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 Answers in the video recording below. Robert will join us again on December 10, 2022 to discuss Rudolf Steiner's...
Section Meeting Schedule / Michaelmas, 2022
Dear Friends: Here is the fall meeting schedule for the Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science in North America. These are the Section Zoom and Zoom-hybrid meetings. This schedule may be revised without notice. Keep an eye...
Happy Birthday, Novalis! / 2022
2022 / 250th Birthday Year Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg; born May 2, 1772) In celebration, we offer a 2022 birthday page with content arising directly from the ongoing regular meetings of the Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities of...
“Geistliche Lieder” by Novalis
Performance Video by Section Artists Posted in 2021 commemoration of the 249th Birthday of Novalis
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 essays appeared in German in publications sponsored by the Goetheanum. These essays arise directly from the regular ongoing meetings 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 him alone the whole soul of Romanticism turned to song, and only he expressed nothing but that soul. The...
“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.” Perhaps a better word for what I have done here is the German word “Umstülpung”—quite a mouthful in English. It’s a...