Both the website and the printed journal aim to promote a broadening interest in the life and work of Rudolf Steiner in the context of philosophy, history and the arts. They have a focus on some of the latest research discoveries and the collection of valuable articles from the past which have been translated into English for the first time.

The name ‘Farther in’ has a reference to C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle, chapter 16, as the Pevensey children are flown ever deeper into the new Narnia once the old has come to an end.