"Does the Work of Our Section Really Matter?" Those who have been active in the Section for many years will recognize this question as the title of an essay by Vivien Law. You can read this brief essay, along with two other essays by Vivien Law, by clicking the...
"The Path of the Humanities Researcher" By Vivien Law This article is based on a talk given at the Michaelmas meeting of the School of Spiritual Science, September 2000. It subsequently appeared in the 2002 Annual of the Literary Arts and Humanities...
"Hyacinth and Rosebud" / Artwork by Marion Donehower (Visual Arts Section) What is anthroposophy then? It is a marker on a path traveled by those who strive for inner development. This striving can happen as a matter of choice and human freedom, or it can arise...
Clifford Venho, an editor at SteinerBooks, gave an overview of The Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner project. Clifford spoke at a meeting of the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities that occurred on May 14, 2022. We dedicated this meeting to the memory of...
“It is really quite unfortunate,” said Klingsohr, “that poetry has a high brow reputation and that poets are set apart as special types. There is nothing so very mysterious about it. Poetry happens as a natural function of the human mind. Does not every human...
˛ Our April 30, 2022 meeting of the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science in North America featured Arie van Amerigen from Montreal, Canada. Arie spoke to us about his 2021 publication: The Foundation Stone Meditation and the...
Mont Ventoux? At our meeting on April 16 we walked a bit farther up the mountain called Art and Theory of Art: Foundations of a New Aesthetic, lectures by Rudolf Steiner published by SteinerBooks. We surveyed and discussed the Table of Contents and refreshed our...
April 26, 1336 Today I made the ascent of the highest mountain in this region, which is not improperly called Ventosum. My only motive was the wish to see what so great an elevation had to offer. I have had the expedition in mind for many years; for, as you know, I...
"Fog on the Elbe" / photo by Bruce Donehower “Forget” / A Moon Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke Forget Forget, forget . . . and let us now experience only this . . . how stars penetrate through clarified night sky; how moon shines serene...
Meeting Summary / St. Joseph of Arimathea Day At our meeting on March 19, 2022, Lisa Dalton gave a presentation. Lisa, as many of us know, is an actress, theater professional, and Chekhov Acting Method master teacher. She spoke on the topic: “An Actor’s Search for...
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