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Do you know what anthroposophy is? I bet you come into contact with her more often than you think without realizing it. You've probably seen or bought Demeter products in the supermarket or heard about Waldorf schools, which somehow feel like sustainable organic farming and free creativity. I was exactly at this level of knowledge until a year ago. To be honest, I had no idea what other philosophy was, what thinking was behind it, then I heard over and over again that the anthroposophists were a driving force in lateral thinking. I found that exciting and when the matter became reality.

In the last few months I wanted to know what exactly Anthroposophy is about, what it wants to do, what motivates its followers, the other personal movement is big, so people who have some kind of relationship with others Sophie affects one million two million of people, yes the other philosophy is Yes, the largest esoteric current in Europe and has a very broad and deep impact on society. The other Sophie. Hostility towards science. On the contrary, what do you think of anthroposophic medicine? Da

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What is anthroposophy? Actually, I'm looking for clues here. center of anthroposophy in this spectacular building in Dornach in Switzerland the Goetheanum was built Rudolf Steiner was a philosopher and himself a clairvoyant he founded anthroposophy about 100 years ago what is anthroposophy, that means the wisdom of people Anthroposophy wisdom of people that's Wolfgang Held. He has been working here at the Goetheanum for 20 years on guided tours. He wants to bring people like me closer to anthroposophical thinking, although connecting other worlds with inner conversation is not only possible in terms of spiritual elevation and inner expansion of the soul, it is about change. something in the world another Sophie is the only reform movement of the 20th century that has passed the practical test with banks with clinics with agriculture with schools let's take a look at our daily life where anthroposophy is everywhere Demeter anthroposophically welleder anthroposophically brands like Wala Dr.

Hauschka Völkel's natural juices the GLS bank everything anthroposophically there are more than 250 Waldorf schools in Germany there are more than 1,600 anthroposophical doctors there are even new anthroposophical clinics large players strongly influenced by anthroposophics such as the pharmacy chain DM or Alnatura market leader with billions of sales To be honest, it was not entirely clear to me to what extent anthroposophy is deeply rooted in our society and in our daily life, how many anthroposophists there are in Germany, it is difficult to say, there are no reliable figures But it can be said that anthroposophy has reached the center of society, especially here in Baden-Württemberg, and with it an esoteric vision of the world based on supernatural powers, which often contrasts sharply with science.

Take Demeter as an example, there are more than 1,700 DM Companies there Germany a third of them in Baden-Württemberg again reiherhof by Christoph senffendörfer Hello good morning, thank you for the invitation Demeter, the personification of a good pioneer of organic farming long before Demeter was recently voted by consumers as the most sustainable brand in Germany with 1.15 billion euros in sales generated with Demeter products in 2021, which is almost 400 million euros more than in 2019, but it What very few people know is that these popular Demeter products contain cosmic forces that the clairvoyant Rudolf Steiner claims to have discovered 100 years ago, for example, quartz or cow dung.

They are filled with cow horns and buried in the ground for half a year and as I quote from Demeter's website to collect cosmic forces, these cow horns are dug up and the contents are strongly diluted and distributed over the fields as a quasi-cosmic fertilizer. . Officially this is called biodynamic preparations. They're supposed to have this. They positively influence the growth of plants. If I now feed them with artificial fertilizer, the leaves of the plants become heavy and have less contact with sunlight. Whereas if we grow them biodynamically, then they really make a gesture where the leaves are like the sun and the sunlight can absorb and convert the sunlight much more strongly.

There is no scientific proof of this. Christoph Simpendörfer says that science cannot capture everything. , the reality is greater and the experience of observation itself shows that the farmers of Demeter are right. Explain to me what exactly this kohhörner is about, so I understand, they are supposed to be cosmic antennas if I understood correctly. Yes, if we look at the cows in the stable and observe how they digest, you can observe, for example, that the horns of the cow. So if I remove horns that change the shape of the skull, you can observe how the cows' manure changes when they are dehorned. and that is why we explain why Rudolf Steiner suggested that you should take and put the manure there and expose it to the forces of winter and apply it accordingly, for us it is like a natural remedy that will be added to the soil and in this way the force will be strengthened. ground.

