School of Spiritual Science
The spiritual dimension of everyday questions
The School of Spiritual Science unfolds where the ‹laboratory bench becomes an altar›, where it is possible to perceive the inner side, the spiritual dimension of everyday questions in the school classroom or in the conference room of a bank, and to find the answers that are fitting for us human beings.
News
The search for life: 100 years Research Institute
The Research Institute at the Goetheanum was founded a hundred years ago, prompted by the first experiments in search of a ‘reagent’ that can make ...
Revealing a previously unseen world
The exhibition at the Goetheanum features 20 paintings by Margarita Voloshina (1882–1973). The works from the second half of her life come from ...
Gateways for new impulses
Entrepreneurship involves creating something new and dealing with new situations. Internally, this can refer to questions such as handing over a ...
Campus party
On 12 September from 10 am to 4 pm a Campus party was held in and around the Goetheanum that attracted several hundred visitors. There were guided ...
Promoting life’s potential
Manfred Klett is a farmer and he sees farming as the art and science of relations. The living relations in agriculture are the key to promoting ...
There was once a garden…
The Goetheanum is affected by the current health regulations. In a series of articles, members of the Goetheanum Leadership give expression to ...
Human partnership with the earth in crisis
In the book 'On the Spiritual Signature of the Present' the members of the Goetheanum Leadership work out how the way of looking at things shapes ...
Meeting uncertain situations with participation
The conditions and values for taking on tasks in society, enterprises and self-administration have changed. With certainty and knowledge less in ...
A wider view to enable action: Videos on goetheanum.tv
The Goetheanum uses the platform goetheanum.tv to put together films and recordings of interviews, lectures and artistic presentations. Some of ...
The organic-farm effect: Health requires exposure
Children who regularly spend time on a farm with animals have fewer allergies because exposure to diverse stimuli enhances the immune response. ...
More humanity
A working group for clowns has been founded within the Section for the Performing Arts at the Goetheanum. In the first issue of a new magazine ...
Living agriculture
The second international biodynamic research conference, held online from 30 August to 2 September, explored the preconditions for a living ...
100 years Goetheanum weekly journal
The weekly journal Das Goetheanum was founded a hundred years ago, on 21 August 1921. The newsletter was added in 1924.
Call for Nature’s Moods contributions
The Visual Art Section is calling artists to submit work for a conference and exhibition in 2022 on the theme of Nature’s Moods by Rudolf Steiner.
Eurythmy and architecture
On 11 July 2021 a group around Gioia Falk presented, on the Goetheanum Terrace, eurythmy expressing the dynamic of the building’s architecture and ...
Eurythmy and speech online?
The Section for Performing Arts at the Goetheanum held its 2021 Easter Conference online. The physician Wilburg Keller Roth described her ...
Ethics of dying
Is assisted suicide an expression or violation of human dignity? With Madeleen Winkler, Raimund Klesse and Matthias Girke.
Humanity after Auschwitz?
Lessons from former concentration and death camps. With Krzysztof Antończyk and Peter Selg.
Devoting freely to the other
The ‘I’ as a relationship being. With João Torunsky and Constanza Kaliks.
Statement: Anthroposophy and racism
For the 2021 AGM, a group within the Goetheanum Leadership put together a working paper on anthroposophy and racism.
«Farming without pesticides is possible»
Biodynamic farming is proof that agriculture without pesticides is possible. Introduced a hundred years ago, it is by now even applied to ...
Land use and the climate question
The climate suffers when we lose the ground under our feet. With Mathias Forster and Johannes Wirz.
Hotspots of social and ecological health
Examples from Sekem, Egypt. With Angela Hoffmann, Andreas Lenzen and Jean-Michel Florin.
Conversation: Disrupted Education
Danger and challenge. With Vanessa Pohl and Florian Osswald.
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
Publications of the leadership
Human partnership with the earth in crisis
In the book 'On the Spiritual Signature of the Present' the members of the Goetheanum Leadership work out how the way of looking at things shapes ...
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.
Sections
Understanding life from within, because all life originates from the spirit. The eleven sections of the School of Spiritual Science work therefore to see life, to understand it and then to promote it everywhere, so that this origin remains wellspring today. Transform what has become into what is becoming.
- 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.
Weekly Journal
Weekly journal ‹Das Goetheanum›
The weekly journal ‹Das Goetheanum› publishes reflections, in-depth studies, reviews, and articles on the current world, the development of anthroposophy and the anthroposophical movement. The journal's editorial staff is independent, but works closely with the School of Spiritual Science, whose activities it seeks to make visible.
Study and Professional Development
The International Studies Programme at the Goetheanum in Switzerland gives young people in particular the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of anthroposophy. The study programme's objective is for students to become familiar with and deepen their knowledge of fundamental spiritual science contents and methods. The programme is full-time. A high level of individual commitment is required.
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Stage
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.
Publishing House
The publishing house at the Goetheanum was founded in 1908 under the name Philosophical-Theosophical Publishing Houseby Marie von Sivers and Johanna Mücke in Berlin. As the oldest anthroposophical publisher, it is – as the name suggests – very close to the School of Spiritual Science, founded by Rudolf Steiner at the Goetheanum. Many of our publications – some of which were produced by the Sections themselves – bear witness to the worldwide research that is inspired and supported by the School of Spiritual Science.
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.
The archive contains administrative documents and other archives of the General Anthroposophical Society and its predecessor institutions as well as the School of Spiritual Science.
The library contains the book editions of Rudolf Steiner's works and a comprehensive collection of the works of anthroposophical authors – also in foreign language translations – as well as anthroposophical periodicals.
The art collection contains works by Rudolf Steiner and anthroposophical artists in the fields of painting and graphic art, models and sculptures, as well as furniture and everyday objects.
Rudolf Steiner's lectures for the School
On the occasion of the founding of the General Anthroposophical Society during the 1923/24 Christmas Conference, Rudolf Steiner outlined the School for Spiritual Science and began its operation as its director immediately afterwards. He envisaged dividing it into three classes and sections.