November/December 2002 CAMPHILL CORRESPONDENCE ow is the time for the chal- lenging work of making peaceN . I don't see much effort in that direction on an international scale. I don't hear real, sophisti- cated, heartfelt plans for a peace- ful world. I'm reminded of clients in therapy who present traumas and personal disasters. They may try to overcome their obstacles, but they get where they want to be only by taking in the experi- ence of trauma and holding it un- til it begins to offer its sense . Peace is a positive condition, a desire to be connected with the `Kudolt Meiner stood for Threetolding' See article page 14 . people of your neighbourhood, your country and the world, based on an appreciation for the world-view and way of life they offer . It requires a profound love of difference and diversity in all things, and that love has to be so grounded, concrete and unsentimental that it translates into justice and mutual support . • . .International peace also requires peace in the individual heart . Each person needs to find a vision, a calling, work, love, and reconciliation with family and the past ; to feel the tranquillity ofheart neces- sary for a peaceful engagement with the world. This condition will never be perfect or complete, but the process of interior peacemaking allows compassionate expression and an end to the common, personal paranoia that works against peace . • . .I'm distressed by the way world leaders are talking and positioning themselves . But I also have hope . I'm reminded of the days in America of demonstrations and marches and messy uprisings for racial justice. Many wanted to go back to the peace of a former time, but that former so-called peace was bought at the price of the freedom, dignity and opportunity of mill ions of deserving people . I hope that the current struggles represent a passage through injustice towards a better world . Only that kind of outcome will show that we have been making peace and not merely stifling upheaval . • . This kind ofpeacemaking is a quiet, reflective process of a local life rich in diversity and individual- ity. The goal is not a worldwide consciousness of unity but a pleasurable conversation with a fellow human being whose life is remarkably different from yours and immeasurably enriching to you . Peace is the deep)y felt wish that the other prosper and cultivate his and her differences . Thomas Moore Thomas Moore is the author of Care of the Soul, Original Self and other works . Centenary matters from the editor As the end of this year approaches, we are happy to tion for it and, not least, the brave few who have go out in style with several major, and very varied, expressed criticism-equally important and useful . contributions in this issue arising from Karl Königs As usual with special issues, it has created a slight Centenary. backlog of material and we apologise if your contri- The editorial team would like to thank all of you bution is not included here. who were so supportive, in a variety of ways, in mak- Some centres have ordered extra copies to give to ing possible the Centenary edition in September . Also, friends and supporters . These are still available from all of you who have expressed thanks and apprecia- Maria address on Back Cover. Your editor, Peter ' . a great man passed this way' John Nixon, Glencraig, Northern Ireland t is remarkable what a deep and significant experi- top the head in which the Book of Keils was written . ence it was for Karl König when he paid his first visit The disc is the image of the astral body in the etheric to Ireland in February/March 1953 . A sequence of diary realm. Am very pleased with this insight . Then on to Dub- entries and a letter to a close friend bear striking testi- lin. In the early afternoon visited Trinity College and in mony to this . the library saw the Book of Keils and other manuscripts . 1 St March 1953 : We are travelling by car along the north- 5th March 1953 : In the afternoon I go to the National ern coast. It is very misty, but the sun is gradually break- Museum in Dublin and see the most astonishing things ing through in radiant brightness . I am only now from early Irish history. Examples of gold-work remind becoming aware how very strange Ireland is . The grass me of Mycenae, early Christian craft work of extraordi- is greener than anywhere else, and the light, too, is dif- nary beauty. Then there are the casts of many Irish ferent. I feel that the whole iron process in earth and air crosses which, when thus placed together, again bring is much weaker than in other parts of the Earth, and