{"id":21160,"date":"2025-07-07T18:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T16:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/entdecken\/podcasts\/1922-spiritualitaet-oder-new-spirit\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T10:50:38","slug":"1922-spirituality-or-new-spirit","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/discover\/podcasts\/1922-spirituality-or-new-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"1922: Spirituality or New Spirit? \nWith Bernadett Bigalke"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern header-text' data-pattern='ho\/header-podcast'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='color-bg-highlight color-fg-highlight header-space header-height-read-only'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-1 cf-side-1'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-6'>\n\n<div  class='header-magazine-contents'>\n\n<div  class='cf-rem-max-width container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div class=\"margin-bottom-3\">\n\t<swup-back>Back<\/swup-back>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-4'>\n<h1 class='ho-sd-h3' style=\"white-space: normal;\">1922: Spirituality or New Spirit? <br \/>\nWith Bernadett Bigalke<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'>\n\n<div  class='podcast-metadata'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \">\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div>Episode 4<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div>37 min<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-6 podcast-image-wrapper'><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline  lazy-background-fill\" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_vwnktv\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 10968,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Johannes-Itten-in-Bauhaus-Tracht-1921-\\u00a9-unbek-Bauhaus-Archiv-220x300.jpg\",\"width\":220,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":12501},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Johannes-Itten-in-Bauhaus-Tracht-1921-\\u00a9-unbek-Bauhaus-Archiv-751x1024.jpg\",\"width\":751,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":87570},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Johannes-Itten-in-Bauhaus-Tracht-1921-\\u00a9-unbek-Bauhaus-Archiv-768x1047.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":1047,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":91097},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"Johannes-Itten-in-Bauhaus-Tracht-1921-\\u00a9-unbek-Bauhaus-Archiv-1127x1536.jpg\",\"width\":1127,\"height\":1536,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":180971},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"Johannes-Itten-in-Bauhaus-Tracht-1921-\\u00a9-unbek-Bauhaus-Archiv-1502x2048.jpg\",\"width\":1502,\"height\":2048,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":304879},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Johannes-Itten-in-Bauhaus-Tracht-1921-\\u00a9-unbek-Bauhaus-Archiv-323x440.jpg\",\"width\":323,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":21952},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Johannes-Itten-in-Bauhaus-Tracht-1921-\\u00a9-unbek-Bauhaus-Archiv-425x580.jpg\",\"width\":425,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":33881},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Johannes-Itten-in-Bauhaus-Tracht-1921-\\u00a9-unbek-Bauhaus-Archiv-528x720.jpg\",\"width\":528,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":47774},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Johannes-Itten-in-Bauhaus-Tracht-1921-\\u00a9-unbek-Bauhaus-Archiv-939x1280.jpg\",\"width\":939,\"height\":1280,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":130835},\"full\":{\"file\":\"Johannes-Itten-in-Bauhaus-Tracht-1921-\\u00a9-unbek-Bauhaus-Archiv-1408x1920.jpg\",\"width\":1408,\"height\":1920,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":269918},\"xxl\":{\"file\":\"Johannes-Itten-in-Bauhaus-Tracht-1921-\\u00a9-unbek-Bauhaus-Archiv-2969x4048.jpg\",\"width\":2969,\"height\":4048,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":1042748},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Johannes-Itten-in-Bauhaus-Tracht-1921-\\u00a9-unbek-Bauhaus-Archiv.jpg\",\"width\":3032,\"height\":4134}},\n\"alt\" : \"A thoughtful man in glasses and a gray suit sits with crossed arms. 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The cult of the Mazdaznan movement played a particularly significant role at the Bauhaus, above all through master and Vorkurs director Johannes Itten. As a life-reform practice, this hybrid of breathing exercises, vegetarianism, Orientalism and spirituality became part of everyday life at the Bauhaus \u2013 along with its darker sides.<br><br>In Weimar, we meet Bernadett Bigalke. The scholar of religious studies has researched the Mazdaznan movement and tells us about its origins and about the fin-de-si\u00e8cle zeitgeist, with its new forms of spirituality and alternative lifestyles. 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