News from the Society

Building diversity awareness
The Anthroposophical Society in Great Britain (ASinGB) is committed to promoting diversity.

Shared endeavours
CaminhAção is an initiative that connects diverse social groups and anthroposophical endeavours (Anthroposophy Worldwide 4/2020).

René Piamonte
René Piamonte brought important impulses to the biodynamic movement in South America. Born in Columbia, he was at home across the South-American ...

New country representative Michelle Vette
In August Michelle Vette has become the Anthroposophical Society’s representative for New Zealand. The Anthroposophic Nurse Specialist and adult ...

Renate Sleigh
Her parents met in 1927, in Ita Wegman’s hospital in Arlesheim (CH), where they had come to undergo further training: Mathilde Maasberg, a nurse, ...

"I connect with them through the heart"
Since 2016 the Anthroposophical Society in America has been using online spaces to exchange ideas and work on spiritual questions despite spatial ...

Being part of a modern society
Spain is a country with autonomous regions, a country that has been both fought over much in its history and that has also been a colonial power ...

Christoph Graf
Christoph Graf crossed the threshold of the spiritual world on 30 November 2019, unexpectedly for the many people who knew him. Only eleven days ...

Meeting people where they are
The Anthroposophical Society in the usa seeks to meet people where they are, including on the internet. But direct meetings from person to person ...

Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting
The General Anthroposophical Society’s Annual Conference and AGM will be held at the Goetheanum from 2 to 5 April 2020.

Colloquia on the Constitution
As announced at the 2019 Annual General Meeting of the General Anthroposophical Society, Gerald Häfner, Justus Wittich and Michael Schmock have ...

Peter Bridgmont
In the early hours of 24 June Peter Bridgmont crossed the threshold to the spiritual world. He and his wife used to teach speech and drama at the ...

Alex Podolinsky
Alex Sergei de Podolinsky was dynamic, vibrantly creative, artistic and actively perceptive. He was born in Baden-Baden (DE), his father was of ...

Supporting anthroposophy without being a member
The Goetheanum Fund – an initiative of the Anthroposophical Society in Switzerland – has become an important tool in support of anthroposophic ...

Thanking Jaap Sijmons
On 8 June Jaap Sijmons stood down as council chairman and general secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in the Netherlands.

2022 East-West Congress
The deadline for registering for the 2022 East-West Congress in Vienna (Anthroposophy Worldwide 1–2/2019) has been extended until the end of ...

Traute Lafrenz Page M.D.
Traute Page could celebrate her 100th birthday on 3 May. She is in good health in every sense. During the Third Reich she was a member of the ...

The world is expecting something from anthroposophists
The General Anthroposophical Society’s Annual Conference and AGM, held at the Goetheanum from 11 to 14 April, centred on the vision of a ...

East-West-Congress 2022
In 1922 the until then biggest public congress of the Anthroposophical Society was held in Vienna. Plans are underway for a new ...

Working together
The anthroposophical groups in Japan are working towards a joint Anthroposophical Society and Anthroposophy Worldwide already exists in Japanese.

Georg Glöckler
Every year on 23 August the Sun is close to Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation of Leo, the heart of the zodiac. On that day in 1933 ...

Ninetta Sombart
Meeting Ninetta Sombart left a deep impression. She was serious and humorous, open, direct, and sometimes she also seemed reserved. She loved ...

Maria St. Goar
Maria had been able to contribute significantly to the growth of Anthroposophy in the English-speaking world primarily through translation of ...