Novalis
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This unique and original translation contains an original Afterword "The World Must Be Romanticized" " by Bruce Donehower. This new translation and ed
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ition arises as an outcome of the ongoing work of the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities of the School for Spiritual Science in North America. The edition commemorates the 250th anniversary year of the birth of Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg; born May 2, 1772). The fairytale Atlantis by Novalis appears as chapter three in the novel Heinrich von Ofterdingen by Novalis, published one year after the death of Novalis in 1802. Artist members of the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities used an abridged version of this text as a script for a live performance and for a performance video that can be viewed on Vimeo or YouTube. A link to the performance video appears in the Afterword.
"What then do we make of this reference to Atlantis at the end of this magical idealist tale? If knowledge is remembrance, as Plato taught, and if meditation and memory perch like Odin’s ravens on our human Poet-shoulders, then perhaps the mention of Atlantis is a reminder to awaken to Spirit Remembrance—and thereby to “romanticize” the world."
From the Afterword: "The World Must Be Romanticized"
Novalis considered fairytale to be the "touchstone of poetry."
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