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“Friends, the soil is poor. We must scatter abundant seed to ensure even a middling harvest.” — Novalis

Percy MacKaye / And Our American Drama
At the Section meeting on June 11, I gave a lecture presentation on American poet, playwright, biographer, and impresario Percy MacKaye, along with a look at the extended MacKaye family: Steele MacKaye, Arvia MacKaye, Christy MacKaye, Robin MacKaye, Marion MacKaye. This introductory talk was given to plant a seed for future discussion. If the spirit of the time permits, more presentations will occur in the fall. The Years 1623, 1923, 2023 / Literature of the Rosicrucians Percy MacKaye and his father Steele MacKaye had a lifelong journey with Shakespeare and Hamlet — Hamlet the play and...
“Hyacinth & Rosebud” by Novalis
A Fresh Translation for the 21st Century! This edition contains an Afterword "The Healing Art of Fairytale" that explains...
“Atlantis” by Novalis
Artwork by Marion Donehower / "Atlantis" A Fresh Translation for the 21st Century! On May 21, 2022, friends and members of...
Steps Toward a Community of Poets
“It is very unfortunate,” said Klingsohr, “that poetry has a particular name, and that poets constitute a particular class. It is not, however,...
Steps Toward a Temple of the Human
˛ Our April 30, 2022 meeting of the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science in North America featured Arie van...
Steps Toward A Poetry of Knowing
Mont Ventoux? At our meeting on April 16 we walked a bit farther up the mountain called Art and Theory of Art: Foundations of a New Aesthetic, lectures by...
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