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	==Anthroposophy and Theosophy==		==Anthroposophy and Theosophy==

	[[File: Theosophy by Steiner.jpg \|~~left~~\|300 px\|thumb\|Cover of Theosophy book]]		[[File: Theosophy by Steiner.jpg \|right\|300 px\|thumb\|Cover of Theosophy book]]
	On October 19, 1902, Rudolf Steiner was appointed the first Secretary General of the German Section of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)\|Theosophical Society]]. The Society offered him a valuable platform—an interested audience, a working infrastructure, and access to the inner workings of a leading spiritual movement. It also provided him with a capable assistant, Marie von Sivers (1867–1948), who would become an essential partner in his work.		On October 19, 1902, Rudolf Steiner was appointed the first Secretary General of the German Section of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)\|Theosophical Society]]. The Society offered him a valuable platform—an interested audience, a working infrastructure, and access to the inner workings of a leading spiritual movement. It also provided him with a capable assistant, Marie von Sivers (1867–1948), who would become an essential partner in his work.

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	Rudolf Steiner spent comparable amounts of time within the Theosophical Society and within the Anthroposophical Society. The latter was informed by the former. <ref> Paull, John.<i>Rudolf Steiner: From Theosophy to Anthroposophy (1902 – 1913).</i> European Journal of Theology and Philosophy. www.ej-theology.org. Published Online: September 26, 2022. ISSN: 2736-5514, DOI:10.24018/ejtheology.2022.2.5.74; University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.</ref>		Rudolf Steiner spent comparable amounts of time within the Theosophical Society and within the Anthroposophical Society. The latter was informed by the former. <ref> Paull, John.<i>Rudolf Steiner: From Theosophy to Anthroposophy (1902 – 1913).</i> European Journal of Theology and Philosophy. www.ej-theology.org. Published Online: September 26, 2022. ISSN: 2736-5514, DOI:10.24018/ejtheology.2022.2.5.74; University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.</ref>

	Anthroposophy ~~builds on Theosophy’s mystical foundation but~~ emphasizes practical application through spiritual science. While the pioneers of the Theosophical Society focused on understanding the divine and the cosmos through wisdom drawn from global traditions, Anthroposophy applied these insights to everyday life. It offers methods for personal spiritual growth and is actively applied in areas such as education ([[Education and the Theosophical Movement#Rudolf Steiner and Waldorf education\|Waldorf schools]]), agriculture (biodynamic farming), and medicine. Both systems affirm a spiritual world accessible through inner development, but Anthroposophy prioritizes using this knowledge to foster individual and societal transformation. <ref> Rafique, Fiza and Liaqat, Maham. <i> Anthroposophy vs. Theosophy — What's the Difference?</i> March 28, 2024. https://www.askdifference.com/anthroposophy-vs-theosophy/ Accessed on 5/13/25.</ref>		==Differences between Anthroposophy and Theosophy==

			From a distance there seem to be a lot of similarities between Anthroposophy and Theosophy. This is especially true because of the shared vocabulary. In addition, both philosophies discuss reincarnation, karma, and the evolution of the soul.

			But there are some important differences.

			Anthroposophy emphasizes practical application through spiritual science. While the pioneers of the Theosophical Society focused on understanding the divine and the cosmos through wisdom drawn from global traditions, Anthroposophy applied these insights to everyday life. It offers methods for personal spiritual growth and is actively applied in areas such as education ([[Education and the Theosophical Movement#Rudolf Steiner and Waldorf education\|Waldorf schools]]), agriculture (biodynamic farming), and medicine. Both systems affirm a spiritual world accessible through inner development, but Anthroposophy prioritizes using this knowledge to foster individual and societal transformation. <ref> Rafique, Fiza and Liaqat, Maham. <i> Anthroposophy vs. Theosophy — What's the Difference?</i> March 28, 2024. https://www.askdifference.com/anthroposophy-vs-theosophy/ Accessed on 5/13/25.</ref>

			A key difference lies in Rudolf Steiner’s focus on the Western intellectual and spiritual tradition. While Theosophy drew heavily on Eastern sources, Steiner emphasized Christian and Rosicrucian esotericism and the spiritual dimension of Western science. Another very important difference lies in the fact, that in Anthroposophy, Jesus Christ is viewed as the one true avatar and fully initiated human, the “new Adam” who regained the original spiritual consciousness. His life, death, and resurrection are understood as a mystery drama of initiation. The path for others lies in inner initiation, supported not only by Christian spirituality but also by Anthroposophy’s broader humanistic disciplines such as eurhythmy, music, and art. <ref>Theosophy World Resource Center.<i>Antroposophy.</i> https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/anthroposophy Accessed on 9/16/25</ref>

