Meeting Summaries

“Under the Sign: Human” . . . The Magazine Stil, “Art and Theory of Art,” & Alexei Jawlensky

"In my view, the face is not merely the face, but the whole cosmos. In the face the whole cosmos is revealed." -- Alexei Jawlensky Our Section meeting on March 5, 2022, consisted of Two Parts. Part One: “Under the Sign: Human” We looked at the 2021 year-end issue of...

Grace & The Mystery of Being Human / Introduction to Heinrich von Kleist

"Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.” — Friedrich Schiller, from the essay Grace and Dignity (1793) This famous quotation by Friedrich Schiller relates very importantly to our Section meeting on February 19, 2022. The words roll off the tongue...

Preparing for Carnival in the Secret Garden / Report from the Fairy Tale Group

By Marion Donehower My apricot tree is full of blossoms — white blossoms and delicate pink. The bees are buzzing. And the quince is blooming — glorious salmon pink, as we call that color in Germany . . . And Fairytales are floating in the sunny breeze. The puppet...

The Gospel of St. John / Presentation by Robert McDermott

Here is a summary of our meeting of the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science in North America that occurred on Saturday February 5, 2022 on Zoom. Next meeting: February 19, 2022 at 7 pm Pacific. Friend, colleague, and...