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  6 September 2026 10:25

  Unhealed wounds can produce fear and therefore hatred >>> The Goetheanum Stage shows ‘The Visitor’ by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt at a time of political tension

  In his play ‘The Visitor’, Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt examines how differing views can be shared and tolerated. While Sigmund Freud and the Stranger acknowledge each other in their controversies, a Gestapo officer uses language to humiliate Sigmund Freud.

• 100 Years of the lyre >>> New sound, new listening experience

  22 June 2026 18:07

  A hundred years ago the search for a deepened experience of sounds, intervals and tones led to the emergence of the new lyre. Since then, it has been developed further by instrument makers and pieces have been written especially for it by composers such as Siegfried Thiele and György Kurtág.

  

• Age is a task for society as a whole >>> The internist Christian Schikarski asks for ways of dealing with aging societies and the growing number of people who need support

  14 June 2026 06:00

  Due to the likely age increase in many societies, a considerably higher proportion of people in need of support is to be expected in the future. According to internist Christian Schikarski thinks that this cannot be solely a matter of individual responsibility. He therefore calls on policymakers to provide both information and training and care programmes.

  

• “Innovation is born from exchange” >>> New ‘Living Farm’ podcast series from the Section for Agriculture at the Goetheanum

  11 June 2026 17:54

  In his monthly podcast ‘Living Farms’, Eduardo Rincón, co-leader of the Section for Agriculture, talks to international guests, discussing with them existing paradigms and considering new ways of developing farming so that it serves life in all its manifestations.

  

• War in the Gulf region – is peace possible? >>> Lecture and conversation with Gerald Häfner

  13 April 2026 10:25

  In international politics, the rule of law and diplomatic mediation have been replaced for some years now by the law of the strongest and most powerful, as is evident in the wars in Ukraine, the Middle East, Sudan and Myanmar, and since 28 February 2026 also in the Gulf region.

  

• “One of the greatest editions in history” >>> Celebration of Rudolf Steiner’s Complete Works

  7 April 2026 06:00

  The edition of Rudolf Steiner’s complete works, consisting of 450 volumes, has been finalized. The Rudolf Steiner Estate Administration (Nachlassverwaltung) and the General Anthroposophical Society will celebrate the completion of this project with a festive event at the Goetheanum on 17 April 2026.

  

• “A fulfilled life despite restrictions” >>> The contribution of Anthroposophic Medicine to older age healthcare

  29 March 2026 11:39

  Dealing with the health challenges of elderly people requires something other than a deficit-oriented view of ageing. Christian Schikarski, an internist with additional qualifications in anthroposophic medicine and experience in geriatrics, heads the Care Group ‘Old Age Culture and Geriatric Medicine’ in the Medical Section at the Goetheanum.

  

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