Artwork by Raphael and His Assistants Dear Friends, Here is the unedited Zoom video of the New Year 2025-26 reading of a storyteller version of "The Fairytale of Eros & Fable" by Novalis. This is my fresh translation for our 21st century. ...
“Art Opens Our Eyes to the Spiritual World”
"Temple Veil" by Marion Donehower (Visual Arts Section) An Interview with Artist Marion Donehower from Stil Magazine Dear Friends, Marion Donehower is a member of the leadership group of the North American Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities of...
“Mystery of the Two Jesus Children”
This Interpretive Commentary on a lecture by Rudolf Steiner on September 5, 1910 in Bern, Switzerland was given at a Holy Night Celebration of the Faust Branch as an offering from the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities and from the work arising from the...
Report from the Section Fairytale Group / December 2025 / by Marion Donehower
Coyote at the American River Marion Donehower facilitates the Fairytale Group that is an integral part of our Section work in Northern California. Here, Marion summarizes the group's activities in 2025 and gives her perspective on the year. Marion is a member...
The Community Begins: Rudolf Steiner’s “Theosophical” Years, 1900-1914
Dear Friends, In November 2025 the Anthroposophical Society in America hosted three one-hour sessions on the topic The Community Begins: Rudolf Steiner's "Theosophical" Years, 1900-1914. These presentations were an offering to the ASA from the Section for the...
All Souls Poetry Night / November 2025
"Map Discovered on Cliffs Above the Pacific Ocean" / photo bdonehower Dear Friends, Last year we began what I hope will be a new tradition in our North American Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities: we celebrated All Souls with readings of original...
An Exciting New Literary Initiative from the North American Youth Section
Dear Friends, I am happy to share news from the North American Youth Section of an exciting new literary initiative: Futuring Now. Editor Adeline Lyons shared this link to the online magazine, and I told her I would let the friends and members know. Update: January...
Rudolf Steiner’s Reading of the Karmic Biography of Novalis: Its Significance for our 21st Century
Marie Steiner-von Sivers; from her Memoirs (1953) Dear Friends, This is an edited and revised version of a lecture that I gave on Zoom to an audience friends and members of the Anthroposophical Society in America. The lecture occurred on April 10, 2025,...
The Literary Arts & Humanities Section in North America / 2000 – 2006
The Literary Arts & Humanities Section in North America An Overview Written in 2006 by Marguerite Miller Editor's Note: This essay is twenty years old . . . and counting. It is offered as an important historical document. Few people know the history...
Presentation by Andrew Linnell / An Intersectional Section Meeting on Nov. 8, 2025
"Writings on a Wall" / photo by bruce donehower Dear Friends: On November 8, 2025 Andrew Linnell from the Natural Sciences Section gave a presentation with the title "What will AI do to Humanity?" Here is a full recording of Andrew's talk. It includes the...
