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“Encountering Novalis” / 2026 Pentecost Conference / Dornach
The 2026 Pentecost Novalis Conference in Dornach Dear Friends, The 2026 Pentecost Novalis Conference in the Schreinerei was an event filled with surprises, spiritual content, and spiritual friendships. Perhaps one of the most unexpected moments at the conference was a last minute change in the program. My lecture "Novalis als Trickster" and the performance of my translation of Hymns to the Night by Novalis changed positions. Instead of the performance going first on Saturday afternoon, we moved the lecture to Saturday afternoon and put the performance of Hymns to the Night by Novalis on...
Annual Section Report (2025)
Often Used as our Section Verse & Motto Annual North American Section Report Written for the Goetheanum...
The Community Begins: Rudolf Steiner’s “Theosophical” Years, 1900-1914
Dear Friends, In November 2025 the Anthroposophical Society in America hosted three one-hour sessions on the topic...
The Destiny Groupings Around Rudolf Steiner; Vienna, 1879-1889 / by Emil Bock
Rudolf von Alt; Michaelertor der Hofburg und altes Burgtheater; 1888 Emil Bock presented this lecture to the members of the Anthroposophical Society on...
A Poem for Peace / by Wilbert Lambrechts (Belgium)
"Feuervogel" by Marc Chagall, 1945 "WERELDOORLOG 1917" "World War 1917" Dear Friends, Belgian poet and Section representative Wilbert Lambrechts...
Percy MacKaye / & Our American Drama
At the Section meeting on June 11, 2022 I gave a lecture presentation on American poet, playwright, biographer, and impresario Percy MacKaye, along with a...
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