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Executive Council at the Goetheanum Study conference on the sumers’ Association, a food- House are painted blue, the Gospel of Luke, 9 to 11 No- sharing initiative (Lebens- ones close to the West win- Clarification vember 2018, Goetheanum: mittelretten) and Urban dow are red. The benches This study conference orga- Agriculture Basel. are also an expression of Because of contributions and readers’ nized by the Humanities Jasmin Peschke, a nutri- the search for new forms letters in anthroposophical journals and Section will present Luke’s tionist and head of nutri- derived from Goetheanum many individual conversations since the Gospel as a gospel of hu- tion within the Section for motifs. 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Earth».| sj seating in the grounds for We would like to point out that the Council Two human beings were visitors to withdraw to and of the Anthroposophical Society in Switzer- required so that the Logos, enjoy the views,» says Jörg land, whilst feeling that it was necessary to the universal Christ spirit, Mensens of the Goethea- share their own views before the agm, did could incarnate as a human num Garden Department. not campaign in any way or mobilize people being: the spiritual Jesus of He and Paul Saur were in in order to influence the ballot. The Swiss the Gospel of Matthew and charge of the project. | sj Council has since then explained its actions the profoundly human Jesus and motifs extensively in the Swiss news- of the Gospel of Luke. | ch Extra edition on conspiracy letter (Anthroposophie 5/2018) and a month theories. The extra edition later in Anthroposophy Worldwide (6/2018, World Food Day events 16 of Anthroposophy World- p. 8f.). We agree with their statements. 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Sharing urgent questions: dialogue sessions on the Goetheanum Terrace

alive? Where do new impulses come from? And new, inspiring people? Where can the people be found who will renew such en- terprises and are able to lead them into the future? And those who have what it takes to found new enterprises? And where do Goetheanum / Section for Social Sciences: young people who really want to make a World Goetheanum Association / Forum difference in the world find the opportuni- ties, allies and offers thy need? Cooperation and responsibility The World Goetheanum Forum was founded for these kinds of questions. As The first World Goetheanum Forum, which took place at the Goetheanum from 28 to 30 Sep- an offspring of the World Goetheanum tember and was organized by the World Goetheanum Association, attracted 180 people from Association and in cooperation with the a variety of professional backgrounds who occupy positions of responsibility. This new form Section for Social Sciences at the Goethea- of sharing and cooperating on urgent tasks of our time is meant to become a yearly event. num, it constitutes a platform for sharing Hardly ever before has humanity faced chal- posophical institutions. Wherever people ideas on how to best work (together) on the lenges as manifold and pressing as today. manage to penetrate and grasp the reality questions and tasks of our time, in contem- And never before was so much at stake. in a way that is appropriate to the times and porary, sustainable and innovative ways, Climate change is no longer a dark progno- to the zeitgeist, a vibrant and individual- as initiatives, institutions and enterprises. sis.The recent months have illustrated the ized anthroposophy is becoming fertile. At havoc it can wreak. And yet we continue the serious crossroads that humanity has Changing ourselves and the world to heat up, exploit and poison the earth. arrived at we need an active anthroposo- The Forum will come together every year Religious, political and social tensions are phy. An anthroposophy that is not seen around Michaelmas. The lectures and work- on the rise. Democracy, civil rights and liber- as an end in itself, that does not stop at shops, conversations and artistic activities ties are under threat, with journalists being contemplating and observing the world but we offer will only form a framework into locked up and autocratic, aggressive and tries, on the basis of individualized spiritual which those who attend can bring their nationalist streams gaining currency every- experience, to make concrete, practical and own concerns and initiatives. where in the world; tremendous poverty realistic contributions to a more humane Apart from the contributions – which, and incredible wealth, debt and financial world. This kind of anthroposophy is as- this year, came from Katrin Käufer (Commu- bubbles form an ever more hazardous and tonishingly widespread and can be found nity Innovators Lab at the mit, usa), Fabio shocking contrast. The future of the earth around the world, for instance – a cautious Brescasin (EcoNaturaSi, it), Peter Blom (Trio- and of humanity is at risk. Fear is spread- estimate – in around 40,000 companies, dos Bank, nl), Thomas Jorberg (gls Bank, ing – and fear is always a poor guide. institutions and enterprises which were de), or from Ha Vinh Tho of the Eurasia founded or co-shaped by anthroposophists, Foundation, who spoke about a fascinat- Pioneers of a future civilization starting from the multitude of biodynamic ing project in Vietnam (ch/vn) or Helmy What we need is courage. Michaelic cour- farms, wine-growers and market gardens Abouleish from Sekem (eg) – it will be the age. Courage for a new way of thinking, to manufacturing and trading compa- impulses and concerns of the participants for turning around, for becoming active in nies, businesses and banks to physicians, that will shape the Forum in the future. this world that is so widely dominated by hospitals, therapy centres, kindergartens, This is where young people with new materialism. Michael has cast the spirits schools and training centres, in eurythmy, ideas meet older, more experienced found- of darkness onto the earth. But he is not the arts, creative speech, curative educa- ers; where leaders of enterprises and insti- leaving us to fight them on our own. On tion, social therapy, in business consultan- tutions can, across sectors and countries, the contrary: he helps wherever people are cies, biographic counselling, all of whom share their burning questions on manage- taking action and are doing good. And that are trying, in their own field of work, to ment, recruiting, takeover, the overcoming is increasingly the case, everywhere on the contribute to the spiritualization of the of hierarchies and new forms of social life: planet. Because here is another noticeable cultural, economic, political and social life. a platform for inspiration and encounter, fact: more and more individuals, enterpris- where cooperation can begin, will-forces be es and institutions are working as pioneers A source of fruitful impulses ignited and new initiatives emerge – united for a future civilization, and many of them These institutions have grown from a liv- by the common goal of changing ourselves, have been inspired by anthroposophy. ing idea but are in danger of increasingly our environment, our organization and the Yes: anthroposophy is arriving in the falling victim to the gravity of conventional world. | Gerald Häfner, Goetheanum world, and increasingly so. It lives in peo- commercial influences, ways of thinking ple’s actions. That is the other side of the and bureaucratic tendencies. How can relative weakness of traditional anthro- the original impulse be fostered and kept www.worldgoetheanum.org 4 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 11/18

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Joy, enthusiams and imagination. The leadership team: Bart Vanmechelen, Sonja Zausch und Jan Göschel

Inclusive education Jüngel What else is keeping the delegates of Curative Education and Social Therapy movement busy across the world? Göschel | Vanmechelen | Zausch Education is an issue that continues to be topical. By education we do not only mean the voca- tional or academic training or the ongoing professional development of staff mem- bers, but any form of inclusive education, be it in schools, workshops or day centres. Our entire work ultimately depends on people who have the personal, professional and social competences that are neces- sary in order to do this work and to keep developing and shaping it. This is as true for the established and relatively prosperous institutions and organizations in Central and Northern Europe as for pioneering movements in Southeast Asia or Africa. While the starting situations differ, and Anthroposophic Council for Inclusive sometimes also the specific knowledge and Social Development: International Conference skills needed in order to work effectively in these diverse contexts, there is a common All about being human core that has to do with the ability to form The international conference for curative education and social therapy, which took relationships consciously and judiciously. It place at the Goetheanum from 8 to 12 October, was entitled «SocialPlaySpace. Room is therefore true to say that even people for fulfilling biographies». The title referred both to conditions that are given on the who may be ‹naturally gifted› sooner or outside and to those that need to be acquired inwardly for a fulfilling personal devel- later have to undergo an intentional train- opment within a given context. ing process that has to go on as long as they have responsibility in this field of work. Sebastian Jüngel The international Curative political situation in many of the countries Creating the forms and finding and dis- Education and Social Therapy conference that we are supporting, as a way of gain- tributing the resources needed for this is always reflects the situation of this profes- ing appreciation of special needs work in among the central tasks of the interna- sional field. What did you experience? these countries. On the other hand, we see tional network that is united under the Jan Göschel | Bart Vanmechelen | Sonja Za- strong tendencies in the social systems of umbrella of the Anthroposophic Council usch We have encountered immense joy, en- many countries towards an economization for Inclusive Social Development (formerly thusiasm and imagination at this year’s con- that is based on a transactional relation- called the Curative Education and Social ference. We realize that our «play spaces» ship between clients and service provid- Therapy Council). are becoming more and more participatory ers. Here, the forming of relationships is and the needs of people with disabilities in conflict with the paradigm of services Accessible language and literature are moving centre stage. We notice gener- as a commodity. Jüngel How is it with anthroposophy in ally that the horizontal level keeps growing These changes often come with a rhetoric these institutions today? stronger. By this we mean that the ‹for› as that refers to the un Convention on the Göschel | Vanmechelen | Zausch It seems a supportive attitude or gesture is mak- Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and that the institutions are often caught ing way for the ‹with›, which is becoming yet they are also often driven by consid- in a balancing act. While there are col- more important. erations such as cost-saving. How to keep leagues – maybe this is something spe- human and social «play spaces» open, or cific to curative education – who willingly Relationship versus service how to newly shape them, even in these seek to connect with the esoteric side of We often speak of resonance spaces today, complex social and political processes, anthroposophy, there are many younger of heart forces, sustainability … and to a cer- where progress and restriction often go people, particularly if you go further away tain extent this is assuming political dimen- hand in hand, was also a theme addressed from Central Europe, who feel attracted to sions. We see this as necessary given the at this conference. our centres at an emotional level but need Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 11/18 | 5

