Novalis

Rudolf Steiner’s Reading of “Novalis”

"The Evangelist St. Matthew Inspired by the Angel" /  Rembrandt, 1661   Dear Friends, This is lecture one of a four-part lecture series that I gave for friends and members of the Anthroposophical Society of America in April 2024. I revised it a bit for...

The Castle Siebeneichen / Where Novalis Wrote “Hymns to the Night,” “Heinrich von Ofterdingen,” & Other Works

  Easter, 2024 Dear Friends, On May 2, 2021, Section friends and members celebrated the 249th anniversary of the birth of Friedrich von Hardenberg, the poet Novalis, by taking a virtual tour of the Castle Siebeneichen.      A Journey to Dresden The...

Introduction to Novalis

Artwork: "Blue Flower 1" by Marion Donehower     A (very) Brief Introduction  To the Poet Hailed Repeatedly by Rudolf Steiner As the "Herald of Anthroposophy"     Novalis is the only true poet of the Romantic school. In him alone the whole soul of...

“Atlantis” by Novalis

"Atlantis" / Artwork by Marion Donehower (Visual Arts Section)   Purchase or Preview     On May 21, 2022, friends and members of the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science in North America continued their...