Novalis and Anthroposophy Zur letzten Ansprache Rudolf Steiners
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Reto Andrea Savoldelli's study traces the spiritual connections between Novalis — Friedrich von Hardenberg, the poet and philosopher of early German Romanticism — and Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy. The subtitle "On Rudolf Steiner's Last Address" refers to Steiner's final public speech, in which he honored Novalis as a central figure of spiritual science. Across over 400 pages, Savoldelli unfolds an investigation that goes far beyond mere intellectual history or literary reception.
Novalis and the Spiritual Tradition
Novalis (1772–1801) left behind a slim but deeply influential body of work: the fragment collections Pollen and Faith and Love, the unfinished novel Heinrich von Ofterdingen, the Hymns to the Night, and the philosophical tale The Novices of Sais. His poetry and philosophy circle around the unity of nature and spirit — a vision rooted in Fichte's transcendental philosophy that reverberates through Schelling all the way to Steiner's anthroposophical thinking.
Savoldelli reveals how Novalis' understanding of nature, spirit, and transformation lives on in Steiner's worldview — not as a historical source, but as a living impulse that continues to work in anthroposophical practice today, from Waldorf education to the work at the Goetheanum in Dornach.
A book for anyone who wants to understand the spiritual current of German Romanticism in its effects on the present.
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