Deepenings

And What If Life Came from the Stars?

A conversation with Ernst Zürcher, the researcher who demonstrated the moon’s influence on trees. Interview by Louis Defèche.

Ernst Zürcher und Louis Defèche · 17 June 2026 · 18 min

Working with the Intelligence of Life

Every time we go online, AI is there. Whether we want it to or not, AI is becoming part of our everyday lives. In many cases, it is incredibly convenient—the machine knows! In other situations, it’s enormously unsettling—how can a machine know that? And then there’s the question: Are there other forms of intelligence besides AI? There is the intelligence of life. Ernst Zürcher knows this. Trees are living witnesses to annual rhythms, pulsations of cosmic forces. They are also …

Ueli Hurter · 17 June 2026 · 1 min

Becoming Human

Biography Work in the House of Life illustrates how opportunities and challenges can be understood and fulfilled in every stage of life. Who am I? What is the meaning, the leitmotif, of my life? Often, many people today want to ignore these important questions. At the same time, one of the signatures of our time is the wish to make the most of what life has to offer. Anthroposophical biographical work, the foundations of which were developed by Rudolf Steiner, …

Susanne Hofmeister · 10 June 2026 · 1 min

Multiperspectivism: A Requirement for Seeking Peace

Discussions on war and geopolitics are the most polarizing. This polarization hinders dialogue and sometimes even thinking itself. Could it be that our cognitive processes shape our perceptions of war and peace? A plea for multiperspectivism, using the war in Ukraine as an example. In Western public discourse and the media, there’s a phrase that’s become widely accepted: the war in Ukraine is “an unprovoked war of aggression.” The war is said to be the result of the imperialist ambitions …

Louis Defèche · 03 June 2026 · 1 min

A Circle Around Mother and Child

When a mother and child face a crisis, a living, supportive enclosure must be rebuilt. Katharina Guldimann describes the Ita Wegman Mutter-Kind-Haus [Ita Wegman Mother-Child House] as a protective space, a “family sheath” that envelops the mother, child, and the whole family organism. Questions by Johanna Lamprecht. On a beautiful, sunny spring day, I arrive at the Ita Wegman Mother-Child House in Gempen, a small village up on the plateau, east of Dornach. The house is located at the edge …

Katharina Guldimann und Johanna Lamprecht · 27 May 2026 · 1 min

The Earth Is the Substance of Our Destiny

We incarnate on a planet whose evolution is intertwined with the destiny of humanity. The “Great Mother” is our body. We have a karmic relationship with the Earth. Our primary experience is unity—oneness between self and world. Gradually, duality emerges: child–mother, ‘I’–world, human–Earth. Every day—upon waking—we can try to catch that moment when the ‘I’ again falls out from the unified continuum of experience and ‘I’ and world stand in opposition to one another as separate objects. This awakening to …

Ueli Hurter · 27 May 2026 · 1 min