			Despite their apparent differences, many modern spiritual teachers—G.I. Gurdjieff, J. Krishnamurti, Rene Schwaller de Lubicz, and others—stand in the wide and deep shadow of Mme. Blavatsky. Few, including cultural figures like C.G. Jung and the Eranos group, or contemporary voices such as R.J. Stewart, David Spangler, and Caroline Myss, can be said to have escaped her influence. It was HPB who first brought world religions and history into the once narrow confines of Western thought, opening the way for ecumenical and interreligious dialogue and laying, with Hegel, the foundations of a global vision of history as the evolution of consciousness. <ref>Bamford, Christopher. <i>Blavatsky, Rodulf Steiner, and the Perennial Tradition.</i> October 31, 2018 in “Embodied Philosophy.” https://www.embodiedphilosophy.com/blavatsky-rudolf-steiner-and-the-perennial-tradition/ Accessed on 0/16/25</ref>

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	Anthroposophy communicates knowledge that is gained in a spiritual way. Yet it only does so because everyday life, and the science founded on sensation and intellectual activity, lead to a barrier along life's way - a limit where the life of the soul in the human being would die if it could go no further. Everyday life and science do not lead to this limit in such a way as to compel the human being to stop short at it. For at the very frontier where the knowledge derived from sense-perception ceases, there is opened through the human soul itself the further outlook into the spiritual world. <ref>Steiner, Rudolf. <i>Anthroposophical leading Thought: Anthroposophy as a Path of Knowledge – the Michael Mystery.</i> Transl. George and Mary Adams. Rudolf Steiner Press, London, 1973, p. 13.</ref>		Anthroposophy communicates knowledge that is gained in a spiritual way. Yet it only does so because everyday life, and the science founded on sensation and intellectual activity, lead to a barrier along life's way - a limit where the life of the soul in the human being would die if it could go no further. Everyday life and science do not lead to this limit in such a way as to compel the human being to stop short at it. For at the very frontier where the knowledge derived from sense-perception ceases, there is opened through the human soul itself the further outlook into the spiritual world. <ref>Steiner, Rudolf. <i>Anthroposophical leading Thought: Anthroposophy as a Path of Knowledge – the Michael Mystery.</i> Transl. George and Mary Adams. Rudolf Steiner Press, London, 1973, p. 13.</ref>

	According to Steiner, to be a thinking person one must relate lovingly to the universe, earth, the animate world, and to the human person, especially oneself. He ~~inteded~~ his ~~edeal~~ of spiritually active thinking as a call to the heart, to the affective and ~~asrtistic~~ capacities of each person.<ref>McDermott, Robert. <i>Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy. </i> In: <i>The Cabridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism. </i> Edited by Alexander Magee. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2016, pp. 260-271.</ref>		According to Steiner, to be a thinking person one must relate lovingly to the universe, earth, the animate world, and to the human person, especially oneself. He intended his ideal of spiritually active thinking as a call to the heart, to the affective and artistic capacities of each person.<ref>McDermott, Robert. <i>Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy. </i> In: <i>The Cabridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism. </i> Edited by Alexander Magee. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2016, pp. 260-271.</ref>

	A central concept within Anthroposophy is the threefold social order. It proposes a way to organize society into three independent spheres: the economic, the political/rights, and the cultural, to foster a healthier and more balanced social structure. <ref>Segall, Matthew David. <i> Rudolf Steiner’s Threefold Social Organism.</i> August 13, 2024. https://footnotes2plato.com/2024/08/13/rudolf-steiners-threefold-social-organism/ Accessed on 5/13/25</ref>		A central concept within Anthroposophy is the threefold social order. It proposes a way to organize society into three independent spheres: the economic, the political/rights, and the cultural, to foster a healthier and more balanced social structure. <ref>Segall, Matthew David. <i> Rudolf Steiner’s Threefold Social Organism.</i> August 13, 2024. https://footnotes2plato.com/2024/08/13/rudolf-steiners-threefold-social-organism/ Accessed on 5/13/25</ref>
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	Following the war, Steiner introduced proposals for a "threefold social order," and in 1919 the first Waldorf School opened in Stuttgart. The same year also saw the beginnings of anthroposophically extended medicine. On New Year’s Eve 1922/23, the original Goetheanum was destroyed by arson.		Following the war, Steiner introduced proposals for a "threefold social order," and in 1919 the first Waldorf School opened in Stuttgart. The same year also saw the beginnings of anthroposophically extended medicine. On New Year’s Eve 1922/23, the original Goetheanum was destroyed by arson.

