Dear Friends,

Attached you will find our Annual Report and Epiphany Newsletter, which considers ways of working in a Rosicrucian brotherhood, in addition to offering the latest news and information from the anthroposophic medical movement.

With warm regards and good wishes for your work in 2012,

Yours, Michaela Glöckler

Dear Friends and Members,

Here comes the June edition of Anthroposophy worldwide.
with best regards,
Christian Peter

Dear Friends,
this letter includes some important news and preparatory materials for our annual conference.
With warmest regards
Yours,
Michaela Glöckler
 
(May Circular Letter)

Always Informed

In April the first anthroposophical family medical practice in Riga was opened in Medical Center 4. This became possible through contacts made between the two doctors (Mara Meijere and Gita Gange), as well as by networking with officials in the medical community. The opening of the anthroposophical family medical practice represents a great success. The practice not only builds a bridge between anthroposophical medicine and academic medicine—it also means acceptance by “official” medicine.

Dear Friends,

please find attached the news from the General Assembly Meeting at the Goetheanum and the preparation of the Annual Conference of the Medical Section beside some important Informations -
Happy Easter and warmest regards,
yours
Dr. med. Michaela Glöckler

Dear Friends and Members,

Here comes the April edition of Anthroposophy worldwide. This is also the annual report. Furthermore You find attached the comments by the Executive Council to the Motions, which were published in No. 3

with best regards,
Christian Peter

KUNSTMUSEUM, STUTTGART
Rudolf Steiner is one of the most influential and controversial reformers of the 20th century. The exhibition presents a comprehensive view of Steiner's cultural and art-historical impact and shows works by contemporary artists who are influenced by Steiner's philosophy and art. They are Jan Albers, Joseph Beuys, Tony Cragg, Olafur Eliasson, Helmut Federle, Manuel Graf, Katharina Grosse, Anish Kapoor, Kalin Lindena, Simon Dybbroe Moller, Carsten Nicolai, Giuseppe Penone, Bernd Ribbeck and Claudia Wieser.

For the Co-workers of the Anthroposophic-Medical movement
 From Dr. med. Michaela Glöckler
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
This Circular Letter remained unfinished over Christmas and comes to you with best wishes for the work in the New Year.
 
Various biographies marking Rudolf Steiner’s 150th anniversary have now been published, as expected, of which I have already read two:
One by the educationalist Heiner Ullrich, who traces Steiner’s life and teachings with “the greatest possible fairness”, and one by Helmut Zander, subtitled “The Biography”,

Quietly, globally, billions of bees are dying, threatening our crops and food. But a global ban of one group of pesticides could save bees from extinction.

Four European countries have begun banning these poisons, and some bee populations are recovering. But chemical companies are lobbying hard to keep all killer pesticides on the market. A global outcry now for a ban in the US and EU, where debate is raging, could provoke a total ban and a ripple effect around the world.

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Dear Friends, we are happy to be able to send you  these good news before Christmas – 
ELIANT has reached the goal of one million. We thank all supporters for their magnificent commitment, without which we could never have done it.
Over 1.1 million people worldwide have added their signature to support the creation of legal framework conditions to safeguard freedom of choice and opportunity of choice for anthroposophic services and products. 1,001,671 signatures come from the EU (as at: 13.12.2010). Thus the ELIANT Alliance is one of the very first initiatives able to submit the necessary million signatures in Brussels as part of the European citizens' initiative (ECI).

Rudolf Steiner is known around the world as an author, lecturer and the creator of Anthroposophy, but his role as an inaugurator of new forms of collaboration has yet to be discovered in many places. Anthroposophic institutions are among those grappling with the special challenge of how to develop viable forms of leadership and management. The social ideal developed by Rudolf Steiner in 1923/1924 can serve as an inexhaustible source of inspiration for anyone who wants to unite the principles of spiritual guidance and leadership with those of professional responsibilities and the necessities of the workplace.

Dear friends,
A message from Philip Martyn (below) about the forthcoming lunar eclipse prompted me to look at Rudolf Steiner's comments about eclipses. His words are challenging and provocative:

"Eclipses of the sun and moon, recurring as they do in the course of every year, may really be looked upon as “safety-valves.” A safety-valve is there to avert danger, to provide an outlet for something or other — steam, for instance — at the right moment. One of the safety-valves which makes its appearance in the cosmos and to which we give the name of a solar eclipse, serves the purpose of carrying out into space in a Luciferic way, the evil that spreads over the earth, in order that evil may work havoc in a wider, less concentrated sphere. The other safety-valve, the lunar eclipse, exists for the purpose of allowing the evil thoughts which are present in the cosmos to approach those human beings who are desirous of being possessed by them. In matters of this kind people do not, as a rule, act in full consciousness, but the facts are nevertheless real — just as real as the attraction of a magnet for small particles of iron. Such are the forces at work, in the cosmos — forces no less potent than the forces we analyse and investigate today in our chemical laboratories...."

