Courage for knowledge, warmth of heart, seeds of will
Dear members,Breathing With the Climate Crisis – is the title of the forthcoming climate conference at the Goetheanum. Given the situation we find ourselves in at the beginning of 2021, one could ask in more general terms: ‘How can we breathe in the time of Corona?’
The Goetheanum and the Anthroposophical Society are particularly concerned with social breathing. The social breath is coming to a standstill, in the wider and narrower sense. Many people are losing close friends and relatives. Waves of lockdowns pass through the countries. Lockdowns mean personal isolation, they mean closed places of work and culture such as the Goetheanum, and they mean travel restrictions between the regions of the earth.
No cancellations, no silence
At the Goetheanum we ask ourselves how we can, under these circumstances, keep the breath alive that connects us with you, the members of the Anthroposophical Society, and those working for the Sections around the world. Week after week we make a virtue of necessity by offering events and meetings online. The alternative would be to cancel and remain silent. Out of this necessity, the Sections and Departments at the Goetheanum have taken the decision to replace in-person conferences and meetings by digital events. This does not imply that we are deaf to the questions that come with this increasing digitalization. But we are also conducting practical research: how can we digitally open up spaces where the courage for knowledge, warmth of heart and seeds of will can live? These are qualities we are striving for in our work and they enable us, week after week, to bring new breath to the working together of the global Anthroposophical Society and movement and the Goetheanum. With this in mind, we would like to call your attention to current digital opportunities, such as the climate conference mentioned above, the online course Beyond the Third, glimpses into the work on Rudolf Steiner’s Mystery Dramas, the lecture series The Signature of Our Time and the web seminars on the Great Conjunction. We will, in addition to all that, stay connected with you personally, using the routes available to us at this time.