	Due to the Society's international growth — by then with national branches in 15 countries and around 12,000 members — a restructuring followed. Rudolf Steiner reestablished the Anthroposophical Society and founded the School of Spiritual Science, which included departments for General Anthroposophy, Education, Medicine, Natural Sciences, and more. Plans to rebuild the Goetheanum were set in motion, alongside the foundations for biodynamic agriculture and anthroposophic curative education.<ref>~~Gotheanum~~ History. https://goetheanum.ch/en/society/history Accessed on 5/13/25.</ref>		Due to the Society's international growth — by then with national branches in 15 countries and around 12,000 members — a restructuring followed. Rudolf Steiner reestablished the Anthroposophical Society and founded the School of Spiritual Science, which included departments for General Anthroposophy, Education, Medicine, Natural Sciences, and more. Plans to rebuild the Goetheanum were set in motion, alongside the foundations for biodynamic agriculture and anthroposophic curative education.<ref>Goetheanum History. https://goetheanum.ch/en/society/history Accessed on 5/13/25.</ref>

	===The Building===		===The Building===

	[[File:Campus-Das_Gebaude.jpg\|right\|260px\|thumb\|~~Gotheanum~~ in Dornach, Switzerland]]		[[File:Campus-Das_Gebaude.jpg\|right\|260px\|thumb\|Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland]]

	The building associated with the Anthroposophical movement is the Goetheanum, which is located in Dornach, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. The ~~Gotheanum~~ was designed by Rudolf Steiner and named after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Steiner laid the cornerstone of the building on September 20th 1920. <ref> Steiner, Rudolf. Autobiography: Chapters in the Course of My Life, 1861-1907. Hudson, NY: Anthroposophie, 1999, page 307.</ref>.		The building associated with the Anthroposophical movement is the Goetheanum, which is located in Dornach, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. The Goetheanum was designed by Rudolf Steiner and named after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Steiner laid the cornerstone of the building on September 20th 1920. <ref> Steiner, Rudolf. Autobiography: Chapters in the Course of My Life, 1861-1907. Hudson, NY: Anthroposophie, 1999, page 307.</ref>.

	It opened in 1920 and was destroyed by fire on New Year's Eve 1922/23. Only the great sculpture of “The Representative of Humanity” on which Steiner had been working in a neighborhood workshop with the English sculptress Edith Maryon survived the fire. <ref> Davy, John. "Rudolf Steiner: A Sketch of His Life and Work." Http://www.rsarchive.org. Rudolf Steiner Archive & E.Lib, 28 Oct. 2014. Web. 19 Sept. 2016.</ref>		It opened in 1920 and was destroyed by fire on New Year's Eve 1922/23. Only the great sculpture of “The Representative of Humanity” on which Steiner had been working in a neighborhood workshop with the English sculptress Edith Maryon survived the fire. <ref> Davy, John. "Rudolf Steiner: A Sketch of His Life and Work." Http://www.rsarchive.org. Rudolf Steiner Archive & E.Lib, 28 Oct. 2014. Web. 19 Sept. 2016.</ref>

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	==~~Anthroposohical~~ Society==		==Anthroposophical Society==

	On December 28, 1912, the Anthroposophical Society was founded in Cologne with around 3,000 members. Between 1910 and 1913, artistic expression flourished with the Summer Festivals in Munich, featuring performances of Steiner’s Mystery Dramas. During World War I, construction of the first Goetheanum began in Dornach, Switzerland, involving artists and supporters from across Europe.		On December 28, 1912, the Anthroposophical Society was founded in Cologne with around 3,000 members. Between 1910 and 1913, artistic expression flourished with the Summer Festivals in Munich, featuring performances of Steiner’s Mystery Dramas. During World War I, construction of the first Goetheanum began in Dornach, Switzerland, involving artists and supporters from across Europe.

