A Journal of the North American Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science. 

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     “The actual must die
       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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2025 Section Conference / Keynote Lectures

2025 Section Conference / Keynote Lectures

"Enso" by Paul Reps Lectures By Bruce Donehower & Christiane Haid       Keynote Lecture One "The Unmapped Land" by Bruce Donehower   Dear Friends, Good morning! Welcome! I won’t do my conference announcements now. I’ll do those at the end of my short talk. But before I begin, I invite everyone who is here this morning in the Swedenborgian Church Sanctuary to take a few minutes to breathe and settle. These are troubling times, and the trail to this Section conference has been fraught with challenges. Nevertheless, here we are! We made it. So, take a moment to...

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