A Journal of the North American Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science.
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Eventually.
Only the impossible
Survives . . .”
— Percy MacKaye
“Friends, the soil is poor. We must scatter abundant seed to ensure even a middling harvest.” — Novalis
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“Art Opens Our Eyes to the Spiritual World”
"Temple Veil" by Marion Donehower An Interview with Artist Marion Donehower from Stil Magazine Dear Friends, Marion Donehower is a member of the leadership group of the North American Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science and she helped plan our North American Section Conferences in 2024 and 2025. She is also a member of the Section for Visual Arts. Her interview appeared in the 2025 summer issue of Stil Magazine, an issue with the title "Art and Healing." Stil is a German-language publication, but the English translation of Marion's...
“Dance the Orange” / Sonnets to Orpheus
"Tanzt die Orange" "Dance the Orange" "Sonnets to Orpheus" Part 1, Sonnet 15 by Rainer Maria Rilke Performance...
The Section for the Literary Arts & Humanities / by Christiane Haid
History of the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science by Christiane Haid, Ph.D....
Christiane Haid: “Metamorphoses of the Foundation Stone: 1913 – 1923”
A presentation given at the Section meeting on December 17, 2022.
“The Dawn of the Beautiful: A Utopian Future?” by Christiane Haid
Artwork: "The Floating World" by Marion Donehower "In the context of the present dire world situation in which we witness ever-present threats of...
“The Literary Arts and Humanities Section in North America” by Marguerite Miller
Marguerite Miller was the North American representative to the Goetheanum for the Section of the Literary Arts and Humanities in the North American Collegium...
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