News from the Goetheanum

«Seductive Character»
21 December 2022

«Seductive Character»

Sebastian Jüngel
The transhumanist concept promises perfection and holds out the prospect of the replacement of the human being by technology. The Section for the ...
The First Goetheanum as a community building
09 December 2022

The First Goetheanum as a community building

Sebastian Jüngel
A hundred years ago, in the New Year‘s Night 1922/1923, the First Goetheanum was destroyed in an arson attack. Events in and around the Goetheanum ...
Biodynamics at the Climate Conference
06 December 2022

Biodynamics at the Climate Conference

Ueli Hurter
The Goetheanum Agricultural Section’s Lin Bautze and Ueli Hurter participated in the COP27 Climate Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
The Next Step
05 December 2022

The Next Step

Tanja Masukowitz, Silke Sponheuer, Rafael Tavares
‹Wegspuren› [Vestiges on the Path] is the name of the new program of the Goetheanum Eurythmy Ensemble. A piano trio by Schubert and a dramatic sonata ...
Emancipation through agriculture
01 December 2022

Emancipation through agriculture

Sebastian Jüngel
The biodynamic brand ‘Demeter’ is known around the world, the foundations of biodynamic agriculture less so. In the year leading up to the centenary, ...
‘Our future looks the same’
28 November 2022

‘Our future looks the same’

Andrea de la Cruz
Question! Encounter! Play! is an inclusive arts project that aims to bring together young asylum seekers in Switzerland and young people from Europe.
Humour in puppetry
28 November 2022

Humour in puppetry

Stefan Hasler, Claudia Kissling, Hanna Koskinen, Stefan Libardi, Monika Lüthi, Stéphanie Troehler
From 10 to 12 March 2023, the Goetheanum will host the conference ‘Imagery and Humour as Creative Forces in Puppetry’.
Mistletoe therapy clinically verified
23 November 2022

Mistletoe therapy clinically verified

Dagmar Brauer
Scientific studies are available on the efficacy of Anthroposophic Medicine, for example on mistletoe therapy for cancer.
From a Debt to a Gift
22 November 2022

From a Debt to a Gift

Katharina Serafimova
What is money? Do we need money? If we fetch water from the spring and go into the forest and gather food, then we don’t need money. When we follow ...
What Did Rudolf Steiner Want?
16 November 2022

What Did Rudolf Steiner Want?

Franka Henn
With this question in mind, the well-known Swiss television format ‹Sternstunde der Philosophie› [Great Hour of Philosophy] has broadcast a program ...
Visions from the Desert
15 November 2022

Visions from the Desert

Andrea Valdinoci, Helmy Abouleish
Andrea Valdinoci was in Sekem, Egypt in early October as a board member of the Evidence Foundation. Impressed by the power of initiative of the place ...
On the Quest for Health
14 November 2022

On the Quest for Health

Sonja Zausch
This year’s autumn conference, which was attended 450 people with and without special needs from about thirty countries, offered diverse ways of ...