News from the Goetheanum

The Peace Potential in Separating Nations from State
The pen may be mightier than the sword, but we can’t escape the sword’s power to corrupt the word—the conditions under which the logos emerges are ...

“Learning to understand water means protecting life”
The earth’s water balance is out of joint. Extreme weather conditions lead to droughts in some instances and to flooding in others. Water itself ...

New metamorphosis exhibition space
On 20 June the new exhibition space dedicated to the principle of metamorphosis as presented by Goethe and Rudolf Steiner was inaugurated in the ...

From Africans for Africans
The All Africa Anthroposophic Training conveys anthroposophical foundations that can inspire the professional life of participants in their ...

New Video: Approaching Meditation as Inquiry
This episode explores crucial questions that emerge when we think of meditation as a knowledge practice. How is it different from understanding ...

New Video Series: Sense World – Spiritual World
The first video is Johannes Wirz' introduction to the topic of image and word meditation. Sense World – Spiritual World is a video series of the ...

The Courage to Confront Materialism
Nathaniel Williams, head of the Youth Section, has created a new and forthcoming podcast and video series called «Questions of Courage», in ...

New Video: Solving Problems with and for People – Rebuilding Deutsche Bahn
An interview with Reiner Maria Gohlke, one of Germany's most successful managers.

The Two Masks
Generational change seems to be accelerating, but the youth movements of the past need not feel so distant from today’s younger generations. ...

Healing Means Touch
The annual conference of the Medical Section, to be held September 12 to 17, will address the subjective human body. Wolfgang Held interviewed ...

Class of 2023
On 21 June the current anthroposophy course at the Goetheanum ended with a presentation of research projects that explore the human being and our ...

Hermann Linde: One Painter – Two Worlds
At the end of the 19th century Hermann Linde (1862–1923) was considered one of the eminent orientalist painters of his time. In 1915 Rudolf ...