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General Anthroposophical Society Anthroposophy Worldwide 12/11 ó Anthroposophical Society General Anthroposophical Section: Christmas Conference 2011 Esoteric -Social Impulse for the Future A conference at the Goetheanum with the title ‹Transformation Impulses through Rudolf Steiner and Christian Rosenkreutz› may not be understood by everyone at first December 2011 glance. Old fashioned?Highly esoteric?Only for older members? Why not a conference No 12 with a contemporary contents? Anthroposophical Society he Christmas Conference at the ing about Christian Rosenkreutz at 1 Christmas Conference 2011 T Goetheanum deals with a very topical greater length». Already in 1904 Rudolf 3 Christmas Appeall subject which up to now has hardly been Steiner had confirmed that Christian 4 General Secretaries' Conference touched upon within the wider circle of Rosenkreutz had lived in the 18th century 11 Our Dead the anthroposophical m ovement. The as the individuality the Count Saint Ger- conference title could have been ‹An Eso- main. Therefore we have invited the School of Spiritual Science teric-Social Impulse for the Future›. In De- Phoenix Ensemble to this conference to 2 Natural Science Section: Integra- cember of 1911 Rudolf Steiner attempted play the music of the Count Saint Ger- tion of the School of Nature the founding of a Society for Theosophical main. 5 General Section: Further Develop- Art and Way of Life. The The «Attempt ment for Class Readers and Anthroposophical So- to Found a Society International Class Readers' ciety had not been for Theosophical Meeting founded yet and Art and Way of 10 General Section: Germany: Rudolf Steiner's work Life» is a rosicru- Class Conference took place within the cian impulse out of framework of the whichRudolf Stein- Anthroposophy in the World Theosophical Society, er attempted to 5 Japan: After the Ts unami and although, as we know, create a communi- Fukushima Rudolf Steiner always ty, not founded but 8 Europe: Review of the Campaign offered Anthroposophy. given. But what is it that is being given? A 150 years Rudolf Steiner way of working! And who is to take on this 10 Peru: 150 years of Rudolf Steiner Giving a Way of Working way of working? «Those human beings in Lima When on 27th October 1911 a branch who will find each other accordingly». 11 International: Meeting of Farm- with the name ‹Christian Rosenkreutz› Thus we invite you cordially to the ing Women 2011 was founded in Neuchâtel, Rudolf Steiner Christmas Conference 2011 at the took this opportunity to speak about Goetheanum, where questions on this Feature Christian Rosenkreutz in his inaugural subject can be deepened with lectures re- 12 Germany: First Symposium for speech, true to the principle that esoteric lating to the future and in shared work in Communication ‹public acitivity has to proceed from questions or thematic working groups. engagement› from already existing movements. Eurythmy performances, evening con- He begins to make the great individu- certs, artistic readings and a special exhi- ality Christian Rosenkreutz, the great bition will add to the festive mood of the le ader of the fifth post-atlantic epoche conference. | Virginia Sease, Margrethe (1413–3573 A.D.), accessible to the mem- Solstad, Paul Mackay, Goetheanum bers of the then German Section of the Theosophical Society. «It gives me great joy to be here for the first time in this new- Christmas Conference ‹Transformation Im- pulses through Rudolf Steiner and Christian ly founded group bearing the great name Rosenkreutz›, 26th to 31st December 2011, of ‹Christian Rosenkreutz›, which gives me Goetheanum. the opportunity for the first time of speak- Info: www.goetheanum.org/4564.html 2 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 12/11 ó Editorial ó Goetheanum Natural Science Section: Integration of the School of Nature Dear Readers Brotherhood in Different Approaches nthroposophy Worldwide› can ap- Since November 1st, 2011 the initiative The School of Nature works as part of the A pear only thanks to the contributions Natural Science Section at the Goetheanum. Hans-Christian Zehnter will take on of our reporters and translators. Douglas co-ordination of the self-financed initiat ive with the support of the Section's Miller and Peggy Elliott have been sharing infrastructure located in the Glashouse. the burden of translating ‹Anthroposophy Worldwide› since 2008. Their work is of- ten unnoticed and sometimes criticized. It earning to appreciate nature in its in- sensible and supersensible as well as to is not easy, for instance, to bridge the dif- L trinsic beingness is a central task set by create an international exchange forum ference between British and U.S. language the initiative The School of Nature. The within which «different approaches can norms. This issue of ‹Anthroposophy fact that nature is not just a given but be accompanied in brotherhood», as Worldwide› is the last to fall under the re- something that changes and develops Hans-Christian Zehnter