"Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.” — Friedrich Schiller, from the essay Grace and Dignity (1793) This famous quotation by Friedrich Schiller relates very importantly to our Section meeting on February 19, 2022. The words roll off the tongue...
Preparing for Carnival in the Secret Garden / Report from the Fairy Tale Group
By Marion Donehower My apricot tree is full of blossoms — white blossoms and delicate pink. The bees are buzzing. And the quince is blooming — glorious salmon pink, as we call that color in Germany . . . And Fairytales are floating in the sunny breeze. The puppet...
The Blue Iris: A Fantasia
by Bruce Donehower Preview or Purchase Winner of the Bazzanella Literary Award, California State University, Sacramento Fantasia: "A free musical composition, not in strict form; a poem or play or story in which the author’s fancy roves without...
The Gospel of St. John / Presentation by Robert McDermott
Here is a summary of our meeting of the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science in North America that occurred on Saturday February 5, 2022 on Zoom. Next meeting: February 19, 2022 at 7 pm Pacific. Friend, colleague, and...
“Two Songs” by William Blake / Sung by Patricia Dickson (Visual Arts Section)
Patricia Dickson (Visual Arts Section) performed the song "Tyger Tyger" at the 2024 North American Conference for the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities in San Francisco at the historic Swedenborgian Church Sanctuary. Patricia first performed the...