“The Poet and the Dead” by Albert Steffen

Artwork: "Monolith X" by Marion Donehower   At the Section meeting on February 24, 2024, we discussed the topic of Literary Modernism in respect to Threshold Experiences and Soul Loss. A variety of twentieth-century modernist poets and novelists were mentioned....

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“Eros and Fable” by Novalis

Loggia di Psiche in the Villa Farnesina, Rome. By Raphael    Dear Friends, In preparation for the 2025 North American Section Conference in San Francisco (May 9-12) I spoke about The Fairytale of Eros and Fable by Novalis. This important fairytale by a poet whom...

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Goethe’s Fairy Tale

Green Snake Discovered in the Bushes at the Goetheanum; November 2024     "In my end is my beginning . . ." The Fairytale that Inspired Anthroposophy   Dear Friends, This is an unabridged version of a lecture that I gave on Zoom at the Front Range...

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“Hymns to the Night” / 2025 Conference Texts

Canadian virtuoso, Emmanuel Vukovich   Hymns to the Night The Fairytale of Eros and Fable Celebrating the Mountain / 2025 Edition These are the texts used at the 2025 North American Section Conference in San Francisco. Each text presents a fresh translation of...

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Section Meetings & Events / Fall & Winter 2025

"Dance of the Spirits" by Marion Donehower (Visual Arts Section)   Dear Friends, Once again . . . Welcome! . . . as we progress into the second quarter of our 21st century, more than 100 years after the death of Rudolf Steiner in March, 1925.  Here is a "work in...

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“The Poet & the Painter” / by Albert Steffen

"The Youthful Poet Dreams" Artwork: William Blake     Rainer Maria Rilke / Paul Cézanne   Dear Friends, One of the unique aspects of our Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities is its very close connection to the visual arts and to the Section...

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“100 Years Rudolf Steiner” Conference / Harvard

Looking Up!   Dear Friends, Several Section friends and members have asked me for information on the Harvard Divinity School "100 Years Rudolf Steiner" Conference in December 2025. To answer some questions, I made this very brief video (5 minutes).   Our...

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2025 Section Conference / Keynote Lecture by Christiane Haid

May 10, 2025, San Francisco   2025 Section Conference, San Francisco Keynote Lecture Two “The Crucial Importance of Art and Beauty to the Practice of Anthroposophy” by Christiane Haid (Translated & Edited by Claudia Fontana / Performing Arts Section)  ...

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2025 Section Conference / Keynote Lectures

"Enso" by Paul Reps Lectures By Bruce Donehower & Christiane Haid       Keynote Lecture One "The Unmapped Land" by Bruce Donehower   Dear Friends, Good morning! Welcome! I won’t do my conference announcements now. I’ll do those at the end of my...

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