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to develop the courage to open up to their have artistic processes got to do with the underlying foundations. On the other hand work in your institutions? there are pioneering individuals in cultur- Göschel | Vanmechelen | Zausch There are ally very different contexts who are deeply many answers to this question. The short- connected with anthroposophy (often com- est is «Everything!» We can also say: «Art bined with other spiritual traditions that makes us approachable – and that is what they newly grasp through anthroposophy), we need and wish for!» Or we could – as while institutions in some long-established Jan Göschel did in his lecture – speak of contexts are struggling to find anthropo- Friedrich Schiller’s Letters on the Aesthet- sophically oriented people who are quali- ic Education of Humanity and of what it fied to take on leading positions. means that, in 1861, Heinrich Marianus This is also a question of education, or Deinhardt – in parallel to his fundamental can at least be seen as such, and in this work in which he coined the term Heilpäda- respect – as anywhere else – we need to gogik (curative education) – worked on an The collection has arrived: head librarian Maxime Le Roux and Jan Göschel find an accessible language and literature appraisal of Schiller’s letters that was later in many languages. As the leadership team highly praised by Rudolf Steiner. In other we see this as one of our tasks, which we words: the concept of curative education Special Needs Education Library are taking very seriously and which will be evolved before Rudolf Steiner, in direct as- reflected on our new multilingual website sociation with the question as to how Schil- Easier to access (currently available in German and English). ler’s ideas on the role of art in education and In October the 7000 or so volumes of In addition we are making every effort to society could be put into practice. There is the Anthroposophic Council for Inclusive strengthen the work on inner questions material for some PhD dissertations here! Social Development’s specialist library within the School of Spiritual Science for our became part of the Goetheanum Library. sphere of work and to create new access to Education – wellbeing – community the School by offering open Class meetings. Jüngel What is special about your topics? The collection on special needs education Jüngel What are the impulses and motiva- Göschel | Vanmechelen | Zausch The ques- and social therapy includes almost all an- tions that live in the institutions at present? tions of people with special needs are al- throposophical books available on the topic Göschel | Vanmechelen | Zausch In addition ways questions that concern everyone in the German language, plus journals, grey to the above, we need to become more and that should not only be discussed by literature and publications in other lan- conscious of and really foster the qualities experts in the field. We are lucky in that guages. Integrating the collection into the that are unique to us. This is an impulse we our work is all about being human and that Goetheanum Library means that it will not picked up from the many young people at we are always involved in the interplay be- only be available for research projects and the conference! Daniel McKanan described tween self-development and socio-political individual studies but also publically acces- this well in his lecture: we can share beauty; developments. That is something we can sible via the Swiss Basel-Bern electronic we can bring together topics that people be grateful for. library catalogue. shy away from, such as disability and farm- Jüngel Why did the Curative Education and ing, and show their future potential. This Social Therapy Council become the «An- Expanding the diversity makes it possible for us to work against throposophic Council for Inclusive Social Jan Göschel, a member of the leadership the tendency to treat aspects such as the Development»? team of the Anthroposophic Council for earth, labour or human relationships as Göschel | Vanmechelen | Zausch The in- Inclusive Social Development, says, «I am so commodities. These things can by nature ternationalization of our field was one pleased that this collection, which was put never become commodities without harm- important aspect. But apart from the lan- together by Rüdiger Grimm with the help of ing the social organism. guage, it was also an attempt to do justice Gabriele Scholtes, will now be profession- Our colleagues with special needs are in- to the global diversity of professions and ally maintained and developed thanks to dispensable co-workers and co-creators of job descriptions in our interdisciplinary the cooperation between the Goetheanum prototypes of a humane society. If we take field of work. Library and the Council, a step that will up this mission, we will be able, as a move- «Inclusive Social Development» sums up our support research and interesting projects». ment, to inspire people and to develop new main shared intention. But we find the other Integrating the specialist library is one visions together. three concepts in our new logo also particu- of several steps that aim at promoting and larly relevant: Education, Wellbeing, Com- presenting the international and interdisci- Art makes us approachable munity. They make clear what we are about! plinary diversity of anthroposophical cura- Jüngel You thought that art was important tive education and social therapy as a pro- for your first conference as a leadership The three leaders of the Anthroposophic fessional field. Other steps are the renam- team, and you included the artists Johanna Council for Inclusive Social Development ing of the Curative Education and Social Lamprecht, Riho Peter-Iwamatsu, Jakob have answered the questions together, in Therapy Council as Anthroposophic Council accordance with their team approach. Bergsma, Jens Bodo Meier and a vocal en- for Inclusive Social Development and a semble into the conference structure. 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Natural Science Section: Evolving Science Evolving Science The conference Evolving Science, held from 3 to 7 October at the Goetheanum, dealt with the relationship between the sensory world and the spirit in the idea, through symbolizing and on the way to the threshold (Anthroposophy Worldwide 10/2018). The conference content was enhanced by using World Café sessions as a social technique.

