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Mistletoe therapy clinically verified
Scientific studies are available on the efficacy of Anthroposophic Medicine, for example on mistletoe therapy for cancer.
What Did Rudolf Steiner Want?
With this question in mind, the well-known Swiss television format ‹Sternstunde der Philosophie› [Great Hour of Philosophy] has broadcast a ...
On the Quest for Health
This year’s autumn conference, which was attended 450 people with and without special needs from about thirty countries, offered diverse ways of ...
Rhythmical Massage
On 9 September a complementary medicine study course in Rhythmic Massage Therapy was inaugurated in Zurich (CH).
New medical training
A new cycle of Anthroposophic Medical Training in English will start on 28 January 2023 at Emerson College, open to doctors worldwide.
Community Builds From the Heart
‹The Heart Around Us. The Importance of the Therapeutic Community› – this theme moved 850 people at the Goetheanum’s annual medical conference ...
250,000 croissants per year
The Vital Speisehaus organic bakery has extended its premises to 750 square metres. What started as a small bakery catering for the company‘s own ...
Five contributions on biodynamic agriculture
As part of the Agricultural (Online) Conference of the Goetheanum in February 2022, five of the lectures given there were recorded. These can now ...
Play Requires Truth
Communities need playful encounters – not as a luxury but for their inner health. In play, we open up and make ourselves vulnerable and ...
Curved cucumbers also taste good
Around 1.3 billion tons of food are thrown away globally every year – a third of the entire annual food production. Each food item has a history ...
Listening without knowing what there is to ‘hear’
Practising meditation means learning more about oneself and perceiving the world in increasingly nuanced ways without a personal perceptual ...
Living Connections
The Living Connections colloquium took place at the Goetheanum from 8 to 11 September with 50 work group leaders and people with an interest in ...
Towards a One-World Economy
43 colleagues of the Economics Conference from 14 countries reflected in fourteen one-hour online presentations on Rudolf Steiner’s Economics Course.
Preparation 501 on grapevine
Horn silica (501) preparation makes vines more adaptable to environmental conditions – due to an increase in phenolic metabolites.
From the Land of Mary to the Land of Sophia
Current discourses are informed by images, metaphors and myths. The contributions in the book ‘Die Ostsee-Mysterien’ explore the geological and ...
Mikhail Gorbachev
On the Death of the Bridge Builder between East and West. A conversation with Gerald Häfner. The questions were asked by Wolfgang Held.
A New Policy for Europe and the World
«We are all players aboard the Earth ship, and we must not allow it to be destroyed. There will be no second Noah’s Ark,» said Mikhail Gorbachev ...
Rudolf Steiner’s Family. II – The Parents
His father fought for his children and was a freethinker. His quiet mother feared throughout her life that her son was overexerting himself ...
Love Is Always Practical
Constanza Kaliks and Philipp Reubke head the Pedagogical Section at the Goetheanum. In the series ‹Anthroposophy – an Extension of Science?› they ...
Resilient agriculture in a changing climate
Climate change causes droughts, flooding and crop failures. The Section for Agriculture at the Goetheanum sees a possible option for action in the ...
Room to be at ease
Laughter is an experience the spirit makes, and there has been a work group for clowns at the Section for the Performing Arts since September ...
The First Will Be The Last
A quantum physicist annotated one of his talks with the following words: «I will tell you things that you understand and that I understand. I will ...
Doing Art
Artistic activity makes familiar with creative processes. At the Goetheanum, the art impulse also lives as a stimulus for tasks in agriculture, ...
Child dignity
The conference on the Dignity of the Child held at the Goetheanum from 15 to 18 June was attended by 400 people from 21 countries.
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
From left to right: Matthias Girke, Peter Selg, Matthias Rang, Oliver Conradt, Christiane Haid, Stefan Hasler, Florian Osswald, Claus-Peter Röh, Jean-Michel Florin, Gerald Häfner, Georg Soldner, Johannes Wirz, Ueli Hurter, Constanza Kaliks, Philipp Reubke and Justus Wittich. Photo: Xue Li
Goetheanum Leadership Publications
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
Karin Eckstein
hochschule@goetheanum.ch
+41 61 706 43 09