The General Anthroposophical Society
Rudolf Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society in 1923/24, based on national Anthroposophical Societies which had already formed, and made the School of Spiritual Science its centre.
The society is public, without political aims or religious affiliation. Today it is active throughout the world in independent national Anthroposophical Societies and anthroposophical initiatives, and has members from all cultures and continents.
The aim of the Anthroposophical Society, the School of Spiritual Science and the Goetheanum is to contribute to humanity in today’s and tomorrow’s world by means of spiritually-derived insights and activities.
“The Anthroposophical Society is in no sense a secret society, but is entirely public. Anyone can become a member without regard to nationality, social standing, religion, scientific or artistic conviction, who considers the existence of such an institution as the Goetheanum in Dornach in its capacity as a School of Spiritual Science to be justified.” (Statutes of the General Anthroposophical Society, article 4)