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ES A Journal & Newsletter for Friends & Members of the Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities in North America of the School for Spiritual Science.
“Friends, the soil is poor. We must scatter abundant seed to ensure even a middling harvest.” — Novalis
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“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. Raphael was in supervisory residence in the villa with his girlfriend during the project. 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. For a related video lecture, see "Rudolf Steiner's...
2025 Section Conference / San Francisco / Registration Link & Detailed Information
“There’s a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” Point Reyes Artist: Unknown. Lyrics: Leonard Cohen....
Rudolf Steiner’s “First Address” / Vienna, 1888
Artwork: "The Green Snake" by Marion Donehower (Visual Arts Section) Dear Friends: Here is a video of a Section meeting...
The Poet Friedrich Hölderlin
Sketch of "mad poet" Hölderlin “Night, the astonishing, there, the stranger to all that is human, Over the mountain-tops mournful and gleaming draws...
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 members of the Anthroposophical...
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...
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