A Journal & Newsletter for Friends & Members of the Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities in North America of the School for Spiritual Science.
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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,...
Reflections on the Value and Work of Our Section / Three Essays by Vivien Law
"The Path of the Humanities Researcher" By Vivien Law This article is based on a talk given at the Michaelmas...
Spiritual Friendship
Artwork by Marion Donehower (Visual Arts Section) Goethe's Fairytale "The Green Snake and Beautiful Lily." An introductory...
“Rudolf Steiner’s First Address” / Vienna, 1888
Artwork: "Green Snake" by Marion Donehower Dear Friends: Here is a summary of the recent Section for Literary Arts & Humanities meeting of the...
“Owen Barfield & the ‘Meaning’ Crisis” / Jeffrey Hipolito
"Palimpsest" / photo bruce donehower Dear Friends, Part One / Jeffrey Hipolito gave a presentation with this title "Owen Barfield and the 'Meaning' Crisis" at...
Anthroposophy? Buddhism? Worlds Apart?
"Stone Soup" / photo bruce donehower Dear Friends, This is an edited abridgment of the commentary on Lecture Nine from the lecture cycle "According to Luke"...
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