| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: Poster
08 Jul 1924, Dornach Rudolf Steiner |
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| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: Poster
08 Jul 1924, Dornach Rudolf Steiner |
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As we have recently discovered that translations of works by Dr. Steiner exist in various countries, e.g. Bulgaria, Spain, etc., translations of works by Dr. Steiner exist that were previously completely unknown to us, we would like to ask you to send us a list that is as complete as possible of all translations of works by Dr. Steiner and other anthroposophical books known to you as soon as possible, so that we can gain a complete overview of the literature in the different languages. We also request that you let us know which translations are in preparation or planned for the near future. With warm regards |
| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: Lecture Events And Courses At The Goetheanum
24 Aug 1924, Rudolf Steiner |
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| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: Lecture Events And Courses At The Goetheanum
24 Aug 1924, Rudolf Steiner |
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Supplement to: News bulletin, 1st year, no. 33 In order to avoid misunderstandings regarding the numerous requests to participate in the course on language and dramatic art to be held by Dr. Rudolf Steiner in Dornach between September 2 and 15, we would like to inform you that this course is intended primarily for actors. The practical course in speech training held by Ms. Marie Steiner during this time will have to be limited to actors. Beginners and other interested parties will not be able to participate. Unfortunately, free board and lodging can no longer be provided. It is advisable to bring your own blankets. |
| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: Communication
19 Oct 1924, Rudolf Steiner |
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| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: Communication
19 Oct 1924, Rudolf Steiner |
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Newssheet, 1st year of publication, no. 41 Since my physical condition makes any traveling impossible at present – for a long time – I felt compelled to announce to my friends in Berlin that, to my great regret, they cannot count on my presence at their October events. Rudolf Steiner. *) Perhaps I may take this opportunity to express a request to our dear friends. I would not want my physical body condition to become the subject of all kinds of ideas. The point is that while I was fully able to cope with the actual course activities, which have been so extensive in the last few months, I had to overstretch my physical activity due to the excessive demands that came from my membership in addition to the course activities. This has led to a situation in which I am now able to fully carry out all spiritual work, but physically I cannot do even the slightest thing, but must hope that the unique, sacrificial care of my dear friend Dr. Ita Wegman and her loyal assistant, Dr. Noll, will soon enable me to do something physically, without which, unfortunately, the spiritual cannot work on earth, at least to a certain extent. It is not often thought about what devastating consequences an externally imposed overload in terms of time can have on someone who is engaged in spirit-borne activity, and how little driving helps when the conditional time saving has to be included in the programs. But in the end, all this must be felt as fatefully (karmically). |
| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: The Second Goetheanum
01 Nov 1924, Rudolf Steiner |
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| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: The Second Goetheanum
01 Nov 1924, Rudolf Steiner |
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Nationalzeitung (Basel), Vol. 82, No. 513 By Dr. Rudolf Steiner. The rebuilding of the Goetheanum has been much discussed in the press and has aroused the interest of the widest circles. We are now in a position to publish a picture of the future building. At the same time, we have asked Dr. Rudolf Steiner to comment on the idea on which the building is based. The reconstruction of the Goetheanum presented no easy task for the design of the building idea. A complete reorientation was necessary because the old building was mainly made of wood, while the new one is to be built entirely of concrete. However, the design of the building should not contradict the nature of anthroposophy, which the building is intended to foster. It seeks to draw from spiritual sources, from which spiritual knowledge flows for the powers of perception, but from which art forms and style also flow for the sentient imagination. It strives for the very primal forces of perception, but also for those of artistic creation and stylistic expression. It would be grotesque if someone were to build her workplace who, out of some artistic sentiment, were to invent the building idea with only external feelings for the essence of anthroposophy. This workplace can only be built by someone who experiences every detail of the form artistically out of the essence of spiritual insight, just as he recognizes every word spoken out of the same insight in anthroposophy. The softness of the wood made it possible to create a spatial design that emulated nature's own creative process in organic forms. The organism as a whole makes a form necessary, for example for the smallest structure - a earlobe - that could not be otherwise. To merge with artistic experience in this organic creation of nature could lead to the development of an “organic architectural style”, in contrast to one based on mere statics or dynamics, if the natural was elevated by the creative imagination into the spiritual. For example, in the old Goetheanum there was a hall that visitors entered before coming to the large auditorium. The wooden forms allowed a design to be created that showed exactly that the space was ready to receive those entering from outside. What was achieved through the organic integration into the overall building then extended over this special design. But this also provided the design on the outside. It revealed in an artistic way what had been designed and structured in the building for the purposes of anthroposophical work. Concrete does not lend itself to such a formation of the building idea in the same way as wood does. This is the reason why the design of the model took almost a full year to complete. - You work the spatial form into the wood; you create the form by deepening a main surface. Concrete, on the other hand, is a material from which the form has to be carved by raising the main surface in the way that is needed to define the necessary space. This also applies to the formation of the outward-facing forms. Surfaces, lines and angles, etc. are to be kept in such a way that what is designed and structured inside pushes its way into the outer forms and thus reveals