Videos

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...

“Steps Toward a Poetry of Knowing” / Part Two

Artwork: "Toward Solstice" by unknown artist; private collection     It's Advent, and that’s the time of year when I typically look back over past months and settle a few items on the “To Do” list. One of those items is “Rudolf Steiner’s First Address.” If...

Parzival’s Quest / Poetry by Section Poets & Friends

  A video made to celebrate the May 2023 Grail Conference at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland. The video includes photos of the Arlesheim grottoes  and poems by Section Poets and poet-friends of the Section. The poems were taken to the Grail Conference...

Spiritual Friendship

Artwork by Marion Donehower (Visual Arts Section) Goethe's Fairytale "The Green Snake and Beautiful Lily." An introductory video made for the Anthroposophical Society in America.     A brief introduction to a text that Rudolf Steiner hailed as the "germinal...