. In the towards him from the earth some- World Social Initiative Forum’s web seminar series Living in Between Spaces: Facing the thing arising from diligent spiritual Gap on July 31, Joan Sleigh presented suggestions on how we can change our attitude. work. […] The other spirits inspire in us the deeds we are meant to carry out. Michael will be the true spiritual The need for action is demonstrated by hero of freedom. He leaves us free to three social emergencies: fear, isolation act and then takes what arises from and unemployment. They are the three our actions and carries it forward in most important challenges of the present the cosmos, so that what we cannot day, and Covid-19 makes them even more yet effect can work on in the cosmos. acute. The pandemic makes these social ills […] a common experience worldwide, in which we are all united and from which no one is Only what we find independently of what we have inherited – in human- spared. How can we in ourselves change ity, in animals and plants – can be our attitude from being an observer to a carried up and placed before Michael. participator? […] And Michael strictly rejects every- In the context of fear, we can ask the Places of contribution thing that causes, for instance, the questions: Who is responsible for my reac- division of human languages. As long tions? Are they determined from outside, Even without Corona, but aggravated by as we merely wrap our insights into programmed by fear? Or am I free to take the pandemic, we are facing a huge global language without carrying them up myself on and act from within myself? problem of unemployment. In this context, into thought, we cannot come close John Carlin once described how Nelson the importance of work goes beyond mere to Michael. Mandela reacted to the assassination of survival. After all, employment is more than Source Rudolf Steiner, GA 233a, lecture of Chris Hani in 1993. Hani was a celebrated just a monthly salary, it is a task, an activity 13 January 1924 freedom fighter, and his untimely death that connects with the surrounding people stirred anger and polarization across South and the place. Without a job or vocation, Africa. The moment he learned of his death, everyone is thrown back on themselves, ban- Nelson Mandela paused for five minutes - ished into isolation. The question arises: in complete silence - before he set out to Where does my wealth lie, do I have abun- address the nation. dance that I can make available to others? ‹Anthroposophy Worldwide. What is happening in the Anthroposophical This six-minute address to all South Afri- We need a paradigm shift in our view of Society› appears monthly in German, cans was both inclusive and empathic-which work: can vocation become a purposeful English, French and Spanish as a supple- saved the country from imploding into rev- action, a calling to connect constructively ment to the weekly ‹Das Goetheanum›. olution. This example points to confronting with the socio-cultural environment. | Joan Publisher General Anthroposophical both fear itself and the “gap within our- Sleigh, Goetheanum Society represented by Justus Wittich. selves”, in order to liberate ourselves from Editors Sebastian Jüngel (responsible paralyzing thought patterns to recognize for the German edition), Margot M. Saar (responsible for the English edition), Mi- the inner nothingness as a seedbed for a chael Kranawetvogl (responsible for the new possible future. 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Annual General Meeting at the Goetheanum Members’ motions and concerns The invitation for and agenda of the AGM of the General Anthroposophical Society, which has been postponed to 31 October 2020, were published in Anthroposophy World- wide 9/2020. While members can attend via livestream, participation in ballots is only possible for those who are present in person.

We hope for an encouraging meeting in amend Paragraph 14 of its Statutes (in the these special times even though many mem- edition of 12 April 2014): bers will only be able to attend virtually and a. Present wording: “The official organ of the are unable to travel to the Goetheanum. Society is the weekly publication 'Das Goet- Members can access all documents relat- heanum', which for this purpose is provided ed to the AGM, including the statements with a supplement containing the official of the Executive Council and the financial communications of the Society.” report, by visiting www.goetheanum.org, b. New (changes in italics): The official organ logging in and choosing ‘General Meeting’. of the Society is the weekly publication 'Das The livestream will also be accessible there, Goetheanum. International Weekly for An- in German and English. throposophy and Threefolding’. It includes Anthroposophy Worldwide also publishes a supplement for members entitled ‘What is summaries of any members’ motions that happening in the Anthroposophical Society. were submitted on time; the deadline was News for Members’ which provides official 4 September 2020. More detailed explana- information and contributions from mem- tions are available online (log in and go to bers of the Society worldwide. This applies to ‘General Meeting’). all forms of distribution, printed or electronic, Registration via login is a simple procedu- and to all languages.” re and members are asked to do this before For a detailed rationale for this motion log in 31 October. on the Goetheanum homepage or request a printed copy from the Membership Office Conditions at the Goetheanum. movement and Christianity require for their At the time of going to press, safety regu- cultivation.” lations in the Canton of Solothurn had not 2 Motion submitted by Robert Jan Kelder, For a detailed rationale for this motion in changed, which means that we will be able Amsterdam (NL), ‹Uniting the new Christi- German, Dutch or English log in on the to hold the AGM in the Main Auditorium anity with the world willingly and in love, Goetheanum homepage or request a printed without masks, as long as we have allocated for the healing of humanity and of the copy from the Membership Office at the seating and the auditorium is divided into earth› Goetheanum. four sections, each with a maximum of 100 “In order to re-establish - in a way suited to persons. the present time and its spirit - the form 3 Concern submitted by Eugen Meier, When walking to your seat and in the cor- required by the anthroposophical move- Hochwald (CH), for the rehabilitation of ridors we strongly recommend the wearing ment, or the new, true Christianity, for its of masks, because it is not always possible cultivation on earth in preparation for the A detailed description of this concern to keep the necessary minimum distance next, sixth cultural era, the Annual General was provided in Anthroposophy Worldwi- of 1.5 metres. Registration for the AGM is Meeting may recommend to the Executive de 3/2020, page 4. Eugen Meier asks the required so that seats can be allocated. Council the initiation and promotion within Annual General Meeting for twenty minutes the entire Society of a process of conscious- to present this concern. | Justus Wittich, Please register for the AGM ness-building and socio-organic structuring. Goetheanum because of the This process is to lead to the following sub- Coronavirus regulations! division of the General Anthroposophical Members who wish to attend spontaneously Society within the context of its centenary must expect waiting times for registration in 2023: and seat allocation. At present, masks must – the Anthroposophical Society itself, be worn in public transport in all of Switzer- – its administration and land, and in the Canton of Solothurn also – the administration of the Goetheanum in all shops. building. Since the form of the national societies must Members’ motions and concerns not contradict the constitution of the An- 1 Motion submitted by Andreas Worel, Ar- throposophical Society, the General Meeting Contact Goetheanum, Membership Office, P.O. lesheim (CH) to amend the Statutes may also decide to encourage the national Box, 4143 Dornach, Switzerland “The Annual General Meeting of the Gener- societies to amend their constitution, if nec- Image (archives): Annual General Meeting 2019, al Anthroposophical Society may decide to essary, to reflect what the anthroposophical photo: Sebastian Jüngel 4 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/20

