Address on Eurythmy

We must remember again and again where all cultural currents in the world have come from: that all cultural currents have emerged from a common source. Not only the individual arts, but also what we call art, religion, and science have emerged from a common source. They were not as separate in the original culture of humanity as they are today. There was still something in common in the mysteries. If one presented to people what was revealed to the senses, what the secrets of the world offer to the soul, it was art. If one presented it in such a way that the human mind was to be moved inwardly and find a bridge to the eternal secrets of existence on its own, one was dealing with religion. And if it was presented in such a way that the power of cognition was called upon, then one was in the realm of science. In the course of human development, over the course of time, the common whole was then divided into science, religion, and art, and art was then divided again into the individual arts. More details about art and the arts can be found in the booklet “The Nature of the Arts.”