A Resurgence of Research: Announcing the 2010 Threefold Visiting Researcher Frank Chester and a Call for Applications for the Fellowship By Bill Day
Submitted by WeStrive on Sat, 05/15/2010 - 15:07
Thirty years ago, Henry Barnes called on every anthroposophical institution to set aside resources to support research. Of “the urgent need for research arising from anthroposophy,” Henry wrote: “We must find the way to work for future values (the purpose of all genuine research), while meeting the needs of today, tomorrow and the next day.” Henry was inspired by Rudolf Steiner’s call at the 1924 Christmas Foundation Conference for the establishment of research institutes that could support and carry forward spiritual scientific research. Through the work of these institutes, Steiner said, the insights of spiritual science will penetrate the general culture.
Today, anthroposophy has proven its ability to foster (for example) beautiful schools and productive farms that freely acknowledge Rudolf Steiner’s spiritual research as the basis of their work.
But even the most prosperous and stable anthroposophical institutions still devote most of their resources to simply keeping the wheels turning, paying the bills, and staying alive for the next school year or planting season. Our people are busy just doing their jobs, we say, and there’s hardly enough money even to meet our immediate needs.
