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ES Performance Video by Section Artists Posted in 2021 commemoration of the 249th Birthday of Novalis
“Geistliche Lieder” by Novalis
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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...
“Preparing the Future” by Peter Selg
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 Arts & Humanities with permission of the newsletter editor. Read or subscribe to Das Goetheanum! Essay...
“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 Arts & Humanities with permission of the newsletter editor. Read or subscribe to Das Goetheanum! Essay...
“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 talked about Hymns to the Night by Novalis, the poet Christian Morgenstern, and the recent work on The Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner. In this...
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 circular table on the porch. The table has a story to tell also, about its life as an old barn in Santa Cruz from...
“Vasilisa the Beautiful” / A Russian Fairytale
This performance video arises from the meetings of the Fairytale Group during the summer of 2022. The Fairytale Group is an initiative arising from the ongoing work and meetings of the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities. The Fairytale Group meetings are...
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 Ofterdingen Poetry Night / St. John's Celebration On June 25, 2022, the Section for the Literary Arts and...
Percy MacKaye / Our American Drama
At the Section meeting on June 11, 2022 I gave a lecture presentation on American poet, playwright, biographer, and impresario Percy MacKaye, along with a look at the extended MacKaye family: Steele MacKaye, Arvia MacKaye, Christy MacKaye, Robin MacKaye, Marion...