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Rilke & The Music of Human Being: A Sonata / Essay by Bruce Donehower
"Eurydice in Realm of Night" Marion Donehower (Visual Arts Section) Dear Friends, This essay, originally in German, appeared in the Easter 2026 Rilke issue of STIL magazine. STIL is the quarterly publication of the Section for Literary Arts & Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum. This essay should be read in tandem with viewing the video performances on poems from Sonnets to Orpheus, which you can find on his website in the section of the website called The Rilke Project. I am posting this translation as supplementary material for the October - November 2026...
“Hearing” Rilke / Essay by Bruce Donehower
Orpheus Dear Friends, This essay, originally in German, appeared in the Easter 2021 Rilke issue of STIL magazine. STIL is...
Dying & Becoming: Orphic Wisdom in the Poetry of Rilke & Novalis
An Inter-Sectional Collaboration with the ASA Four Sessions Oct 31 - Dec 4, 2026 Dear Friends, Click this sentence to open...
“The Poet and the Painter” / Albert Steffen on Rilke & Paul Cézanne
R.M. Rilke / STIL Magazine / Easter 2026 Issue STIL Magazine is a Quarterly Publication of the Section for Literary Arts & Humanities at the Goetheanum...
Philip Thatcher on T.S. Eliot
"The Quest" by Cecil Collins (1938); Tate Museum, London Dear Friends, Here are audio recordings of the two-part presentation on T.S. Eliot that Philip...
Georg Kühlewind / Publications & Conference Initiative
"Savior's Face: Starlight" (1921) by Alexei Jawlensky Dear Friends: Here is a brief report from Section member Fred Dennehy concerning an international...
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