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The Youth Section

New color in the Teestube!!

We have started to renew...

i-Study in Motion
Initiative of the Individual Study of the Goetheanum and the Youth Section

“The risk of an i-study is that sooner or later you meet yourself. At some point you don’t have an escape. You have to face it, to see it in order to go on.” - Kathleen Morse

On a sunny January day in the Youth Section in Dornach, five people gathered around to begin a pilot program: ‘Live One’s Questions’. Annie Sauerland, Claire Lerner, and Kathleen Morse embarked on a project to study their burning questions in the context of life with the leadership and support of Elizabeth Wirsching and Juliana Hepp.

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General Secretaries in the Youth Section

What a fun night!
On Wednesday the 7th of November we welcomed 20 General Secretaries as well as a few members of the executive council of the general Anthroposophical Societies World Wide for dinner in the Youth Section.

A four course meal and many different conversations as well as the presentations of ourselves as the Youth Section Team gave it a comfortable, fun and informative feel.
It is quite an historical moment when you think about the "heads" of important spiritual movements all around the world all sitting together in one room with young people, chatting, laughing, exchanging thoughts.

The general secretary from England reminded us young people that by being in Dornach, active, enthused and changing the world we are heading heads down heels up into a career like theirs, that in 20-30 years we will be in their place. We reminded him of himself as a 25 year old. Quite the exciting as well as scary thought!

Such pleasant events will definitely be repeated!

Youth Congress Munich

Last week Wednesday to Saturday (31. to 3rd) I spent at the Youth Congress in Munich. A group of about 8 Students, Teachers and others have invited to this Youth Congress the second time now. Last year Nicanor Perlas was there, speaking about Globalisation, this year we had the honor to hear Hans Peter Dürr, a nuclear physicist and activist in many fields of civil society. Amazing, how at 78 a man can be so full of energy and so convinced that making a change is the only thing that can help us out of this situation.
In workshops and the World Cafe a lot of topics were touched on regarding the theme of the congress "peace and war and what do you want?". Everyone took away something, if not an answer then definitely a new way of approaching a question.

We are looking forward to next year!

YOUTH IN ITALIA

A visit to Italy. 15th to 16th of September 2007.
A short summary
Elizabeth Wirsching

Over the last year different groups of young people in different cities in Italy, have met to study anthroposophy.
They meet together several times a year for exchange and further studies. I was invited to one of them taking place in Padua, just outside of Venice.
For this gathering we were about 30 people. We met in the Waldorf School and spent 3 intensive days together.
The main focus in the mornings was the two meditations from the first Mystery play by Rudolf Steiner. It was a pleasure to work with this group. Very quickly we came into deep and meaningful exchanges about the content, letting the images became clearer and contemporary, life related.

It struck me that we often hear about young people that they do not understand the language of Rudolf Steiner. (Something I definitely disagree!) Well in this case I would say. Never have I been in a group where the understanding was immediately present.
The warmth and the light of the Italian soul made this visit extraordinary for me.

I left Padua and Italy with a dream: What about a youth conference in Italy to the theme of the arts and music.

Contactperson: Giovanni Buccheri. giovannibuccheri@yahoo.it

NETWORKM MEET-UP
Nicanor Perlas talkes to the question of three-folding (harmonizing the three realms of society: economy, polity/law, and culture/spirituality) and integrating this into our lives.

What is a meet-up?
A meet-up is a one day event held simultaneously in communities all over the world. Each group gathers to discuss a common theme, to share ideas, to play and to cultivate relationships for more effective social action.

We invite you to join us at The Youth Section House to play, discuss and eat together. The discussion focus will be around the Lecture given by Nicanor Perlas.

When: Saturday November 3rd
Where: Konference room, YouthSection Dornach
Time: 2pm-6pm then supper together in the Testube

Welcoming of Students at the Goetheanum

Elizabeth Wirsching welcomes the new Students of the Goetheanum each year in a little ceremony. So we gathered in the Foundationstone-Hall of the Goetheanum on the 23rd of October. The Executive Council of the Goetheanum and the Anthroposophical Society world wide was almost fully present, and each of the members spoke to the new students for a few minutes.

