Books & Essays

The Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities / by Christiane Haid

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...

“The Origin of Fairytales” by Almut Bockemühl

Artwork: "The Three Feathers" by Marion Donehower     “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 very much. He was slow...

“The Crowning Conclusion of the Karma Studies” by Friedrich Hiebel

"Persona" / photo by Bruce Donehower   "The Mystery of Plato & Aristotle" " . . .the importance of the friendship . . . cannot be overestimated . . . "   -- Christoph Lindenberg, from Rudolf Steiner, Eine Biographie, vol. 1, chapter 3 Easter, 2024 Dear...

“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....