Compared to medicine and education, into mathematics and nature. The question Water research group: streaming patterns natural science is further removed from was: What does an idea feel like? generated by a drop falling into water the experience of spirit. It is no wonder that natural science was the initiator of materi- Are concepts preliminary alism. On the other hand, natural science is stages of perception? best suited to the direct experience of spirit, On the day devoted to symbolizing we got Free from personal interferences because every sense experience relies on stuck in the preliminary stage: is the non- On the third day we focused on the person intuition – it allows each of us to train our conceptual absorbing of a perception – de- gaining knowledge and his or her path to sense of truth (evidence). In The Boundaries manded by Rudolf Steiner as a prerequisite the sensory boundaries (threshold of the of Natural Science (ga 322) Rudolf Steiner to symbolizing – at all possible? Ordinary spiritual world). Since, in suprasensible ex- recommended that we should «absorb» consciousness only really knows two states: perience, the seekers of knowledge become perceptions in a non-conceptual way in either it grasps the world with the concepts (co-)creators of their experience, intimate order to transform them into symbols. This it has available or it asks questions. We self-knowledge is needed to free the inner would allow natural scientists, too, to attain cannot perceive something for which we gaze from any of the personal interferences spirit-experience. The gathering, to which have no concepts. that the untrained every-day person in us around 60 people came, referred to this rec- Torsten Arncken (ch) brought along two carries around and tends to project onto ommendation in three steps: pathways to kinds of lemon balm leaves, asking us to our inner experiences. Johannes Kühl (ch) the spirit in nature in the idea, through sym- take in their fragrance and paint a picture sensitively described this path with all its bolizing and on the way to the threshold. out of the mood arising from each. Since obstacles. One felt one was attending a none of us had specific olfactory knowledge, Class lesson, although he used words from Modified archetype this experience came close to perceiving the Foundation Stone Meditation. Kees For the first step Matthias Rang ch( ) de- something for which we had no adequate Veenman (nl) crossed this threshold in his scribed the colour circle from three differ- concepts. And yet by transferring our per- contribution, speaking of the moral expe- ent perspectives: the colour circle can arise ception into a colour mood, images emerged riences which arise when we fully devote from the colours of after-images in the eye, that could serve as a basis for discussion. I ourselves to individual colours. from the rainbow colours (refraction) and cannot say whether these images were The World Café was one of the highlights. from the colours that emerge through suitable, reliable symbols, because Rudolf After a recall of the previous day, groups of deflection. The colour circles that appear Steiner said such symbols needed to be fully four conference members met to discuss in each case are similar but not identical, transparent. (Discussion would be needed a particular question, such as Why do you because the individual colours are slightly here as to whether such symbols are tools of meditate? or Why don’t you meditate?, different each time. knowledge that lead to insights or whether as the case may be. Each group member Is the colour circle as an archetype behind they are a kind of «gym equipment» for had four minutes. It was surprising that, these different phenomena only a common training the soul to become more sensi- although some felt that the question was archetype because that is how we want tive and conscious of moods inspired in it.) asked in the wrong way, a spontaneous, to see it? Matthias Rang does not think so. One way of preparing for this kind of intensive and intimate conversation was The archetype, he says, is modified in the training is to dwell on the boundaries of possible. Since the groups changed after various phenomena. That is not unusual knowledge. This enduring and observing twenty minutes – each of us was able to but actually confirms the archetype, which of one’s own incapacity strengthens the look for a different table with new part- must not be seen as static. soul and sensitizes it for spirit presence. ners three times on each of the days – one Rang concluded with an interesting Martin Basfeld (de) illustrated this using got to know half of the participants more thought: because mathematics had proven the example of Franz Bretano, who was closely which meant that the work grew so useful for natural science, we need to unable to cross this boundary during his more intense as the conference went on. ask whether we find mathematics in nature lifetime and remained therefore unable I would like to end with a bon mot Mi- because this helps us, in other words, do to find a bridge between empiricism and chael Jakobi (de) came up with in one of we read it into nature and therefore find deep religious feeling. According to Rudolf the discussions: there is positive as well as a mathematical order in nature, as many Steiner, Brentano’s inner destiny therefore negative superstition: while positive super- seem to think, or is it as Rudolf Steiner sug- became an image of the outer destiny of stition perceives spirits that aren’t there, gested, that our consciousness works in the Anthroposophical Society after World negative superstition denies the spirits such a way that the unity of the world splits War I (and possibly still today). that are. | Andreas Heertsch, Arlesheim (de) Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 11/18 | 7

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Visual Art Section General Anthroposophical Section Exhibition Hovering Grail and auction From 17 to 19 August the School of Spiritual Science Group in Celle (de) studie esoteric as- In an exhibition and art auction, the pects of the Grail on the basis of the mantras Visual Art Section at the Goethea- of the eleventh and seventeenth Class Lessons. num will present works by anthropo- sophically inspired artists. Viewers The Celle study group invited Klaus J. Bracker to will have the chance to buy original work with them on the topic of «Sun and Moon: pieces, with part of the proceeds be- the Hovering of the Grail». Bracker spoke of this ing used to support the Section. Class work with Jörgen Smit in the Youth Section Art for art: curator Marianne Schubert and from 1986 to 1989 and pointed out that Jörgen The works of anthroposophically inspired auctioneer Andrej Schindler Smit had readily answered his question regarding artists are very diverse when it comes the Second and Third Class and what they could to imagery and expression. Marianne look like. He said he had studied the question Schubert, head of the Visual Art Section intensively, in particular the stages of the ‹old in Dornach, would like to cast a light on esotericism› (up until 1914), above all the Anthro- this diversity. «The pictures, sculptures posophical Leading Thoughts and the Michael and small selection of jewellery don’t Letters (ga 26). have a uniform style. We see very indi- This provided the foundation for introducing vidual ways of expression, but they all the seminar theme with the help of the exercise have one thing in common: they try to «Light streams upwards – weight bears down- express spiritual aspects with artistic wards». The group approached this exercise means.» The exhibition will include 250 through eurythmy. With regard to the exercise works, none of them more than three itself Klaus J. Bracker pointed out that it was years old and produced by 120 contem- not originally a eurythmy exercise but that it porary artists from sixteen countries. traced back to an early nineteenth century occult context (cf. Rudolf Steiner’s lecture of 12 January Sale and auction 1924, ga 233a). The exercise, which was carried out Those who don’t only want to look at repeatedly, provided the structure to which the art but would like to see it in their home participants could relate the manifold aspects will have the opportunity to buy the connected with the «hovering Grail». They were pieces in the exhibition. In addition, able to experience gradual stages of carrying there will be an auctioning of works themselves within themselves, which are also by renowned artists such as Günter important with regard to the «nothingness», Meier, Roberto Hoffmann, David Nash, the abyss or the threshold to the spiritual world. Hans Jenny, Elisabeth Oling-Jellinek, Jo- hannes Jäckli, Emil Schweigler, Gerhard Heart, light and weight Wendland, Alo Altripp, Hans Hermann, The participants noticed Klaus J. Bracker’s rather Gerald Wagner and others. microcosmic approach. As a eurythmist and eu- rythmy therapist he established relationships to Proceeds to support the Mysteries of the Blood, the mysteries of the the Visual Art Section human heart – a domain that could be individu- Proceeds from the sale and the auction ally explored, particularly on the basis of the Light will partly go to the artists or owners, and Weight exercise mentioned earlier. In order but the Visual Art Section also hopes Two works of art to be auctioned: Emil Sch- to complement the eleventh and seventeenth to be able to use part of the income to weigler (detail) and David Nash (detail) Class Lessons, Klaus J. Bracker introduced mo- fund some of its research. tifs of the fifth Class Lesson to the conversation. The exhibition and art auction will More information on the topic can be found in provide an overview of the anthropo- his book on Grail initiation, anthroposophical sophically inspired artistic work. The Exhibition with the possibility to buy works esotericism and the future revelation of Jesus exhibition will be embedded in a pro- of art: 7 – 9 December, Goetheanum, Sch- (Grals-Initiation. Anthroposophische Esoterik und gramme of activities, such as guided reinerei, www.goetheanum.org/veranstal- die künftige Jesus Offenbarung). Looking back tungen/ausstellungen tours, a lecture, an art auction and a on the meeting some people expressed the panel discussion on the question «Is wish to study the significance of the Grail for there such a thing as anthroposophical Catalogue (from 15 November): www.sbk. the School of Spiritual Science’s path of knowl- art?» | Sebastian Jüngel goetheanum.org edge in more detail. | Klaus J. Bracker, Tostedt (de) 8 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 11/18

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Conference on The Foundation Stone Meditation The Essence of Being Human

1–2 December 2018 at Rudolf Steiner House, London

with Auke van der Meij Shaina Stoehr (eurythmy) Sibylle Eichstaedt (speech/recitation) Marjatta van Boeschoten Conference Fee: £ 35/20

