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‘Return to the Mountain”

"Mountain Musing"   Dear Friends, The trail to our very successful 2025 North American Section Conference had many zigs and zags and fierce entanglements along the way . . . as I discussed in the Conference summary chronology. Our "Return to the Mountain" was a...

“Night Music” / 2025 Section Conference Highpoints

A dedicated group of Poets, Musicians, Artist-Scholars, and Coyotes met on the last day of the Conference on the slopes of Mt. Tamalpais. The skies opened; the sun shone brightly! The Mountain sang!       A Conference Summary & Chronology Dear...

“Who is Rudolf Steiner . . . for our 21st Century?”

"On the Job" / Photo from Rudolf Steiner: Eine Bildbiografie (Rudolf Steiner Verlag, 2021)   Dear Friends, In preparation for the 2025 North American Section Conference that will occur May 9-12 in San Francisco, I gave this lecture to a mixed audience on March...

“Where are the Youth?” / Joan Caldarera

  Dear Friends, At our recent Section meeting on March 29, 2025, San Francisco High School humanities teacher Joan Caldarera shared essays and poems from her students that arose from their work with Ralph Waldo Emerson. Joan's meeting presentation had the title...