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New Zealand New country representative Michelle Vette In August Michelle Vette has become the Anthroposophical Society’s representative for New Zealand. The Anthroposophic Nurse Specialist and adult educator is a co-founder of the Anthroposophic Nursing programme in New Zealand and, with a colleague, used to run an Anthroposophic nurse led clinic at New Zealand.

Sebastian Jüngel How would you describe New Zealand for someone who never visited the country? Michelle Vette New Zealand has two official languages: English and Maori. The Maori Goetheanum finances language identifies this land as Aotearoa - the land of the long white cloud. Since being A first thank you a small child this image has lived strongly for donations in me as part of my and our identity here. We are green island nation in the South Following the appeal for help with co- Pacific with vast, varied landscapes and a vering the shortfall of CHF 600,000 (up small population. until 9 July) in income caused by events Jüngel What is the role of spirituality in New throposophical Society can learn from New being cancelled due to Coronavirus, the Zealand today? Zealand? first donations have now been received. Vette Of course as an individual I can only Vette Yes, what lives and develops at the Dear members, speak of my experience of the meaning periphery in a place of abundant life forces, As treasurer I would like to express my heart- of spirituality in New Zealand today. This how an impulse may come to expression felt thanks for your spontaneous active re- land has is an ancient depth of spiritual- over space and time. sponse in the form of financial support! ity that has endured through the many Jüngel How will you realize your intentions Having newly introduced the possibility to faces of Aotearoa New Zealand’s history as the new General Secretary? refer money electronically, we received the and is being re-lived in modern expres- Vette At the moment it is about meeting first donations within only a few hours after sion through Maori defining their own people, listening and gathering in images releasing the digital edition of Anthroposo- way today. and a sense of what is and how we can work phy Worldwide 9/2020. As a constitutionally secular society we are together. I wish to work with the platform At the time of going to press, CHF 60,000 rapidly emerging to a diverse multifacet- developed by the hard work and activity that had been paid into our accounts. We are very ed culture where we are mainly working has gone before me and begin to respond grateful for this additional support for the to understand ourselves. For example we to the time that we perceive ourselves to Goetheanum; it helps us look more confi- experienced the heinous Mosque attack in be in - one of rapid change, insecurity and dently towards the coming months. Christchurch which was responded to and questioning. To communicate the strength As I write these lines, more than 500 people mediated by our Prime Minister Jacinda that Anthroposophy can offer for inner de- are gathering at the Goetheanum to open a Ardern in a fresh humanising way. This is a velopment, strength in uncertainty and major international conference in celebrati- touchstone, a basis for a new approach to initiative to work actively with the spirit on of the centenary of Anthroposophic Me- each other and implicit in that, spirituality. are all urgent themes for our times. I am dicine and to explore new forms of working In this is the freedom for individuals to interested in how we (all) live them for the together. With a detailed Covid-19 protective pursue whatever spiritual path they find world, in the world. scheme in place, it is presently possible to themselves connected to. organize this kind of event in Switzerland. Holding the parts and the whole In addition to those who are able to attend Supporting human development Jüngel Will your profession be a help in this? the conference in person, there are parallel Jüngel What is the specific mission of An- Vette I understand nursing to be such a events in other places around the world throposophy in New Zealand? broad and encompassing profession that that will link up with the Goetheanum per Vette To find its unique path in the Pacifica can work with the individual on the one video to send messages, so that a global culture of this land and peoples, whilst re- hand whilst holding the parts and the whole. celebration is possible despite the current flecting the global context it comes from. To Nursing is universal and cultivates the de- restrictions. work with the initiatives of education, the velopment of warmth of heart and light of Encouraged by this, we are looking forward arts, medicine, ecology and land use, for heart along with the full will of the soul. So to further joint events. | Justus Wittich, example, to develop what might be possible yes, I believe so. Schatzmeister, Goetheanum in this environment to help support human endeavour and development. To connect with and explore Anthroposophy’s reso- nance with living indigenous culture and cosmology. Web www.anthroposophy.org.nz Image Justus Wittich, photo: Anna Krygier Jüngel Is there anything the General An- Image Michelle Vette (courtesy photo) Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/20 | 5

