Michaelmas Gathering of the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum

Wed, Sep 26 2012 4:30 PM to Sat, Sep 29 2012 6:30 PM

Location: Dornach, SWITZERLAND
Category: - Goetheanum Event, School for Spiritual Science, Save the Date

for Members of the First Class of the School of Spiritual Science

Dornach, December 14, 2011
To the Members of the Michael School

Dear Friends,

We – the Collegium of the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum – would like to warmly invite you to an international gathering of members of the School of Spiritual Science at Michaelmas 2012 at the Goetheanum.
It will be held from
4:30pm Wednesday, September 26,
to 6:30pm Saturday, September 29, 2012

We would like to look at the ways of working with the First Class that we have developed up to now, augmented and supported by Johannes Kirsch and Peter Selg, whose publications on this topic many of you are undoubtedly aware of. We also want to focus on the question of where we currently stand in our anthroposophic work and discuss how we can provide impulses for the further development of the cultural mission of the Michael School in the coming years.

During the Christmas Conference Rudolf Steiner made a sketch of the structure of the School of Spiritual Science in which he inscribed the Sections with their professional fields as vertical lines enmeshed with the horizontal lines of the three Classes of the School of Spiritual Science and the General Anthroposophical Society.¹ What self-concept and tasks are illustrated by this? How far has the development of the School progressed today with regard to putting elements of a new sacred mystery culture into practise? What kind of qualities of work are we dealing with? And when we consider the few indications that Rudolf Steiner gave regarding the nature and tasks of the Second and Third Classes, how does the esoteric work of the Sections relate to this? What forms of community building are inherent in it and need to be developed? What forms of working are appropriate for a group of people who want to align themselves directly with the spiritual world, as is the case with Members of the Michael School? And how is this affected by the fact that our esoteric material has been published?

We at the Goetheanum are very concerned with these and other questions – and we would like to ponder them with you. We would also like to discuss with you how we want to celebrate the coming 100th anniversary of the laying of the Goetheanum’s foundation stone (September 20th, 2013), as from the beginning our centre was called “Goetheanum, School of Spiritual Science”. We welcome any suggestions you might have for that occasion, as well as for our Michaelmas gathering in September 2012.

With warm greetings and good wishes for the Christmas Season –
On behalf of the Collegium of the School of Spiritual Science –
Michaela Glöckler

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[Program in development:]

The Collegium will further prepare the content of our Michaelmas gathering during its regular weekly meetings in the first half of 2012. Also still to be decided is how to include artistic elements in the program, and this will also be sent to the participants sometime in the summer.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012
4:30 to 6:30 pm
Introduction to the theme of the gathering by members of the Collegium of
the School of Spiritual Science, followed by a Lecture by Peter Selg: The Class Lessons in the wording of Rudolf Steiner/ Ita Wegman, and the Goetheanum esoteric school
Evening break
8:00 pm
The 19th Class Lesson read by Peter Selg

Thursday, September 27, 2012
9:00 to 10:30 am
Lecture by Johannes Kiersch: Rudolf Steiner’s mandate to the initial “conveyors” of the mantrams
Break
11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Discussion in groups
Midday Break
3:30 to 5:00 pm
Questions regarding the development of the Michael School – discussion in groups
Break
5:30 to 6:30 pm
Free rendering of the 19th Class Lesson
Evening Break
8:00 pm
Lecture: The path of the mantrams of the Michael School reflected in the esotericism of professional life

Friday, September 28, 2012
9:00 to 10:30 am
Plenary discussion of the mantrams of the 19th Class Lesson
Break
11:00 am to 12:30 pm
The constitution of the Medical Section through Rudolf Steiner and Ita Wegman as an example of the possibilities for the practical realisation of spiritual research and spiritual community building
Midday Break
3:30 to 5:00 pm
Questions of development of the worldwide Section work – Plenary discussion
Break
5:30 to 6:30 pm
A contemplation of the qualities of the Second and Third Classes of the School of Spiritual Science
Evening Break
8:00 pm
Esotericism in educational, priestly and medical activities

Saturday, September 29, 2012
9:00 to 10:30 am
The three conditions of membership in the School of Spiritual Science as an inspiration to creating a Michaelmas festival – Short talk followed by a plenary discussion
11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Discussion in groups
Midday Break
3:30 to 5:00 pm
Joint preparation of the conference of the School of Spiritual Science marking three times 33 1/3 years of the “School of Spiritual Science” 2013
Break
5:30 to 6:30 pm
Summary and outlook on our further work

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1 - Rudolf Steiner: Die Weihnachtstagung zur Begründung der Allgemeinen Anthroposophischen Gesellschaft 1923/1924 (GA 260), Rudolf Steiner Verlag 1994, p.113, continuation of the founding assembly, December 27, 1923 in Dornach

 

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