itself. Furthermore, this second Goetheanum needs to make more economical use of space than the first. The interior of the first was really just one room designed to provide an artistic setting for lectures and performances alike. But now there will be two floors: a lower floor with work and lecture rooms and a rehearsal stage, and an upper floor with an auditorium and a stage, which can also be used as a lecture room. This internal structure had to be followed by the artistic design of the lines and surfaces on the outside. Look at the shape of the roof – which is not a dome this time. If you feel your way through the forms, you will find how the task of artistically integrating the roof into the forms on one side is attempted, corresponding to the ascending auditorium, while on the other side it is conceived as enclosing the stage area with its storerooms, etc. With an artistically unbiased view, one might perhaps discover how the necessities of the design of the floor plan have influenced the design of the building idea, right up to the daring shaping of the west front. The building will stand on a ramp. This will make it possible to walk around the building on a surface raised above ground level. The portals will be reached by large staircases leading from ground level to the ramp. The cloakroom and other ancillary rooms will be located under the ramp. The creator of the building idea is convinced that this concrete structure will correspond particularly well to the forms of the hill group on which the Goetheanum is located. When he designed the wooden building, he was not yet as familiar with these natural forms as he is now, after looking back on a decade in which he has come to know and love them. (Alterations will still be made to the rear part of the building in accordance with the wishes of the Dornach community and the Solothurn government; these are not yet included here.) |
| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: Communication
07 Dec 1924, Rudolf Steiner |
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| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: Communication
07 Dec 1924, Rudolf Steiner |
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Newssheet, 1st year, no. 48 The national societies and independent groups will soon be receiving images of the model for the new Goetheanum building so that members can connect with the building in their thoughts. The branch leaders are asked to give these pictures to the branch members in exchange for a donation of any amount for the reconstruction. Use of the pictures outside the Society should only take place after prior consultation with the Executive Council at the Goetheanum. |
| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: Posted Notice
09 Dec 1924, Dornach Rudolf Steiner |
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| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: Posted Notice
09 Dec 1924, Dornach Rudolf Steiner |
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To our friends at the Goetheanum: Friends may wish to gather at the Goetheanum on Wednesday, December 10, in honor of Albert Steffen's 40th birthday. I will not be able to be present in person; but I will be fully present in spirit, for my heart appreciatively admires Steffen's life's work; and it is with warm spiritual joy that we may call him ours. The meeting is to take place Wednesday, 5 p.m., in the lecture hall of the Carpentry building. |
| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: Posted Notice
15 Dec 1924, Dornach Rudolf Steiner |
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| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: Posted Notice
15 Dec 1924, Dornach Rudolf Steiner |
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Goetheanum School of Spiritual Science Section for Recitation and Musical Arts On Tuesday, December 16, at 8 p.m., there will be a recitation and musical performance. Gertrud [Gerlind] Zaiser and Edwin Froböse (participants in the speech formation courses) will perform recitations. Poems by Rennefeld will be recited. Musical performances will be given by: Stuten, Schuurman, Lewerenz, Metaxa. Since some of the pupils have made very good progress in the speech formation courses led by Mrs. Marie Steiner, it is desirable that they study here at the Goetheanum for as long as possible. In order to be able to offer them the means they need, a collection must be made at the presentations. For the Section for Speaking and Musical Arts: Marie Steiner |
| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: Posted Notice
28 Dec 1924, Dornach Rudolf Steiner |
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| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: Posted Notice
28 Dec 1924, Dornach Rudolf Steiner |
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Lecture by Rudolf Steiner of further new expositions. Further celebrations with lectures by Rudolf Steiner of new expositions will take place, namely January 1, 1925 at 8 p.m.: a lecture that will bring new expositions on the history of heaven, mythological history and the history of the earth, etc. On January 2, 1925 at 8 p.m., there will not be a repetition, but a lecture on repeated lives of man on earth and in spirit. Kind regards |
| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: Letter from the Sickbed
02 Jan 1925, Dornach Rudolf Steiner |
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| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: Letter from the Sickbed
02 Jan 1925, Dornach Rudolf Steiner |
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My dear friends! You will gradually return home from your visit to the Goetheanum. This time I could only be united with you here in spirit. Nevertheless, I hope that in your hearts the forces kindled by the Christmas Conference a year ago have received a new impulse. Remembering this and fervently hoping for it, I send you my warmest greetings and most intense thoughts. Dr. I. Wegman, my friend and devoted nurse, does likewise. Most sincerely |
| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: Posted Notice
01 Feb 1925, Dornach Rudolf Steiner |
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| 37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: Posted Notice
01 Feb 1925, Dornach Rudolf Steiner |
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To the members who are attending today's eurythmy performance! The poem Eleusis, which Hegel addressed to his friend Hölderlin, is associated with significant memories of the early days of anthroposophical work. Our joint work in the art of word creation began with this poem, which Marie von Sivers (Marie Steiner) recited in the first year of this work. As we are now at such an important point in relation to this art within the development of anthroposophy, I wanted to remind everyone of this fact and to express my regret that I still have to be physically absent. I wanted to send our members who are attending today's presentation our warmest thoughts. My warm greetings are joined by my dear friend Dr. Ita Wegman, who is being kept away from me. With all my heart |