English Issue 9/2024

“Christmas” is the mythical word in Christianity—the most intimate, unfathomable, childlike festival. Christmas marks the moment of the sun’s lowest position in the sky and promises its victory over darkness. Sol Invictus, unconquered sun, say the Mithra priests. At the end of the year, “Christmas” is a beginning, and Rudolf Steiner and his companions took this great word for the foundation of esoteric life in the outer world. Inner and outer become one! In this issue, we tell of the celebration of the centenary of this anthroposophical birth from the perspective of those who spoke or were present at the 2023 Christmas Conference. Their words evoke the spirit of the turn of the year: looking back becomes looking ahead.