So, homeopathy for the soil or whatever you may call it. In fact, all Demeter farms have to do exactly that with cow horn preparations. It's part of our guidelines, it's just a bit of a core. piece, then it is obligatory, it is more obligatory. You can understand that if someone hears this from outside, they will bury cow horns with preparations that are supposed to absorb some cosmic energies and then they are diluted and then they are taken to the fields and that brings something that people outside say sorry, that is talk. . Of course, I can understand this from my experience on the many company tours and guided tours I do, where I try to make people understand that the world is made of sea.

In reality, I always encounter misunderstandings. In a conversation with Christoph Senfendorfer I was reminded of the game "I see what you don't see." Others pretend to see what others do not see and what science cannot understand. You've had that for a long time. I thought it wasn't bad if someone believed in cosmic forces and burying cow horns didn't do any harm. At the latest the pandemic did, but the question arises as to whether this anthroposophical attitude does no harm. Science is limited. Science is not just doubts about it. Science sows and that is exactly what can be observed time and again an example of Waldorf schools there are more than 250 of them in Germany the educational arm of anthroposophy Waldorf schools have always been bastions of skepticism about vaccination.

Even before Corona there were a surprising number of measles outbreaks in Waldorf schools and during Corona there were a surprising number of mask exemptions. In some Waldorf schools, more than 10% of students have such certificates. Coincidentally, this is the Waldorf school in Itzehoe. 350 students study here. I met Jürgen Beckmarhagen in February 2022, he was still the CEO here. He is not an anthroposophist, but a passionate about Waldorf education. Beckmar Hagen became As CEO, the mask exemption tests are presented again and again by the same doctors, often with the same words. In our area there are two doctors, I will not mention their names here, who are simply known for writing a test as required and consequently we have to recognize these certificates in this way.

That means that if there are doctors issuing the courtesy type test, you as the CEO basically have no power and cannot do so. I can't do it at all, you can't present the certificate to anyone, any authority or whoever. To have it checked, from a purely legal point of view I cannot do it in Beckenhagen. The Holstein Medical Association referred to the practices of the two doctors. The Medical Association then, let me say, stupidly wrote down what I had addressed to the Medical Association and sent it to one of the two doctors. The doctor had nothing more important to do than to put this letter together with any statement from Rudolf Steiner and a photo of Rudolf Steiner on the Internet and at the same time warn about the Itzehoe Waldorf School Doctors for Peace vaccine that should eliminate the soul of humanity Rudolf Steiner wrote about 100 years ago in the future we will eliminate the soul with medicine Waldorf School Itzehoe thank you for that, this may be a last stop for many parents who still trust that Rudolf Steiner's principles would be used here, and At the same time other Telegram channels would be used.

I also took it up a little more extreme, which led the advisory center against right-wing extremism to warn me about right-wing attacks, so it was a kind of campaign against them, of course, Jürgen Beckmarhagen has now retired as planned , but In short, the general director of a Waldorf school who wants to defend himself against dubious mask liberation attempts finds himself exposed to massive hostility in the name of Rudolf Steiner in the name of anthroposophy. In the pandemic, a crack occurs in the anthroposophic movement. They radicalize and openly sympathize with the lateral thinking scene, yes, Badische Zeitung called the head doctor of the anthroposophical clinic in Arlesheim, the doctor trusted by corona deniers and who reveals an extremely esoteric worldview. of meteorite dust to protect against Corona.

Hardly anyone follows all of this as meticulously as Oliver Rautenberg. He has been leading a critical anthroposophy block for years, last year he was nominated for the Grimma Online Prize. The issue is these extremely esoteric voices that come from the margins of the movement or come from the middle of the movement. I prefer to say that they come from the head of the movement if we look from where. These positions of lateral thinking come from those who are against vaccines, from those who If there are anti-measures, those who are critical of the State, then it is from the central areas of Anthroposophy and they are also the quasi-leaders of Anthroposophy. that express such things.

Who is that? For example, here we have an example from Markus Sommer who talks about cosmological aspects already happening with the Spanish flu and today the same thing would happen to us with the coronavirus pandemic: Jupiter and Saturn bother the head, you have to press on the chest, which means that unfavorable planet positions lead almost directly to the emergence of pandemics, so there was, so to speak, an astrological interpretation of the pandemic or Michaela Glöckler, head of the medical department for more than 30 years, was not only convinced that we have We see the virus as our friend, but he also spoke out in favor of an infection and still claims that Corona, for example, is revenge for animal suffering.

