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...

“Ghost Modernism” / Initiation, Shamanism, & Soul Recovery

"Basel Fastnacht" / Photo by Bertram Mouton "Along with the feeling of dread for the advent of modernity . . . another important aspect of the modernist attitude -- perhaps the most important aspect for our purposes – is a turn to mythology and the deep past...

“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

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...