Collegial Work in Cooperation

A continuing education course for 46 Waldorf teachers was held from February to August at the University of Tartu (320 hours spread over 6 modules). The course was announced by the university in late fall, 2009, and within a short time it was Ofully enrolled.

Physicist’s approach to tendencies in world’s economy

Zeps, Dainis

University of Latvia. Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science.

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Dear friends!
This summer you have the opportunity to experience the Mystery Dramas of Rudolf Steiner as they will be explored through a modern and personal interpretation. Those involved are hoping to share an experience of the karma consciousness that arises out of working with the Dramas. During the four days preceding the summer performances, actors, philosopher’s, artists, the young, the old and all those interested in the mysteries, will join together to study the Dramas as they relate to each one’s life in a personal and unique way.

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Dear friends of campaign ELIANT
We now need only 75 000 EU signatures to reach one million.
Please help us to collect these last, vital signatures!
The ELIANT petition campaign has almost successfully schemed its goal.
The best way to help us now, is:

Virginia Sease and Cornelius Pietzner of the executive council of the General Anthroposophical Society are inviting members and friends to the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland, for a third English Week, "Entering into the 21st Century Spiritually," to be held August 2-7. It will be preceded July 29-August 1 with performances of Rudolf Steiner's four Mystery Dramas by the Goetheanum stage group, with English translations and introductions. Please consult the linked flyer right for all the details and reservation information.

The human I stands at the center of anthroposophy. It provides the orientation for the human constitution and our knowledge of the human being, a knowledge that becomes practical in fields like pedagogy and medicine. But the I is also closely con- nected to the human being’s cosmic origin and the Christ Being.
Entering into the study of anthro- posophy we soon find that the very heart of it is the mystery of the human I or self. This is one of the central issues in anthroposophical Christology and one of the most important questions in anthroposophy altogether.

Dear Friends,
    Easter greetings!   I was asked how I was spending Easter and thought I'd share the reply with a larger group.  It's been a lovely day for me and I hope the same for each of you.  It's already evening here and it was a lovely day, spent with my friends up the road at the Camphill village for handicapped people.  Winter is finally letting go, so it was a pleasant day even though some snow remains and conditions outdoors are muddy, wet, and sometimes very fresh.
    Because we are out in the country, the Easter Hare -- (a hare is similar to a jack-rabbit, so he can carry much more than a mere bunny) -- has a lot of choices and possiblities for hiding his gifts.  This hare chose the nearby woods.  We went to the woods and spread out, looking for goodies -- colored eggs, bright oranges, little packets of candies, each tied in a ribbon.  They were hidden in stumps and among the ferns, holes in trees, etc.  The rule was that when you found something, you had to take it back to the starting point and place it on a cloth there before going to look for more.  No one was rushing about, scooping up everything before anyone else could get it.

School of Western Esotericism

In 2006 a small school for anthroposophy was founded in Riga by Uldis Saveljevs (Council member of the Anthroposophical Society in Latvia) together with former Waldorf teacher Dainis Ozolins, physician Mara Meijere and eurythmy teacher Guna Donina.  The first
14 students have now celebrated their graduation.
The festive granting of diplomas on May 23 began with a eurythmy performance under the direction of eu- rythmy teacher Guna Donina and a reading from Rudolf Steiner’s Calendar of the Soul. The students received their diplomas at the conclusion of a threeyear program of study.

Uldis Saveljevs, teacher at the School for Western Esotericism, told the audience about how this initiative arose. Some time earlier, the impulse for the school had been perceptible in the spiritual world, and thus it did not take too much effort to bring it to incarnation in the physical world. The school was founded in 2006 to meet the needs of young people and the Anthroposophical Society in Latvia for a deepened knowledge of anthroposophy. Since then the School for Western Esotericism has been offering its work to members of the Anthroposophical Society as well as to the general public.

Various Relationships to the State

Teachers and parents belonging to the Waldorf movement in Sweden and Germany have often worked in Lithuania. The result has been several kindergartens and schools organized along the lines of Waldorf pedagogy.
The Vilnius school has twelve classes with about 220 children; graduates can attend university. The school was run by the state, but now it wants to change that; a large circle of parents and teachers have discussed a new constitution for the school. The social form of the Gröbenzell Rudolf Steiner School (Germany) seemed a good model.
The building the state left to the school looks like a ruin. The approximately 3 million litas (=1.5 million euros) hoped for from the EU will not be nearly enough for renovation, not to mention the fact that there is no auditorium or facility for sports. At the end of March a group from the school (and their architect) will visit Gröbenzell to discuss how to start construction on a new building.