General Assemblies of an Anthroposophical World Society of the Future
The General Assembly of the Anthroposophical Society could be the place where members of the world society share and support initiatives and ideas. Instead, what often takes place is self-referential and obscured by local associations. How can a change come about?
I came to Dornach and Arlesheim in 2003, now 21 years ago, to work as a medical specialist at the Ita Wegman Clinic and in the Medical Section at the Goetheanum. After reading my dissertation on the “Logos of Human Physis: The Unfolding of an Anthroposophical Human Physiology in the Work of Rudolf Steiner,” Michaela Glöckler asked me to come to continue my studies and publications, but also to pursue work at the Goetheanum as a research assistant. This I did, in the Rudolf Steiner Archive with the active support of Walter Kugler, who opened the door for me and also allowed me to read Rudolf Steiner’s more than 600 notebooks. I also learnt about the nature of the Medical Section and its cosmopolitan work, its worldwide collaborators in research, teaching, training, and the practice of Anthroposophic Medicine.
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Peter Selg heads the Ita Wegman Institute for Basic Anthroposophical Research in Arlesheim and has been a member of the Executive Council of the General Anthroposophical Section at the Goetheanum since April 2020. He teaches medical anthropology and ethics at the University of Witten-Herdecke and at the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences Alfter.