{"id":2898,"date":"2022-08-06T09:15:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T16:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theliteraryarts.com\/?p=2898"},"modified":"2024-01-03T18:12:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T02:12:58","slug":"the-foundation-stone-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theliteraryarts.com\/fr\/the-foundation-stone-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"La m\u00e9ditation de la pierre de fondation et les d\u00e9fis de notre temps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edited by Arie van Amerigen and Christiane Haid<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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How to purchase the book . . .<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

CFAE \/ Rudolf Steiner Bookstore:<\/strong><\/span>
\n5203 240th St. SW, Mountlake Terrace, WA \u00a0USA 98043 \/ (206) 407-7150<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Directly from the publisher:<\/strong><\/span>
\nPercevalbooks2001@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Visit Publisher Website at Les \u00c9ditions Perceval<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

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A Review by Herbert Hagens<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRudolf Steiner first sounded the Foundation Stone meditation at the Christmas Conference on December 25, 1923, in Dornach, Switzerland. He characterized for his listeners the words of this mantra as \u201cthe essence of what may stand before your souls as the most important findings of recent years. . . let our ears be touched by them [the words], so that out of the signs of the present time we may renew, in keeping with our way of thinking, the ancient word of the Mysteries: \u2018Know thyself.\u2019\u00a0Much has been spoken and written about Steiner\u2019s offering ever since that meeting.<\/p>\n

The editors of this latest book on the Foundation Stone bring together essays from fourteen leading anthroposophists, all of whom share the \u201cfindings\u201d of their own intensive research and inner experiences with this awesome meditation. The backgrounds of these international writers span the fields of history, philosophy, education, therapy, medicine, agriculture, architecture, geometry, eurythmy, speech, the visual arts, and music.\u00a0The authors present a wide variety of meditative practices which can help us to \u201cinternalize the Foundation Stone and to make it a living reality for ourselves\u201d (Helene Besnard, Quebec).\u00a0They guide us in exploring the sights, the rhythms and the mysteries of time and space, across a landscape of soul and spirit.\u00a0It is like taking a tour through an art museum and marveling at what the docent points out in each work of art. Of course, there are always more secrets and deeper truths yet to be discovered. The underlying objective is to nurture a healthy life of the soul so that we can effectively meet the challenges of our time.<\/p>\n

One underlying thread that weaves through the essays is the transition from the original copper dodecahedron foundation stone laid in the earth for the First Goetheanum (1913) to the second Foundation Stone laid in the hearts of the members of the Anthroposophical Society (1923). Both \u201cstones\u201d serve as the foundation of a mystery temple, one that was once visible on the earth, and one that exists in the spiritual world. \u201cIt is a future that can grow out of the Foundation Stone meditation, the Foundation Stone of Love, the seed for a new building, a spiritual-social building, the seed for a new civilization\u201d (R\u00fcdiger Janisch, Pennsylvania). Rudolf Steiner stated the following at the end of the Christmas Conference: \u201cWe have here laid the Foundation Stone. On this Foundation Stone shall be erected the building whose individual stones will be the work achieved in all our groups by the individuals outside in the wide world . . . bear out with you your warm hearts in order to do work in the world that is strong in healing. Help will come to you because your heads will be enlightened by what you all now want to be able to direct in conscious willing. The essays in The Foundation Stone Meditation and the Challenges of our Time\u00a0will surely warm our hearts and enlighten our heads as we strive to bring about the good.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Herbert Hagens<\/strong> and Arie van Amerigen<\/strong> are members of the collegium of the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities of the School of Spiritual Science in North America.<\/p>\n

Christiane Haid<\/strong> is the leader of the Section at Dornach<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Contents of the Book<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Foreword 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduction 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Metamorphoses of the Foundation Stone From the First Foundation Stone of 1913 to the Foundation Stone of 1923
\nChristiane Haid<\/em> 17<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Philosophy of Freedom and the Foundation Stone Verse: A Study
\nHelmut Goldmann<\/em> 47<\/strong><\/p>\n

Space, Time and Eternity in the Foundation Stone Meditation
\nArie van Ameringen<\/em> 65<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Pentagonal-Dodecahedral Foundation Stone
\nThe Pentagon as Formative Principle
\nJaap Sijmons<\/em> 77<\/strong><\/p>\n

Living with the Foundation Stone Meditation and the Spiritual Goetheanum
\nR\u00fcdiger Janisch<\/em> 113<\/strong><\/p>\n

About Inner Work with the Foundation Stone
\nAuke van der Meij<\/em> 135<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Rhythms of the Foundation Stone Meditation: Realizing Our Incarnation
\nPaul Mackay<\/em> 151<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Social Significance of the Foundation Stone Meditation
\nJoan Sleigh<\/em> 165<\/strong><\/p>\n

Medical-Therapeutic
\nAspects of the Foundation Stone Meditation
\nMichaela Gl\u00f6ckler<\/em> 181<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Foundation Stone Meditation and Elemental Beings
\nJean Michel Florin<\/em> 195<\/strong><\/p>\n

Call to the \u201cI\u201d: the Foundation Stone in Education
\nClaus-Peter R\u00f6h<\/em> 205<\/strong><\/p>\n

An Architecture of Becoming
\nH.S. (Bert) Chase<\/em> 225<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Foundation Stone: A Creative Deed
\nH\u00e9l\u00e8ne Besnard<\/em> 245<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAt the Turning Point of Time\u201d
\nThe Foundation Stone Meditation and the Art of Music
\nEmmanuel A.A. Vukovich<\/em> 263<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contributors 281<\/strong><\/p>\n

Acknowledgments 286<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Foundation Stone Meditation 287<\/strong><\/p>\n

Foundation Stone Meditation
\ngiven at the Christmas Conference 291<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Edited by Arie van Amerigen and Christiane Haid   How to purchase the book . . . CFAE \/ Rudolf Steiner Bookstore: 5203 240th St. SW, Mountlake Terrace, WA \u00a0USA 98043 \/ (206) 407-7150 Directly from the publisher: Percevalbooks2001@gmail.com Visit Publisher Website at Les \u00c9ditions Perceval   A Review by Herbert Hagens \u201cRudolf Steiner first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books-essays","category-section-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theliteraryarts.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theliteraryarts.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theliteraryarts.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theliteraryarts.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theliteraryarts.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2898"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theliteraryarts.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5814,"href":"https:\/\/theliteraryarts.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2898\/revisions\/5814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theliteraryarts.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theliteraryarts.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theliteraryarts.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theliteraryarts.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}