Elizabeth lead the ceremony, which was rounded by artistic performances and Eurythmy. She introduced the Goetheanum to the students and vice versa.
After a game of getting to know each other the students, of whom most are in Dornach to do the basic anthroposophical studies in English or German, introduced each other to the rest of us.

While having Snacks and Drinks in front of the hall after the ceremony, Guitars and Banjos began to play and the evening ended in a joyous party of line dance and laughter.

Youth Section hosts four days of conversation!

From the 3rd to the 7th of October the Youth Section house was full of thoughts, conversations, words, smiles, open hearts and steaming heads.
First fourty, and soon grown to sixty "Philiosophers" of all ages busied themselves with delicate and challenging questions of (our) time.
"Was ist an der Zeit?", a question that has a connotation of future, of the coming, of a stream of time that we can't see but if we learn to let go of our counsciousness-safety-belt "the Past" we can certainly begin to feel the new quality of what was called the "Avenir" by some of the thinkers here.
Drawing the energy to carry on from the future instead of building on to the past. This is what was called "creatio ex nilio" the creation from nothingness.
As the caterer of organic meals for this event we had a good and hard time, good, because every one was so interesting and engaging, hard, because we were invited to join into the lectures and conversations while having the mind full of grams, spices and recipies. Steaming heads I say, but it made hosting the conference even more special!
When every one had gone home the Youth Section house was still full of energies, if they had been sounds it would have sounded like a Synphony by Beethoven I think! Slowly but surely they quieted down and faded out.
We are looking forward to more such events!

for more details: www.anderzeit.com

KEQ - Kochen Essen Quatschen

Every Monday Night we make Dinner at the Youth Section, dinner for anyone who wants to eat with us. Usually I (that would be Katha) cook, and others do the dishes, ;-). Be warmly invited to join us, get to know us, and have a good organic meal for an affordable price (we share material costs!).

Terranova Euritmia in Dornach

Saturday, 22nd September.
With a little apprehension I am preparing the first meal for the Eurythmy group from Brasil, whom I met before, but havent seen in a long time. Christina, Ben and I (that would be Katha) are the so called hosts for this group, who will be around the YouthSection during their stay in Dornach.
I wonder, what are young people like, that have been working with Eurythmy for the last months? Are they any different than before?
Here they come, they come to say hello. Hugs, and hugs again, joyous re-encounters, this is the word they use in Portugues, "reencontro", to meet again.

We eat, and while we are at the table they seem to multiply. I cooked for 20, they are almost 30, because they are joined by many friends, but food is sufficient, and everyone is happy. The terrace of the Youth Section is filled with laughter. People are walking around, sitting, talking, filling the space, the Teestube, the kitchen. This is what it is for! It is great!

Saturday Night they give a performance in the Foundationstone Hall at the Goetheanum. Eurythmy of a different kind. Not only are they only between 19 an 21 years old, but they are absolutely full of will, serious committment to what they have chosen to do, deeply connected to each other, and seemingly absolutely aware of themselves. The Eurythmy becomes a full performance of how young people can stand in the world, be concious, responsible, beautiful and serious, while they are joyously putting on a humorous piece of Eurythmy.
I am proud of them, because they are such a good example to the world!

The day after begins with a breakfast at the YouthSection which is followed by a time of conversation with Elizabeth Wirsching. The Group asked for this, they wished to speak with her.
Thereafter we have the chance to go on a different kind of tour through the Goetheanum, where we enter it from the back end so to speak. Joeri Meijer gives us a full technical view of this huge undertaking called the Goetheanum. Afterwards Eric Hürner takes us through more interpretive parts, the windows of the main hall, the sculpture of the representative of humanity...

From this inward time we pass into the beaming sun light of a wondeful autumn day and walk up to the ruins of Dorneck castle where we have a picknick with the full view of our surroundings.

Lets hope there is more young people of this kind, that come to fill our rooms in the YouthSection with laughter and good energies.

For now, ate logo, gente maravilhoso!
For more info on the Terranova Euritmia Tour see www.terranova-euritmia.de

Welcome to the Youth Section Blog

Dear Team,
this is for us to tell about what happens in the Youth Section in Dornach.
As we can put reports up on a website so far, let's collect them here for now, and later on we can include the blog in the Website.

Have fun blogging ;)