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“Poetry speaks what Silence intends” / Section Mtg. with Robert McDermott & Bruce Donehower

"Spiritual Friendship" Dear Friends, At our Section meeting on May 2, 2026 (birthday of Novalis), Robert McDermott and I teamed up for another collaborative presentation on the theme of "east" and "west," so called. I made a recording of this meeting, and here...

Grace & The Beautiful Sciences

Grail Moon at Eastertide 2026 Grail Moon The dark host sleeps in the cradle of the moon. Augury of what is to come, the sight comforts restless eyes grown weary of night that will not end. Morning, or high noon make little difference—the mind...

Annual Section Report (2025)

Often Used as our Section Verse & Motto Annual North American Section Report Written for the Goetheanum Section Leadership Reporting on Year 2025 (Click here to read worldwide Section Reports) Overview The North American...

Petrarch: an introduction . . .

Petrarch as Singing Tree Dear Friends, At our February 21, 2026 Section meeting, we began an exploration of the Italian Renaissance, Renaissance Humanism, and the secular humanist literary tradition that is so central to our Section and its concerns. Although...