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	Rudolf Steiner spent comparable amounts of time within the Theosophical Society and within the Anthroposophical Society. The latter was informed by the former. <ref> Paull, John.<i>Rudolf Steiner: From Theosophy to Anthroposophy (1902 – 1913).</i> European Journal of Theology and Philosophy. www.ej-theology.org. Published Online: September 26, 2022. ISSN: 2736-5514, DOI:10.24018/ejtheology.2022.2.5.74; University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.</ref>		Rudolf Steiner spent comparable amounts of time within the Theosophical Society and within the Anthroposophical Society. The latter was informed by the former. <ref> Paull, John.<i>Rudolf Steiner: From Theosophy to Anthroposophy (1902 – 1913).</i> European Journal of Theology and Philosophy. www.ej-theology.org. Published Online: September 26, 2022. ISSN: 2736-5514, DOI:10.24018/ejtheology.2022.2.5.74; University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.</ref>

	Anthroposophy builds on Theosophy’s mystical foundation but emphasizes practical application through spiritual science. While the pioneers of the Theosophical Society focused on understanding the divine and the cosmos through wisdom drawn from global traditions, Anthroposophy applied these insights to everyday life. It offers methods for personal spiritual growth and is actively applied in areas such as education (Waldorf schools), agriculture (biodynamic farming), and medicine. Both systems affirm a spiritual world accessible through inner development, but Anthroposophy prioritizes using this knowledge to foster individual and societal transformation. <ref> Rafique, Fiza and Liaqat, Maham. <i> Anthroposophy vs. Theosophy — What's the Difference?</i> March 28, 2024. https://www.askdifference.com/anthroposophy-vs-theosophy/ Accessed on 5/13/25.</ref>		Anthroposophy builds on Theosophy’s mystical foundation but emphasizes practical application through spiritual science. While the pioneers of the Theosophical Society focused on understanding the divine and the cosmos through wisdom drawn from global traditions, Anthroposophy applied these insights to everyday life. It offers methods for personal spiritual growth and is actively applied in areas such as education ([[Education and the Theosophical Movement#Rudolf Steiner and Waldorf education\|Waldorf schools]]), agriculture (biodynamic farming), and medicine. Both systems affirm a spiritual world accessible through inner development, but Anthroposophy prioritizes using this knowledge to foster individual and societal transformation. <ref> Rafique, Fiza and Liaqat, Maham. <i> Anthroposophy vs. Theosophy — What's the Difference?</i> March 28, 2024. https://www.askdifference.com/anthroposophy-vs-theosophy/ Accessed on 5/13/25.</ref>

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	Anthroposophy communicates knowledge that is gained in a spiritual way. Yet it only does so because everyday life, and the science founded on sensation and intellectual activity, lead to a barrier along life's way - a limit where the life of the soul in the human being would die if it could go no further. Everyday life and science do not lead to this limit in such a way as to compel the human being to stop short at it. For at the very frontier where the knowledge derived from sense-perception ceases, there is opened through the human soul itself the further outlook into the spiritual world. <ref>Steiner, Rudolf. <i>Anthroposophical leading Thought: Anthroposophy as a Path of Knowledge – the Michael Mystery.</i> Transl. George and Mary Adams. Rudolf Steiner Press, London, 1973, p. 13.</ref>		Anthroposophy communicates knowledge that is gained in a spiritual way. Yet it only does so because everyday life, and the science founded on sensation and intellectual activity, lead to a barrier along life's way - a limit where the life of the soul in the human being would die if it could go no further. Everyday life and science do not lead to this limit in such a way as to compel the human being to stop short at it. For at the very frontier where the knowledge derived from sense-perception ceases, there is opened through the human soul itself the further outlook into the spiritual world. <ref>Steiner, Rudolf. <i>Anthroposophical leading Thought: Anthroposophy as a Path of Knowledge – the Michael Mystery.</i> Transl. George and Mary Adams. Rudolf Steiner Press, London, 1973, p. 13.</ref>

	According to Steiner, to be a thinking person one must relate lovingly to the universe, earth, the animate world, and to the human person, especially ~~onesel~~. He inteded his edeal of spiritually active thinking as a call to the heart, to the affective and asrtistic capacities of each person.<ref>McDermott, Robert. <i>Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy. </i> In: <i>The Cabridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism. </i> Edited by Alexander Magee. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2016, pp. 260-271.</ref>		According to Steiner, to be a thinking person one must relate lovingly to the universe, earth, the animate world, and to the human person, especially oneself. He inteded his edeal of spiritually active thinking as a call to the heart, to the affective and asrtistic capacities of each person.<ref>McDermott, Robert. <i>Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy. </i> In: <i>The Cabridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism. </i> Edited by Alexander Magee. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2016, pp. 260-271.</ref>

