Membership of the Society can be seen as offering two steps of engagement regarding anthroposophy and spiritual science. Signifying recognition of these as a main reference in one\u2019s life, the first step is to join the Society \u2013 something, however, that entails no responsibility for either.<\/p>\n
In contrast, the second step occurs when in one\u2019s biography one decides to represent both and so joins the School. Becoming a \u2018representant\u2019 of anthroposophy in this way is the sole condition of membership of the School (see Marc Desaules<\/a>), although, as in any scientific community, two other considerations are also assumed: (i) that one acts mindfully of one\u2019s colleagues in the School and (ii) that one is competent in its methodology.<\/p>\n Three Classes<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n As refounded by Rudolf Steiner at Christmas 1923, the core purpose of the Anthroposophical Society is to further the work of the School of Spiritual Science, whose own purpose and that of those who join the School is to enable \u2018the principle of initiation to become the principle of civilisation.\u2019 Thereby, the traditional separation of inner and outer, esoteric and exoteric aspects of life is replaced by them becoming the two sides of one coin, as it were, so that spiritual science can be brought to bear on human affairs.<\/p>\n When he inaugurated the School at Christmas 1923, Rudolf Steiner described it on 27 December 1923 as comprising three classes and n<\/em> sections (initially five, now twelve). His explanation was accompanied by the adjacent grid-like drawing, which illustrates how, when one chooses to join the School, one does so as a colleague rather than as a pupil of Rudolf Steiner and via the first class of the School.<\/p>\n In due course, the other two classes were to be added, but Rudolf Steiner died before this became a clear or possible step. That said, the idea and inner fact of all three classes can be understood in terms of tasks, seeds or qualities. (See \u2018Tasks, Seeds, Qualities and the Three Classes of the School of Spiritual Science \u2013 A Tribute to J\u00f6rgen Smit,\u2019 in\u00a0The Deed of Rudolf Steiner \u2013 Sociological Masterpiece \/ Economic Testament<\/a><\/em> by Christopher Houghton Budd.)<\/p>\n Twelve Sections<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n As refounded by Rudolf Steiner at Christmas 1923, the core purpose of the Anthroposophical Society is to further the work of the School of Spiritual Science, whose own purpose and that of those who join the School is to enable \u2018the principle of initiation to become the principle of civilisation.\u2019 Thereby, the traditional separation of inner and outer, esoteric and exoteric aspects of life is replaced by them becoming the two sides of one coin, as it were, so that spiritual science can be brought to bear on human affairs.<\/p>\n When he inaugurated the School at Christmas 1923, Rudolf Steiner described it on 27 December 1923 as comprising three classes and n<\/em> sections (initially five, now twelve). His explanation was accompanied by the adjacent grid-like drawing, which illustrates how, when one chooses to join the School, one does so as a colleague rather than as a pupil of Rudolf Steiner and via the first class of the School.<\/p>\n The sections are conceived as linked to fields of life where there is a need to outgrow today\u2019s materialist and reductionist bias. The sections are not established in the abstract, but where there is a leader of standing in that field in society at large. Depending on one\u2019s karma and biography, one can also become part of the other sections if one chooses to place one\u2019s professional life in those contexts \u2013 for example, as a doctor in the Medical Section. In this way, through the endeavours of those active in its sections the School gives fresh, spiritual scientific, ground to practical social life. As to the matching of the sections to humanity\u2019s affairs, there are currently 12 sections related to agriculture, medicine, the social sciences, the arts, etc. (See here<\/a> for details.)<\/p>\n Nineteen Lessons<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n As refounded by Rudolf Steiner at Christmas 1923, the core purpose of the Anthroposophical Society is to further the work of the School of Spiritual Science, whose own purpose and that of those who join the School is to enable \u2018the principle of initiation to become the principle of civilisation.\u2019 Thereby, the traditional separation of inner and outer, esoteric and exoteric aspects of life is replaced by them becoming the two sides of one coin, as it were, so that spiritual science can be brought to bear on human affairs.<\/p>\n Membership of the Society can be seen as offering two steps of engagement regarding anthroposophy and spiritual science. Signifying recognition of these as a main reference in one\u2019s life, the first step is to join the Society \u2013 something, however, that entails no responsibility for either. In contrast, the second step occurs when in one\u2019s biography one decides to represent both and so joins the School in its first, of three, classes, becoming, in Rudolf Steiner\u2019s words, a \u2018representant\u2019 of anthroposophy and spiritual science.<\/p>\n As regards the first class of the School, 50 days after he inaugurated it at Christmas 1923, Steiner began to give a series of what became 19 lessons \u2013 initially discretely and intimately imparted, now freely available on the internet \u2013 which describe the concrete inner experiences a truly scientific attitude of mind will be confronted by today. The lessons refer to the path or journey one will then likely find oneself on, and serve as a guide to its healthy and wise navigation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tal como fue refundada por Rudolf Steiner en la Navidad de 1923, el prop\u00f3sito central de la Sociedad Antropos\u00f3fica es promover el trabajo de la Escuela de Ciencia Espiritual, que tiene como prop\u00f3sito propio, y de quienes se unen a la Escuela, el permitir que \u201cel principio de iniciaci\u00f3n se convierta en el principio de […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-escuela-de-ciencia-espiritual"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sociedadantroposofica.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sociedadantroposofica.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sociedadantroposofica.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sociedadantroposofica.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sociedadantroposofica.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556"}],"version-history":[{"count":85,"href":"https:\/\/sociedadantroposofica.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":702,"href":"https:\/\/sociedadantroposofica.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556\/revisions\/702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sociedadantroposofica.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sociedadantroposofica.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sociedadantroposofica.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sociedadantroposofica.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Rejilla-3-Clases-1.png\")
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