“Listen natives of a dry place from the harpist’s fingers rain” — W.S. Merwin, “The Boast” from Writings to An Unfinished Accompaniment At Our Meeting on May 6: Robert McDermott and I facilitated a dialogue and discussion on the topic “Buddhism and the...
Keeping Silent / Earth Day, 2023
At our Section meeting on Saturday April 22, 2023 we shared news about events in the Section and the Class. I did not make a recording of this evening. We started off with a verse by Novalis, and then we enjoyed a selection from a poem by Pablo Neruda, "Keeping...
Spiritual Friendship
Artwork by Marion Donehower (Visual Arts Section) Goethe's Fairytale "The Green Snake and Beautiful Lily." An introductory video made for the Anthroposophical Society in America. A brief introduction to a text that Rudolf Steiner hailed as the "germinal...
Introduction to Novalis
Artwork: "Blue Flower 1" by Marion Donehower A (very) Brief Introduction To the Poet Hailed Repeatedly by Rudolf Steiner As the "Herald of Anthroposophy" Novalis is the only true poet of the Romantic school. In him alone the whole soul of...
Poetry Reading by Peter Rennick
Poet Peter Rennick read his "Valentine" poems at a Section meeting on February 11, 2023 in celebration of Valentine's Day. Here is an MP3 recording of the reading. Artwork by Suri Oru 3.5.23
Poetry Reading by Philip Thatcher
North American poet Philip Thatcher reads poems from his collections "Fine Matter" and "Good Time" that were inspired by Samuel Hearne (1745 - 1792).
“Toward A Poetics of Wholeness” by Clifford Venho
Clifford Venho is a poet, eurythmist, and translator. He currently works as managing editor at SteinerBooks and teaches literature at the School for Eurythmy in Spring Valley, NY. Cliff is a member of the collegium of the Section for the Literary Arts and...
“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...
“The Quest for the Grail” / An International Section Conference at Whitsun 2023
View PDF of Conference Announcement Visit the Section website in Dornach Switzerland Earlier Posts from Section Meetings about the Grail and Parzival. "10 Views Toward Grail and Tamalpais" / A Day of the Dead Ritual Circumambulation of Mt....
Section Meeting Schedule: Winter / Spring 2023
Dear Friends: Here is the Winter/Spring Meeting Schedule for the Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science in North America. These are Zoom and hybrid meetings. Meetings will occur 7-8 pm Pacific. This schedule may be revised...