Videos

“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...

“Vasilisa the Beautiful” / A Russian Fairytale

This performance video arises from the meetings of the Fairytale Group during the summer of 2022. The Fairytale Group is an initiative arising from the ongoing work and meetings of the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities. The Fairytale Group meetings are...

Memory, Transcendence, Clairvoyant Insight

"Fog on the Elbe" / photo by Bruce Donehower “Forget” / A Moon Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke Forget Forget, forget . . . and let us now experience only this . . . how stars penetrate through clarified night sky; how moon shines serene...

“Kathleen Raine; Novalis & William Blake”

“Kathleen Raine; Novalis & William Blake”

Dec 29, 2022 | Lectures, Meeting Summaries, Videos

A presentation given at the Section meeting on November 26, 2022. Kathleen Raine, a poet and scholar, was the founder...

Christiane Haid: “Metamorphoses of the Foundation Stone: 1913 – 1923”

Christiane Haid: “Metamorphoses of the Foundation Stone: 1913 – 1923”

Dec 29, 2022 | Lectures, Meeting Summaries, Videos

A presentation given at the Section meeting on December 17, 2022.

“Breath! You invisible poem!” / Sonnets to Orpheus

“Breath! You invisible poem!” / Sonnets to Orpheus

Oct 6, 2020 | Rilke Project, Videos

"Breathe!" artwork by Marion Donehower From Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke / Atmen, du unsichtbares...

“Only in the Realm of Praising” / Sonnets to Orpheus

“Only in the Realm of Praising” / Sonnets to Orpheus

Oct 5, 2020 | Rilke Project, Videos

“The Blue Nymph” by Marc Chagall Two sonnets are featured in this performance video. (Part 1, No 8 and...

“La Belle Dame Sans Merci” by John Keats

“La Belle Dame Sans Merci” by John Keats

Sep 19, 2020 | Fairytales (Märchen), Poetry, Videos

A performance video of John Keats' La Belle Dame Sans Merci. Read by Margit Ilgen; original music by Bruce...

“An den Mond” by Goethe

“An den Mond” by Goethe

Sep 17, 2020 | Poetry, Videos

“Wald und Wasserfall im Mondschein” by Carl Gustav Carus The poem An den Mond by Goethe has a musical setting...

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