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Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily
Book • 1979
Goethe's 'The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily' is an allegorical fairy tale composed late in the 18th century that uses vivid imagery and symbolic figures to explore the interplay of social, spiritual, and inner human forces.
In Steiner's lecture it is presented as Goethe's pictorial response to Schiller's abstract aesthetic theory, depicting a threefold social ideal through kings and archetypal figures.
The tale reflects Goethe's preference for richly contoured imagination over abstract philosophical exposition.
It has been interpreted as expressing Goethe's views on cultural balance, the role of imagination, and renewal of social life.
The story influenced Romantic and classical discussions of myth, symbol, and social structure.
In Steiner's lecture it is presented as Goethe's pictorial response to Schiller's abstract aesthetic theory, depicting a threefold social ideal through kings and archetypal figures.
The tale reflects Goethe's preference for richly contoured imagination over abstract philosophical exposition.
It has been interpreted as expressing Goethe's views on cultural balance, the role of imagination, and renewal of social life.
The story influenced Romantic and classical discussions of myth, symbol, and social structure.
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Rudolf Steiner
CW 200 The New Spirituality and the Experience of Christ: Lecture 4: Schiller‘s Aesthetic Letters and Goethe‘s Fairy-tale (24 October, 1920) by Rudolf Steiner
