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What is a “Section” for the Literary Arts & Humanities?
"Oh! Isn't the Section just a book club?" Dear Friends, Questioning is the Quest! "What is a section for Literary Arts?" This is a question that pops up rather often . . .and often in these or similar words . . . and not only from persons who know nothing about Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy or the School for Spiritual Science, but from persons who do! And one often has to point out that "Humanities" is part of the "official" North American "Section" name for this entity that is a "section." But, to make matters more confusing, one might also take a moment to remark that in German the...
“Piktor’s Metamorphoses” A Fairytale by Hermann Hesse (1923)
A Bird by Hermann Hesse Paradise and the Tree of Life At a Section meeting on December 5, 2020, Marion presented Hermann...
The Pennsylvania Poetry Book Club
A Report by George Reitnour “The Novalis School of Poetry” * Book Blurbs from the Kimberton, PA Poetry Book Club...
Annual Section Report (2025)
Often Used as our Section Verse & Motto Annual North American Section Report Written for the Goetheanum Section Leadership Reporting on...
The Community Begins: Rudolf Steiner’s “Theosophical” Years, 1900-1914
Dear Friends, In November 2025 the Anthroposophical Society in America hosted three one-hour sessions on the topic The Community Begins: Rudolf...
The Destiny Groupings Around Rudolf Steiner; Vienna, 1879-1889 / by Emil Bock
Rudolf von Alt; Michaelertor der Hofburg und altes Burgtheater; 1888 Emil Bock presented this lecture to the members of the Anthroposophical Society on...
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