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Uruguay France Membership communications More cows than people Asking real questions Layout, cost sharing In Uruguay many things are smaller than *Having been faced with a challenging en- Starting with the September edition elsewhere, including the impact of the vironment for some time, t**he Anthropo- (9/2020), gradual changes have been in- Coronavirus. There were restrictions none- sophical Society in France is seeking inter- troduced to the layout of Anthroposophy theless that we coped with without video nal **dialogue**.* Worldwide; and first contributions have conferences. arrived to help fund the printed edition. The environment we live in makes it in- There really aren’t many of us here. Uruguay creasingly difficult to make anthroposophy Since 2019 members have been able to choo- has an area of 176,000 square kilometres more public. On the other hand, we see se to receive Anthroposophy Worldwide not and a population below 3.5 million: a small how more and more practical anthropos- only in printed or pdf format but also as a country, mostly agricultural, known to some ophical initiatives, particularly in agricul- digital newsletter – an outlet that around as an exporter of footballers and software. ture, are gaining public recognition. The 26,000 members are making use of. We have 36 members, most of them live in anthroposophical movement is growing, In addition, the publisher and editor have Montevideo. There are many study groups but the Anthroposophical Society is not. decided to change the layout in order to for different aspects of anthroposophy. This brings up new tasks and perspec- adapt the publication to its function as a Things take their time here. The first tives for the Anthroposophical Society, or newsletter. When the digital newsletter study group started in 1962, reading an- asks for a transformation of former tasks. was first introduced, we had decided to throposophy in German. Together with its members, the Council of postpone such a makeover, because it was Over the years, the efforts of many the Anthroposophical Society in France is not clear then how many members would branch members were instrumental in the re-examining and deepening the Members’ wish for a printed edition. Since it is now founding and development of three schools. Letters of 1924 and focusing on what needs apparent that there is continued demand In March this year we had to stop meet- to be done in future. for the printed version, Fabian Roschka has ing in person for our studies. We decided Secondly, we offer opportunities for en- started introducing some initial changes. to continue working individually at home, counters where the Society, the movement The most noticeable change is the absence without Zoom, because we found that way and the School of Spiritual Science can enter of captions under the photos at the begin- of communicating quite exhausting. It was into a dialogue. More than ever, a new ap- ning of the articles, which is unusual; tog- wonderful when we were able to resume proach is needed where ether with any other ‘incidental’ informa- our personal meetings again in July! – real questions are being asked rath- tion, these now appear at the bottom of Being small also has its good sides. We er than ready-made answers provided, each contribution to make for a smoother are lucky to have only had 180 acute cases – initial results from spiritual re- transition at the top. The text structure has of Covid in the entire country. While our search are presented and discussed, been simplified and articles no longer begin giant neighbours Argentina and Brazil keep – we accept challenges that inspire us to with a large initial. Further changes will be to strict quarantine regulations, our schools think of solutions to the needs of our time. introduced gradually from issue to issue. are open, albeit with a reduced number of In order to do this in an efficient and re- lessons. alistic way, we must form alliances with Help with production costs We wonder now what we will do if organizations of the civil society. We are In Anthroposophy Worldwide 5/2020 we vaccinations should be imposed on us? therefore planning to establish initiatives asked the members to contribute to the pro- What effect will it have if the tendency to in the very near future that allow us to take duction cost (for printing and shipping; re- use virtual media continues? What is de- the first small steps in that direction. | René commended amount: 30 CHF/Euros). At the manded of us if we want to be people of our Becker, Château (fr) time of going to press, more than CHF 5,000 time? | Waltraut Klöckner, Montevideo (uy) had already been received, for which we would like to express our heartfelt thanks! More contributions are welcome. | Seba- stian Jüngel

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Goetheanum-Leitung Different perspectives on Corona

Working together in times of social isolation The pandemic was one of the main topics during the whole of the retreat. Looking The Goetheanum Leadership held their autumn retreat from 31 August to 2 September from the perspectives of the different Sec- both in France and at the Goetheanum, with different focal points: the current situation tions we collected aspects on the pandemic and its consequences for the anthroposophical work, meeting with members in France, and agreed on further steps that will con- professional esotericism, initiatives and operational questions. tinue on from the book we recently pub- lished (Anthroposophy Worldwide 7-8/2020, The September retreat began in the Alsace the forces that can unfold a therapeutic page 6). One suggestion was to livestream (FR), in an organization for curative educa- effect” (GA 316, lecture of 5 January 1924). a series of lectures that deal, from different tion, Beubois, which is well recognized, not perspectives, with the current situation and only in France. The location of our meeting Ethical-spiritual qualification the pandemic. venue, close to Colmar, allowed us to visit Our work is not only based on external quali- We looked back with much gratitude to the Isenheim altarpiece at the beginning fications, it also needs an ethical and spiritual the wonderful Faust performances at the of our retreat: its central motifs touch on dimension. Healing, for instance, does not Goetheanum: Andrea Pfaehler, Eduardo Tor- questions of human development against only ask the scientific question as to the ef- res and Nils Frischknecht visited us during the background of the Mystery of Golgotha. fectiveness of medicine, but also a moral the part of the retreat that took place in Dor- one that asks what is good for the patient. nach and they and Stefan Hasler gave an ac- Healing effect of meditation While the meditations given for the count of their experiences and impressions. The altar does not only speak of human different professions are not only for us Both sides expressed their appreciation and transformation, but actually affects the as individuals but as members of profes- gratitude for this successful project which healing processes in the diseased who have sional communities, the path of knowledge made it possible to present a major theatre sought it out at all times, past and present. pursued in the First Class of the School of performance at a time of cultural lockdown. Our spiritual development is therefore con- Spiritual Science has a wider dimension: it While the text was abridged, the synthesis nected with our healing forces – a relation- unfolds its effect down into the practical life of theatre, speech, eurythmy, music, stage, ship that inspired us to work on questions and can bear fruit for humanity as a whole. costumes and lighting resulted in an im- of professional esotericism. In the final year of his public activity, Ru- pressive Gesamtkunstwerk that allowed The meditative path of knowledge also dolf Steiner also planted seeds for an inner, the audiences to profoundly experience the has a healing effect; its Michaelic quality, esoteric cooperation of different profession- dramatic journey of Faust’s soul. which seeks to guide the spirit in us to al groups and Sections. There are, for in- As the Goetheanum Leadership we look the spirit in the cosmos, is complemented stance, meditations that connect teachers back on days of intensive work and we look by the quality of Raphael who works in a and physicians; and an entire lecture cycle is forward, filled with hope, to the challeng- health-giving way through the spirit. devoted to the working together of priests es that lie ahead. | Florian Osswald and The content of our work therefore shifted and physicians (GA 318). Entering into these Matthias Girke, Goetheanum Leadership to a new focus. Last year the Michaelic atti- questions of the meditative path of knowl- spokespersons tude was at the centre, now it is the Michael- edge is especially important at this time of ic path of knowledge in Anthroposophy and growing virtualization and social distancing; the way it relates to our everyday activities in times of external isolation we can, with and working life. its help, form inner connections and build We know the exercises that we can indi- bridges, because Anthroposophy “will only vidually work with: Rudolf Steiner described grow on the ground of human solidarity” them in How to Know Higher Worlds (GA 10). (GA 211, lecture of 11 June 1922). Then there are specific paths of inner devel- Choosing the Alsace as a meeting place opment for professional groups, such as phy- made it possible to invite members of the sicians, curative teachers, nurses, teachers General Anthroposophical Society of that and priests. These meditations can deepen region to join us at the beginning of our the practical work and make it more effec- retreat. We discussed many issues related to tive. According to Rudolf Steiner, it is only the situation of anthroposophical initiatives through these comprehensive meditations in France today (see page 5) and aspects of Image Gerald Häfner, Constanza Kaliks and Jo- that physicians can develop “in their soul the Covid-19 pandemic. hannes Wirz, photo: Oliver Conradt Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/20 | 7

