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Uwe Mos, Waldorf teacher at the Freie Waldorfschule Wetterau in the Hessian town of Bad Nauheim, describes here his impressions of his works outing to the Goetheanum at the end of March 2023.
What are actually the roots of our pedagogy? Where are they cultivated? What do they look like? What actually is the Goetheanum? Where is it located exactly? These and other questions that were regularly asked in the Kollegium prompted us to finally carry out the long-planned Dornach works outing.
The interest of many colleagues was great. Also because it has been very difficult to do something together in recent years. After an online vote in the College, the choice fell in favour of a «Pedagogical Day» at the Goetheanum, on which classes were suspended except for emergency supervision. 46 people turned up at the bus departure.
A visit to a restaurant in Basel beforehand was important to set the emotional mood. It created a basis for conversation so that the full programme ahead could be carried out. The next morning, after the usual good breakfast at Haus Friedwart, the meeting at the Goetheanum began. It had been put together according to the wishes of the Kollegium together with Dorothee Prange from the Pedagogical Section. She had also taken excellent care of the meals and coffee breaks. Many thanks for this.
Klee, Architecture and the Duldeck House
The day began with remarks by Claus-Peter Röh. He inspired us with parallels in the work of Rudolf Steiner and Paul Klee. Many of us were amazed that there were numerous similarities in thinking between Rudolf Steiner and the great painter. Through the guided tour of the representative of humanity, Rudolf Steiner's great work of art, we learned to understand the gestures of the main figures and to find them in our own actions. It was not only the concluding canon that we sang together that will remain in our memories for a long time.
An architectural tour after lunch gave us a very convincing understanding of the ideas behind the building design of the second Goetheanum. What is the Pedagogical Section doing to facilitate our work on the ground? It was new to some of us Waldorf educators that there is a branch, a School of Spiritual Science and an annual programme of the Pedagogical Section. Constanza Kaliks and Philipp Reubke gave excellent insights here.
The guided tour of the archives in Haus Duldeck was extremely entertaining and gave a very impressive insight into the work on which Rudolf Steiner's books are based. All of us were, albeit somewhat exhausted, after dinner at Prof. Dr. Hübner's lecture at the Transhumanism Conference: Beyond the Human? Transhumanism versus mental-spiritual development. But the afterparty at the accommodation was not to be missed either. The return journey to the Wetterau offered another excellent opportunity to discuss what we had seen and heard.
Several initiatives are underway in the College to continue to nurture the impulses of the Goetheanum and its School of Spiritual Science at our school.
Uwe Mos