The Foundation Stone Meditation

The Foundation Stone Meditation and the Challenges of Our Time

The Foundation Stone Meditation brings together essays from 14 leading Anthroposophists, all of whom share the “findings” of their own intensive research and inner experiences with this awesome meditation. The backgrounds of these international writers span the fields of history, philosophy, education, therapy, medicine, agriculture, architecture, geometry, eurythmy, speech, the visual arts, and music. The authors present a wide variety of meditative practices which can help us to “internalize the Foundation Stone and to make it a living reality for ourselves” (Hélène Besnard, Quebec). They guide us in exploring the sights, the rhythms and the mysteries of time and space, across a landscape of soul and spirit. It is like taking a tour through an art museum and marveling at what the docent points out in each work of art. Of course there are always more secrets and deeper truths yet to be discovered. The underlying objective is to nurture a healthy life of the soul so that we can effectively meet the challenges of our time. -from a review by Herbert Hagens

C O N T E N T S:

Forward

Introduction

• Metamorphoses of the Foundation Stone: From the First Foundation Stone of 1913 to the Foundation Stone of 1923 – Christiane Haid
• The Philosophy of Freedom and the Foundation Stone Verse: A Study – Helmut Goldmann
• Space, Time, and Eternity in the Foundation Stone Meditation – Arie van Ameringen
• The Pentagonal-Dodecahedral Foundation Stone: The Pentagon as Formative Principle – Jaap Dijmons
• Living with the Foundation Stone Meditation and the Spiritual Goetheanum – Rüdiger Janisch
• About Inner Work with the Foundation Stone – Auke van der Meij
• The Rhythms of the Foundation Stone Meditation: Realizing Our Incarnation – Paul Mackay
• The Social Significance of the Foundation Stone Meditation – Joan Sleigh
• Medical-Therapeutic Aspects of the Foundation Stone Meditation – Michaela Glöckler
• The Foundation Stone Meditation and Elemental Beings – Jean-Michel Florin
• Call to the “I”: The Foundation Stone in Education – Claus-Peter Röh
• As Architecture of Becoming – H.S. (Bert) Chase
• The Foundation Stone: A Curative Deed – Hélène Besnard
• “As the Turning Point in Time” The Foundation Stone Meditation and the Art of Music – Emmanuel A.A. Vukovich

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Two Readings of the Foundation Stone Meditation

• The Foundation Stone Meditation
• Foundation Stone Meditation given at the Christmas Conference