for the etheric image of man before my mind. If all this that reason the copper process is much stronger. The were illuminated by the Rose-Cross, it could shine forth sea is of a wonderful blue and the water clear and trans- in a new way. parent. It is wonderful to experience this strange land. 3rd March 1953 : In the morning we cross the border to From a letter to Eberhard Schickler, 16th March 1953 the South and are in Ireland proper. We drive to Keils, My stay in Ireland was something of quite extraordinary and in the market place I see my first Irish cross . The significance. It was as though there were open doors wher- impression is overwhelming . ever I went. In Belfast over five hundred people attended The etheric atmosphere around it is completely differ- my lecture. In Dublin over three hundred, in London- ent, radiant, translucent. Then in the house of Columcille, derry over two hundred and fifty. Everything was made where the Book of Keils was written . Then to very official, with long newspaper reports and mayors, Newgrange, where the Hibernian sanctuary of initia- state functions, dinners and so on . I have very seldom tion lies underground. The shaft of the cross is hewn figured in this role and was deeply amazed to experi- through the rock and then its intersecting arms . Fonts ence that Anthroposophia-in the form in which I was lie on either side, only candlelight illuminates the depths able to bring it was accepted with open arms and and the sun at the midnight hour can be dimly discerned . warm hearts. It is quite astonishing that nothing has ever Yes, here lived what Rudolf Steiner called cosmic Chris- been publicly said there about Rudolf Steiner, and so it tianity. Here the ancient visionary powers still work and was absolutely right that I gave the large public lecture weave; this place is dead, consecrated and yet some- in Belfast on 27' February (Rudol f Steiner s birthday) how preserved. and the one in Dublin on 4th March (Ita Wegman's death 4thMarch 1953 : In the morning we drive to day). The experience of the land was a profound one. Monasterboice. There Irish crosses tower out of the mist. Ireland is indeed a remnant of Paradise, and now 1 have At the top of the crosses I discovered a house carved been allowed to experience it for myself. with the same form as that ofColumcille in Keils, and so I know that it represents man in his head organisation . As the years passed Ireland also was to be deeply im- Thus the cross is man's etheric organisation, with at its pressed by Dr. König, and this is clearly witnessed by a Contents . a great man passed this way' John Nixon Obituaries Marjorie Rosenthai 11 / Lawrence Adler 13 Goetheanum finances Brigitte Köber and News from the Movement Cc rneIius M . Pietzner 1 Threefoldin takes to the streets Ivan Jacobsen 14 A life's journey Baruch Luke Urieli 3 Brachenreut e and the air tragedy Bruno The land, and associative community building Wegmüller 15 / 30 Years Duffcarrig Jens-Peter Hartmut von Ieetze 5 Linde 16 / Joan Tallo-80 Years 17 Soul Calendar Elsbeth Groth 6 Christof-Andreas is 70! 18 Promoting the Spiritual Well-being of Children : Books Hans Schauder, Vienna-my Home / Dag Conference Rob in Jackson 8 Hammarskjöld Biography / The Catacombs 18 The Titanic and 11 th September Alan Potter 10 'Tribute from Northern Ireland' written by Mrs . Doris L . Stanfield for the Glencraig Curative Schools Council after his death in 1966 . In just two paragraphs she cap- tures something of the essence of who he was and what he brough : Northern Ireland is a richer, better place today be- cause a great man passed this way-that man, Dr. Karl König, physician, philosopher, lecturer, writer, lit the can- dle of hope in the hearts of many parents for their handi- capped children and young people. To have known Dr. König was an experience never to be forgotten; to work under his guidance was a privi- lege. Those of us who have done so found that he could inspire us with something from himself, making it possi- ble to attain heights which one felt would be impossible. May the light of his wisdom continue to shine for us all into future times . Regarding Camphill and the Goetheanum Brigitte Köber, Aigues Vertes, Switzerland e are aware of the significance of the year 2002 for the Camphill movement-of Karl Königs birth centenaryW on 25th September. At the same time there is the awareness that 100 years have passed since 1902 when Nativity with Beasts and Shepherds, David )ones the first attempts for Society-building out of the spirit of anthroposophy were envisaged by Rudolf Steiner.