	A central concept within Anthroposophy is the threefold social order. It proposes a way to organize society into three independent spheres: the economic, the political/rights, and the cultural, to foster a healthier and more balanced social structure. <ref>Segall, Matthew David. <i> Rudolf Steiner’s Threefold Social Organism.</i> August 13, 2024. https://footnotes2plato.com/2024/08/13/rudolf-steiners-threefold-social-organism/ Accessed on 5/13/25</ref>		A central concept within Anthroposophy is the threefold social order. It proposes a way to organize society into three independent spheres: the economic, the political/rights, and the cultural, to foster a healthier and more balanced social structure. <ref>Segall, Matthew David. <i> Rudolf Steiner’s Threefold Social Organism.</i> August 13, 2024. https://footnotes2plato.com/2024/08/13/rudolf-steiners-threefold-social-organism/ Accessed on 5/13/25</ref>

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	Rudolf Steiner saw his esoteric work as a modern continuation of [[Rosicrucianism]], aimed at countering the reductionist science of his time. He taught that the evolution of consciousness requires the transformation of thinking, feeling, and willing, ultimately leading to true freedom and universal love. Central to this evolution, he believed, was the incarnation of the Christ. Steiner argued that over the past four centuries, Western humanity had lost touch with the inner reality of the self and the spiritual depth of the outer world. <ref> McDermott, Robert. <i>Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy. </i> In: <i>The Cambridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism. </i> Edited by Alexander Magee. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2016, pp. 260-271.</ref>		Rudolf Steiner saw his esoteric work as a modern continuation of [[Rosicrucianism]], aimed at countering the reductionist science of his time. He taught that the evolution of consciousness requires the transformation of thinking, feeling, and willing, ultimately leading to true freedom and universal love. Central to this evolution, he believed, was the incarnation of the Christ. Steiner argued that over the past four centuries, Western humanity had lost touch with the inner reality of the self and the spiritual depth of the outer world. <ref> McDermott, Robert. <i>Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy. </i> In: <i>The Cambridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism. </i> Edited by Alexander Magee. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2016, pp. 260-271.</ref>

	In a series of letters to members written in the last year of his life, Steiner offered the following characterization of anthroposophy:~~<blockquote>~~		In a series of letters to members written in the last year of his life, Steiner offered the following characterization of anthroposophy:

	“Anthroposophy is a path of knowledge to guide the spiritual in the human being to the spiritual in the universe. It arises in the human being as a need of the heart, of the life of feeling. It can be justified only inasmuch as it can satisfy this inner need. Only those can acknowledge anthroposophy who find in it what they themselves in their inner lives feel impelled to seek. Only they can be anthroposophists who feel certain questions on the nature of the human being and the universe as an elemental need of life, just as one feels hunger and thirst." <ref>McDermott, Robert. <i>Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy. </i> In: <i>The Cambridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism. </i> Edited by Alexander Magee. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2016, pp. 260-271.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>“Anthroposophy is a path of knowledge to guide the spiritual in the human being to the spiritual in the universe. It arises in the human being as a need of the heart, of the life of feeling. It can be justified only inasmuch as it can satisfy this inner need. Only those can acknowledge anthroposophy who find in it what they themselves in their inner lives feel impelled to seek. Only they can be anthroposophists who feel certain questions on the nature of the human being and the universe as an elemental need of life, just as one feels hunger and thirst." <ref>McDermott, Robert. <i>Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy. </i> In: <i>The Cambridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism. </i> Edited by Alexander Magee. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2016, pp. 260-271.</ref></blockquote>

	Anthroposophy communicates knowledge that is gained in a spiritual way. Yet it only does so because everyday life, and the science founded on sensation and intellectual activity, lead to a barrier along life's way - a limit where the life of the soul in the human being would die if it could go no further. Everyday life and science do not lead to this limit in such a way as to compel the human being to stop short at it. For at the very frontier where the knowledge derived from sense-perception ceases, there is opened through the human soul itself the further outlook into the spiritual world. <ref>Steiner, Rudolf. <i>Anthroposophical leading Thought: Anthroposophy as a Path of Knowledge – the Michael Mystery.</i> Transl. George and Mary Adams. Rudolf Steiner Press, London, 1973, p. 13.</ref>		Anthroposophy communicates knowledge that is gained in a spiritual way. Yet it only does so because everyday life, and the science founded on sensation and intellectual activity, lead to a barrier along life's way - a limit where the life of the soul in the human being would die if it could go no further. Everyday life and science do not lead to this limit in such a way as to compel the human being to stop short at it. For at the very frontier where the knowledge derived from sense-perception ceases, there is opened through the human soul itself the further outlook into the spiritual world. <ref>Steiner, Rudolf. <i>Anthroposophical leading Thought: Anthroposophy as a Path of Knowledge – the Michael Mystery.</i> Transl. George and Mary Adams. Rudolf Steiner Press, London, 1973, p. 13.</ref>

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	Anthroposophy, meaning "wisdom of the human being,” ~~is a~~ is a spiritual philosophy developed by [[Rudolf Steiner]] in the early 20th century. It explores the interconnectedness of the spiritual and physical realms, aiming to foster human development and understanding through a unique research-based approach.		Anthroposophy, meaning "wisdom of the human being,” is a spiritual philosophy developed by [[Rudolf Steiner]] in the early 20th century. It explores the interconnectedness of the spiritual and physical realms, aiming to foster human development and understanding through a unique research-based approach.

