Lectures

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...

“Owen Barfield & the ‘Meaning’ Crisis” / Jeffrey Hipolito

"Palimpsest" / photo bruce donehower Dear Friends, Part One / Jeffrey Hipolito gave a presentation with this title "Owen Barfield and the 'Meaning' Crisis" at  our Section meeting on December 7, 2024. Jeff is a member of the Section leadership team, and, as noted...

Anthroposophy? Buddhism? Worlds Apart?

"Stone Soup" / photo bruce donehower Dear Friends, This is an edited abridgment of the commentary on Lecture Nine from the lecture cycle "According to Luke" that I gave during the Faust Branch Holy Night celebrations on January 4, 2025 on Zoom. This night was also a...

“The Jealousy of the Gods” / “The Jealousy of Human Beings”

Artwork: "Die Feuerpredigt" by  Marion Donehower     Lecture Eight World History in the Light of Anthroposophy With a Brief Literary Critical Commentary   A Presentation to the Faust Branch Of Work Arising from the Section for the Literary Arts and...