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In 1914, he became acquainted with Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy. In 1916 he joined the "Emerson" group of the Anthroposophical Society in London.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book| edition = 6| publisher = Verlag freies Geistesleben| isbn = 3-7725-0541-4| pages = 12–| last = George Adams| title = Wir erlebten Rudolf Steiner; Erinnerungen seiner Schüler| chapter = Rudolf Steiner in England| location = Stuttgart| date = 1980|editor=M. J. Krück von Poturzyn|lang=de}}</ref> Adams first met Steiner in Dornach in 1919.<ref name=":0" /> He had come into contact with him regarding an English translation of Steiner's book "Kernpunkte der sozialen Frage".<ref name=":1" /> Adams acted as interpreter at Steiner's lectures in England<ref>{{Cite journal| volume = 3| issue = 1| pages = 53–66| last = Paull| first = John| title = RUDOLF STEINER AND THE OXFORD CONFERENCE: THE BIRTH OF WALDORF EDUCATION IN BRITAIN| journal = European Journal of Educational Studies| date = 2011|url=https://orgprints.org/id/eprint/18835/|via=}}</ref> and later translated numerous works by Steiner into English, e.g. Steiner's Agricultural Course.<ref>{{Cite journal| volume = 2| pages = 19–29| last = Paull| first = John| title = The Secrets of Koberwitz: The Diffusion of Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course and the Founding of Biodynamic Agriculture| journal = Journal of Social Research & Policy| date = 2011-07-01|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262374200_The_Secrets_of_Koberwitz_The_Diffusion_of_Rudolf_Steiner%27s_Agriculture_Course_and_the_Founding_of_Biodynamic_Agriculture|via=}}</ref> In 1920 he attended the opening of the first Goetheanum with his wife Mary and also witnessed its destruction on New Year's Eve 1922/1923.<ref name=":0" /> He was particularly interested in Steiner's social threefolding.

In 1914, he became acquainted with Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy. In 1916 he joined the "Emerson" group of the Anthroposophical Society in London.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book| edition = 6| publisher = Verlag freies Geistesleben| isbn = 3-7725-0541-4| pages = 12–| last = George Adams| title = Wir erlebten Rudolf Steiner; Erinnerungen seiner Schüler| chapter = Rudolf Steiner in England| location = Stuttgart| date = 1980|editor=M. J. Krück von Poturzyn|lang=de}}</ref> Adams first met Steiner in Dornach in 1919.<ref name=":0" /> He had come into contact with him regarding an English translation of Steiner's book "Kernpunkte der sozialen Frage".<ref name=":1" /> Adams acted as interpreter at Steiner's lectures in England<ref>{{Cite journal| volume = 3| issue = 1| pages = 53–66| last = Paull| first = John| title = RUDOLF STEINER AND THE OXFORD CONFERENCE: THE BIRTH OF WALDORF EDUCATION IN BRITAIN| journal = European Journal of Educational Studies| date = 2011|url=https://orgprints.org/id/eprint/18835/|via=}}</ref> and later translated numerous works by Steiner into English, e.g. Steiner's Agricultural Course.<ref>{{Cite journal| volume = 2| pages = 19–29| last = Paull| first = John| title = The Secrets of Koberwitz: The Diffusion of Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course and the Founding of Biodynamic Agriculture| journal = Journal of Social Research & Policy| date = 2011-07-01|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262374200_The_Secrets_of_Koberwitz_The_Diffusion_of_Rudolf_Steiner%27s_Agriculture_Course_and_the_Founding_of_Biodynamic_Agriculture|via=}}</ref> In 1920 he attended the opening of the first Goetheanum with his wife Mary and also witnessed its destruction on New Year's Eve 1922/1923.<ref name=":0" /> He was particularly interested in Steiner's social threefolding.

