Novalis

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...

Happy Birthday, Novalis! / 2022

2022 / 250th Birthday Year    Novalis   (Friedrich von Hardenberg; born May 2, 1772)   In celebration, we offer a 2022 birthday page with content arising directly from the ongoing regular meetings of the Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities of...

“Geistliche Lieder” by Novalis

Performance Video by Section Artists   Posted in 2021 commemoration of the 249th Birthday of Novalis

“Novalis, Magical Idealism, & Rudolf Steiner’s Last Address” / A Five-Part Video Lecture Series by Bruce Donehower, Ph.D.

  Novalis Friedrich von Hardenberg; May 2, 1772 Celebrating the 250th Anniversary Birthday Year Novalis is the only true poet of the Romantic school. In him alone the whole soul of Romanticism turned to song, and only he expressed nothing but that soul. The...