Three ways to connect with one’s higher self • Exploring the threefold- ness of being • The three thresholds within the meditation • Meditative exploration of the human being within the macrocosm • Phenomeno- logical study of the Representative of Section for the Performing Arts: spielraum opening with music and eurythmy Humanity • Eurythmy and speech spielraum – an open space initiative and the spielraum initiators after the opening Hosted by the General Section of the Anthroposophical Society Devoted to in Great Britain the drama impulse Unconditional cultural income For further details, an accommoda- The Goetheanum has a new drama ini- For the initiators of spielraum, art plays tion list and to register please the most important role in the struggle contact Ilona Pimbert tiative called spielraum (open space). E: [email protected] The independent ensemble made its first about what it means to be human – about appearance on 21 October in the Goethe- maintaining and unfolding one’s human- anum’s Holzhaus. The nine actors and ity. spielraum is an experiment. «That the arts as an economic form have to support three eurythmists presented extracts of SAVE THE DATE a possible future programme. What is themselves is erroneous thinking,» says special about their approach is that they Isabelle Fortagne. «We need to create a The Nineteen include the audience. form for an unconditional cultural income». Class Lessons What she means is that everyone should New Perspectives on Destiny The twelve performers are committed to the be able to participate in cultural life and speech and drama impulse at the Goethea- that one should be able to live as an artist. 22–26 August 2019 at Rudolf Steiner House, London num and keen to bring it to life – actively So, is the audience, are the patrons of the and in close contact with the audience. This arts and foundations willing to not only Conference for Members of the approach was apparent at their first per- let spielraum know what their wishes are, School of Spiritual Science formance when audience members sat in but also to support their implementation The Conference is organised in col- two parallel rows facing each other, with an financially? laboration with the Executive Council open space in between and a stage to the The initiators asked the audience to note and the Collegium of the School of left and one to the right. The programme in- down on paper what their wishes were, Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum. cluded poetry recitations, story-telling, the both from and for the spielraum ensemble. If you might be interested to attend presentation of scenes from Aristophanes’ These notes were then pinned up for all to please register your interest by con- comedy The Frogs (also a play about direct- read. For now, and until Christmas, there tacting Ilona Pimbert ing), from Molière’s comedy The Learned will be a spielraum presentation every E: [email protected] Women and from Yasmina Reza’s play Art. Tuesday night (and on other occasions). In We will send you the brochure with Whenever the actors changed stage, the accordance with their concept, SPIELRAUM details as soon as it is published. audience members adjusted their seating are asking for donations rather than an accordingly. The programme was important admission fee. For information on any other events organised by the asingb, including beyond giving an insight into the artistic spielraum works independently and out our annual Summer Conference, or to tools of the twelve ensemble members. It of its own initiative, taking also financial sign up to our quarterly Newsletter, covered aspects that reached from the ele- responsibility, but uses the Goetheanum’s please contact Sibylle Eichstaedt mentary world to human incarnation, from infrastructure and cooperates with the Sec- E: [email protected] getting stuck in the seeming logic of causal tions and the Goetheanum Stage. | Sebas- thinking to the nature and value of art. tian Jüngel Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 11/18 | 9

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Light Divine (Rudolf Steiner: ga 260) Light Di- vine / Christ-Sun / This is heard by the spirits of the elements / in /E. W. N. S. / May human beings hear it!

that reveals itself in the soul as thoughts and can develop into free will impulses. As a third stage we find, in the second part of the third verse, a kind of echo of the first part’s inner movement. We experience, as from the other side, how the «Spirit’s world thoughts» need light, even yearn for light, in cosmic being. The fourth verse is also the fourth stage and adds an entirely different level of real- 2018–19 Annual Motif: The sixth rhythm of the Foundation Stone Meditation ity when it speaks of «the turning point of time». We enter history, where the Mystery Mirroring of macrocosm and microcosm of Golgotha occurred in Christ’s death and The sixth rhythm of the Foundation Stone Meditation combines motifs from the second resurrection. We experience in this verse di- part of the fourth verse with the conclusion of the macrocosmic passages from the first rectly, in a picture, how the spirit-light of the three verses. The inner gesture of this ‹constellation›, as it arises from the whole of the world descends onto the earth and lights up Meditation, can be experienced as a mirroring of cosmic and earthly aspects. the darkness of night. This is not an outer but an inner process, because the light is ignited As with the Sunday rhythm, the tripartite elementary spirits of the East, West, North, in human souls. The cosmic spirit light of the principle appears transformed in the sixth South can hear the radiant Sun. world has entered the human soul – with the rhythm. It constitutes the precondition for If we consider the light motif in the whole fifth stage a new day dawns as a possibility. the cross that emerges in this rhythm. The of the Foundation Stone Meditation, we no- This becomes reality as we come to the inner gesture and movement of the first tice that it appears eight times altogether. The sixth and seventh stages. They are intimately two lines have a clear vertical orientation first seven times can be experienced as stages connected and specify how the light can be (visible also in the writing on the blackboard). of a development that approaches the octave received within the human soul. Warmth as It radiates out from the top down, pouring it- in the eighth stage, in the Monday rhythm. the quality of shepherds, light as the quality self, in the following line, into the horizontal of kings. Both qualities are united in us and movement of the cosmic-earthly expanses, Stages of light becoming effective complement each other when we meet as before contracting itself again in the next This development starts in the second verse individuals, as ‹I› and You. The octave, the two lines lines. The last line («May human be- which begins with the «Christ Will encircling eighth stage, is therefore a turning point ings hear it») embraces both directions: the us». The light spirits of the second hierarchy towards the We – to us as a community. horizontal and the vertical. In this rhythm are invocated: «Spirits of Light: Let from the Here, a request is sent from the human they form the cross that is reflected in the East be enkindled, What through the West soul to the Divine Light and the Christ Sun, cardinal directions. takes form». They are also present at the to «warm our hearts» and «enlighten our beginning of human evolution on Saturn. heads» so that we can do good in the world. The cosmos inside They are the spirits of wisdom, of form and In the «Light Divine» we find a resonance of of movement. In the forces of fire and form Birth of the Sun the Father world of creation from the Foun- they are drawn towards each other from East Once we have experienced this transforma- dation Stone Meditation’s first verse. In this and West, so as to unfold their influence tive process of the light through the vari- light, which is given to us, we are held safely. in the souls of those who come together ous stages, we will understand that Rudolf The «Christ Sun» takes us from cosmic ex- through the grace-bestowing Christ will. We Steiner, with regard to the Divine Light and panses into the earthly-human realm, which detect a strong horizontal movement here. Christ Sun in the Monday rhythm, speaks of was transformed when Christ incarnated In the third verse the light approaches «radiant suns» which are heard from East, as a human being. The cosmos as Sun has us in a second stage, from the «stillness West, North, South. Light and word have entered inside. of thought». We are now within the hu- become one, or: the light becomes word and Christ’s human incarnation has opened man soul, which engenders this stillness the word can be heard. The Sun is born. We up a new foundation for our existence and, through the practice of Spirit Beholding feel that we no longer move in the familiar in turning to him, we can therefore rise to so that God’s eternal aims can light up surroundings of our perceptible world; rather our higher being. The Christ Sun needs to there. God’s eternal aims bestow on the we are called upon to rise up, to take part in be born anew in us again and again. This soul «the light of cosmic being». Again, we a cosmic-elementary event for which we take is a transformative process that has taken can sense the choric harmony of the three responsibility. | Christiane Haid, Foundation place and continues to take place, so that the qualities of wisdom, form and movement Stone Initiative Group 10 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 11/18

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Brazil and Peru: working with the 2018/2019 Annual Motif The power of the content In Anthroposophy Worldwide 3/2018, Bodo von Plato wrote on behalf of the Annual Motif Work Group in order to call on readers to report on their attempts and experi- ences in dealing with the Foundation Stone Meditation. These reports complement the series on the rhythms of the Foundation Stone Meditation presented by the Foun- dation Stone Initiative Group.

