“Experiencing the Word” / by Mark McAlister

Artwork: Francis Barraud (1856-1924)    August, 2024 Dear Friends, At our Section Meeting on August 3, 2024, Mark McAlister from Toronto gave a very lively and personal presentation that traced his journey with poetry, eurythmy, speech training, and literature...

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Poetic Language & Literary Imagination

"Unknown" Artwork found in Point Reyes Station, Marin, Northern CA   “Beauty connects the I with the body.” — Rudolf Steiner   What is the Section? What does “It” do? Well, that’s a big question! In fact, it is one of the topics we will be discussing at the...

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“The Fairytale is Mightier than Philosophy!”

Artwork: "Marusia in the Library" by David Burliuk   The San Francisco campus of the 2024 Section has closed to new registrations. But there's a reasonable chance space will open in August. If you want to be on a Waiting List, contact me at...

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Fairytale Group / Summer 2024

Back Porch Sculpture  "Sacramento Summer"  by Judith Spivak   The Section sponsors an ongoing Fairytale Group that meets twice a month (weather permitting) on the back porch overlooking the garden. Section member Marion Donehower, who is also a member of the...

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Poetry Night / June 22, 2024

"Poetry Nite" Artwork by Marion Donehower   June 22, 2024 Dear Friends, Several times each year, the Section has a Poetry Night in which friends and members of the Section read original poetry and in which poetry lovers in the Section read favorite poems, if...

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Poetry Reading by Nicholas Morrow

Cover Artwork: "The Watershed Angel" by Ami Spangler   Section poet Nicholas Morrow read from his newly published collection of poems, The Mirror and the Muse, at our Section meeting on April 16, 2024.    THE MIRROR AND THE MUSE is a collection of 130 poems...

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“Reset or Renaissance” by Daniel Polikoff

Available from Steinerbooks Reset or Renaissance Life, Liberty, and the Quest for Enlightenment in a Post-Covid World Reset or Renaissance offers a real-time chronicle of events unfolding during the heated core of the Covid pandemic: the latter half of 2021, shortly...

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“Why Should I Care About Novalis?”

"He hovered. like a cloud . . . like an element of nature, active in rain and sunshine." -- Rudolf Steiner, describing the Prophet Elijah; September 17, 1912     Easter - Pentecost 2024 Dear Friends, This page began as a resource page for students in the...

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Poetry Reading by Una Kobrin

Artwork:by Diane Lockett   Poet Una Kobrin reads from her recently published collection of poetry: Words Between Darkness & Light Here is a recording of the reading the occurred at our Section meeting. April 6, 2024.     Poem Titles in the Order of...

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