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Eventually.
Only the impossible
Survives . . .”
— Percy MacKaye
“Friends, the soil is poor. We must scatter abundant seed to ensure even a middling harvest.” — Novalis
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“The Poet & the Painter” / by Albert Steffen
"Practice Spirit Beholding!" Artwork: Marion Donehower (Visual Arts Section) Rainer Maria Rilke / Paul Cézanne Dear Friends, One of the unique aspects of our Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities is its very close connection to the visual arts and to the Section for the Visual Arts. Most of you know that our 21st century Section leader Christiane Haid (who joined us for our North American Conferences in 2024 and 2025) is the leader of the Section for the Visual Arts of the School for Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum, as well as the leader for our Section for...
2025 Section Conference / Keynote Lectures
"Enso" by Paul Reps Lectures By Bruce Donehower & Christiane Haid Keynote Lecture One "The...
“Spring has returned!” / Sonnets to Orpheus
“Wildly Dancing Children” by Emil Nolde "Frühling ist wiedergekommen" "Spring has returned!" Sonnets to Orpheus /...
An Exciting New Literary Initiative from the North American Youth Section
Dear Friends, I am happy to share news from the North American Youth Group of an exciting new literary initiative: Futuring Now. Editor Adeline Lyons shared...
2025 Saturday Poetry Book Club
Artwork: "Still Life" by Suri Oru Dear Friends, Section friend and member George Reitnour in Pennsylvania shares this information about a monthly...
The Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities / by Christiane Haid
History of the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science by Christiane Haid, Ph.D. (Goetheanum; Dornach, Switzerland)...
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