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Videos From the Sections

Matthias Girke: How to strengthen the im- mune system (German, with German and Italian subtitles) Web www.youtube.com/ watch?v=kD4dzQgeQoU Georg Soldner: Trust and relationships as sources of health (German, with German and Italian subtitles) Web www.youtube. com/watch?v=rwNe4kNqUVs Eurythmy-Ensemble Medical Section Ueli Hurter: The Corona pandemic concerns humanity not nature (German, with German, Goetheanum Eurythmy Video clips on art therapy English and French subtitles) Web www.you- tube.com/watch?v=3xh5J-Z5QX0 Ensemble on tour ICAAT, the International Coordination of Ueli Hurter: Our new relationship to animals Anthroposophic Art Therapies, has pro- (German with German, English, French and Early in 2021, the Goetheanum Eurythmy duced short films on each of its four spe- Spanish subtitles) Web www.youtube.com/ Ensemble will go on tour, presenting four watch?v=yGZ-Qi8iH1k cializations: painting, music, sculpturing/ different programmes, including its ne- Jean-Michel Florin: What the Corona crisis modelling and speech. west: Klangzeiten (times of sound). teaches us about agriculture (French with German and French subtitles) Web www. The Goetheanum Eurythmy Ensemble aims “Trying to sense: what was there just now? youtube.com/watch?v=Pv_qrA0UBio to make eurythmy a public experience. It How did my voice sound? What kind of sen- Jasmin Peschke: Healthy food makes does this with its performances at the sory experience did I just have?” Speech us healthy (German with German subtitles) Web www.youtube.com/ Goetheanum, which are often related to therapist Esther Böttcher is reflecting on an watch?v=EchaRjLlEDA particular events, but also with indepen- exercise. In time for the Medical Section’s Florian Osswald: Relationships can be built dent programmes. In 2021, the Ensemble Annual World Conference four films have on many levels (German with German and will go on tour. been completed, giving insight into each of French subtitles Web www.youtube.com/ watch?v=w2FmvJ3ZMa0 “Because of Coronavirus it has been dif- the Anthroposophic Art Therapies. The phy- Gerald Häfner: The death of George Floyd ficult to get bookings,” says Felix Schmidt, sician Julia Fellmer, who likes to prescribe (German with German, English, French and who organizes the tour for the Goethea- speech therapy for patients with asthma, Spanish subtitles) Web www.youtube.com/ num Stage. Some inquiries have not been says, “We work on letting go the breath and watch?v=qZh-c1MjHhU Stefan Hasler: Freelance artists are hit hard confirmed yet, but there will definitely be bringing rhythm to it. The speech begins to by the ban on public events (German with performances in anthroposophical orga- flow again.” German subtitles) Web www.youtube.com/ nizations and schools in Germany, France, The two-minute video clips, in which watch?v=XFwI9XBIhL4 Joan Sleigh: The Corona crisis poses three Austria and Switzerland. physicians, therapists and clients speak of questions (English, with German and Eng- The tour will include four programmes: their experience, have been produced by lish subtitles) Web www.youtube.com/ Threads of Light, The Bremen Town Musi- the ICAAT team to provide insight into the watch?v=wmmBFKXQmEk cians and Schumann Morgenstern will be Anthroposophic Art Therapies. Aside from (French subtitles) Web www.youtube.com/ watch?time_continue=9&v=mdWK0GctD resumed, with a new addition that lends the support in acute cases of illness, Anthropo- DI&feature=emb_logo whole tour its name: Klangzeiten. sophic Art Therapies also play an important Exhibition ‹Breaking Into the Unknown. Because of the originally scheduled venu- role in psychosocial care. Working artistically Creating art in the time in Corona (Ger- es the tour will focus on tone eurythmy, but teaches us to deal mindfully and self-effec- man with German, English, French and Spanish subtitles) Web www.youtube.com/ there will also be short texts as transitions tively with ourselves and can therefore even watch?v=FpA0Jz0n2O4 between the music pieces. contribute to the prevention of illness. The music for Threads of Light, by Lud- The short films were developed for use ‹Faust› wig van Beethoven (String Quartet Opus on social media. They were originally shot «Not doing but being» – Interview with 132) and Kaija Saariaho (from Je sens un in German but a version with German and Eduardo Torres (German with German deuxième cœur) will be taken up again English subtitles is also available. The films subtitles) Web www.youtube.com/ watch?v=6inhMBgZThg for the new programme Klangzeiten and were first shown in a video installation at complemented by works composed by the Goetheanum and have gone online on 13 «Love evil good» Interview with Andrea Arthur Honegger and Anton von Webern. September. | Silke Speckenmeyer, Köln (de) Pfaehler (German with German subtitles) The central movement of Beethoven’s Web www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q0_r__ GC0k String Quartet Opus 132, one of the slowest classical pieces, will thus meet one of the ‹The Goetheanum› shortest modern pieces, by von Webern. A guided tour through the weekly journal | Sebastian Jüngel with Wolfgang Held (German with Ger- man subtitles) Web www.youtube.com/ watch?v=5DjNgdQy4sk Web www.goetheanum-buehne.ch/projekte/ eurythmie-tournee-klangzeiten Contact [email protected] Web www.icaat-medsektion.net Image consultation during rehearsal, photo: Katrin Image Therapeutic sculpturing, photo: Michael Oesteroth Speckbrock,/Versfilm 8 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/20

