"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...
"In my view, the face is not merely the face, but the whole cosmos. In the face the whole cosmos is revealed." -- Alexei Jawlensky Our Section meeting on March 5, 2022, consisted of Two Parts. Part One: “Under the Sign: Human” We looked at the 2021 year-end issue of...
"Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.” — Friedrich Schiller, from the essay Grace and Dignity (1793) This famous quotation by Friedrich Schiller relates very importantly to our Section meeting on February 19, 2022. The words roll off the tongue...
By Marion Donehower My apricot tree is full of blossoms — white blossoms and delicate pink. The bees are buzzing. And the quince is blooming — glorious salmon pink, as we call that color in Germany . . . And Fairytales are floating in the sunny breeze. The puppet...
Marguerite Miller was the North American representative to the Goetheanum for the Section of the Literary Arts and Humanities in the North American Collegium of the School for Spiritual Science from December 1999 to July 2019. This article dates from 2006. Bruce...
"The fairytale is mightier than philosophy!" ** This 20-minute lecture video is from a Section meeting held in Fair Oaks on November 20, 2020. https://vimeo.com/583886003 ** Lecture by Bruce Donehower (20 min) Novalis thought very highly of fairytales....
Here is a summary of the recent Section for Literary Arts & Humanities meeting of the local group in Fair Oaks, CA. This meeting occurred on October 31, 2020 via Zoom. Meeting Summary Last night’s meeting was a big one! And very lively! We hosted our first...
Hyazinth und Rosenblütchen - Ein Märchen von Novalis Gelesen von Marion Kleist Donehower Musik: Bruce Donehower / Video: Bruce Donehower English language version: click here.
Artwork: "Petrarch & Laura" View this Letter as a PDF
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