The hidden messages of Parsifal

Within the vast literature left to us by humanity's great writers, authors inspired by a superior intelligence and emotion, we find a variety of extremely valuable works. But their value lies not only in the beauty and aesthetic perfection they display, but in the messages hidden within their lines. Messages hidden to the earthly mind, but understandable to the conscience, because they are addressed to it.

PARSIFAL, WAGNER's masterpiece, is one of those treasures of humanity, which, like others, gives a physical form to universal wisdom. Parsifal is an inspiration of its creator, something that comes from his own inner essence and that is why only through the attributes of our own essence can we come to understand it.

"The muses know well that this diamond work of the great Maestro is something special and exceptional in the WAGNERIAN drama. The Master's words flow deliciously there like a river of gold under the thick jungle of the sun.

Of Parsifal one could say emphatically what Goethe said of his second FAUSTUS: "I have accumulated in it great mysteries and arduous problems, which generations to come will be busy deciphering".

"Don Mario Roso de Luna, the distinguished Theosophical writer has said: 

In Parsifal, Wagner's thought seems to be veiled by intent; indeed, in order to make sense of certain philosophical allusions, when we succeed in doing so, we have to make great efforts of divination and mental reconcentration, because in this work, as in a nightmare, we find the most diverse elements confused: High questions of philosophy, biblical and oriental memories, mysticisms, orthodoxy, vestiges of Catholic worship, pagan rituals,necromancy, somnambulism and hypnotism, practices of medieval chivalry, ecstasies, asceticisms, piety, redemption, affinities of material nature with the human soul, love in its clumsiest meaning, love in its purest meaning..."

"In Wagner's Parsifal there is science, philosophy, art and religion... New Doctor Faust, this great musician seems to have scrutinised very ancient religious scriptures... What amazes me most is something tremendous... I want to refer emphatically to INNATE MAGIC: Where did he get it from? Who taught it to him? In what school did he learn it?"

"PARSIFAL was presented in all the best theatres in Europe, precisely on the first of January 1914 and this invites us to meditate".

"Only because of the outbreak of the First World War and the simultaneous premiere of PARSIFAL throughout the cultured world will the year 1914 be memorable in the history of mankind". 

"1.914 mysterious connubium... PARSIFAL and the FIRST WORLD WAR. It is indubitable that the WAGNERIAN gospel resounds on the battlefields, it is catastrophic, terrible, it shines glorious amidst the tempest of all exclusivism".

Samael Aun Weor

True art is an expression of universal wisdom

Wisdom, universal knowledge, exists by itself, and therefore it is inevitable that in various forms it expresses itself on the face of the earth. Knowledge is expressed, as in this case, in Wagner's great Parsifal, and it has also been expressed in great works of literature, painting, music, sculpture, architecture of all times. But that wisdom, that knowledge and above all that inspiration is in ourselves and all around us, in a flower, in the reddish sun of some afternoons, in the tender hands of a mother. As well as in the sacrifice of a father, who out of love, out of conscience, works for his children.

Let us look for that inspiration in our lives and in true works of art, by truly inspired authors. And let us look within ourselves for wisdom, peace and well-being. Because if we do not find it there, it cannot possibly be given to us by anyone from outside.

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