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Section for Agriculture Section for Agriculture India ‹Living Farms›: Limbua Online: further training Online: Anthroposophy The Limbua Macadamia Group, which In August, the Section for Agriculture at Sarita Sanghai and Shashwat Agawhal started off as a pioneer in establishing the Goetheanum piloted four fur- have set up the platform Nurturer’ Studio small-scale farming cooperatives, is pre- ther-training web seminars. to provide professional contacts, com- sented in the video series ‘Living Farms’. bined with courses for children. Biodynamic farming has developed fast and In the Limbua farming cooperative, Maca- consistently in recent years, particularly in This year of the pandemic will be remem- damia nuts stand for ecological and social Asia and South America. This asks for urgent bered in part because video conferences change. The small-scale farmers are paid steps in providing professional development have soared in popularity. Considering the enough to raise their living standard and and training opportunities. A start has been attitudes that many anthroposophists held to enable them to afford school fees. As a made with the introduction of the new qual- in the past on the internet’s influence, it condition for joining the cooperative they ity system for international biodynamic con- is remarkable to see how this technology are required to practise organic farming; sultation (www.biodynamic-advisors.org) has been embraced by anthroposophists. since 2018, some of the farms have been and the international training conference There are online platforms, including the working biodynamically. in Switzerland in the autumn of 2019. Front Range Anthroposophical Café, Ru- For the Limbua farms, organic farming The training centres and consultants also dolfSteiner.org, EduCareDo, Rosenkreutz, does not only mean that they are encour- asked for further training opportunities. In Millennialchild, Meetup, Gradalis.edu, In- aged to plant more trees and protect the cooperation with the Biodynamic Federation nerWorkPath; many are the direct result of environment, but also that they give work to – (BFDI), the Section the 2020 pandemic. unemployed family members, for instance. for Agriculture at the Goetheanum has One such example is Nurturer’ Studio, By processing their produce directly in the developed a new further training concept, started by a mother and son team in In- villages they guarantee freshness and make which has now been implemented with a dia: Sarita Sanghai, a Waldorf teacher and sure the added value benefits the local pilot project. founder of Kathmandu Waldorf Kinder- community. While before, students from A web seminar on ‘preparation plants’ garten, and Shashwat Agawhal, a Waldorf Germany used to sell the nuts privately, the for training centres and consultants from school alum unable to return to universi- nuts and oil are now supplied to companies Asia was offered in August in four modules ty. Their online platform enables parents, such as Wala and Dr Hauschka. This scale that included practical exercises. 45 people teachers, therapists, doctors, artists and of production is now possible because of from nine Asian countries, including China, other “nurturers” of children to connect approximately 5,000 small-scale farms (av- Taiwan and Sri Lanka, registered for the sem- with each other and continue their own erage size one hectare) working together, inar. Their feedback revealed enthusiasm development. Their first two-hour presen- with a further 2,000 on the waiting list. about the opportunities provided and the tation on Art as the Language of Human The aim is that the farmers themselves competent instruction. These web seminars Development drew 200 participants from will sooner or later master all elements of allowed the Section and the instructors to 13 countries. Plans for more sessions on the biodynamic farming. The process includes experience both the advantages and limita- arts, health, , and self-de- ongoing training, the testing of competenc- tions of online training. velopment by presenters from India, Israel, es on the farm and certification by interna- Following the positive response from par- Australia, Europe and the US are in the works. tional organizations. According to Limbua ticipants, we will go ahead with developing The question will more and more be how co-founder Peter Mucau Wangara, the bio- more modules on biodynamic farming to be we use this technology in a way that it can dynamic method “takes us back to where offered both as web seminars and in-person be humanized as much as possible and does we come from”: the land is regenerated and training opportunities. | Jean-Michel Florin, not cause an even further descent into the the farmers can build a spiritual relationship Goetheanum “dark matter” of web technologies. | Van with their farms. | Sebastian Jüngel James, Hawaii (us)

