Allegories of the Ring

This website is dedicated to understanding the sublime and profound wisdom in the Ring Cycle and Parsival operas of Richard Wagner. It is a supplement to, and extension of, the book Richard Wagner, Rudolf Steiner & Allegories of the Ring, by George Hastings.

Upcoming Lectures
Richard Wagner and the Evolution of Consciousness
Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Friday, January 13, 7:30 p.m.
North Carolina Branch of the Anthroposophical Society
Oak Lodge at Camp New Hope and Conference Center www.newhopeccc.org/
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Timetables of Wagner’s Ring Cycle in Relation to Mayan Predictions for 2012
Washington D.C., Sunday, January 15, 7:30 p.m.
Washington Branch of the Anthroposophical Society
Washington Waldorf School
4800 Sangamore Road
Bethesda, MD 20816
www.washingtonwaldorf.org

Timetables of Wagner’s Ring Cycle in Relation to Mayan Predictions for 2012
Washington D.C., Wednesday, January 18, 7:00 p.m.
Washington National Wagner Society
Tenley Branch Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington DC
For directions: http://dclibrary.org/tenley

New Articles
How Jews Saved The Ring
In the last update of this blog I posted the article “Richard Wagner Was Not an Anti-Semite.” I stand by my statements in that article. However, I should have entitled it “Richard Wagner Did Not Discriminate Against Individual Jews.” It is an established fact that he constantly spoke disparagingly against Jews, as a race. There is no excuse for his behavior, but the situation is not simple. Hopefully the article “How Jews Saved The Ring,” will help set the record straight.

Fricka and Other Goddesses
Fricka is in the same category as many other evil goddesses and queens. It is all part of the evolution of consciousness.

(In a previous article, Parsifal and 2012, I said that Crete was where Odysseus killed Cyclops. Since then I have become convinced this was not the case. This article will explain why I changed my mind.)

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