Meeting Summaries

Shakespeare / A View from the Stage & Glimpse from the Gallery

Fred Dennehy and I brought Shakespeare back into our Section conversations at the meeting on October 29, 2022,. Fred surveyed the authorship question and then moved to the play Hamlet. Fred has acted in several plays by Shakespeare, and he enlivened the evening with a...

“The Genius of the English Language” / Presentation by Clifford Venho

"The Youthful Poet's Dream" by William Blake   Clifford Venho joined our Section meeting on October 22, 2022 to give a presentation on "The Genius of the English Language," with reference to the poem Beowulf and to the poets Chaucer and Shakespeare. In addition...

Philip Thatcher / A Poetry Reading

Poet Philip Thatcher joined our meeting to read from his books of poetry Fine Matter and Good Time. Philip's books are available:   Here is a chaptered video of the Evening with Poet Philip Thatcher    Purchase in Canada Les Éditions Perceval...

Essays in Celebration of Novalis’ 250th Birthday / by Bruce Donehower, Ph.D.

  2022 is the 250th Anniversary Year of the Birth of Novalis   This spring, in celebration of the event, two essays appeared in German in publications sponsored by the Goetheanum. These essays arise directly from the regular ongoing meetings of the Section...