School for Spiritual Science / Goetheanum Dear Friends, Welcome to the beginning of the second quarter of our 21st century! Here is the Schedule for the Section Zoom meetings that originate in Northern California, Fair Oaks. Meetings start at 7 pm Pacific --...
“Owen Barfield & the ‘Meaning’ Crisis” / Jeffrey Hipolito
"Palimpsest" / photo bruce donehower Dear Friends, Part One / Jeffrey Hipolito gave a presentation with this title "Owen Barfield and the 'Meaning' Crisis" at our Section meeting on December 7, 2024. Jeff is a member of the Section leadership team, and, as noted...
A Poem for Peace / by Wilbert Lambrechts (Belgium)
"Feuervogel" by Marc Chagall, 1945 "WERELDOORLOG 1917" "World War 1917" Dear Friends, Belgian poet and Section representative Wilbert Lambrechts is one of the eleven Section poets who participated in an All Souls Poetry Night that originated in Dornach,...
“The Karmic Biography of Novalis & Rudolf Steiner’s Last Address” / The Dornach Lectures / by Bruce Donehower
Goetheanum Dear Friends, At the very beginning of the COVID crisis, Novalis entered our North American Section work. Much to my surprise! During the first year of COVID, a very dedicated group of Section members and friends met weekly on Zoom for more than a...
“Dante and Giotto; A Conversation” An Essay by Albert Steffen
"Flight into Egypt" / Giotto "Dante and Giotto; A Conversation" by Albert Steffen The most wonderful example of how a poet and painter, complementing each other in word and picture, can learn from one another is perhaps that of Dante and Giotto. A...
“The Jealousy of the Gods” / “The Jealousy of Human Beings”
Artwork: "Die Feuerpredigt" by Marion Donehower Lecture Eight World History in the Light of Anthroposophy With a Brief Literary Critical Commentary A Presentation to the Faust Branch Of Work Arising from the Section for the Literary Arts and...
All Souls Poetry Night / Nov. 2, 2024
"Writing on the Wall; Dornach Hill, 2024" / photo Bruce Donehower Dear Friends, On November 2, 2024 friends and members of the Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities celebrated a very special All Souls with a poetry night. Ten Section poets read...
New Owen Barfield Books / by Jeffrey Hipolito
“Jeffrey Hipolito has produced a meticulous analysis of the creative oeuvre of Owen Barfield, the man known as ‘the first and last Inkling.’ While I was familiar with Barfield’s philosophy, I knew little about his extensive creative output; Hipolito has...
Poems from the 2024 North American Section Conference
"Spirits of Place" / Photo by Elliott Tripp Dear Friends: Section friend and member Susan Koppersmith put together a PDF collection of poems read in Toronto on Day Seven of the eight-day 2024 North American Section Conference. Here is a link to the PDF....
2025 Saturday Poetry Book Club / Hosted by George Reitnour
Artwork: "Still Life" by Suri Oru Dear Friends, Section friend and member George Reitnour in Pennsylvania shares this information about a monthly Saturday Poetry Book Club. New participants are welcome! "The Saturday Poetry Book Club occurs in-person and on...
