School for Spiritual Conference
September 5-6, 2025
Conference on Understanding and Cultivating the "I"
September 6-7, 2025
Editor’s Note: Witsun News from the Medical Section, including announcement of the international annual conference of the Medical Section at the Goetheanum from 9–14 September! 'Extending the Art of Healing – Etheric Forces as Forces for the Future':
Dear Friends,
Eight years ago, we held our last conference on spiritual issues in anthroposophic nursing. Nursing itself is a spiritual path that is probably not easy to find in our time. Anthroposophy aims to guide people toward a peaceful future as a gift and a challenge. Today, nursing requires more than goodwill and compassion. It needs a power that permeates and acts through the eyes and hands so that a battered body, an exhausted soul, or a powerless spirit can find the courage to rise again.
This power arises when the “I“ recognizes itself. Ita Wegman gave nurses the task of developing the “I” as an exercise and perspective for the day ahead. Karl König in the Camphill communities pointed out the importance of the lower senses. For Gerhard Kienle, the mantra “to gain the I” was at the core of collaboration in anthroposophical hospitals.
We cordially invite you to this two-part conference in the year marking the 100th anniversary of anthroposophical nursing training.
We will begin with work on the last three class lessons and continue the meditative work on Saturday evening and Sunday on the theme of “Becoming I.” Please bring the blue card with you for the class lessons.
The second part of the conference does not require membership in the first class. However, it can contribute to its understanding. It is about caring for the “I.” We want to engage in practical meditative exercises as well as Christological questions.
Both conferences will be consecutively translated into English. The talk in the first class and the exploratory exchange on mantras and the “I am” words will be in English and German.
We look forward to your participation.
Registration
The registration deadline is September 1, 2025.
The participation fee is CHF 45/EUR per conference, excluding meals. Refreshments during breaks are included.
The participation fee is payable on site. You will receive confirmation after registering. If you have any questions, please contact Rolf Heine. (rolf.heine@medsektion-goetheanum.ch)
Please register here for the School for Spiritual Science and Conference on Understanding and Cultivating the “I” events.
IFAN Steering Committee
Signed by Rolf Heine, Deborah Bednarek, Christoph von Dach, Sonja van Hees, Antonia Olavarria, Tania Prince, Elizabeth Sustick, Michalea Schnur
