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Opportunism served “to save the soil”
A study on the Biodynamic Movement and Demeter in Nazi Germany describes the proximity of the biodynamic movement to the Nazi regime, even though ...
True forgiveness: Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan in conversation
Two daughters die in the Middle East conflict. Their fathers Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan are examples of how to find a future perspective. They ...
Civilizational tasks: 100 Years‘ School of Spiritual Science
For 100 years the Sections of the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum have been working with an understanding of life under cosmic, ...
Short film '100 years biodynamic'
Farming nurtures human beings. As the world population is growing, the number of people working in agriculture is going down. Biodynamic farming ...
Insights into the worldwide biodynamic movement
Many people are familiar with Demeter as a brand name but they don’t necessarily know what it stands for. A new magazine – ‘Living Farms’ – ...
“Through the senses to the spirit”
Art opens up new worlds. The Visual Arts Section at the Goetheanum has developed an Art Study Year and an Art Intensive Week to show how this ...
Guide by Jasmin Peschke: From Food System to Food Organism
Healthy eating is a question of relationship. It starts with the time one takes to attend to the flavours one can distinguish. Shopping is also ...
Help with post-covid and post-vaccination syndrome
Treatments for long-term effects following a Covid-19 infection or Covid vaccinations do not seem to work for all patients. The internist and ...
Contributing to the future
When it comes to manufacturing methods of the future, Thonet wants to leave its mark, and with the "S 33 Goetheanum cantilever chair" we are ...
Open day in the garden park
At Pentecost 1924, Rudolf Steiner gave the eight lectures of the Agriculture Course in Koberwitz, which still form the basis of the worldwide ...
The Philosophy of Freedom as a Play
At the Theater Festival taking place at the Goetheanum from July 10 to 14, 2024, speech formation artist Volker Frankfurt will be performing ...
A New Magazine for Biodynamics
Until now, the Agricultural Section has kept members of the biodynamic movement informed through a newsletter (printed and online).
100 years of biodynamic farming: Expanding all the senses
For the centenary of biodynamic farming Elif Oskan and Selassie Atadika offer a culinary evening at the Goetheanum with biodynamic ingredients ...
Girlfriends in Crisis
From July 10 to 14, the Goetheanum will host its Theater Festival. The Dutch ensemble Mees en Roosje will be performing their play Girlfriends in ...
Relational theatre
All actors are important with their voices, personalities and possibilities; they are all responsible for what happens. The Theatre Festival at ...
2025 will be the third year for Richard Wagner’s ‘Parsifal’ at the Goetheanum
Six sold out performances including a gala event with Klaus Florian Vogt – that is Richard Wagner’s ‘Parsifal’ at the Goetheanum directed by ...
How Does Eurythmy Sing?
Tania Mierau has been a member of the Else-Klink-Ensemble since 1996, has taught eurythmy for over 25 years, and completed her postdoctoral degree ...
Working to Better Understand the WHO Pandemic Agreement
The coronavirus pandemic brought about an unusual and, for many, uncomfortable combination of two very different aspects of life: medicine and ...
A New Art Study Year at the Goetheanum
In October, the Goetheanum will launch a new artistic course of study in sculpture, architecture, and painting (one trimester each) on an ...
The Effectiveness of Anthroposophy
Gerhard Kienle (1923-1983), founder of the Herdecke Community Hospital and Witten-Herdecke University, was as involved in politics and culture as ...
Real Color and Culture
A Natural Science Section conference day in English and French on April 24th, as part of a three-day conference on color and culture.
Agricultural Individuality
In the Agriculture Course, Rudolf Steiner developed the concept of an “agricultural individuality” in a truly authentic way. For many biodynamic ...
Healing as Transformation
“Begetting the spiritual human in the earthly human—paths to Christian medicine.” This was the guiding concept of the conference celebrating the ...
Taking Heart
The largest conference of the Youth Section in five years, the International Students’ Conference 2024, will be held from 10 to 14 April.
Goetheanum Leadership
Adam Blanning
Medical section
Oliver Conradt
Mathematical-Astronomical Section
Marion Debus
Medical section
Vesna Forštnerič Lesjak
Natural Science Section
Jan Göschel
Section for Special Needs Education and Inclusive Social Development
Gerald Häfner
Section for Social Sciences
Christiane Haid
Section for Visual Arts
Section for Literary Arts and Humanities
Stefan Hasler
Executive Council
Section for the Performing Arts
Ueli Hurter
Executive Council
Section for Agriculture
Constanza Kaliks
Executive Council
General Anthroposophical Section
Pedagogical Section
Karin Michael
Medical section
Matthias Rang
Natural Science Section
Philipp Reubke
Pedagogical section
Eduardo Rincón
Section for Agriculture
Peter Selg
General Anthroposophical Section
Nathaniel Williams
Youth Section
Justus Wittich
Executive Council
(Treasurer)
Sections
- Becoming Human
- with Nature
- through Art
- in the Social Sphere
- in Healing
Becoming Human
General Anthroposophy
In the General Anthroposophical Section of the School of Spiritual Science, central questions of contemporary humanity and anthroposophy are researched and cultivated.
