School of Spiritual Science
News
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 ...
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.
Anthroposophic Medicine between reality and idealism
The Medical Section’s members’ evening on November 7 was attended by 100 people, with 170 more taking part online.
Unlocking the creative potential
Three sections concerned with the artistic creative process are working together on a project entitled Creative Aspects of the Artistic Process ...
Aspects of time in human life
‘Humanity in the stream and counter-stream of time’ is a joint research project of the Medical and Pedagogical Sections at the Goetheanum in ...
Agriculture as cultural impulse
Agriculture nurtures human beings fosters the earth and creates culture. Rudi Bind and Ueli Hurter explore this theme in their book ‘Biodynamic!’ ...
What Rests in Our Hands Today
For 100 years, the founding moment of the Anthroposophical Society and School for Spiritual Science has been called “The Christmas Conference.” It ...
The Homeopathy Debate — What is Life?
“Homeopathy is a treatment that provides no medical benefit according to the current state of scientific knowledge.” This is how German Health ...
Livestreams of the Agriculture Conference in six languages
The Agriculture Conference at the Goetheanum starts today. Many of the lectures and panel discussions will be streamed live on Goetheanum.tv.
What Were Rudolf Steiner’s Sources for the Agriculture Course?
Rudolf Steiner was not a farmer. Despite this, he delivered the Agriculture Course—eight lectures in June 1924 that provided the starting point ...
New Video: The Anthroposophical Society’s School of Spiritual Science
The Anthroposophical Society’s School of Spiritual Science in relation to the esoteric groups founded before the Christmas Conference. A lecture ...
Rudolf Steiner’s theory of the senses
Earthly incarnation is the basis of ‘I’ development. The relationship between the quality of encounter and the higher senses is the subject of the ...
Intuitions based on perception
The project ‘Active perception as the basis for free actions in agriculture’ seeks to create a foundation for responsible actions.
Learning to detect qualities in images
A project on ‘capillary dynamolysis as basic research to promote a better understanding of herbal medicines’ uses artemisia to explore this ...
Weekly verses sculpted
Rik ten Cate created 52 bronze sculptures for the verses of Rudolf Steiner’s Anthroposophical Soul Calendar. They can be seen in an exhibition at ...
The Dramatic Backdrop of the Rising Generation
A particular dynamic that influences countless young people today who are striving spiritually is showing up most strikingly in the use of both ...
The Problem with the Constitution of the Anthroposophical Society
In a series of talks about the impulses of the Christmas Conference of 1923/1924, Gerald Häfner opened his lecture (”The Problem with the ...
Technology and Spirituality
Through working with young people internationally in recent years, especially after the discussions in the Youth Section staff meeting in June of ...
Sun, Earth, Human Being: 100 Years of the Agricultural Course
“From the sun—through the Earth—for the human being, so that humanity may one day become a sun for the earth.” This leading thought is the ...
Cows as carers of land and climate
Cows emit methane, a gas that affects climate. This effect does not have to be harmful. From the point of view of biodynamic agriculture, what ...
Goetheanum TV as a window into the Goetheanum
In 2023, the communication department at the Goetheanum reached a new dimension with the ‘goetheanum.tv’ portal. Weekly video productions from the ...
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
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
Mon. till Thu. 9 am - 11.30 am