explains. In addi- sponsibility of Peggy Elliott. She deserves through nurture lies at the core of the ini- tion publications such as magazine arti- our warm thanks for her uncomplicated tiative's intentions. Thus it fits implicitly cles and books are planned. and quiet work. | Sebastian Jüngel into what is one of the Natural Science Section's central concerns. Hans-Christian Methodology of Spiritual Experience Zehnter summed it up with the term The projects announced by Hans- «Christian Nature Observation». Christian Zehnter are diverse. They reach from cognitive methodical questions to Qualification Courses precise int entions. Thus he will work with The idea of a School of Nature originat- Wolter Bos (NL) on a bird book in which ed in Norway. In 2002 Hannes Weigert different bird species will be discussed presented the initiative to the Council of similar to child observation in Waldorf the Anthroposophical Society in Norway pedagogy. It is based on may years of Corrigendum which took it to the meeting of the Gener- teamwork with a broad circle of ornitho- Correct E-Mail-Address al Sec retaries' of the General Anthropo- logical interested people. sophical Society. The School of Nature Together with the physicist Dietrich In <Anthroposophy Worldwide> No. started its activity with working weeks in Rapp, Zehnter will continue to work on the 11/2011, pages 10ff., about the Centre for Fyresdal complemented by working twelve senses and also hopes that a sum- Development of Anthroposophy in Korea. groups and courses in Canada (Philip mary of the cycle of the yea r observations Unfortunately an incorrect e-mail-Address Thatcher), South Africa (Michael Grimley) can be produced which have been record- was given. Cheong-Hie Lee can be contact- and at the Goetheanum. At the centre of ed successfully in form of photos and de- ed at: [email protected]. | Ed. its work are qualification courses set in scriptions by a working group in Dornach specific landscapes linked to the vision for over six years. that art and nature observation are mutu- ally enriching w ithin a generally human Enabled by Basic Income Anthroposophy Worldwide is published ten times a interest in knowledge. Hans-Christian Zehnter sees the year. It is distributed by the national Anthroposophical For Hans-Christian Zehnter the Whit- School of Nature in connection with other Societies – in some cases augmented by independent- sun Conference 2009 at the Goetheanum initiatives of this kind. It is important for ly edited news and articles. It also appears as a supple- with the Humanities Section him to build a good network and achieve ment to the weekly publication Das Goetheanum. • Pub- (‹Goetheanum› No. 11/2009) was a high- productive co-operation. Zehnter's work lisher: General Anthroposophical Society, represented by light because «of its manifest Whitsun and vision is worth sponsoring to the lev- Bodo von Plato • Editors: Peggy Elliott (responsible for mood». 300 participants (and up to 1000 el of a six months basic income of 2000 the English edition), Sebastian Jüngel (content and pro- duction), Wolfgang Held, Axel Mannigel, Ursula Remu- in individual lectures) came together from Francs. Zehnter hopes that further rev- nd Fink • Correspondents/ News Agency: Jürgen Vater different streams and with different ap- enue can be achieved through courses, (Sweden), News Network Anthroposophy (NNA). We ex- proaches. The response led to a cycle of third party funding for research projects pressly wish for active support and collaboration. To re- seminaries with ni ne courses. In 2011/2012 and donations. | Sebastian Jüngel ceive Anthroposophy Worldwide, please apply to the An- a further ‹cycle of nine› is taking place. throposophical Society in your country. Alternatively, indi- In November 2011 The School of Nature vidual subscriptions are available for CHF 30.– (EUR/US$ moved ‹home› once more. It will now be 20.–) per year from the address below. An e-mail version co-ordinated by Hans-Christian Zehnter is available to members of the Anthroposophical Society within the framework of the Natural Sci- only at: www.goetheanum.org/630.html?L=1. Please ence Section because his colleagues have send address changes to the address on the envelope! Use Events: www.schoolofnature.org, Option: left for various reasons. The aims are to this address to contact the editors: Wochenschrift Das ‹neue Veranstaltungen›. Contact: Hans- Goetheanum, Postfach, CH–4143 Dornach 1,Switzerland; continue the offer of qualification courses [email protected] fax +41 61 706 44 65; [email protected] in line with attentiveness schooling of the Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 12/11 | 3 ó Anthroposophical Society General Anthroposophical Society and come predominantly from anthropo- sophical charities, institutions and Sec- Christmas Appeal tion co-workers from all over the world. This budget has been met. Undesignated Donations for our Central Tasks We hope to reach 2 million Francs of undesignated donations. The Christmas Appeal particularly addresses this.