Video recording of the presentation given by poet Philip Thatcher at a meeting of the Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities on November 11, 2023. Philip had prepared this talk for the Festival of Initiative that occurred in Manitoba Canada in August...
The Dark Forest: A Fairytale
In Search of Ars Poetica. Does the work of our Section really matter? What do we do? Why do we do it? 470. ARS LITTERARIA. The Literary Arts. Everything that a scholar does, says, speaks, suffers, and hears, etc. must be an artistic,...
The Handless Maiden
"The Handless Maiden & the Fruits of the Night" by Marion Donehower Report from the Section Fairytale Group Introduction This Grimm fairytale is a very gripping and intense story. It has unforgettable mysteries and pictures of the journey of a maiden. Just hearing...
Sovereigns of the Grail
This is an abridged English-language version of the lecture given in German in Dornach at Pentecost 2023 when Marion and I attended the International Grail Conference. I shortened this lecture and changed a few things for a North American audience in order to fit it...
Poetry Night / December 16, 2023
Our meetings for the year 2023 concluded with a Poetry Night & New Moon Salon. 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....
“Chaos & Kosmos!” Manitoba, 2023
Video of Performance at Fraserwood Hall During the Height of the Festival Peter Selg Presents a Talk on the Christmas Conference at the Manitoba Festival. A Brief Report on the Conference "That Good May Become!" by Bruce Donehower In August 2023,...
Parzival’s Quest / Poetry by Section Poets & Friends
A video made to celebrate the May 2023 Grail Conference at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland. The video includes photos of the Arlesheim grottoes and poems by Section Poets and poet-friends of the Section. The poems were taken to the Grail Conference...
Section Meeting Schedule / Winter-Spring-Summer 2024
Artwork: "The Sun at Midnight" by Marion Donehower Winter/Spring 2024 Meeting Schedule for the Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science in North America This schedule might change; so, please keep an eye on the...
La Loba
Artwork: "Self Portrait" Paula Modersohn-Becker Summer 2023 Report from the Section Fairytale Group The Bare Bones This summer the Section Fairytale Group decided to go global. Up until now we have read mostly the Brothers Grimm and some tales from Northern European...
2023 Grail Conference
Photo of Goetheanum in May A Summary of the Section Meeting held on June 17, 2023. “When indecision's in the heart The soul is bound to grieve and smart! Scorned but also well adored Is he whose soul and heart are torn `Twixt light and dark, and neither...