Section News & History

“Encountering Novalis” / 2026 Pentecost Conference / Dornach

Opening Words from a poem by Novalis ***   Dear Friends, As reported in previous Section meetings and announcements, the Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science has sponsored this Pentecost Conference on Novalis at the...

Annual Section Report (2025)

Often Used as our Section Verse & Motto     Annual North American Section Report Written for the Goetheanum Section Leadership  Reporting on Year 2025   (Click here to read worldwide Section Reports)      Overview The North American...

“Dante and Giotto; A Conversation” An Essay by Albert Steffen

"Flight into Egypt" / Giotto   "Dante and Giotto; A Conversation" by Albert Steffen   The most wonderful example of how a poet and painter, complementing each other in word and picture, can learn from one another is perhaps that of Dante and Giotto. A...