Realistic attempts at finding solutions
Dear Members and Friends,thank you very much for the many reports you have sent from all corners of the world following our invitation in Anthroposophy Worldwide 5/2020!
We had asked about the spiritual situation where you are and how you are responding to the challenge we are currently experiencing. The friends in Zagreb, Croatia, have written to us about the earthquake that did considerable damage to the premises they are using for the anthroposophical work.
Slowly, the restrictions are being lifted; the first borders will open in mid-June and life will gradually return to a certain degree of normality. At the Goetheanum we sincerely hope that the new production of Goethe’s Faust 1 & 2 will be able to premiere on 10 to 12 July 2020 and that we can welcome as many of you as possible. How many seats we will be permitted to use in the Main Auditorium will unfortunately only be announced at the end of May (‘We are going to perform’).
What do we learn from these almost inconceivable constraints imposed on our usually so busy lives? This is the fact: a contagious virus, transmitted from animal to human, causes a global wave of sickness. Experts in various scientific disciplines make unsubstantiated predictions and give guidelines. The media are spreading immense fear. Politicians have to do something and take drastic actions to contain the disease that affect every single person. As wakeful observers we are called upon to take in these facts, observe their effects on the soul and understand the spiritual signature and dimension of these developments. Just as a hundred years ago, following the catastrophe of World War I, we now need “realistic attempts at finding the solutions that life demands” (Rudolf Steiner) or initiatives.
In the past hundred years anthroposophy has inspired solutions in many different spheres, such as nutrition and agriculture, education and medicine. Can we, on the basis of these experiences, contribute to finding the “realistic solutions” that are needed now?
The School of Spiritual Science decided to collect contributions towards an understanding of the situation from the point of view of the different Sections. They will be published in this and in the June issue of Anthroposophy Worldwide.