Belonging to Anthroposophy

Rudolf Steiner’s task is to herald a new age, and anthroposophy is to be the host for this next epoch. In a similar manner to theology, philosophy, and natural science, anthroposophy represents an emerging next step in the evolution of human consciousness; it is to be a pedagogy for all cultures and traditions to utilize for the renewal and realization of their respective tasks. Yet anthroposophy often finds itself misunderstood—even by its very representatives—as a dogma, a sect or cult, a set of principles, or even a cultural movement. Many of the anthroposophical community’s dilemmas are central challenges to humanity at large, and can be addressed through penetrating the transformation between knowing and knowledge, not given and given, process and form, above and below. The schooling of consciousness which Steiner demonstrates presents the path by which modernity, based on inherited knowledge, may be directed toward humanity’s spiritual task.