Goetheanum

Second Goetheanum, western front (Dornach, Switzerland)

South facade

Map of the surroundings of the Goetheanum

The Goetheanum is a monumental building designed by Rudolf Steiner in Dornach near Basel in Switzerland and today the seat of the General Anthroposophical Society and the School of Spiritual Science with its Sections.

After Steiner's death in 1925, Albert Steffen took over the presidency of the General Anthroposophical Society, which is not identical with the Anthroposophical Society founded by Rudolf Steiner, as the latter was dissolved on 8 February 1925 and the Goetheanum Building Society was transformed into the General Anthroposophical Society. Similarly, the School of Spiritual Science in its present form is no longer the one founded by Rudolf Steiner, as he did not appoint a successor to it (Lit.:GA 260, p. 51).

After the first Goetheanum, begun in 1913, was destroyed by fire on 31 December 1922, the foundation stone was laid in 1924 for a second Goetheanum, which was opened in 1928.

Literature

• Carl Kemper: Der Bau. Studien zur Architektur und Plastik des ersten Goetheanum., Verlag Freies Geistesleben, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-7725-0534-1
• Hans Hasler: DAS GOETHEANUM - Eine Führung durch den Bau, seine Umgebung und seine Geschichte, Vlg. am Goetheanum, Dornach 2005
• John Paull: Dr Rudolf Steiner's Shed: The Schreinerei at Dornach, in: in: Journal of Biodynamics Tasmania, Issue 127, September-December 2018 academia.edu
• John Paull: The Home of Rudolf Steiner: Haus Hansi, in: Journal of Biodynamics Tasmania, Issue 126, Second Quarter 2018 academia.edu
• Christoph Lindenberg: Rudolf Steiner. Eine Chronik, Stuttgart: Freies Geistesleben 1988, ISBN 3-7725-0905-3
• Rudolf Steiner: Menschenschicksale und Völkerschicksale, GA 157 (1981) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Erdensterben und Weltenleben. Anthroposophische Lebensgaben. Bewußtseins-Notwendigkeiten für Gegenwart und Zukunft, GA 181 (1991), Sechzehnter Vortrag, Berlin, 3. Juli 1918 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Esoterische Betrachtungen karmischer Zusammenhänge. Zweiter Band, GA 236 (1988), ISBN 3-7274-2360-9 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Das Künstlerische in seiner Weltmission, GA 276 (2002) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Das Wesen des Musikalischen und das Tonerlebnis im Menschen, GA 283 (1989) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Wege zu einem neuen Baustil, GA 286 (1982) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

References to the work of Rudolf Steiner follow Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works (CW or GA), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach/Switzerland, unless otherwise stated. Email: verlag@steinerverlag.com URL: www.steinerverlag.com. Index to the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner - Aelzina Books A complete list by Volume Number and a full list of known English translations you may also find at Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works Rudolf Steiner Archive - The largest online collection of Rudolf Steiner's books, lectures and articles in English. Rudolf Steiner Audio - Recorded and Read by Dale Brunsvold steinerbooks.org - Anthroposophic Press Inc. (USA) Rudolf Steiner Handbook - Christian Karl's proven standard work for orientation in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works for free download as PDF.