We have done terrible things to the animals, the animals are being tortured, they scream, the noises of On our factory farms, yes, everything goes into the air and we breathe it, which means that what we have done to the animals is now justified by the fact that we are the ones being tortured. We take in air and therefore contract lung disease. Total surveillance is now being tested for pandemic management. That's a quote from Michael. That sounds a lot like a lateral thinker's talk or absolutely and what influence does Michaela Glückler have for the tenths of the poster and the best in the world?

Well-known and renowned philosophical doctor, author, researcher who has had a strong influence on anthroposophic medicine. If he looks more closely at the writings of Michaela Glöckler, he will discover the esoteric core of anthroposophy. Rebirth and karma play a crucial role in anthroposophical teaching. We humans are reborn and in our current life we ​​carry with us a destiny from our previous lives and that means that, for example, if you get sick then it could have something to do with you not behaving correctly in a previous life and for this to happen now it must be compensated for the illness.

For example, if in a previous life you had no interest in the stars, this can now lead to weak connective tissue. If you were interested in music, you had lung diseases according to anthroposophical medicine, that is obviously crazy because it would mean that we would share responsibility for the diseases we have today because we behaved one way or another in a previous life. The Havelhöhe anthroposophic community hospital in Berlin. I have an appointment here. He has it with Harald Matthes. The clinic was co-founded in 1995 and is still run today. In addition to modern emergency medicine, other treatment options from anthroposophic medicine are also offered here. healing powers and receiving special attentionFor example, through music therapy Hello woman, I'm back and I would play something for you again, but here it also influenceskarma and rebirth.

Do you really believe in rebirth? How is it understandable to me that a person like Mozart comes to earth and sits down at the piano and starts and gives his first concerts at the age of four. Is it genetically that he learned all this or does it have something to do with his mind that he has abilities and now exactly where? and now, of course, we can assume that everything I have acquired as an ability disappears with death or I allow myself to think that the spirit can also exist independently of matter, so, according to Harald Matthes, the spirit can be reborn and brings with it abilities but it also brings them and that is medically very important Diseases with Do you think that the diseases in our lives here could have something to do with mistakes in another life?

I can't say that because I can only say that many diseases 80 percent of our diseases have something to do with our living conditions. So all the chronic diseases in the Western world, of course, we also have some diseases that we don't understand where they come from and you think it has to do with mistakes. from previous lives. I don't think so, I just have the question of what people are to people. What matters is that you should really be able to unite your mental life and your physical life into one unit, so to speak, into one identity, so you have a strong personality and if you are less successful in that, then perhaps you have mental failings of the sort. which we ourselves are partly responsible for our diseases, well, I also believe that liver cirrhosis, for example, is a consequence of alcohol consumption behavior.

I also believe in great lives. That's a big difference, no, but now it's exactly the point where certain psychological deviations of behavior come from and now that's it, the question can't be that certain things where I sometimes notice that I don't know where they come from, at least not I understand them about this life so I can leave it open as one of the theses if that has anything to do with my history as a spiritual being, I still don't know. I don't understand Harald Matthes, medical director and CEO of a hospital, so he doesn't want to rule out that mistakes from a past life could influence current illnesses.

There is a kind of double talk. , anthroposophy works to make medicine more humane and yes. There is a special form of care here, but beneath the surface there is an esoteric ideology on the mountain, suddenly it is about karma and reincarnation that only very few people know about and anthroposophic medicines are also administered. Here it is assumed that the higher cosmic forces have their healing effect. Rudolf-Steiner claims to have discovered, for example, iron from meteorites 100 years ago: what exactly is it? Meteorite iron is iron that came to Earth through a meteorite. from outer space and what we have just used in the infection curve and in the anthroposophical sense.

We try to influence medicine with these anthroposophic medicines to regulate the relationship between the different layers of the human being, between what is his living physical body and between what is. the spiritual in the interaction There is scientific evidence of meteor iron for Not ferrum as the only therapy, but what we have is a pediatric study where it showed that it was effective but it was combined with other medications that were given. At the same time, I see what you don't see feel again. But something else is crucial and it is the question of money. Anthroposophy would never have become so influential if it had not had very wealthy patrons, patrons from the middle of civil society, people Peter Schnell founded Software AG more than five decades ago.

