Books & Essays

“The Origin of Fairytales” by Almut Bockemühl

Artwork: "The Three Feathers" by Marion Donehower (Visual Arts Section)     “Is The Fairytale is Mightier Than Philosophy?”   "Once upon a time there was a king who had three sons, two of whom were clever and intelligent, but the third one did not talk...

“The Poet and the Dead” by Albert Steffen

Artwork: "Monolith X" by Marion Donehower (Visual Arts Section)   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...

The Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities

History of the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science by Christiane Haid, Ph.D. (Goetheanum; Dornach, Switzerland)   Dr. Haid is the present leader of the Section at the Goetheanum. Her biography is discussed in this...

“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...