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Jennifer Greene: “The Grammar of Perception”
“Friends, the soil is poor. We must scatter abundant seed to ensure even a middling harvest.” — Novalis
Featured Topics
Shakespeare / A View from the Stage & Glimpse from the Gallery
At the meeting on October 29, 2022, Fred Dennehy brought Shakespeare back into our Section conversations. Fred surveyed the authorship question and then moved to the play Hamlet. Fred has acted in several plays by Shakespeare, and he enlivened the evening with a close look at Shakespeare's use of language for the stage and with an actor's reading of a scene from the play. Fred provided an actor's view of Shakespeare; and I provided a glimpse from the gallery and summarized what Rudolf Steiner had to say about Shakespeare. Chaptered Video Presentation This presentation follows...
“Atlantis” by Novalis
Artwork by Marion Donehower / "Atlantis" A Fresh Translation for the 21st Century! On May 21, 2022,...
Philip Thatcher / A Poetry Reading
Poet Philip Thatcher joined our meeting to read from his books of poetry Fine Matter and Good Time. Philip's books are...
“Preparing the Future” by Peter Selg
This article first appeared in German in the June 25, 2022 issue of the newsletter Das Goetheanum. It appears on this website for the Section of the Literary...
“Small Latin and Less Greek” by Clifford Venho
Clifford Venho works as an editor at SteinerBooks. Clifford joined our Section meetings in the past as a special guest. He talked about Hymns to the Night by...
“The Dawn of the Beautiful: A Utopian Future?” by Christiane Haid
"In the context of the present dire world situation in which we witness ever-present threats of destruction and darkness, thoughts about Beauty and the...
“Good Time” / A New Book by Philip Thatcher
Purchase in Canada Les Éditions Perceval Percevalbooks2001@gmail.com USA Customers: US $30.00 (postage included in the price) Purchase in USA: Ideas Bookstore...
Philip Thatcher / A Poetry Reading
Poet Philip Thatcher joined our meeting to read from his books of poetry Fine Matter and Good Time. Philip's books are available: Purchase in Canada Les...
“Hannah-My-Hedgehog: A Tale of Change & Transformation” / by Bruce Donehower
This little tale of Change and Transformation is itself a change and transformation of a Märchen from the Grimm collection called “Hans My Hedgehog.”...
“Atlantis” by Novalis
Artwork by Marion Donehower / "Atlantis" A Fresh Translation for the 21st Century! On May 21, 2022, friends and members of the Section...
“Hannah-My-Hedgehog: A Tale of Change & Transformation” / by Bruce Donehower
This little tale of Change and Transformation is itself a change and transformation of a Märchen from the Grimm collection called “Hans My Hedgehog.”...
Report from the Fairytale Group / “Baba Yaga & Firebird;” A Report by Marion Donehower
Summer, 2022 What is the Fairytale Group doing this summer? We certainly enjoyed coming together again! And we all fitted exactly around the dark brown...
“The Genius of the English Language” / Presentation by Clifford Venho
Clifford Venho joined our Section meeting on October 22, 2022 to give a presentation on "The Genius of the English Language," with reference to the...
“Teilhard de Chardin & Rudolf Steiner” / Presentation by Robert McDermott
Robert gave this presentation at the first fall meeting of the Section on September 24, 2022. You can watch the presentation and hear the Questions and...
“Novalis, Magical Idealism, & Rudolf Steiner’s Last Address” / A Five-Part Video Lecture Series by Bruce Donehower, Ph.D.
Novalis Friedrich von Hardenberg; May 2, 1772 Celebrating the 250th Anniversary Birthday Year Novalis is the only true poet of the Romantic school. In...
Our First In-Person New Moon Salon! / Well . . . Since the Start of the Covid Crisis
"The long night had just begun. The old hero struck his shield, and it resounded far and wide through the desolate streets of the city. He made the sign three times.” — Novalis, from Klingsohr’s Fairytale It was three years ago, at about this time in 2019, that the local group came together for the last New Moon Salon before the Covid crisis. At that last salon in 2019, we heard Patricia Dickson premiere Two Songs by Wm. Blake. Little did we know that for the next three years we would not be able to have an in-person salon! Well, on Saturday, November 12, we began again. It was...
Shakespeare / A View from the Stage & Glimpse from the Gallery
At the meeting on October 29, 2022, Fred Dennehy brought Shakespeare back into our Section conversations. Fred surveyed the...
“The Genius of the English Language” / Presentation by Clifford Venho
Clifford Venho joined our Section meeting on October 22, 2022 to give a presentation on "The Genius of the English...
Philip Thatcher / A Poetry Reading
Poet Philip Thatcher joined our meeting to read from his books of poetry Fine Matter and Good Time. Philip's books are available: Purchase in Canada Les...
Essays in Celebration of Novalis’ 250th Birthday / by Bruce Donehower, Ph.D.
2022 is the 250th Anniversary Year of the Birth of Novalis This spring, in celebration of the event, two essays appeared in German in...
Report from the Fairytale Group / “Baba Yaga & Firebird;” A Report by Marion Donehower
Summer, 2022 What is the Fairytale Group doing this summer? We certainly enjoyed coming together again! And we all fitted exactly around the dark brown...
Friends and members of the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science in North America have met regularly and continuously in Fair Oaks since 2010. In March 2020, we opened our meetings to Section friends and members worldwide by use of Zoom.
Our meetings have a hybrid character—local friends and members attend in-person and distant friends and members use Zoom. Livestreaming is used for some events.
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