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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
Featured Topics
“Eros and Fable” by Novalis
“Marriage of Cupid and Psyche.” Decorations of the Loggia di Psiche in the Villa Farnesina, Rome. By Raphael and his workshop. Dear Friends, In preparation for the 2025 North American Section Conference in San Francisco (May 9-12) I spoke about The Fairytale of Eros and Fable by Novalis. This important fairytale by a poet whom Rudolf Steiner hailed as the "Herald of Anthroposophy" relates closely to the themes of our 2024 and 2025 conferences. I gave this off-the-cuff introduction to Eros and Fable at our Section meeting on Zoom, March 15, 2025. For a related video lecture, see...
“The Poet and the Dead” by Albert Steffen
Artwork: "Monolith X" by Marion Donehower At the Section meeting on February 24, 2024, we discussed the topic of...
“Art Opens Our Eyes to the Spiritual World”
"Temple Veil" by Marion Donehower An Interview with Artist Marion Donehower from Stil Magazine Dear Friends,...
Literature as a Path to Being Human
Woodcut by Arvia MacKaye Ege As a university department in the School for Spiritual Science, the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities (Schöne...
“Atlantis” by Novalis
"Atlantis" / Artwork by Marion Donehower (Visual Arts Section) Purchase or Preview On May 21, 2022, friends and members of the Section...
“Hyacinth & Rosebud” by Novalis
"Hyacinth and Rosebud" / Artwork by Marion Donehower (Visual Arts Section) Purchase or Preview What is anthroposophy then? It is a marker on a path...
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