Parsifal Unveiled

Parsifal Unveiled

Author: Samael Aun Weor

Publisher: Glorian Publishing

Published: 2013-11-19

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1934206911

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"When religion becomes artificial, art has a duty to rescue it. Art can show that the symbols which religions would have us believe literally true are actually figurative. Art can idealize those symbols, and so reveal the profound truths they contain." - Richard Wagner Parsifal, the epic, final opera by Richard Wagner, stunned audiences and set the stage for the decline of modern civilization. For more than one hundred years, Parsifal has been one of the most controversial dramatic works in the world, not only moving the world's top composers and writers to tears and inspiring generations of creative geniuses, but it was also admired by Adolf Hitler. Wagner's retelling of the myth of the Holy Grail and the knights who protect it showed the secret path to liberation from suffering, but no one understood it. Wagner himself never explained Parsifal, and in his wake thousands of writers, critics, and artists have attempted to penetrate its mysteries yet have failed, since they were not initiated into the secret tradition it came from. Finally, in this book by Samael Aun Weor, the meaning of Parsifal is fully revealed, and the genius and spiritual accomplishments of Richard Wagner are made radiantly clear. "The year 1914 will always be a memorable date among the remarkable dates of this humanity, because of the explosion of the First World War and the simultaneous debut of Parsifal in all the civilized world." - Samael Aun Weor Features: • A complete exposure of the spiritual archetypes hidden in Parsifal, with examples from other religions and mythologies • Detailed instructions for sexual transmutation, including postures and mantras • Includes the complete libretto of Parsifal


Parsifal

Parsifal

Author: Jim Krusoe

Publisher: Tin House Books

Published: 2012-06-26

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 193563934X

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A fountain-pen repairman journeys to the forest where he was raised, oblivious to the war playing out between the earth and the sky, where he encounters an odd cast of characters in this new novel from the author of Toward You. Original.


Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure, and Interpretation

Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure, and Interpretation

Author: William Kinderman

Publisher:

Published: 2013-08-15

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0195366921

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This study explores the evolution of the text and music of this inexhaustible yet highly controversial music drama across Wagner's entire career, and offers a reassessment of the ideological and political history of 'Parsifal' that illuminates the connection of Wagner's legacy to the rise of National Socialism in Germany. The compositional genesis is traced through many unfamiliar sketches and manuscript sources held at Bayreuth, revealing unsuspected models and veiled connections to Wagner's earlier works.


Wagner's Parsifal

Wagner's Parsifal

Author: Roger Scruton

Publisher: Allen Lane

Published: 2020-05-07

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780241419694

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This short but penetrating book, shows us how Wagner achieves this profound work, explaining the story, its musical ideas, and their coming together into a sublime whole which gives us the musical equivalent of forgiveness and closure


A Companion to Wagner's Parsifal

A Companion to Wagner's Parsifal

Author: William Kinderman

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 1571132376

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New essays demonstrating and exploring the abiding fascination of Wagner's controversial work.


The Parsifal Mosaic

The Parsifal Mosaic

Author: Robert Ludlum

Publisher: Bantam

Published: 2015-06-02

Total Pages: 722

ISBN-13: 0345539222

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Michael Havelock’s world died on a moonlit beach on the Costa Brava as he watched his partner and lover, double agent Jenna Karas, efficiently gunned down by his own agency. There’s nothing left for him but to quit the game, get out. Then, in one frantic moment on a crowded railroad platform in Rome, Havelock sees Jenna. Racing around the globe in search of his beautiful betrayer, Havelock is now marked for death by both U.S. and Russian assassins, trapped in a massive mosaic of treachery created by a top-level mole with the world in his fist: Parsifal. Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Parsifal Mosaic “[Robert] Ludlum’s narrative imagination is a force of nature.”—The New York Times “As fast-paced and absorbing as any he’s written.”—Newsday “The suspense never lets up.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution “A crackling good yarn.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review


Parsifal's Page

Parsifal's Page

Author: Gerald Morris

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2008-04-28

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 0547349521

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“Another engaging take on Arthurian legend . . . Morris deftly blends bloody clashes of arms and mysterious enchantments with the many flavors of romance.” —Kirkus Reviews Piers is desperate to become a page to escape the dirty, tedious labor of his father’s blacksmith shop. So when a knight arrives announcing that he’s on “the quest,” Piers begs to go along. Off on a series of adventures he never dreamed possible, Piers and the knight quickly run into difficulties. The knight is slain by Parsifal who is on a quest of his own. Parsifal is unlike anyone Piers has ever met. He doesn’t behave “knightly” at all. Slowly, Piers realizes that being a knight has nothing to do with shining armor and winning jousts. And, as their journey continues, they find that to achieve their quest they must learn more than knighthood: they must learn about themselves. The tale of Parsifal has been told more than that of any other knight, but no one has ever told his story quite like Gerald Morris does in his fourth Arthurian novel, another tour de force of humor, action, magic, and, as always, true love. “Entertaining . . . Arthurian fans will be hooked by the great writing.” —School Library Journal “Libraries where Morris’s Arthurian series has a following will certainly want to add this to their fiction collections.” —Booklist


Parsifal

Parsifal

Author: Richard Wagner

Publisher: Alma Books

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 071454535X

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These Opera Guides are ideal com panions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. More than any other work in the operatic repertory, Parsifal demands a personal commitment and response. As the culmination of half a lifetime's preoccupation with the issues of compassion and redemption, it has profound philosophical implications. As the ultimate example of Wagner's idiom it is an extraordinary musical structure. The unique quality of the subject inspired a wholly original musical conception. Here are four very different essays designed, in their variety, to set you thinking about it what it means to you. The translation was commissioned for the first production by English National Opera in 1986.Contents: A Very Human Epic Mike Ashman; Recapitulation of a Lifetime Dieter Borchmeyer; Experiencing Music and Imagery in 'Parsifal' Robin Holloway; 'Parsifal': Words and Music Carolyn Abbate; Discussions into the Dramaturgy of 'Parsifal' Gerd Rienaecker; Thematic Guide Lionel Friend; 'Parsifal' poem by Richard Wagner; 'Parsifal' English translation by Andrew Porter; Act One; Act Two; Act Three; Discography Cathy Peterson; Bibliography; Contributors


Richard Wagner: Parsifal

Richard Wagner: Parsifal

Author: Lucy Beckett

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1981-08-20

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780521296625

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A comprehensive account of Wagner's last, and strangest opera.