The working groups are intended to allow small groups to go into more detail about specific topics and issues. The deadline to register was 15th April 2015. Shortly after the deadline you will find a list of all registered working groups with short descriptions on this page.
Themes for these working groups may come from any field of science (and do not have to be directly related to the conference theme). Working groups which introduce current research, develop or discuss working methods, address didactic and educational issues, or deepen specific or interdisciplinary themes are particularly desirable.
three 90 minute sessions, held in one language (English and/or German)
cancelled
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Rudolf Steiner regte an, naturwissenschaftliche Forschung mit imaginativen und inspirativen Methoden zu erweitern und zu vertiefen. Diese Anregungen wurden und werden in verschiedenster Art und Weise verfolgt. Die Arbeitsgruppe soll Raum für die Darstellung verschiedener solcher Richtungen und dem Austausch über methodische Fragestellungen bieten.
(DE/EN)
Although everyone more or less has the ability to perceive etheric and astral forces, most people are not aware of this ability. This workshop will provide the opportunity for participants to broaden and deepen their capacities to the point where they can become conscious experiences. The workshop will take place mainly in nature and will focus on practical perception exercises that can lead to the experience of supersensible forces and beings. The workshop is suitable for people with no previous experience as well for people who have some experience but are hesitant about their capacities and would like to develop them further.
(DE/EN)
The three picture forming methods and the morphology of algae: Their pioneers, physical and chemical basics and fields of application will be presented on the first day. The theme of the second day will be form and formation (Gestalt und Gestalt-
bildung). We will discuss the perception and experience of pictures and how they can be evaluated. Lastly there will be a selection of pictures to be evaluated.
cancelled
(EN/DE)
Goethe showed us how the subject to be studied determines the way we look. This workshop will explore the relationship between the growth of plants and the tools we need to develop within our own organism in order to apprehend the levels of plant development. A third step will take us to the relationship between the path of the scientist and Rudolf Steiner's schooling.
(DE) *** only in german ***
Formen, Proportionen und Materialien sind Kräfte, die bildend wirken. Raum-in-Raum-Lösungen als Installationen, die die innere und äussere Gesundheit unterstützen und fördern. Raum grosse Modelle ermöglichen ein Erleben der eigenen Grenzen und Seelenräume. Anleitung zum Schaffen von temporären persönlichen Kraftorten.
(DE/EN)
In chemistry one can strive for an encounter with forces and spiritual entities which take effect between substances and unveil themselves in chemical phenomena. The starting point of such a path of insight is to be found in chemical experi-
mentation. - What attitude do we take into perception and insight? What attitude do we take towards the experiments? And what could be meant by "spiritual entities"? We will pursue questions like these through exercises and in dialogue, using experiments with tin.
(EN)
A presentation of experiences and results from holding water phenomena workshops. These workshops, given over several years, use a hands-on curriculum of simple hydrodynamic experiments, form and dynamic drawing, clay modeling and Eurythmy. The curriculum strives to help the participant develop keener observation skills and awaken an appreciation for the positive qualities of water.
This working group is now together with working group nr 10: Arbeitskreis für Strömungsforschung: Strömungen in der Natur (und Technik)
(DE) *** only in german ***
Strömungsbeobachtungen a) in der Natur; b) Beobachtungs- und Forschungsmethoden; c) Wasserbewegungen; d) Strömungen erkennen; e) soziale Auswirkungen von Strömungsprojekten.
This working group is now together with working group nr 9: Water phenomena
(DE) *** only in german ***
Seit 1908 sprach Rudolf Steiner immer wieder über die Bedeutung der „Tria Principia“ im Mittelalter und die Notwendigkeit eines neuen Verständnisses. Wie wenden wir die der mineralischen Welt entnommenen Begriffe auf die Prozesse in der lebendigen Pflanze an? Wie ist ihr Zusammenhang zu den 4 Elementen und den sogenannten Imponderabilien, den Äther-
kräften? Gemeinsam wollen wir die Beziehung von Sal – Merkur – Sulfur mit den irdischen und kosmischen Aspekten einer Pflanze, mit ihren Lebensprozessen und den dabei gebildeten Substanzen bewegen. Geübt werden soll dies an konkreten Heilpflanzen.
(EN)
Rudolf Steiner spoke quite harshly against psychoanalysis as it was developing in the early 20th century, but some of his comments have led to anthroposophy failing to take much part in the developments leading to the rich and varied streams of psychology in the following 100 years – Gestalt, Logotherapy, Psychosynthesis etc. The creation of Psychophonetics 25 years ago by Yehuda Tagar has developed into an experiential methodology founded on the anthroposophical structure of the soul given by Rudolf Steiner in 1910 (Psychosophy). My wish is to outline the threads which have led to this situation, present the fundamentals of Psychosophy and to explore together experientially, how psychophonetics can be a practical research tool for an anthroposophical psychology.
(EN)
Quantum physics is considered to be such a difficult theory that even specialists have difficulties understanding its philosophical foundations. It would seem that non-specialists don't stand a chance! On the other hand, one could conclude that when speaking about Quantum Physics everyone is in a sense a non-specialist. So we want to turn the question around: Is there a way to speak about Quantum physics without speaking as a non-specialist? So in this workshop we will dive into the different "understandings of understanding“ and consider what confidence we can have that a product of thinking (such as a theory) is understandable with thinking.
cancelled
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Der im Titel angegebenen Aussage von Rudolf Steiner wird auf ihre Denkbarkeit nachgegangen, sowohl vom Gesichtspunkt der Anthroposophie wie auch vom Gesichtspunkt der heutigen Physik. Dies wird in der ersten Sitzung der Arbeitsgruppe besprochen. Dann kommt in der zweiten Sitzung auch die Datierungsfrage bezüglich der Erdgeschichte zur Sprache, sowohl nach Aussagen von Rudolf Steiner wie auch nach üblichen Gesichtspunkten aus der Geologie und auch nach Auffassung der sogenannten Kreationisten. In der dritten Sitzung können dann weitere Fragen besprochen werden, die zum Beispiel noch nicht in der ersten oder zweiten Sitzung genügend zur Aussprache gekommen sind.
(DE/EN)
In recent years, the concept of teleology has reentered the academic discussion in biology. Epigenetics, the emergence of autonomy in evolution and Evo Devo – the latter by showing that all the master genes of vertebrate animals can be discovered in the primitive ancestors – allow us to hypothesize directed evolutionary processes. Do we see natural and spiritual science approaching each other? This is the question we would like to discuss in the workshop.
cancelled
cancelled
(DE) *** only in german ***
In der Arbeitsgruppe sollen Möglichkeiten und Ziele einer Methodik und Didaktik, die den phänomenologischen Unterricht als Leitlinie verfolgt, bearbeitet werden. Die Problematik, die durch die fortschreitende Digitalisierung unserer Welt neu auftaucht, wird angesprochen und im gemeinsamen Gespräch werden Wege zur Lösung gesucht. Interdisziplinarität und Förderung der Eigenaktivität der Lernenden sollen ebenso angesprochen werden, wie auch das Potential, das der phänomenologische Zugang zu den Lerninhalten der Naturwissenschaft gerade auch für Abschlussprüfungen bietet.