# Anthroposophy · The Canon · The Atlas · The Congregation of Tomorrow Source: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/atlas/library/canon/anthroposophy/ · The Congregation of Tomorrow · the Atlas · language: en The same words a person sees on this page, nothing more and nothing hidden. Our own words are free to use under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), naming the Congregation of Tomorrow. Words of others keep their own terms. Every page of the site, listed: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/ai/pages.json · the whole site in one file: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/llms-full.txt ← The Canon: all 125 The Canon · No. 103 Anthroposophy Spiritual science; the Anthroposophical Society 1912 CE – present · Esoteric / Occult · Living · Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, worldwide VII. THE MODERN AGE — 1800 – 1945 ### How many ### Who began it ### What it is for ### What it worships ### What it holds ### What it does ### After death ### Its texts ### Its branches ### Of note ### Its timeline - 1902–12 CE Steiner leads the German Theosophical Society. - 1912–13 CE Break with Theosophy over Krishnamurti; the Anthroposophical Society founded. - 1913–1919 CE The first Goetheanum built at Dornach, Switzerland, in carved wood. - 1919 CE The first Waldorf school opens for the children of workers at the Waldorf-Astoria cigarette factory in Stuttgart. - 1922 CE The Goetheanum is destroyed by arson on New Year's Eve; Steiner designs its concrete replacement, an early landmark of expressionist architecture. - 1924 CE The agriculture lectures that found biodynamics; the curative education course that founds Camphill. - 1925 CE Steiner dies. - 1935 CE The Anthroposophical Society is banned in Nazi Germany, though the relationship of some individual anthroposophists to the regime remains a subject of serious historical criticism. - 1940s–present Global expansion of Waldorf schools and biodynamic farming. - 2000s–present Sustained criticism of Steiner's racial statements about the evolution of peoples, which some anthroposophical bodies have formally repudiated; and public health criticism over lower vaccination rates in some Waldorf communities, linked to measles outbreaks. ### Sources Not yet checked against named sources. This entry is the house's reading; until it is checked, treat each claim as unverified. Correct it, with a source. The Atlas The Door