Introduction

Submitted by sdaj on Tue, 06/26/2007 - 1:24am.

The 3-fold Social Commonwealth, or Social Threefolding, is one of the practical fruits that grows on the Antrhroposophical tree.  It provides a picture-in-the-mind of society and how it works today.  This picture is there for any person or organisation to take in to its mind and work with.  In doing so, the person or organisation will find that it is flowing with the river of the times we live in, and so be helped on its way a little.
 
Steiner presented the 3-fold as a new organisational model for society, and indeed at that time, in the chaos after the 1st World War, there was an opportunity for a new beginning in German society.  However, that moment passed and the opportunity was missed, and although there is always the chance some President somewhere is going to grab hold of this model and bring it to fruition we all hold a much more immediate opportunity to bring this picture to life in our own lives.  Whether we work in, run or own an organisation we can accommodate our lives to this picture to find out how things work when looked at from a social 3-fold perspective.
 
This social threefolding web site is a sub-site of the PhilophyofFreedom.com and represent an opportunity to learn about, discuss, and develop for yourself, and for everyone, this organisational 3-fold picture-in-the-mind.  There is also the chance to discuss your own organisational life in order to work out and experiment with how the 3-fold and The Philosophy of Freedom can impact and transform your experience.
 
Finally, what do we mean by an organisation?  Well, I suggest the following working definition:  An organisation is any grouping of human beings working together to a purpose they share.  So that includes, business, education, health services, solicitors, parliaments and so on.