Another classical connection in Wagner's "Parsifal", as per,
D. Everett writes:
"Borchmeyer is convinced that the end of "Parsifal" is a "restitutio in
integrum" in which the Grail community is re-established, Klingsor's contrastive
world is exorcized and nature is restored to its paradisal innocence."
"Borchmeyer refers to the idea found both in early Christianity and in
Stoicism (relevant because of Wagner's interest in the writings of Marcus
Aurelius) of
'αποκατάστασις πάντον
-- a renewal of the world through the cyclical restitution of a perfect
primordial state.
In the ending of the Ring there is a new beginning (which can be traced, in
that drama, back to the Eddic poem Volüspá in which the universe, i.e. the
worlds connected by the world-ashtree, is destroyed at Ragnarök, only to begin
anew), in which as in Isaiah 65:17 there are new heavens (the old gods are
destroyed) and a new earth (in which there are, so far, no rulers)."
"As Borchmeyer points out ("Richard Wagner: Theory and Theatre", p. 391),
the idea of "'αποκατάστασις" is better symbolised by a spiral than it is by a
circle."
"After the cosmic conflagration of Götterdämmerung, or after the return of
Parsifal with the spear (and, just as importantly, with Kundry), there is a new
beginning, in which it must be hoped the mistakes of the previous cycle (such as
the exclusion of women from the Temple) will not be repeated."
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