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The Anthroposophical Society in Canada is a charitable organization, with more than 500 members across Canada.


The purpose of the Society is to foster the life of the soul and a true spiritual understanding of the world, both in the individual and in human culture, based on the path of knowledge brought by Rudolf Steiner. The Canadian Society is affiliated with the General Anthroposophical Society at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland. Across Canada there are members groups and branches where individuals meet to study and research, or to take initiatives such as organizing lectures, workshops, or conferences. Our intention is to make a contribution to the artistic, scientific, and cultural life of today, and for the future.

Anthroposophy must be there for those who in their souls seek a way to spiritual experience.

 

– Rudolf Steiner, Letters to Members

Rudolf Steiner

Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) was a philosopher, scientist, artist, social reformer, writer, architect and scholar.

During his lifetime Steiner travelled and lectured widely through Europe and Britain. Recognising the need for social change, he stood at the vanguard of society, with the ideas and new perspectives that he brought to many professions and fields. Today they continue to provide inspiration and fresh impulses for cultural life around the world.

His early work was informed by the writings of Johann Wolfgang Goethe, of which he was a translator and commentator. He began the Anthroposophical Society in Germany in 1912 out of his work with the Theosophical Society.

In the early 1920s Steiner began to work with members of the Society to form practical institutions and activities of Anthroposophy including the first Waldorf School. During this time Steiner also founded the School of Spiritual Science. The School had a number of ‘sections’, which still exist today, including those dedicated to education, medicine, performing arts (including eurythmy) and agriculture as well as many more.

Why Do You Become A Member?

  • "I met Anthroposophy 42 years ago in Kelowna, B.C. It was as though a door opened and brilliant light flooded around me. I soon recognized that Rudolf Steiner was my teacher and that Anthroposophy would be my guide and path through life."

    Edna Cox, Port Alberni, BC

  • "I felt starved at university, and the Society activities provided much-needed nourishment."

    Mark McAlister Thornhill, ON

  • "It’s right for me to help keep anthroposophy alive!"

    Suzanne Routhier, PQ

  • "I became a member as a free gesture to uphold and support the spiritual work of Anthroposophy. I was an eurythmy student in England, and felt inspired by the older generation, John Davy, who had just passed away and Eileen Hutchins and others and wanted to be part of this community too!"

    Margaret Osmond, NS

  • "I joined the Anthroposophical Society, first in the UK , when I was a student at Emerson College. It seemed to me then in 1967, and has done ever since, that this deed is both a modest gesture of support for the significant work at the Goetheanum and the least one can do to honour the karmic privilege of having anthroposophy in one's life."

    Diana Hughes Richmond Hill, ON

  • "I wished to express my gratitude to those who brought this wonderful gift to my attention."

    David Charles Adams Cowichan Bay, BC

  • "I became a member to support the work of Rudolf Steiner and anthroposophy in the world."

    Barbarah Nicoll, Glade, BC

  • "Since I was born into an anthroposophical environment I've always been familiar with the most important aspects of it. But I only joined the Society after anthroposophy started to make sense. My wife, who came to anthroposophy through me, was also keen that we should join the Society."

    Chris Wilson, Woodstock, ON

  • "I always had an inner feeling that there was another world we have come from."

    Hans-J.Rosch Lucan, ON

  • "I was already committed to anthroposophy. I wanted to support work being done."

    Judy King, Baddeck, NS

  • "While a student at Emerson College, Foundation Year in the 1970s. I decided to apply for membership in the Society. Adam Bittleston was my study group leader and he encouraged me to do so. I have valued being a Canadian member of the society since then."

    Henriette van Hees from Edmonton, AB

  • "When I joined I was living in an anthroposophically remote area of Canada and was looking to keep my anthroposophical connection alive. I was also ready to make a commitment to the Society and anthroposophy."

    Kate Reynolds, Gabriola Island, BC

  • "I was encouraged by Paul Décarie after a year of participation in the study group."

    Roger Laplante, Montreal, PQ

  • "I was inspired by Rudolf Steiner's philosophy and the various initiatives that have a foundation in anthroposophy (TWS, Arscura School for Living Art, Hesperus Village, etc)."

    Vibeke Ball, Richmond Hill, ON

  • "I wanted to be part of, and support, an organization that is spreading the spiritual truths so desperately needed in our society."

    Gregory W Moore Edmonton, Alberta, AB

  • "I wanted to find a home for my belief in reincarnation."

    Reinhard Rosch, Ottawa, ON

  • "To contribute to anthroposophic impulses."

    CoCo Verspoor, Richmond Hill, ON

  • "To follow and be cued in, as to what’s happening within the Canadian anthroposophical movement. To support (financially) the Canadian scene and also worldwide."

    John Vanden Heuvel, Victoria, BC

  • "I began studying Steiner a few years ago. I did the first part of the Anthroposophy course with Hamo, and I made a trip to the Goetheanum. It then came to me that I wanted/needed to make a more formal commitment to the organization."

    Alexandra MacKinnon, Ottawa, ON

  • "For the moral support of being identified and included in the anthroposophical community."

    MaryAnne Causyn, Ottawa, ON