His own work dealt with questions of Goetheanism and projective geometry (also as a basis for understanding the etheric), partly together with his colleague Olive Whicher, who met him in 1935.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Verlag am Goetheanum| isbn = 3-7235-0472-8| pages = 21| last = Olive Whicher| title = Sonnen-Raum; Ein Übungsweg zum Verständnis des Lebendigen| chapter = I. ein individueller Weg| location = Dornach| date = 1989|lang=de}} English: {{Cite book| publisher = Rudolf Steiner Press| isbn = 978-0-85440-726-2| last = Whicher| first = Olive| title = Sun space: science at a threshold of spiritual understanding| date = 1989}}</ref> Elisabeth Vreede supported his mathematical approaches. In 1933 he published his essay on etheric space (Raum und Gegenraum) for the first time in the journal Natura, published by the Medical Section at the Goetheanum under Ita Wegman's direction, and soon afterwards also in English.<ref name=":0" /> His approach was to present the idea of space and counterspace on the basis of modern projective geometry in a spiritual scientific light.<ref name=":0" /> Louis Locher-Ernst published a similar approach a few years later in a more axiomatic and mathematical form.<ref name=":0" />

His own work dealt with questions of Goetheanism and projective geometry (also as a basis for understanding the etheric), partly together with his colleague Olive Whicher, who met him in 1935.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Verlag am Goetheanum| isbn = 3-7235-0472-8| pages = 21| last = Olive Whicher| title = Sonnen-Raum; Ein Übungsweg zum Verständnis des Lebendigen| chapter = I. ein individueller Weg| location = Dornach| date = 1989|lang=de}} English: {{Cite book| publisher = Rudolf Steiner Press| isbn = 978-0-85440-726-2| last = Whicher| first = Olive| title = Sun space: science at a threshold of spiritual understanding| date = 1989}}</ref> Elisabeth Vreede supported his mathematical approaches. In 1933 he published his essay on etheric space (Raum und Gegenraum) for the first time in the journal [[Natura]], published by the [[Medical Section|Medical Section at the Goetheanum]] under [[Ita Wegman]]'s direction, and soon afterwards also in English.<ref name=":0" /> His approach was to present the idea of space and counterspace on the basis of modern projective geometry in a spiritual scientific light.<ref name=":0" /> [[Louis Locher-Ernst]] published a similar approach a few years later in a more axiomatic and mathematical form.<ref name=":0" />

In 1932, Adams was elected a member of the London Mathematical Society.<ref name=":0" /> In 1935, Wegman and Vreeda were expelled from the Anthroposophical Society, and others, including Adams, were also forced to leave the Society.<ref>{{Cite journal| pages = 44| last = Olive Whicher| others = Arnold Freeman, Charles Waterman (eds.)| title = The life and work of George Adams : an introduction| journal = The Golden Blade| date = 1964|url=https://www.waldorflibrary.org/images/stories/Journal_Articles/GoldenBlade_1964.pdf|first=|volume=|via=}}</ref> At the end of the 1940s, he rejoined it of his own volition.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal| pages = 48| last = Olive Whicher| others = Arnold Freeman, Charles Waterman (eds.)| title = The life and work of George Adams : an introduction| journal = The Golden Blade| date = 1964|url=https://www.waldorflibrary.org/images/stories/Journal_Articles/GoldenBlade_1964.pdf|first=|volume=|via=}}</ref>

In 1932, Adams was elected a member of the London Mathematical Society.<ref name=":0" /> In 1935, Wegman and Vreeda were expelled from the Anthroposophical Society, and others, including Adams, were also forced to leave the Society.<ref>{{Cite journal| pages = 44| last = Olive Whicher| others = Arnold Freeman, Charles Waterman (eds.)| title = The life and work of George Adams : an introduction| journal = The Golden Blade| date = 1964|url=https://www.waldorflibrary.org/images/stories/Journal_Articles/GoldenBlade_1964.pdf|first=|volume=|via=}}</ref> At the end of the 1940s, he rejoined it of his own volition.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal| pages = 48| last = Olive Whicher| others = Arnold Freeman, Charles Waterman (eds.)| title = The life and work of George Adams : an introduction| journal = The Golden Blade| date = 1964|url=https://www.waldorflibrary.org/images/stories/Journal_Articles/GoldenBlade_1964.pdf|first=|volume=|via=}}</ref>