	Rudolf Steiner described it as “a scientific investigation of the spiritual world which sees through the one-sidedness of a mere knowledge of nature as well as that of ordinary mysticism, and which, before attempting to penetrate into the supersensible world, first develops in the cognizing soul the powers not yet active in ordinary consciousness and in ordinary science which make such a penetration possible.” <ref>Steiner, Rudolf. <i>Philosophie und Antroposophie.</i> P. 66, https://odysseetheater.org/GA/Buecher/GA_035.pdf#page=66&view=Fit Accessed on 5/7/25.</ref>		Rudolf Steiner described it as “a scientific investigation of the spiritual world which sees through the one-sidedness of a mere knowledge of nature as well as that of ordinary mysticism, and which, before attempting to penetrate into the supersensible world, first develops in the cognizing soul the powers not yet active in ordinary consciousness and in ordinary science which make such a penetration possible.” <ref>Steiner, Rudolf. <i>Philosophie und Antroposophie.</i> P. 66, https://odysseetheater.org/GA/Buecher/GA_035.pdf#page=66&view=Fit Accessed on 5/7/25.</ref>

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	=== Websites ===		=== Websites ===
	* [https://anthroposophy.org/ Anthroposophical Society in America] website.		* '''[https://anthroposophy.org/ Anthroposophical Society in America]'''.
			* '''[https://anthroposophy.org.uk/ Anthroposophy in Great Britain]'''.
			* '''[https://goetheanum.ch/en Goetheanum]''' website in English.

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	* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJOD50YV8sk Rudolf Steiner: A Journey into Anthroposophy] was posted on Angela's Symposium YouTube channel on Feb 19, 2023. About 19 minutes.		* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJOD50YV8sk Rudolf Steiner: A Journey into Anthroposophy] was posted on Angela's Symposium YouTube channel on Feb 19, 2023. About 19 minutes.
	* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEssc6ATr_Y The Anthroposophical Path of Inner Work Lesson 1] by Cynthia Hoven. Posted on Cynthia Hoven YouTube channel on Sep 15, 2022 as the first of ten lectures.		* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEssc6ATr_Y The Anthroposophical Path of Inner Work Lesson 1] by Cynthia Hoven. Posted on Cynthia Hoven YouTube channel on Sep 15, 2022 as the first of ten lectures.
			* [https://medium.com/product-owner-notebook/what-is-anthroposophy-and-how-can-we-use-it-to-humanize-the-way-of-working-in-organizations-879e7825c9f8 What Is Anthroposophy and How Can We Use It to Humanize the Way of Working in Organizations?] by Dennis Hambeukers. Posted on Medium ca 2025.

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	<blockquote>“Anthroposophy is a path of knowledge to guide the spiritual in the human being to the spiritual in the universe. It arises in the human being as a need of the heart, of the life of feeling. It can be justified only inasmuch as it can satisfy this inner need. Only those can acknowledge anthroposophy who find in it what they themselves in their inner lives feel impelled to seek. Only they can be anthroposophists who feel certain questions on the nature of the human being and the universe as an elemental need of life, just as one feels hunger and thirst." <ref>McDermott, Robert. <i>Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy. </i> In: <i>The Cambridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism. </i> Edited by Alexander Magee. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2016, pp. 260-271.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>“Anthroposophy is a path of knowledge to guide the spiritual in the human being to the spiritual in the universe. It arises in the human being as a need of the heart, of the life of feeling. It can be justified only inasmuch as it can satisfy this inner need. Only those can acknowledge anthroposophy who find in it what they themselves in their inner lives feel impelled to seek. Only they can be anthroposophists who feel certain questions on the nature of the human being and the universe as an elemental need of life, just as one feels hunger and thirst." <ref>McDermott, Robert. <i>Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy. </i> In: <i>The Cambridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism. </i> Edited by Alexander Magee. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2016, pp. 260-271.</ref></blockquote>

