A Journal & Newsletter for Friends & Members of the Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science in North America.
“Friends, the soil is poor. We must scatter abundant seed to ensure even a middling harvest.” — Novalis
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Poetry Night / October 12, 2024
"Planning Ahead" Photo by Elliot Tripp October 14, 2024 Dear Friends, Several times each year, the Section has a Poetry Night at which friends and members of the Section read original poetry. Poetry lovers in the Section read favorite poems, if there is time. Original poetry has the spotlight and priority. We're lucky that we have several poets who participate regularly in the Section meetings. Poetry Nights occur on Zoom. Some of our poets reside in places far from Northern California. The Section also sponsors New Moon Salons. These are evening of poetry, music, conversation,...
Poems from the 2024 North American Section Conference
"Spirits of Place" / Photo by Elliott Tripp Dear Friends: Section friend and member Susan Koppersmith put...
2024 Saturday Poetry Book Club
Artwork: "Still Life" by Suri Oru Dear Friends, Section friend and member George Reitnour in Pennsylvania shares...
“The Dawn of the Beautiful” / Morning Lectures from Day One of the 2024 North American Section Conference
Dear Friends, While a full report and a "Proceedings of the Conference" lie yet ahead, here are recordings of the two lectures that began our eight-day 2024...
“Celebrating the Mountain”
A book prepared especially for the 2024 North American Section Conference Dear Friends, Here is the book prepared for our 2024 North American Section...
Rudolf Steiner’s Reading of “Novalis”
"The Evangelist St. Matthew Inspired by the Angel" / Rembrandt, 1661 Dear Friends, This is lecture one of a four-part lecture series that I gave for...
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