On the Poetising of the World – Encounters with Novalis

Whoever has once heard the sound of Novalis’s poetry or aphorisms and been touched by it will never forget it. For those who do not yet know him, they open up a new world. These are words that carry the light of the spirit within them. They express another layer of reality, which we can experience as atmosphere in fairy tales and myths. In Novalis this sphere becomes poetically concrete as a reality of life: “The world must be romanticised. Thus the original meaning is found again,” he calls out to us in an aphorism. The world is not already finished; it can be transformed through the word, and the human being enters into a true relationship with it.

In our present culture Novalis is a voice crying in the wilderness. His own experiences of dying and death lead his thoughts and words beyond the boundary from the visible into the invisible. Thus his poetry and philosophy, if we can give ourselves over to the sound of their thought, are a companion on the way – through them our inner eyes and ears learn to see and hear anew. At Whitsun, Novalis will become visible through lectures on poetics, philosophy and biography and, above all, through numerous recitations as well as a eurythmy performance, speak directly to us.

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Publication: 26 March 2026