The following is an informative but poetic article about the first Goetheanum and the new mysteries. If you want to learn about and understand the topic, this is a good way to start. But, if you’re looking for a detailed, descriptive and specific account of what happened, this may not be the best article for you.

 

Sometime about one-hundred-and-ten years ago, a group of people set out to build something, a building like literally nothing else. Each wooden pillar was intricately carved with symbols representing the evolution of humanity. The stained glass depicted designs inspired by the spiritual world, from the loftiest ideas to basic truths, that they had to invent a whole new way of etching into the glass to create. Two intersecting domes created the auditorium, with a roof completely painted with bright colours and meaningful forms and figures. A nine-metre-tall statue stood at the back with humanity, standing in the balance between two impulses. Craftspeople from all over Europe came to Switzerland, and they built it.