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Great Britain Germany Pakistan Online: Waldorf Education Film on social threefolding Struggling with the heat On behalf of the Association of Steiner Before the Storm, a film by Rainer Roshni, a social therapeutic community in Waldorf Teacher Educators (ASWTE), Sven Schnurre on social threefolding, was shot Lahore, keeps going bravely. While the Co- Saar (GB) and Alan Swindell (GB) have de- in Berlin over the summer (Anthroposo- rona pandemic has been less of a problem veloped an online introductory course to phy Worldwide 1-2/2020). here, the real challenge is the heat. Waldorf Education. The film which had been planned since 2017 Generally, things are going well for Roshni. The need for a renewal in education has was shot between 4 to 24 June, mostly in The situation in Pakistan appears to have rarely been felt more keenly than it is today. Berlin (DE), with some additional filming stabilized and, if one can trust the official There is growing concern that modern life in the Harz mountains. The story: a tramp figures, the country has been comparative- may impact negatively on children`s mental walks through the German capital writing ly little affected by the Coronavirus. “We and physical health, their hopes and aspi- the words ‘Liberty, Equality, Fraternity’ on don’t have such a problem here with stig- rations, their self-belief and their sense of streets, bridges and walls. He attracts the matization and conspiracy theories. There purpose. Steiner Waldorf Education aims attention of four young men – Ben, Yannik, was a hint of that at some point, but now to equip children and young people with Aaron and Alex. They (the young film team) co-workers and families are working togeth- resilience, sensitivity and confidence for decide to make a film about him and ask er harmoniously,” says Alexander Kühne, a meeting the world. Clara (Doris Buchrucker) to interview him. staff member in Roshni. The new course, entitled ‘Prelude. The The first questions arise: why is he doing Staff have to comply with hygiene regula- Foundations of Steiner Waldorf Education’, this? What do these concepts mean? They tions, local curfews, medical examination, will enable a deeper understanding of what are followed by a biographical question: prophylactic measures and the like. We are characterises this education. All thirty sem- what has brought him to the streets? The happy that the workshops are open for half inars and lectures take place on Zoom on questions highlight problems in society and of the day, although the Waldorf School is Monday evenings, from 14 September 2020 why the idea of a threefold social organism unfortunately closed. The teachers are try- to 28 June 2021. They begin at 7.30 GMT and has not yet been realized. ing to convey some contents via WhatsApp. last from 60 to 90 minutes. The sessions are The entire filming period seemed to un- Luckily, a physician with experience in crisis led by experienced and inspiring Waldorf fold under a lucky star. On 4 January 2020 I management came to Roshni just before practitioners. had booked accommodation and arranged the first lockdown. He plays a lot with the At £295 for the whole course, or £20 for for the filming to start on 6 June. This turned children, including physical games. He also individual sessions, our hope is to reach out to be the first day when up to ten persons trains staff in care-giving. teachers, parents, grandparents, trustees, were allowed again to meet publicly in Berlin. The financial situation of the families, in- homeschoolers and general enquirers, in- The whole film was shot outside. Rain was cluding staff, is more of a problem. But viting them to become part of a learning forecast for much of the filming period, but it thanks to a Ramadan charity campaign in community, or simply to `dip-in` to what only rained once for five hours; and although April the annual accounts closed with only is of particular interest to them. we all got thoroughly drenched, no one got ill. a slightly lower result than in the previous Originally intended for a UK audience, On 2 July we began cutting the film. On 9 year. the course has attracted registrations from and 10 July we recorded the music in Bielefeld The heat is a real challenge; it crushes all Mumbai to Mexico and from London to Lith- (DE), with Heike Christeleit (vocals) and An- life. Productivity is greatly reduced as a re- uania. | Sven Saar, Gloucester (gb), Alan dreas Kaling (composition, bass saxophone). sult. Only rice and weeds are growing at Swindell, Totnes (gb) The film is in German; English and Rus- the moment and the animals suffer, too; sian translations are in preparation. | Rainer they are producing less milk and the hens Schnurre, Hildesheim (de) have all but stopped laying. | From the email correspondence between Alexander Kühne, Roshni (PK) and Sonja Zausch, Goetheanum

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8 April 1927 – 15 May 2020 Ursula Jepsen

Everyday life makes history. Among Ursula Jepsen’s posses- sions was a Christening photo that showed her daughter and son, and to the right of them Rudolf Steiner’s former Berlin assistant Anna Samweber.

Governess at court Born into the Dresden (DE) Wackwitz family in 1927, Ursu- of activities continued to take la and her three older brothers place even in GDR times. grew up in Jena (DE), where their Soon after the reunification father was a town architect. Af- of Germany she remarried at the ter World War II she trained as age of 65. A time of travelling a nurse in the Ibrahim Hospi- then ensued: to the North Sea, tal, before her destiny took her the Goetheanum and even to to the court of King Farouk of Spring Valley (USA) where she Egypt, where she was governess visited her daughter, a euryth- to two children. mist. She and her husband were Having fallen in love with able to celebrate their silver Ulrich Gutsch in Jena, how- wedding anniversary. ever, she decided to cut her time in Egypt short and move Close to nature to East Berlin (DE), where the Ursula Jepsen had played the couple got married. She was violin since childhood, she paint- his assistant in what was then ed with water colours in Berlin, East Germany’s only anthro- sang in choirs and attended posophic doctor’s practice and opera performances and con- grew healing plants among the certs, often with her adolescent ruins. The couple had a son and daughter. She loved and pro- it was there that Ursula got to tected every little plant in her know anthroposophy and the garden, made spinach from net- Christian Community. tles and gathered healthy seeds, After the separation from her which she used for seasoning husband, they both entered into salads. With her environmental new relationships and Ursula’s awareness she was far ahead of daughter was born. As men- her time: she collected the water tioned earlier, her friend Anna from the washing machine for Samweber was present at the flushing the toilet and reused christening. what she could in her household, In order to earn a living Ursu- including the envelopes of the la Gutsch worked as a childmin- Goetheanum journal. der in her own home, an activity Ursula Jepsen remained ac- she would later resume in Jena, tive, alert and vivacious right having moved there to care for up to her death. She was much her mother. She never had to admired for walking almost an advertise as she was in high de- hour to mand as a childminder; particu- chapel at the age of 93. | Sebas- lar by artists who would rather tian Jüngel have their children looked after privately than state-educated in socialist East Germany. She applied elements of Waldorf education and remained con- nected with the Christian Com- munity, where a broad range Photo (courtesy) Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/20 | 11