	Anthroposophy communicates knowledge that is gained in a spiritual way. Yet it only does so because everyday life, and the science founded on sensation and intellectual activity, lead to a barrier along life's way - a limit where the life of the soul in the human being would die if it could go no further. Everyday life and science do not lead to this limit in such a way as to compel the human being to stop short at it. For at the very frontier where the knowledge derived from sense-perception ceases, there is opened through the human soul itself the further outlook into the spiritual world. <ref>Steiner, Rudolf. <i>Anthroposophical leading Thought: Anthroposophy as a Path of Knowledge – the Michael Mystery.</i> Transl. George and Mary Adams. Rudolf Steiner Press, London, 1973, p. 13.</ref>		<blockquote>"Anthroposophy communicates knowledge that is gained in a spiritual way. Yet it only does so because everyday life, and the science founded on sensation and intellectual activity, lead to a barrier along life's way - a limit where the life of the soul in the human being would die if it could go no further. Everyday life and science do not lead to this limit in such a way as to compel the human being to stop short at it. For at the very frontier where the knowledge derived from sense-perception ceases, there is opened through the human soul itself the further outlook into the spiritual world." <ref>Steiner, Rudolf. <i>Anthroposophical leading Thought: Anthroposophy as a Path of Knowledge – the Michael Mystery.</i> Transl. George and Mary Adams. Rudolf Steiner Press, London, 1973, p. 13.</ref></blockquote>

	According to Steiner, to be a thinking person one must relate lovingly to the universe, earth, the animate world, and to the human person, especially oneself. He intended his ideal of spiritually active thinking as a call to the heart, to the affective and artistic capacities of each person.<ref>McDermott, Robert. <i>Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy. </i> In: <i>The Cabridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism. </i> Edited by Alexander Magee. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2016, pp. 260-271.</ref>		"According to Steiner, to be a thinking person one must relate lovingly to the universe, earth, the animate world, and to the human person, especially oneself. <He intended> his ideal of spiritually active thinking as a call to the heart, to the affective and artistic capacities of each person."<ref>McDermott, Robert. <i>Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy. </i> In: <i>The Cabridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism. </i> Edited by Alexander Magee. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2016, pp. 260-271.</ref>

	A central concept within Anthroposophy is the threefold social order. It proposes a way to organize society into three independent spheres: the economic, the political/rights, and the cultural, to foster a healthier and more balanced social structure. <ref>Segall, Matthew David. <i> Rudolf Steiner’s Threefold Social Organism.</i> August 13, 2024. https://footnotes2plato.com/2024/08/13/rudolf-steiners-threefold-social-organism/ Accessed on 5/13/25</ref>		A central concept within Anthroposophy is the threefold social order. It proposes a way to organize society into three independent spheres: the economic, the political/rights, and the cultural, to foster a healthier and more balanced social structure. <ref>Segall, Matthew David. <i> Rudolf Steiner’s Threefold Social Organism.</i> August 13, 2024. https://footnotes2plato.com/2024/08/13/rudolf-steiners-threefold-social-organism/ Accessed on 5/13/25</ref>
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	The building associated with the Anthroposophical movement is the Goetheanum, which is located in Dornach, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. The Goetheanum was designed by Rudolf Steiner and named after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Steiner laid the cornerstone of the building on September 20th 1920. <ref> Steiner, Rudolf. Autobiography: Chapters in the Course of My Life, 1861-1907. Hudson, NY: Anthroposophie, 1999, page 307.</ref>.		The building associated with the Anthroposophical movement is the Goetheanum, which is located in Dornach, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. The Goetheanum was designed by Rudolf Steiner and named after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Steiner laid the cornerstone of the building on September 20th 1920. <ref> Steiner, Rudolf. Autobiography: Chapters in the Course of My Life, 1861-1907. Hudson, NY: Anthroposophie, 1999, page 307.</ref>.

