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“Friends, the soil is poor. We must scatter abundant seed to ensure even a middling harvest.” — Novalis
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“Encountering Novalis” / 2026 Pentecost Conference / Dornach
Opening Words from a poem by Novalis *** Dear Friends, As reported in previous Section meetings and announcements, the Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science has sponsored this Pentecost Conference on Novalis at the Goetheanum. The conference is almost entirely in German, but here is a PDF of the conference schedule in English. (For the complete conference announcement in German, click here.) *** The words at the top of this posting are from a poem by Novalis that we find in the novel Heinrich von Ofterdingen. Rudolf...
“Poetry speaks what Silence intends” / Section Mtg. with Robert McDermott & Bruce Donehower
"Spiritual Friendship" / photo bdonehower Dear Friends, At our Section meeting on May 2, 2026 (birthday of Novalis),...
Under the Sign of the Mother: “Raphael-Novalis”
Dear Friends, Here is the author-edited video of the Zoom lecture that I delivered to the American Anthroposophical...
Rudolf Steiner’s Reading of the Karmic Biography of Novalis: Its Significance for our 21st Century
Marie Steiner-von Sivers; from her Memoirs (1953) Dear Friends, This is an edited and revised version of a lecture that I gave on Zoom to an...
“Atlantis” by Novalis
"Atlantis" / Artwork by Marion Donehower (Visual Arts Section) Purchase or Preview On May 21, 2022, friends and members of the Section...
“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...
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