maybe «only» for the next. All these people Brazil: Conversation with members are – consciously, half-consciously or un- The will is what counts, consciously – looking for light and warmth. Light and warmth can radiate out as con- not the worldview scious love from a core group of people Monte Azul: meeting on the topic of «Steiner» who have this awareness. This love is al- In Brazil, some of us members have thought ways fed by the needs of the world. This • Showing, from one’s anthroposophical about which basic thoughts in the second means that there is a mutual learning pro- perspective, an interest in people of other verse of the Foundation Stone Meditation cess in both directions: a breathing from streams, inviting or visiting them, doing are relevant to us here and palpable for us the periphery to the centre and from the something together that allows each to as a motif. These are above all «the beat of centre to the periphery – a beat of heart learn from the other and widen his or her heart and lung», «rhythm», «encircling us», and lung. Difficult? Less difficult than you horizon. This is about connecting with the «truly feel» and «Christ». The elementary think if one recognizes the essence of this needs of our time, from which we are not beings, for instance, are not included. breathing between the periphery and the only all suffering, but which many are try- ‹I› – as something essential rather than as ing to alleviate. The will is what counts, not Building human communities one aspect among many. For each of us is the worldview! Looking at it from what we experience in involved in professional contexts, in study our life and work, this part of the Founda- groups, living communities, where people Founding movements tion Stone Meditation is mostly about the from diverse streams live, learn and work. and making a difference building of human communities leading In every school, enterprise, medical practice • Founding movements, institutions and from Spirit Recalling to Spirit Awareness to or anthroposophical movement there is the such like, which are united by a common Spirit Beholding. Based on the processing or possibility, or more than that, the urgent theme and bring different streams together getting to know of the past, we then move need, to make time, to discuss a question, (examples: the Alliance for Childhood, Eliant on to current questions. This step consists together with others, all together, rather or the integrative medical movement). in experiencing and feeling the present to- than having it presented by a speaker. • Developing creative ideas in order to un- gether, in contributing to shaping it, and con- Of course, one person can give an im- derstand what moves people below the age sequently, thanks to the anthroposophical pulse, initiate a topic that moves people of 40, so that they can feel accepted. This treasures, in being open and active for what (such as death, the media, the nature of needs us to listen, to be a big ear, to receive wants to stream into us from the future. work, looking back over the year, something others warmly, to share this question with By human communities we don’t only biographical, challenges of the twenty-first people from different contexts who think mean anthroposophists (members and century, the connection between heaven similarly, Nichiren Buddhists for instance. non-members of the anthroposophical and earth, Whitsun, the mission of my coun- • Non-violent communication is one ex- movement) but in particular people from try and much more) and combine it with art ample of how one can learn to «truly feel», other streams: Mani, Plato, Aristotle, Bud- (a picture observation, a tale, a poem, ex- for instance with people who promote a dhists, Theosophists, Catholics, so-called pressing a thought with different materials), culture of peace. atheists, scientists, «proletarians», and all in a regular rhythm: depending on a group’s • We can explore the Christ impulse in oth- those who might represent a one-sided circumstances once a month, twice yearly, er ethnic cultures, for instance by organiz- Christianity – in other words all those who once a week – but always rhythmically. ing a symposium on the question «Where are united in one worry or concern: the con- do we find seeds of the Christ impulse in cern about the earth and humanity, about Connecting with the needs of the time Islam, Buddhism and indigenous cultures?» childhood; those who are inwardly moved Within the context of a school, a social in- • We can work on the social threefolding to do good. Also those who lose themselves stitution, the Anthroposophical Society, a idea in a way that allows us to discover in in the media, consumerism, drugs and so branch, hospital or farm it could look like this: different scientific or other contexts how on. A Mahayana ship we could say! • Organizing an integrative day with all fraternity becomes a reality in the econom- We would like to understand and feel staff members, from the cleaners to the ic life: by working together! We need to people’s needs, sometimes even suffer academics, based on a particular theme take on the needs in the world, create finan- with them. We would like to contribute that everyone has experience with and cial possibilities and «humanize» the mon- to «saving» the human soul – for this life or makes an active contribution to. etary system. | Ute Craemer, São Paulo (br) Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 11/18 | 11

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Peru: Lima branch Based on these experiences I would like Experiencing the Foun- to invite everyone to work on the Founda- tion Stone Meditation by first getting to dation Stone Medita- know the sound, the rhythm and – why tion as a being not – the linguistic qualities of this «verse of all verses». When I hear something and In our branch the content of the Founda- continue to repeat it, I arrive at the picture tion Stone Meditation is building bridges just described. in a way that a translation cannot. The In a second step we can, for instance, Spanish language is replete with sentient move on to Rudolf Steiner’s «foundation soul – and the Spanish spoken in Peru stone laying» and experience the Medita- (Castellano, a sophisticated, old form of tion’s spiritual rhythm. We can then even Spanish) is very resonant. But translating experience how missing words express anthroposophy with its many new word themselves. That is so amazing about this creations can be a challenge: a few words work: that one can really experience the in Spanish have to render what is expressed verse as a being. in many words in German and give back to Give questions time to ripen the anthroposophical terminology what is ‹Listening to our Time, lost in translation. For instance: «Practise In a third step – and only then – we can Speaking to the Stars› Spirit Awareness». ‹Practise’ and ‹spirit› are deepen the contents and ask questions. EMERSON COLLEGE no problem, but ‹awareness› is [Besinnen If we started with this step, the intellect ALUMNI GATHERING 2019 in the original German]. There are words would probably interfere to such an ex- 7 to 11 August 2019 that express something similar, but none tent that the essence would be lost. This is of them would translate back into German certainly a great danger in our rushed and If you have ever studied or worked at as Besinnen. solution-oriented time, where we tend to Emerson College, you are warmly in- In our work in Lima we have made an consult the internet rather than ponder on vited to four days of sharing, celebra- tion, artistic work and collaborative extraordinary discovery: as long as the possible solutions. We have lost the ability enquiry into the questions: words are not entirely wrong – which to give questions the time to ripen. These present times challenge our can happen of course – and the translator The Foundation Stone Meditation pro- image of what it means to be hu- comes as close as possible to the actual vides a content and places a real being man. What are they asking of us and of the worldwide community meaning of a word, the translation be- before us, but it also teaches us to regain connected with Emerson College? comes suddenly less central. The content the spiritual breathing we have lost. Para- How can we deepen our insights in- unfolds its power, it begins to carry, and we doxically, we need precisely this spiritual to the forces of destiny that brought experience how the spirit finds its way and breathing in order to find access to the us to Emerson, which have led and will lead us forward? begins to emerge. In our branch we experi- Foundation Stone Meditation. If we pro- How can we develop ways of living, ence this in particular with the Foundation ceed cautiously we can acquire this breath- learning and working together that Stone Meditation and the Anthroposophi- ing and at the same time deepen our work enable us to meet the future with cal Soul Calendar. step by step. hope and trust? There will be an inspiring pro- It is also interesting for anyone, by the way, gramme developed collaboratively Sound, rhythm, quality to listen to the Foundation Stone Medita- with a wide range of contributions I think there are three steps that we should tion in the original German. Something of by alumni including artistic sessions and presentations on the theme, consider when we work with a translation: the being of this Meditation will take hold performances of many kinds and At first it is not the translation that chal- of the listeners – if they have gained some the sharing of Emerson-inspired ini- lenges us, but the verse itself. We must get familiarity with it in their own language. tiatives. There will be open space to know and love it like a being. Once we I doubt that we can ever even come close for social (re-) connecting, dialogue groups practicing observation and are familiar with it, we begin to deepen the to fully grasping the Foundation Stone awakening to destiny, nature walks, work that gives each of us the possibility to Meditation in our branches. This is a life- practical work and the opportunity move individually from contemplation to long task, a karmic task, which may well to hear about and contribute to the meditation. At this point – if the translator require several incarnations. But if we can future picture of the College. has come as close as possible to the basic transform the Foundation Stone Mediation For more information please visit meaning of a word – subtleties and «bet- from a «verse» into a motif of our life’s www.emerson.org.uk/events or ter» translations are no longer relevant. The work, and if the branch members meditate email our Event Coordinator Linda content has assumed spiritual form and it out of their own free will, then we will Churnside: linda.churnside@em- erson.org.uk shines out through itself. And if one has have found a way that brings us closer to some knowledge of the other language, the being of Anthroposophia and to know- Image ‹Looking Back & Forward› carved glass triptych by one even notices that that language, too, ing our own ‹I› and therefore ourselves. Jonathan Soper can become secondary. | Thomas Spittler, Lima (pe) 12 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 11/18