	It ~~opened~~ in 1920 and was ~~destroyed by~~ fire on New Year's Eve 1922~~/23~~. Only the great sculpture of “The Representative of Humanity” on which ~~Steiner~~ had been working in a neighborhood workshop with the English sculptress Edith Maryon survived the fire. <ref> Davy, John. "Rudolf Steiner: A Sketch of His Life and Work." Http://www.rsarchive.org. Rudolf Steiner Archive & E.Lib, 28 Oct. 2014. Web. 19 Sept. 2016.</ref>		It was open in 1920 and was lost to a fire on New Year's Eve of 1922-1923. Only the great sculpture of “The Representative of Humanity” on which Staeiner had been working in a neighborhood workshop with the English sculptress Edith Maryon survived the fire. <ref> Davy, John. "Rudolf Steiner: A Sketch of His Life and Work." Http://www.rsarchive.org. Rudolf Steiner Archive & E.Lib, 28 Oct. 2014. Web. 19 Sept. 2016.</ref>

	In 1924 Rudolf Steiner presented his model for the second Goetheanum, which is made of reinforced concrete. It was constructed from 1925 until 1928 and now serves as a center for the world-wide Anthroposophical Society and its School of Spiritual Science. It was inaugurated in 1928 revealing its unique architecture. Originally designed by Rudolf Steiner, the building was finished in the course of the 20th century. The Great Hall (with 1000 seats) and the west wing staircase are particularly remarkable. The permanent exhibition hall that house the monumental sculpture of The Representative of Humanity, models, and sketches of the Goetheanum, as well as temporary exhibition rooms, are waiting for your visit. ~~A cafeteria and a bookshop are also at your service.~~<ref>The Building.https://goetheanum.ch/en/campus Accessed on 5/13/24.</ref>		In 1924 Rudolf Steiner presented his model for the second Goetheanum, which is made of reinforced concrete. It was constructed from 1925 until 1928 and now serves as a center for the world-wide Anthroposophical Society and its School of Spiritual Science. "The Goetheanum was inaugurated in 1928 revealing its unique architecture. Originally designed by Rudolf Steiner, the building was finished in the course of the 20th century. The Great Hall (with 1000 seats) and the west wing staircase are particularly remarkable. The permanent exhibition hall that house the monumental sculpture of The Representative of Humanity, models, and sketches of the Goetheanum, as well as temporary exhibition rooms, are waiting for your visit."<ref>The Building.https://goetheanum.ch/en/campus Accessed on 5/13/24.</ref>

	==Anthroposophy and Theosophy==		==Anthroposophy and Theosophy==
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	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthroposophy Anthroposophy] in Wikipedia.		* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthroposophy Anthroposophy] in Wikipedia.
	* [https://waldorfinspiration.com/en/anthroposophy-for-dummies Anthroposophy for Beginners] on Waldorfinspiration.com.		* [https://waldorfinspiration.com/en/anthroposophy-for-dummies Anthroposophy for Beginners] on Waldorfinspiration.com.
			* Paull, John. [https://www.ej-theology.org/index.php/theology/article/view/74 Rudolf Steiner: From Theosophy to Anthroposophy (1902 – 1913)], in European Journal of Theology and Philosophy, vol. 2, no. 5, Sept. 2022, pp. 8-170.

	=== Video ===		=== Video ===

	* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LwSM467GJ8 Anthroposophy (Explained in 2 Minutes)] was posted on Helpful Professor Explains! YouTube channel on May 9, 2024. 2 minutes.		* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LwSM467GJ8 Anthroposophy (Explained in 2 Minutes)] was posted on ''Helpful Professor Explains!'' YouTube channel on May 9, 2024. 2 minutes.
	* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJOD50YV8sk Rudolf Steiner: A Journey into Anthroposophy] was posted on Angela's Symposium YouTube channel on Feb 19, 2023. About 19 minutes.		* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJOD50YV8sk Rudolf Steiner: A Journey into Anthroposophy] was posted on ''Angela's Symposium'' YouTube channel on Feb 19, 2023. About 19 minutes.
	* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEssc6ATr_Y The Anthroposophical Path of Inner Work Lesson 1] by Cynthia Hoven. Posted on Cynthia Hoven YouTube channel on Sep 15, 2022 as the first of ten lectures.		* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEssc6ATr_Y The Anthroposophical Path of Inner Work Lesson 1] by Cynthia Hoven. Posted on Cynthia Hoven YouTube channel on Sep 15, 2022 as the first of ten lectures.
	* [https://medium.com/product-owner-notebook/what-is-anthroposophy-and-how-can-we-use-it-to-humanize-the-way-of-working-in-organizations-879e7825c9f8 What Is Anthroposophy and How Can We Use It to Humanize the Way of Working in Organizations?] by Dennis Hambeukers. Posted on Medium ca 2025.		* [https://medium.com/product-owner-notebook/what-is-anthroposophy-and-how-can-we-use-it-to-humanize-the-way-of-working-in-organizations-879e7825c9f8 What Is Anthroposophy and How Can We Use It to Humanize the Way of Working in Organizations?] by Dennis Hambeukers. Posted on Medium ca 2025.