Meeting Summaries

Anthroposophy & Buddhism / A Presentation by Robert McDermott & Bruce Donehower

Photo "Stone & Chronicle" by Bruce Donehower   Dear Friends, Robert McDermott and Bruce Donehower collaborated to present an evening of conversation and commentary on the topic "Anthroposophy & Buddhism" for the Faust Branch of the Anthroposophical...

Section Meeting / September 21, 2025

"Cloud HIdden, Whereabouts Unknown" / photo b donehower   Dear Friends: The Section’s Northern California group met for a New Moon Salon on September 21. This was a hybrid event: in-person and on Zoom for those far away. We discussed recent events in the Section,...

“The Poet and the Dead” by Albert Steffen

Artwork: "Monolith X" by Marion Donehower   At the Section meeting on February 24, 2024, we discussed the topic of Literary Modernism in respect to Threshold Experiences and Soul Loss. A variety of twentieth-century modernist poets and novelists were mentioned....

“Eros and Fable” by Novalis

Loggia di Psiche in the Villa Farnesina, Rome. By Raphael    Dear Friends, In preparation for the 2025 North American Section Conference in San Francisco (May 9-12) I spoke about The Fairytale of Eros and Fable by Novalis. This important fairytale by a poet whom...