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usa: Storms of Silence project Cancelled for now The Storms of Silence eurythmy tour has been cancelled for the time being. The producers, Lemniscate Arts, are waiting for funding and looking for new artistic directors. In Anthroposophy Worldwide 4/2018 Eleni Prelorentzos and Marke Levene wrote about a eurythmy programme, Storms of Silence, which was going to go on tour from Novem- ber. On 29 July, the artistic directors – Ca- rina Schmid, Benedikt Zweifel, Barbara Mraz and Mikko Jairi – withdrew from the project, because, as they declared on 6 August, of «the disastrous financial situation three weeks before rehearsals were due to begin». The three-week rehearsal period pre- booked in Järna (se) for 13 August to 1 Sep- tember was used instead by Carina Schmid, Germany: Performance of Dame Care and the aged Faust: Benedikt Zweifel, Barbara Mraz and Mikko scenes from Faust parts 1 and 2 rehearsal in Badenweiler Jairi for joint eurythmy work. Financially this was made possible by Anders Kum- Faust evening A summary then follows of Gretchen’s lander and the Vidar Foundation. In ad- On 5 October the LiteraTheater Baden- tragic destiny before the audience is re- dition, the former artistic directors made weiler (de) and the Arlesheim Light leased into the interval with the question sure that each ensemble member received Eurythmy Ensemble (ch) presented the «How will the tragedy continue after these support to tide them over. premiere of their programme «You draw shocking events?» The second part is also narrated. In the Securing funding first near again, wavering forms», in which Goethe himself introduces, and acts in, first scene, Goethe is inspired by impres- Marke Levene, the project’s initiator and a selection of scenes from Faust 1 and 2. sions of nature he absorbed on his second producer, informed the artistic directors Swiss journey in 1797. The eurythmy culmi- at the end of July that the project was not Faust was the work that occupied Goethe nates in the Ariel scene, in which the heal- yet fully financed. He offered to find new throughout his entire life. He himself said ing aspect is emphasized by the piano music sources of funding and reported that part that Faust could only be understood in two composed by Jan Stuten. The inner dialogue of the funding required had been promised. hundred years’ time and before his death in the scene with Dame Care in Act 5 is The team of artistic directors felt that it was he sealed the second part of the tragedy presented by eurythmists wearing masks. too late for this seeing that rehearsals were as his legacy. due to start two and a half weeks later. The two hundred years are drawing to a Varying states of consciousness Lemniscate Arts wrote to the ensemble close and so Goethe has decided to contrib- Extracts from the Ascension to Heaven members on 31 July expressing their regret ute to a better understanding of this work. scene are introduced as describing vary- about the difficulties this had caused for Martin Lunz as Goethe presents, explains ing states of consciousness in diverse per- each of them. The tour would be resched- and recites from Faust parts 1 and 2. sons and regions as well as mobile states uled but not until full funding was secured. of nature. The words spoken by the Chorus The producers also explained that they had Goethe explains his Faust Mysticus – «The eternal feminine draws us been promised «enough resources» but Goethe is pacing the room, explaining the onward» – refer to the higher conscious- that the money was not available to them origin of his Faust tragedy. As he begins to ness presented in mystic tradition as the yet. «Based on information received from recite the dedication, the curtain opens and feminine principle that draws the soul to the sponsors we expect the original fund- the «wavering forms», presented by mem- higher spheres. ing to be available soon». Lemniscate Arts bers of the eurythmy ensemble, appear The Faust project as it is now is a begin- is therefore basically prepared to go ahead in mist and fog, soon to be transformed ning, with further scenes being planned for with the project, although it is not yet clear into the «heavenly hosts» of the Prologue the future. In its present form the project who the new artistic directors will be. in Heaven. Goethe alternately quotes Me- can accommodate and explain individual | Sebastian Jüngel phistopheles and God and presents the scenes, particularly from the second part of scholar’s tragedy by enacting Faust himself the tragedy which is difficult to understand, as well as speaking the words of the Earth and present them in schools, for instance. www.stormsofsilence.org Spirit and the angelic chorus. | Martin Lunz, Badenweiler (de) Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 11/18 | 13

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Reply to Johannes Falk on wanted to deal with the ing the cooperation further. ership) should become much the location of the Group Sculpture, Anthroposophy Sculpture as the work of the It is not immediately appar- more attractive again for Worldwide 7-8/2018 Goetheanum continued to de- ent, however, what it is about those interested in the work- velop. It depends on us today this recognition that would be ing contexts of the School of whether and how we wish to questionable. It rather sounds Spiritual Science. For existing Dear Mr Falk, in your ar- respond to this. | Armin Huse- confusing when the question local groups this could be a ticle you refer to the Easter mann, Ostfildern de( ) asked is: can or can’t an initia- strong impulse to participate Imagination of 7 October 1923 tive be acknowledged – rather in developing an appropriate, (ga 229). If one studies this than: why not? Strictly speak- welcoming culture for the lecture as carefully as you ing, the former suggests that world’s freest society! have studied Ernst Aisenpreis’ one has to examine what it handwriting, one can hardly To the «specialized work is that speaks in favour … If Self-knowledge arrive at the conclusion you groups» mentioned in this question arises at all it is and self-reflection come to at the end of your ar- Anthroposophy Worldwide because of a concrete applica- In conclusion: seasoned mem- ticle. If I understand you right- 10/2018, page 5 tion, and this, per se, meets bers might ask themselves ly you are saying that by draft- the only condition mentioned whether the insecurity felt ing a play on «Raphael and The question as to «[…] wheth- above, i.e. that the person with regard to such «special- the healing human being», to er particular working contexts in question recognizes the ized groups» could possibly be performed in front of the can be seen as specialized justification of the School of reflect an essential feature in Sculpture in a Goetheanum work groups so that they can Spiritual Science. In my view, this Society’s history, i.e. a lack building, Rudolf Steiner in- see themselves as part of the there is consequently nothing of dispassionate objectivity tended something that would Society» – as the authors of at all that would speak against with regard to the reception have been possible if the first the article in question put an initiative in relation to the of Rudolf Steiner’s spiritual building had not burned down it – is worth pursuing in more Anthroposophical Society! science in general and possibly rather than the placing of the detail, even for seemingly un- an overeager acceptance of Sculpture on the stage of a involved members. If we take The dynamic the definition of what is an- new building. In my view your Rudolf Steiner’s intentions of specialized throposophical in particular? interpretation is out of the as our starting point, anyone working groups And over and above that an question. This passage needs who «recognizes that the exis- One should not forget that almost unchallenged repre- to be understood in the con- tence of an institution such as all these considerations ap- sentation of the Society by text of the intentions Rudolf the Goetheanum in Dornach ply in principle to both forms the established and/or exclu- Steiner pursued in the autumn as a School of Spiritual Science of anthroposophical work sively traditional local groups of 1923: the preparation of the is justified» can become a groups in equal measure: to known as «branches»? Christmas Conference and the member of the Society simply the local groups (the classical One wishes the Society the new foundation of the School by applying for membership. «branches») as well as to the crucial self-knowledge and of Spiritual Science. In this theme-based groups (mod- critical self-reflection that will context, the Easter Imagina- Appropriate ern: «teams»). What would be essential for its future, in- tion with the images men- conditions be special about the latter ternally as well as with regard tioned aims at the foundation According to the statutes, kind of group, apart from the to its effect on the outside of the Medical Section. they can then «form a special- fact that that form is hardly world. | Felix Scheuerl, present- For this, Rudolf Steiner gave ized or local working group known? Maybe that they are ly a member of the local group a meditation soon after which with other members». It is less static and consequently in Hagen (de) relates precisely to the con- stated explicitly that «each appear to be «fundamental» tent of the play he drafted on work group draws up its own (in a constructive sense)? But 7 October 1923. It was meant statutes, which must not con- the dynamic of specialized, to serve a faculty of seven tradict those of the General topic-based work contexts can physicians, the Section group Anthroposophical Society». also unfold in institutions … . To Christine Engels’ which he formed with Ita These are conditions that are, Could it be that they are still contribution on rehabili- Wegman, for deepening their in my view, still appropriate «fresh» and therefore more tation in Anthroposophy work. This meditation con- now if the Society is to grow flexible? But this always de- Worldwide 7-8/2008 tinues to be practised by the in a healthy way. They consist pends above all on the initia- «Raphael Group» within the in nothing more than the tive of those involved … In its statement on the reha- Medical Section. mutual recognition of a living In brief: due to the re- bilitation initiative and the The Easter Imagination of 7 diversity. The (reciprocal) rec- discovery of the «specialized rescinding of the resolutions October 1923 therefore con- ognition by the Goetheanum work group», the possibility of 1935 during the 2018 AGM tains important, clear state- will then become apparent, in to «see oneself as part of the the Albert Steffen Foundation ments on how Rudolf Steiner making contact or in develop- Society» (Goetheanum Lead- puts forward factual and mor- 14 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 11/18

