“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...
"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...
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...
Artwork by Raphael; Villa Farnesina, Roma History of the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science by Christiane Haid, Ph.D. Dr. Haid is the present leader of the Section at the Goetheanum. Her biography is...
"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....
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