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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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“The Origin of Fairytales” by Almut Bockemühl
Artwork: "The Three Feathers" by Marion Donehower “Is The Fairytale is Mightier Than Philosophy?” "Once upon a time there was a king who had three sons, two of whom were clever and intelligent, but the third one did not talk very much. He was slow and simple minded, so his two clever brothers gave him the only name they thought he deserved: Dumbhead." -- From the Fairytale "The Three Feathers" from the Brothers Grimm This essay "The Origin of Fairytales" by Almut Bockemühl appeared in the 2002 Annual of the Literary Arts and Humanities Section. The...
Poetry Reading by Peter Rennick
Poet Peter Rennick read his "Valentine" poems at a Section meeting on February 11, 2023 in celebration of Valentine's Day....
Poetry Reading by Philip Thatcher
North American poet Philip Thatcher reads poems from his collections "Fine Matter" and "Good Time" that were inspired by...
Christiane Haid: “Metamorphoses of the Foundation Stone: 1913 – 1923”
A presentation given at the Section meeting on December 17, 2022.
“Vasilisa the Beautiful” / A Russian Fairytale
This performance video arises from the meetings of the Fairytale Group during the summer of 2022. The Fairytale Group is an initiative arising from the...
Reflections on the Value and Work of Our Section / Three Essays by Vivien Law
"The Path of the Humanities Researcher" By Vivien Law This article is based on a talk given at the Michaelmas meeting of the School of Spiritual...
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