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“Friends, the soil is poor. We must scatter abundant seed to ensure even a middling harvest.” — Novalis
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Percy MacKaye / Our American Drama
At the Section meeting on June 11, I gave a lecture presentation on American poet, playwright, biographer, and impresario Percy MacKaye, along with a look at the extended MacKaye family: Steele MacKaye, Arvia MacKaye, Christy MacKaye, Robin MacKaye, Marion MacKaye. This introductory talk was given to plant a seed for future discussion. If the spirit of the time permits, more presentations will occur in the fall. The Years 1623, 1923, 2023 / Literature of the Rosicrucians Percy MacKaye and his father Steele MacKaye had a lifelong journey with Shakespeare and Hamlet — Hamlet the...
Rudolf Steiner’s Reading of “Novalis”
John the Baptist Dear Friends, This is Lecture One and Lecture Two of a lecture series that I gave for friends and...
All Souls Poetry Night / Nov. 2, 2024
"Writing on the Wall; Dornach Hill, 2024" / photo Bruce Donehower Dear Friends, On November 2, 2024 friends and...
Spiritual Friendship
Artwork by Marion Donehower (Visual Arts Section) Goethe's Fairytale "The Green Snake and Beautiful Lily." An introductory video made for the Anthroposophical...
“Albert Steffen: Unwilling Editor” by Alexander Lüscher
This article first appeared in German in the June 25, 2022 issue of the newsletter Das Goetheanum. It appears on this website for the Section of the Literary...
“La Belle Dame Sans Merci” by John Keats
A performance video of John Keats' La Belle Dame Sans Merci. Read by Margit Ilgen; original music by Bruce Donehower. Performance Notes In the days...
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