Youth
Spirituality begins with questions and intuitions. In our youth this search is pure and authentic. That is why we encourage young people to create spaces for discussion in order to find their own language and lifestyle for all that lies beyond words.
with Nature
Natural Sciences
As humans we are part of life, its very soul. It becomes conscious in and through us in animals, plants and someday in minerals. The next step is to understand nature, not control it even more but to discover its very essence.
Agriculture
To live from nature calls upon us to give her life in return. Life is relationship, so our task is to find and discover new life cycles where the earth nourishes us.
Mathematics-Astronomy
Ancient myths speak of thinking of human beings born from the stars and guided by them. Today, freed from the stars, a new bond can be formed with the universe, which can take humans beyond the sphere of the earth.
through Art
Performing Arts
Music, drama, dance, and eurythmy are all art forms of time. They lead us beyond time—it becomes space, panorama. The goal is the imagination, to seek and grasp what is eternal in the moment.
Visual Arts
Our spiritual nature as humans and that of all life becomes visible in painting and sculpture, which is beyond words and concepts. Here we experience what is spiritual, where understanding and feeling are united.
Literary Arts and Humanities
How a text becomes a poem, a shape becomes a sculpture, a picture becomes painting: that is determined by the "how." Beauty and truth come together. Here is the source for the quietest form of human happiness.
Pedagogy
Pedagogy befitting human beings helps every child to develop its own potential and to understand itself and the world. This type of education encourages children to awaken to what they have intended for life before it begins.
Social Sciences
We become human beings among other human beings especially when we cultivate community as a living being. If it is healthy, it cultivates soul and spirit and enables all individuals to grow and find themselves.
in Healing
Medicine
Crisis and transformation are part of the journey to finding oneself. Therefore medicine should not so much seek to defeat the disease as to reawaken the natural health of the organism and give it strength and direction for self-healing.
Goetheanum Leadership Publications
Insights: Current and Future Research Projects
The Goetheanum Leadership is pleased to present this brochure, which provides insight into some of the current and future research projects of the ...
Peace in Ukraine!
The war in Ukraine constitutes an unacceptable attack on peace and freedom, life and dignity. The situation has the potential to escalate with ...
Book: Human partnership with the earth in crisis
In the book 'The Spiritual Signature of our Time in the Era of the Coronavirus' the members of the Goetheanum Leadership work out how the way of ...
Statement: Anthroposophy and racism
For the 2021 AGM, a group within the Goetheanum Leadership put together a working paper on anthroposophy and racism.
Human orientation of the Anthroposophical Society
The Anthroposophical Society is a cosmopolitan society. It is based on a contemporary society of individuals. Membership is open to everyone, ...
Book on Corona
The Leadership of the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum is working on multidimensional solutions based on its understanding of life.
Studies & Further Education
Goetheanum Studium
Our study programs address a variety of anthroposophy-related topics. As an international and diverse learning environment, we welcome participants from all over the world, of all ages, and with different educational backgrounds. On-campus and online courses, as well as professional training programs, are offered throughout the year and are held in different languages, all conducted by the Goetheanum faculty and professionals.
SEE WEBSITEStage
The Goetheanum Stage offers a valuable contribution to cultural events in the anthroposophical movement and also in the tri-border region with its eurythmy ensemble, the project ensembles for Rudolf Steiner's ‹Mystery Dramas›, Goethe's ‹Faust› and numerous guest performances.
In addition to numerous guest performances, the programme includes in-house productions. These include Goethe's ‹Faust›, the Four ‹Mystery Dramas› by Rudolf Steiner, productions by the Young Stage (Junge Bühne), eurythmy programmes by the Goetheanum Eurythmy School.
Documentation
The Goetheanum Documentation is a section of the General Anthroposophical Society and as such is privately funded. It oversees the cultural material assets of the Goetheanum in its subdivisions: archive, library and art collection.
School Secretariat
Nicolas Criblez
hochschule@goetheanum.ch
+41 61 706 43 09
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