Artemis and the Artemision

Artemis and the Artemision: The Mystery Centre of Ephesus

With the ruins of the Artemis temple almost non-existent today, it is perhaps not surprising that little interest is generally accorded this 6th Wonder of the World. Yet we can still gain an idea of it and of the legendary statue of Artemis, from reconstruction drawings and archaeological finds – supported by literary and historical sources. Study of this important Greek Mystery Center can shed light on the cultural impulses appropriate for our time.

About the Author

Peter Stebbing, born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1941, attended Waldorf Schools in England. Having studied at art schools in Brighton and London, he emigrated to the United States in 1966, continuing his studies at Cornell University and earning the M.F.A. degree in painting in 1968.Peter Stebbing subsequently established a painting school at the Threefold Educational Foundation in Spring Valley, N.Y., teaching there from 1983 until 1990. Since 1992 he has been director of the Arteum Painting School in Dornach, Switzerland. He is also the translator and editor of various anthroposophical art publications. He served as a member of the Executive Council of the General Anthroposophical Society at the Goetheanum in Switzerland from 2001.