One of Europe's largest IT groups based in Darmstadt, sales of almost one billion euros, Peter quickly transferred the majority of the company's shares from him to Software. AG Foundation. With assets of almost 1.4 billion euros, it is one of the largest private foundations in Germany and one of the main objectives of the Software AG Foundation is the promotion of anthroposophic medicine. Anthroposophical doctors have drawn up a master plan together with the Software Foundation, which can be read here in the activity reports of the GTA medical section. The master plan for the so-called academization of anthroposophic medicine has made a good start in all these aspects, thanks to the generous sponsors, especially the Software AG Foundation, this master plan aims to make anthroposophic medicine socially acceptable, that is That is, equate it with classical medicine, and how do you want to achieve this?

He wanted to enter German universities. Becoming anthroposophic professors For this reason, the Software AG Foundation has been supporting the qualification of anthroposophic doctors since 2008 and mainly finances professorships, among which probably the most important: Harald Matthes, who is not only the director of the community hospital in Havelhöhe. but, above all thanks to the software, he is a professor at the Charité Foundation in Berlin. A brilliant move. Professor of the Charité. More reputation. More visual level. It's not possible. Peter quickly. He himself, a convinced anthroposophist, is one of the most important defenders of anthroposophical medicine. He wanted to take a look at his multi-billion-dollar foundation and hardly knew it, it's pretty hidden on a hill near Darmstadt.

Invisible money, so to speak, I tried to get an interview with Peter quickly, it was rejected very quickly via email, so "Try it in person. I barely get out of the car when a member of the board of directors approaches me and tells me that Peter quickly He lives a very withdrawn life. There are also no interviews. Otherwise, no one from the foundation wants to comment publicly. Thanks to the master plan funded by the Software AG Foundation, anthroposophic medicine is now an integral part of our health system in Jena. I have an appointment with Jutta Hübner, she is a professor and expert in complementary healing methods.

Do you think about anthroposophic medicine? Medicine is extremely dangerous and one of the most dangerous things we have today. A medicine that does not honestly say what the facts and what is science, that gives patients feelings of guilt where there is no guilt, that sucks. the resources of our patients and of medicine is incredibly dangerous for that system there is reliable evidence that anthroposophic medicine anthroposophic remedies are effective I don't know of any I don't know of a single piece of evidence if there is no reliable evidence then why is anthroposophical medicine attractive to so many people many anthroposophists simply take more time for Patients and therapists who do music or dance or other therapy have time for the patient but this attention is a good thing or not.

The important thing is that anthroposophists want to convey to people that what is important is not the attention, but the means and also the exact type of attention, and we see this very critically. If I give remedies that are not effective, then I give people a belief that it is something ineffective and that can lead to wrong decisions in the case of serious illnesses. Well, they say that attention helps people, but the problem is not exactly medication, but simply anthroposophic preparations such as meteorite iron, which are recognized as medicines. In Germany, without having to scientifically prove its effectiveness, nor conventional medicines, the same applies to homeopathy, by the way, health insurance companies often cover the costs of anthroposophic or homeopathic healing methods and remedies.

That is exactly what the Federal Minister of Health, Karl Lauterbach, is currently questioning, at least in the case of homeopathy. That is one of the reasons why patients continue to believe that what is done there is effective because they have it. It's more of the attitude that the insurance company pays very little, so if they pay for it it has to work, otherwise they wouldn't pay for it, so since it's covered by health insurance companies, many people believe that something it should definitely help, so when I talk about something like this at patient conferences, then that's one of the The most common arguments when I encounter something critical is that someone says but health insurance pays for it.

Karl Lauterbach said in my opinion that health policy can only be successful if it is based on evidence-based medicine, what would be his expectations of it? "I wish I really liked it because I think then we will get to what is completely normal and common in other countries: this kind of thing is at least not funded through the solidarity system. We don't want to abolish it completely. If a patient wants that , you should do it but you should be able to recognize it. Okay, that's another form of effectiveness that has not been proven. If I personally want to invest my time in it.

I want to invest my health in it. I want to invest. I put my money in it, it's well and I think that would be precision and transparency. We need transparency, that is a good and important keyword because not everything that anthroposophy has started is bad, on the contrary, it has made agriculture more ecological, it has put people at the center of medicine, so it was often a pioneer, but that is not the case. All that anthroposophy is also is karma, cosmic forces and again and again the conviction that science is not everything, that science is limited and that is exactly what is dangerous.

In the pandemic we realized what it means when there is a lack of trust in science, anthroposophic thinking, esotericism is profound, it has filtered into our society much more than we believe. There is a lot of discussion about homeopathy, especially right now about anthroposophy