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Novalis

Rudolf Steiner’s Reading of “Novalis”

John the Baptist   Dear Friends, This is Lecture One and Lecture Two of a lecture series that I gave for friends and members of the Anthroposophical Society of America in April 2024. I revised these lectures for distribution to a wider public, especially for the...
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“The Karmic Biography of Novalis & Rudolf Steiner’s Last Address” / The Dornach Lectures / by Bruce Donehower

Goetheanum   Dear Friends, At the very beginning of the COVID crisis, Novalis entered our North American Section work. Much to my surprise! During the first year of COVID, a very dedicated group of Section members and friends met weekly on Zoom for more than a...
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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...
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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...
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