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Poet Philip Thatcher reads from “Good Time”
“Friends, the soil is poor. We must scatter abundant seed to ensure even a middling harvest.” — Novalis
Featured Topics
“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 for the Literary Arts and Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science in North America continued their Celebration of the 250th Birthday of Novalis (born May 2, 1772) with an ensemble rehearsal reading of the fairytale "Atlantis" from the novel Heinrich von Ofterdingen, freshly translated for the 21st century. Throughout the summer of 2022, the ensemble worked to transform this Pentecost performance of Atlantis into a Festive Video...
“Fine Matter” by Philip Thatcher
Purchase in Canada Les Éditions Perceval Percevalbooks2001@gmail.com USA Customers: US $30.00 (postage included in the...
“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...
“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...
Philip Thatcher, North American Poet
“Reading the River” photo by Bruce Donehower "At a Glance . . .” On Saturday October 30 poet Philip Thatcher gave a reading of his poetry. Philip also...
“Piktor’s Metamorphoses” A Fairytale by Hermann Hesse (1923)
A Bird by Hermann Hesse Paradise and the Tree of Life At a Section meeting on December 5, 2020, Marion presented Hermann Hesse’s art fairy tale Piktor’s...
“Fine Matter” 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...
“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.”...
“Albert Steffen: Unwilling Editor” by Alexander Lüscher
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...
“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...
“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...
Percy MacKaye / And Our American Drama
At the Section meeting on June 11, I gave a lecture presentation on American poet, playwright, biographer, and impresario Percy MacKaye, along with a look at...
“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 for the Literary Arts and Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science in North America continued their Celebration of the 250th Birthday of Novalis (born May 2, 1772) with an ensemble rehearsal reading of the fairytale "Atlantis" from the novel Heinrich von Ofterdingen, freshly translated for the 21st century. Throughout the summer of 2022, the ensemble worked to transform this Pentecost performance of Atlantis into a Festive Video...
“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...
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...
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...
Poetry Night / June 25, 2022
“Poetry arises from the natural action of the human spirit. Does not every human being strive and compose at every moment?” -- Novalis, Heinrich von...
Percy MacKaye / And Our American Drama
At the Section meeting on June 11, I gave a lecture presentation on American poet, playwright, biographer, and impresario Percy MacKaye, along with a look at...
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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