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25 August 1961 – 27 July 2020 We have been informed that the following 51 members have crossed the threshold of death. In their remembrance we are René Piamonte providing this information. | Membership Office at the Goe- theanum René Piamonte brought import- ant impulses to the biodynam- Hilde Wolff, Wuppertal (de), 8 March 2018 ic movement in South America. Chris Neely, Santa Barbara / ca (us), 4 January 2020 Born in Columbia, he was at Gisela Sutter, Zürich (ch), 18 February 2020 home across the South-Ameri- Ruth Kurz, Engelsbrand (de), 1 March 2020 can continent. From 1981 to 1985 Niklaus Halder, Füllinsdorf (ch), 11 March 2020 he studied at the University of Károly Németh, Domoszló (hu), 26 March 2020 São Paulo. At the 1992 IFOAM Neva Zupan, Ljubljana (si), 7 April 2020 Congress in Brazil he met Patri- Walther Dethloff, Stuttgart (de), 9 April 2020 cia Flores. The two married later John Huber, Mc Lean / va (us), 13 April 2020 and started a family. Builder of local and global bridges Hans Stracke, Graz (at), 24 April 2020 As a biodynamic consultant Ursula Bartsch, Hamburg (de), 29 April 2020 and instructor René worked un- As human beings, we are not Gertrud Müller, Basel (ch), 6 May 2020 tiringly to support people, farms rooted in the earthly realm but Elisabeth Gisiger, Münchenstein (ch), 7 May 2020 and projects. He considered it our originally cosmic spirituali- Rudolf Mack, Nürnberg (de), 12 May 2020 important that people meet and ty needs to acquire a Michaelic Ulrich Matzke, Crivitz (de), 13 May 2020 grow together and therefore con- dimension of freedom as we Hugh Courtney, Woolwine/va (us), 15 June 2020 tributed to shaping the annual pass through earthly life. This Patti Smith, Hope Valley / ri (us), 24 June 2020 conferences in South America. freedom is only possible when Gertrud Meier, Ahrensburg (de), 26 June 2020 we are able – individually and in Christel Haupt, Bangor (gb), 5 July 2020 Celebrating the earth our own way – to take the earth Lotte Lorenz, Järna (se), 11 July 2020 René attached great importance in on our journey. This Michaelic Klaus Herrmann, Pirmasens (de), 15 July 2020 to fostering relationships across attitude is an essential bridge Ingeborg Utter, Metzingen (de), 18 July 2020 the world and with the Section between applied biodynamics Wolfgang Gebhardt, Dresden (de), 24 July 2020 for Agriculture. At the Goethe- and a spiritual orientation in Ejler Bugge, Børkop (dk), 29 July 2020 anum’s Agricultural Conference life inspired by anthroposophy. Willem Scherpenhuijsen Rom, Leusden (nl), 31 July 2020 in 2018 he gave a comprehensive René contributed to building Hermann Büchler, Frankfurt a. M. (de), 2 August 2020 talk on the preparations, based this bridge. Ingrid Bosselmann, Nürnberg (de), 5 August 2020 on his own experiences across Together with his wife he ac- Jean-Marc Dérobert, St-Cergue (ch), 5 August 2020 the regions and climate zones tively supported the foundation Harald Stepputtis, Walldorf (de), 5 August 2020 of South America. and development of the Biody- Ingrid Galletta, Frankfurt (de), 6 August 2020 With René Piamonte biody- namic Association in Peru and Inge Iversen, Højbjerg (dk), 6 August 2020 namic farming was always an ex- the continued training of con- Ralph Danyluk, North Vancouver (ca), 8 August 2020 perience that involved head and sultants in South America. They Ingeborg Stridell, Hedmora (se), 9 August 2020 hands, and, above all, the heart. also established an independent Arne Durrer, Dornach (ch), 10 August 2020 He knew how to enrich the hearts biodynamic training programme Paul Heilmann, Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz (ch), 10 August 2020 of others and how to celebrate in Peru. René Piamonte was at the Harry Stodel, Fish Hoek (za), 10 August 2020 biodynamic farming as a feast height of his active life. Jürgen Beuch, Seevetal (de), 12 August 2020 for the earth. The clarity of his The biodynamic impulse and Rolf Hagnauer, Basel (ch), 12 August 2020 sensory perception was always the Goetheanum strive to be cos- Magdalena Zoeppritz, Dossenheim (de), 13 August 2020 apparent in the series of photos mopolitan and therefore need Karin Schenkel, Chemnitz (de), 16 August 2020 he used to illustrate his talks. people from cultures outside Eu- Anny Kossmann, Boll-Eckwälden (de), 17 August 2020 At the same time he was a rope who can carry this impulse. Marguerite Bitterli, Liestal (ch), 20 August 2020 seeking and reflective person, René was one of these people, Bernhard Bodmer, Muttenz (ch), 20 August 2020 although this side of him may active both locally and globally. Peter Epp, Mannheim (de), 21 August 2020 often have been hidden. There | Contributions by Jean-Michel Wolfgang Feuerstack, Kirchberg Weckelweiler (de), 21 Aug. 2020 were, however, moments in his Florin and Ueli Hurter, Goethe- Kurt Reist, Schaffhausen (ch), 22 August 2020 lectures and in conversations, anum, with additional informa- Gundolf Bockemühl, Stuttgart (de), 23 August 2020 when his profound inner con- tion from the internet Gilda Cordero, Quezon City (ph), 27 August 2020 nection with the essence of the Irene Lorenz, Dresden (de), 27 August 2020 biodynamic impulse and with Hans-Jürgen Melcop, Teltow (de), 28 August 2020 anthroposophy shone out. The Silvia Stöckler, Hochwald (ch), 28 August 2020 earth as the arena of the human struggle for physical and spiritual In August 2020 the Membership Office at the Goetheanum nurturing was a clear vision for registered 61 new members. 25 left the Society between him. 11 August and 4 September 2020. Photo (courtesy) 12 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 10/20