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al objections and reservations impartial will for clarification that are mostly not justified. on this issue outside their They say, for instance, that foundation and that people 12 July 1937 – in the initiative’s brochure really only wait to respond to 28 September 2018 «Albert Steffen, as the then exonerating statements with first chairman […] was the incriminating ones? Karl Kaltenbach main target of the criticism» and that it had been sug- Exploring gested that «Albert Steffen of sources Karl August Kaltenbach was and Guenther Wachsmuth The one-sidedness of the situ- born in Esslingen, Germany on acted under the influence of ation is apparent also in that 12 July 1937. He was educated at demonic counterforces». The the Steffen Foundation has the Steiner School in Basel, Swit- passages quoted from the never contributed actively to zerland, where Rudolf Grosse brochure are, however, not a reappraisal of the Society’s was his teacher. Karl was trained directly related to the exclu- history. On the one hand they early in life as a market gardener, sions of 1935. The allusion to question the objectivity of an artist, and a curative educa- the influence of the adversary documentations and publica- tor and lecturer and writer. forces refers to the entire So- tions, some of which have In 1962 he emigrated to Aus- ciety, ourselves included, and been available for decades tralia with his wife Hannelor was not at all meant as a ref- (particularly J. Emanuel Zeyl- and in 1965 they founded «War- always at the centre of his life. erence to Albert Steffen and mans van Emmichoven’s Who rah» – a network of Anthropo- Karl was a Renaissance man, Guenther Wachsmuth. was Ita Wegman? A Docu- sophical residential homes, with with many talents, and his spe- mentation, 3 volumes, Mer- workshops, a biodynamic farm cial gifts included biodynamic Clarification also cury Press 2005) while they, and a school, to cater for the farming, Curative Education and sought outside on the other hand, don’t grant special needs of people with Social Therapy, the arts, philoso- the Foundation access, or sufficient access, to intellectual disabilities. phy, and a deep personal pen- Although the author admits the material, especially the di- In 1982 Karl received the Order etration into the esoteric spiri- that one cannot really judge ary notes, held by the Steffen of Australia Medal from the Aus- tuality of the Michael School. the events that led to the Foundation, for the purpose of tralian Government for his work exclusion of Ita Wegman and research and reappraisal. for people in need of special An accomplished painter Elisabeth Vreede («our present It is also clear that, within the care. In 1993 he was conferred Karl was an accomplished incompetence», «there hasn’t current Albert Steffen biogra- an honoris causa Doctorate painter, holding exhibitions in been any one in the Founda- phy project, it will take years from the Vatican’s Collegium Switzerland and in London be- tion who is sufficiently versed before the relevant excerpts Sancti Spiritus for his many writ- fore he migrated to Australia, in the events of 1935»), she from Albert Steffen’s diaries ings on anthroposophy, Steiner and continuing to paint and ex- refers in her statement to the will be made available for the Education and philosophy. He hibit in Australia throughout his way rehabilitation is sought as processing of the Society’s also wrote about curative edu- life. He was very active in the «doubtful» and calls the «rel- history. cation, social therapy and art. promotion, within Australia, of evance of the entire process» For a detailed account of Karl eventually retired from the Section for Visual Arts at into question. the aspects discussed here Warrah in 1996, for health reasons. the School of Spiritual Science, Furthermore, she writes and other aspects of the state- always generously supporting that they did not wish to com- ment issued by the Steffen Committed to the the work of others. ment publically because they Foundation visit www.gv-2018. Society and School Karl left a wife and lifelong were «not willing to spread com/steffenstiftungund-1935. of Spiritual Science colleague, Hannelor, and three any superficial or even one- | Thomas Heck, Dornach (ch) From 1982 to 2000 Karl served as sons, Gilchrist, Ionas and Rilke, sided opinions, and because General Secretary of the Anthro- as well as six grandchildren. every quote by Steffen that posophical Society in Australia Those of us who have known would free him from any ac- and was also the Co-ordinator of and loved Karl, and worked cusations would almost cer- the Australian Class Holders of with him in his various fields tainly be answered by another the School of Spiritual Science of endeavour, now thank him quote that would prove the at the Goetheanum. In 2003, for his countless contributions, opposite.» That someone who with the support of ‹The Trust seen and unseen. Karl touched is unable to judge refuses to for Anthroposophy,› he began many people around the world, comment is understandable to conduct seminars to support always seeking Christ in the and sensible. But do they re- Class Holders in their tasks. This etheric and, with his ideals, in- ally think at the Albert Steffen work with the Anthroposophi- spiring all who met him. | Patrick Foundation that there is no cal Society and the School was McDonald, Leura (au) Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 11/18 | 15

