"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...
Opening Words from a poem by Novalis *** Dear Friends, As reported in previous Section meetings and announcements, the Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science has sponsored this Pentecost Conference on Novalis at the...
"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...
The Baby Maybe Needs Something? Rudolf Steiner's "First Address" / & Steps Toward a Poetry of Knowing Dear Friends, Although I wrote this meeting summary post four years ago in 2022 after a Section meeting where we celebrated Shakespeare's birthday,...
Dear Friends, Here is the author-edited video of the Zoom lecture that I delivered to the American Anthroposophical Society on January 5, 2026 as a Section contribution to the Society's Solstice and Holy Nights observances and celebration. This video is also...
"Flight into Egypt" / Giotto "Dante and Giotto; A Conversation" by Albert Steffen The most wonderful example of how a poet and painter, complementing each other in word and picture, can learn from one another is perhaps that of Dante and Giotto. A...
Is the Time at Hand? Dear Friends; Here is an introductory video to the December "100 Years Rudolf Steiner" Conference that I made in August 2025. Complete Program and Description of Conference Click this sentence if you want to read a complete PDF...
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