"The Fifth Gospel is the anthroposophical gospel." - Rudolf Steiner Dear Friends, Here is a summary and commentary concerning Lecture 3 in the cycle of lectures commonly referred to as The Fifth Gospel. Rudolf Steiner presented this Lecture 3 in Norway on...
"Oh! Isn't the Section just a book club?" Dear Friends, Questioning is the Quest! "What is a section for Literary Arts?" This is a question that pops up rather often . . .and often in these or similar words . . . and not only from persons who know nothing about...
Foundation Stone of First Goetheanum, 1913 Dear Friends, This is another contribution to an ongoing series of videos arising from the work and meetings of the North American Section for Literary Arts & Humanities. In this video and others I discuss aspects...
"Mind is a flexible mirror." -- Amit Ray Dear Friends, This is a presentation from July 29, 2026 for the "After Images" Zoom conference of the Anthroposophical Society in America. It contains the full text of the presentation given at Harvard University in...
The 2026 Pentecost Novalis Conference in Dornach Dear Friends, The 2026 Pentecost Novalis Conference in the Schreinerei was an event filled with surprises, spiritual content, and spiritual friendships. Perhaps one of the most unexpected moments at the conference was...
"Atlantis" / Artwork by Marion Donehower (Visual Arts Section) Purchase or Preview 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...
"Spiritual Friendship" / photo bdonehower Dear Friends, At our Section meeting on May 2, 2026 (birthday of Novalis), Robert McDermott and I teamed up for another collaborative presentation on the theme of "east" and "west," so called. I made a recording of...
Grail Moon at Eastertide 2026 Grail Moon The dark host sleeps in the cradle of the moon. Augury of what is to come, the sight comforts restless eyes grown weary of night that will not end. Morning, or high noon make little difference—the mind...
Often Used as our Section Verse & Motto Annual North American Section Report Written for the Goetheanum Section Leadership Reporting on Year 2025 (Click here to read worldwide Section Reports) Overview The North American...
Petrarch as Singing Tree Dear Friends, At our February 21, 2026 Section meeting, we began an exploration of the Italian Renaissance, Renaissance Humanism, and the secular humanist literary tradition that is so central to our Section and its concerns. Although...
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