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Albert Steffen School of Imagination Klaus Hartmann’s Albert Steffen biography, from the writer’s birth in 1884 up until 1919, has been long in coming. Both Hartmann’s interest in Albert Steffen and his biographical connections with one of the places where this close co-worker of Rudolf Steiner’s used to live helped him to study and partly document countless personal testimonials.

Sebastian Jüngel Where does your interest Jüngel How has your image of Albert Stef- in Albert Steffen come from? fen changed since you published the first Klaus Hartmann I was particularly inter- volume of his biography? ested in Rudolf Steiner’s closer co-workers: Hartmann This happened outwardly as I got Marie Steiner, Ita Wegmann, Guenther to know the biographical foundations of his Wachsmuth and others; one could find novels, novellas and myths. Everything he ander the Great and matters that are still things to read about all of them, with the writes is connected and describes his life and unresolved. exception of Albert Steffen, and that has life conditions from ever new perspectives. concerned me for a long time – more than But I was also convinced that Rudolf Stein- Honest with himself thirty years. I had heard lectures by Sophia er’s reference to Giotto was not all he said Jüngel How do you deal with being con- Walsh on Albert Steffen’s plays for many about him. And I found it intriguing that, in fronted with private documents? years and had also read them myself. What Munich of all places, in his presentations on Hartmann Thankfully I am not in the same struck me most was that he seemed to have the Fifth Gospel, Rudolf Steiner spoke for situation as Emanuel Zeylmans who pub- his own access to the world of imagination, the first time of things he had not touched lished Rudolf Steiner’s letters to . in other words, he had the faculties that on before in these lectures. Might he have But many facts concerning the Futurum Rudolf Steiner had spoken of. Steffen himself responded to his listeners, as has always Company that Albert Steffen wrote about provides evidence of this in his work; it is been assumed? in his journal are private, too, and one is like a school of imagination. still shocked today at how the money of the But I also discovered Steffen through Herbert Still unresolved anthroposophical shareholders was used. Witzenmann, whose conferences in Dornach Jüngel What is your view of Albert Steffen I am nevertheless in favour of speaking I had started attending in 1978. The Albert now? Are there ways of healing old ‘divi- openly about many things that have been Steffen Foundation became aware of me be- sions’? kept quiet for decades. The same is true for cause of the two-volume biography I wrote Hartmann I am not so sure yet. The period the personal relationships between Rudolf on Herbert Witzenmann and they asked me between 1920 and 1925 – when Steffen actu- Steiner, Marie Steiner and Ita Wegman – if eventually if I would take on a biography ally worked with Rudolf Steiner in Dornach one does not want to find out about them of Albert Steffen. But my interest in Albert and elsewhere – is an overwhelming image from Helmut Zander. Steffen’s life situation was also kindled by for me that still needs to be processed. But Jüngel How has Albert Steffen changed you? accounts from and shared excursions with that is precisely what makes that period so Hartmann I would say fundamentally, con- Heinz Matile, Ursula Kehlert and others. immensely interesting. After Rudolf Steiner’s sidering that I owe him crucial insights into death the nightmare began, the fight of all myself, too. The fact that he kept an ongoing Ever new perspectives against all. That, too, is an interesting time journal and his honesty with himself are Jüngel What is it that fascinates you about of which I have no clear picture yet. Albert also helpful. Albert Steffen? Steffen’s depressive basic attitude makes Hartmann His descriptions. In his very first this more difficult; the melancholy he often novel – Ott, Alois und Werelsche – his de- puts into words. But this underlying mood scriptions conjure up long-forgotten scenes does not necessarily have to colour his judg- from my own childhood and youth that then ment. His poetry, too, is often free of what confirm his experience in wholly unexpect- he addresses in his journal. ed ways. His journal from his Munich days Jüngel What questions are topical now in (DE) was also very inspiring: I visited all the your Steffen research? places I had experienced myself in the mid- Hartmann I’m focusing on the crucial pe- 1970s without knowing Albert Steffen. At riods I already mentioned, the cooperation the time, I knew nothing of anthroposophy, with Rudolf Steiner, issues they discussed, reincarnation and such things, but I won- such as the reasons for Friedrich Schiller’s dered why a small cemetery and the area death and Roman Boos’ illness; the back- around it seemed so familiar when, as a ground of the articles published at the time student, I sold newspapers in Munich’s bor- in the Goetheanum journal, for which both ough of Schwabing. The cemetery is across Albert Steffen and Rudolf Steiner were re- Book Klaus Hartmann: Albert Steffen. Die jungen the road from the premises used at the time sponsible. When, just before Rudolf Stein- Jahre des Dichters [Albert Steffen. The writer’s for branch meetings by Sophie Stinde and er’s death, wrote a youth], Verlag für Schöne Wissenschaften, Dor- Pauline Kalckreuth. I was able to experience longer article about Alexandria, one can’t nach 2020 Munich a second time with Albert Steffen. help thinking of questions regarding Alex- Image Klaus Hartmann (courtesy)