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Novalis Conference
Dornach; Pentecost; May 22-25, 2026
Conference translation will be provided if enough English-speaking friends show up. Hymns to the Night will be performed in English.

“Friends, the soil is poor. We must scatter abundant seed to ensure even a middling harvest.”    — Novalis

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Stil: Goetheanism in Art and Science

Stil: Goetheanism in Art and Science

A Publication of the Sections for Visual Arts, Performing Arts, and Literary Arts & Humanities (Section for Beautiful Sciences) To subscribe, please visit this site For an overview of forthcoming Section conferences and events, please visit this link Click here to view a PDF of a recent issue of STIL   More Information / Subscribe to Stil “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would...

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