The Stiftung of 1911

The Stiftung of 1911: An Impulse for the Future, Given through Rudolf Steiner And What at First Became of It

This booklet addresses the kind of consciousness needed by those seeking to allow spiritual impulses to enter earthly life. Through an introduction by Marie Steiner and an address by Rudolf Steiner, we can get a glimpse of how Dr. Steiner attempted to answer a call from the spiritual world and to establish a Society for Theosophical Art and Method. We are presented with a new way of working endowed by Christian Rosenkreuz as interpreted by Rudolf Steiner. The reasons for its initial failure are also intimated.

About the Author

Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up. As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with Goethe’s scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his early philosophical principles into an approach to systematic research into psychological and spiritual phenomena. Formally beginning his spiritual teaching career under the auspices of the Theosophical Society, Steiner came to use the term Anthroposophy (and spiritual science) for his philosophy, spiritual research, and findings. The influence of Steiner’s multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, various therapies, philosophy, religious renewal, Waldorf education, education for special needs, threefold economics, biodynamic agriculture, Goethean science, architecture, and the arts of drama, speech, and eurythmy. In 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world. He died in Dornach, Switzerland.