Lectures

Rudolf Steiner’s Reading of “Novalis”

John the Baptist   Dear Friends, This is Lecture One and Lecture Two of a lecture series that I gave for friends and members of the Anthroposophical Society of America in April 2024. I revised these lectures for distribution to a wider public, especially for the...

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...

“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...

“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...