Foreword by Carlo Pietzner
Translated by Douglas E. Miller, Marguerite Miller and Helen Lubin
- Publisher
Floris Books - Published
23rd August 2011 - ISBN 9780863158100
- Language English
- Pages 144 pp.
As human beings, we have a great longing for community, to feel part of something. Despite this apparent need, the opposite tendency is evident everywhere: a growing individualism leading to the breakdown of relationships, conflict and war.
How can we connect meaningfully with our fellow human beings and build successful communities, whilst also cultivating a healthy individuality?
Karl König considered that finding answers to these questions was one of the central tasks of anthroposophy, as well as its greatest potential downfall. Seventy years ago, he founded the Camphill Movement as a search for social renewal and healing from new sources.
As part of a growing dialogue between people within and outside of Camphill, a conference called Community Building in the Light of Michael took place at the Goetheanum in 2009. The contributions in this book originate from there; contributors include: • Cornelius Pietzner • Virginia Sease • Penelope Roberts-Baring • Sergei Prokofieff • Peter Selg • Bodo von Plato.
C O N T E N T S:
Foreword by Cornelius Pietzner
The Meeting of Traditional and New Impulses in Community
Virgina Sease
Community Building as Practice through the “I”
Penelope Roberts-Baring
The Nathan Soul’s Task for Humanity
Sergei O. Prokofieff
The Destiny of Karl König
Peter Selg
Karl König and the Spirit of Our Time
Bodo von Plato
Social Formation and Community Building for Tomorrow
Cornelius Pietzner
Clarity, Heartfelt Knowledge, and Willing the Future:
An Introduction to Carlo Pietzner’s Kaspar Hauser Play
Richard Steel
And from the Night, Kaspar
Carlo Pietzner
The Mysteries of the Will: An Introduction to the Michaelmas Play
Richard Steel
A Play for Michaelmas
Karl König
Notes
Bibliography
Index