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We have been informed that the follow- Romana Hottinger Zwingen (ch), 27 August 2018 ing 66 members have crossed the thresh- Hanna Schwarz Leoben / Steiermark (at), 30 Aug 2018 old of death. In their remembrance we Tineke Bodde Bouman Zeist (nl), 31 August 2018 Liane Elsen Schopfheim (de), 4 September 2018 are providing this information for their Lisa Stäheli Basel (ch), 5 September 2018 friends. |The Membership Office at the Willy Nüesch Hombrechtikon (ch), 6 September 2018 Goetheanum Christiane Cernicek Vienna (at), 8 September 2018 Ingrid Tiegl Hamburg (de), 8 September 2018 Friedolf Smits Bethlehem/pa (usa), 17 January 2017 Wolfgang Ederleh Kirchberg (de), 11 September 2018 Lois Dasher Chism Pakersburg/wv (usa), 21 March 2017 Hans-Egon Müller Bad Saarow (de), 11 September 2018 Karla Rieper Kronshagen (de), 6 December 2017 Jorge Schulte Don Torcuato (ar), 11 September 2018 Klaus Janssen Essen (de), in 2017 Marianne Littel Richterswil (ch), 12 September 2018 Jan Larsson Norrköping (se), 24 January 2018 Brigitte Guthörl Mannheim (de), 13 September 2018 Eileen Simon Kings Langley (gb), January 2018 Sibylle Kern Buchenbach (de), 14 September 2018 Thomas Ljungquist Umeå (se), 2 February 2018 Darko Sačić Leipzig (de), 16 September 2018 14 November 1939 – Staffan Lindén Vikbolandet (se), 3 February 2018 Geraldine Cole Northshore City (nz), 17 September 2018 Cécile Roy Hedemora (se), 28 February 2018 Pierre Vogt Leysin (ch), 17 September 2018 6 April 2018 Ingrid Liebendörfer Järna (se), 3 March 2018 Annette Armstrong Forest Row (gb), 18 September 2018 Klaus Dröge Streithausen (de), 30 March 2018 Heidi Hari Ittigen (ch), 18 September 2018 Pam Martin Pam Martin Croydon (au), 6 April 2018 Barbara Knorr Arlesheim (ch), 18 September 2018 Dick Nord Huddinge (se), 12 April 2018 Janneke Rosenbrand Wognum (nl), 19 September 2018 Pam Martin was born on 14 Carter Nelson Bristol (gb), 13 May 2018 Erich Blask Munich (de), 20 September 2018 November 1939, the second of Lennart Sand Åhus (se), 14 May 2018 Ingeborg Christoff Timisoara (ro), 20 September 2018 Johanna van Uden Nuland (nl), 20 September 2018 four children to Albert and Ma- Marianne Öhman Järna (se), 19 May 2018 Gerti de Fracchia Villa Adelina (ar), 29 May 2018 Thomas Schnyder Zollikon (ch), 22 September 2018 vis Ward. She attended Strath- Agathe Ritter Järna (se), 2 June 2018 Irene Ryan Ås (no), 24 September 2018 cona Baptist School in Canter- Eleonore Kettler Wuppertal (de), 20 June 2018 Ernestine Weis Frankfurt am Main (de), 24 Sep 2018 bury, Victoria (Australia), and Stanley Evans Cleveland/tn (usa), 2 July 2018 Elisabeth Grube Stuttgart (de), 26 September 2018 was regarded as an all-rounder Rita Wessius Stockholm (se), 9 July 2018 Karl Kaltenbac Queanbeyan (au), 28 September 2018 in both sport and academic Rosemarie Rao Ghent/ny (usa), 10 July 2018 Hildegard Merle Dortmund (de), 29 September 2018 learning. Outside of school Pam Didier Fléchaire Colmar (fr), 17 July 2018 Paul Schütz Wien (at), 30 September 2018 Angelia Schellhase Dortmund (de), 3 October 2018 flourished as a Girl Guide. Waldemar Schönleber Mühlacker (de), 18 July 2018 Claus Mannsfeld Hamburg (de), 19 July 2018 Angela Ecke Munich (de), 14 October 2018 At sixteen she was baptized, Ingrid Matthaei Krefeld (de), 22 July 2018 and later became involved in Barbara Schünzel Ottersberg (de), 26 July 2018 the Baptist Church youth group, Amalia Altobelli Buenos Aires (ar), 27 July 2018 In September 2018 the Membership Of- where she met her future part- Waldfriede Lohmann Schopfheim (de), 30 July 2018 fice at the Goetheanum registered 84 ner Paul Martin. Together their Ulrich Fülling Dortmund (de), 11 August 2018 new members. Between 11 September search for spiritual insight was Joop Albracht Eindhoven (nl), 19 August 2018 and 15 October 2018, 102 people left the enlivened when they found the Hildegard Kruse Duisburg (de), 22 August 2018 Society. Marie-Christiane Poncé Carla-Bayle (fr), 25 Aug 2018 work of the twentieth century mystics which included George Gurdjieff, Jiddu Krishnamur- ti and Rudolf Steiner. French and German and had a Training at The Michael Centre ful space to read to her and sit great love of all things Russian. in Warranwood, Melbourne. In in quiet contemplation. European influence Upon their return to Australia, this her energy and enthusiasm An overarching theme of After marrying in 1963 and Pam and Paul continued their was felt everywhere, from help- Pam’s life was her dedication qualifying as teachers, Pam and work with their friends and ing to organize festivals and and service to others, under- Paul set off to Germany where colleagues, who were all mem- events, to attending meetings taken with warmth, humility they spent three years study- bers of the Anthroposophical and study groups, to caring for and an abiding interest in oth- ing anthroposophy, including Michael Group (established the international students and ers. Pam was a living repository completing the Waldorf Teacher in 1932). Together they sowed looking after the anthroposoph- of the early history of anthro- Training Seminar in Stuttgart the first seeds of what became ical library. She was also an ac- posophy in Australia. She was in 1964. Living in Europe had the Melbourne Rudolf Steiner tive member of the Vic branch also a devoted mother and a profound influence on Pam School, the first Steiner school in of the Anthroposophical Society. grandmother, and was always and informed all aspects of her Victoria and the third in Austra- Pam crossed the threshold on present and loving and hugely later life including child rearing lia. Pam very actively supported Russian orthodox Good Friday. interested in the lives of her chil- and her work in anthroposophy. the school as a parent and later Pam’s funeral and vigil were dren and grandchildren. | Based She embraced European culture as an early childhood teacher for held at her spiritual home of on notes provided by Pam’s sister wholeheartedly and loved lan- a year, but the main focus of the the Michael Centre. A steady Janet Tucker, her children Rachel, guages, music and the perform- last decades of her life was in stream of people came and Gabrielle, Teresa, Greg and Mi- ing arts. She was proficient in supporting the Steiner Teacher went, gathering in the beauti- chael, and her friends. 16 | Anthroposophy Worldwide No. 11/18

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Friedrich von Hayek and Rudolf Steiner the two approaches. One cannot be naïve, The forgotten thesis of the three political levels of course: Words reveal the soul that ut- ters them. But the neo-liberal enterprise In 2010 Arthur Edwards passed on to me an invitation from the Mont Pelerin Society knows it has a challenge before it. Once it to write a paper on Friedrich von Hayek, Winston Churchill and Rudolf Steiner. In Au- had become the only game in town, any gust 2018 it was published as Triple Governance: Hayek’s Lost Thesis in the book A Col- untoward social circumstance would be laborative Biography by Friedrich von Hayek (Palgrave Macmillan 2018). its children, not those of socialists or failed markets. So if the thinking of Hayek the Maybe it is of interest to know that Win- conception, derived from the (unfulfilled hero can be shown to have led into triple ston Churchill once advocated a separate because thwarted) possibility for such a so- governance, why not that of his replicators? economic parliament. But in my paper I lution to Austro-Hungary’s problems, which focussed on Friedrich von Hayek and Rudolf Steiner then made generic, as it were, in his Steiner. Friedrich von Hayek is a ‹hero› of the book, Die Kernpunkte der sozialen Frage in neo-liberal community; dig deeper, how- 1919. So what? one might think. By invent- Just as one cannot ever, and things may not be as they seem. ing Hayek’s thesis, my aim was to ask if In 1947 Hayek was among the founders of there might not be a second chance; if the conceive of cultural the Mont Pelerin Society, a (continuing) neo-liberal worldview could not yet give governance distinct group of economists who seek to ground way to a threefold understanding of society. from economic gov- social life on neo-liberal principles. However, they underestimate that the liberal refer- From double to triple governance ernance without ence leads back to Aristotle, who famously Quixotic dreaming? Maybe. But karma rights governance wrote that «the liberal man is the one who is such that I have found myself in close being implied also, knows how to give the right amount of proximity with key figures in the neo-lib- money to the right person in the right way eral world, but who know me through my so one cannot con- at the right time». advocacy of Steiner’s economic ideas. In ceive of regulation candid moments, they do not claim that contextualising mar- neo-liberalism is the end of the road, but only «the best yet». By that they mean «bet- kets except that to My challenge was to ter than disproven Marxism». do so presupposes Put the clock back to 1914, however – be- a cultural act. explain Hayek’s lost fore, that is, Lenin had entered upon the thesis […] the idea of world stage – and the notion of double distinguishing cul- governance would have been known in Vienna which was the cultural capital of Eu- tural governance from rope in those days. It would not have been economic governance. a great leap to pass from double to triple Overcoming egoism Not bad for someone governance; indeed, the latter is implicit It is now 100 years since Steiner said in De- in the former. But the war and revolution cember 1919 that responsibility for world af- who went on to cham- intervened, so neo-liberalism found itself fairs passed to the Anglo-American peoples pion free markets. confronted by the Left. (ga 194, lecture of 15 December 1919). It is An altogether different situation arises surely not for nothing that at precisely this when it has to interface with associative moment neo-liberalism is at its zenith. But economics. Then, such key concepts as what then follows? What would Aristotle Cultural and economic governance principal-agency theory (that the markets himself say today? How would he review My challenge was to explain Hayek’s lost need regulation) is readily seen as tacit rec- the liberalism of which he is the author? thesis – the basis of a paper he did not keep ognition of the rights life contextualising How otherwise than through the medium a copy of and which was never published, economic activity. Tacit because the fact of associative economics? but which had to do with the idea of dis- remains that the threefold nature of social Our movement would do well not to link tinguishing cultural governance from eco- life is there. Just as one cannot conceive of Steiner’s economics to the Left, therefore, nomic governance. Not bad for someone cultural governance distinct from economic yet not to the Right either. Better to ask: who went on to champion free markets. governance without rights governance be- What will make markets associative? For Both Hayek and Steiner shared an Austro- ing implied also, so one cannot conceive of that was also Steiner’s question. He nev- Hungarian upbringing, they both knew of regulation contextualising markets except er thought in terms of no markets; only the potential of distinguishing between, that to do so presupposes a cultural act. about how to overcome the egoism that not only cultural and economic governance, That being so, one need not make the has infected what in its essence is a highly but rights governance also. From this ex- threefold argument, but can point instead social, not to mention spiritual institution. perience grew Steiner’s threefold social to the differences in vocabulary between | Christopher Houghton Budd, Folkestone (gb)