A transcript of a talk given by Simon Blaxland-de Lange on 30^th March 2025 during the marking of the centenary of Rudolf Steiner’s death at Rudolf Steiner House, London.

It is a symptom of the present condition of earthly humanity that many people would say that one cannot realistically speak of something such as “world culture”. Quite apart from the inherent problems of trying to define any kind of global phenomenon with a single differentiated, localised idea, the very notion of “culture” (other than as a memory or reflection of former times) is often called into question or used synonymously to refer merely to entertainment.