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Location	Call #	Volume	Status
Sherman Library	CD B MOZA MAG M20	Disc 1 & 3	AVAILABLE
Sherman Library	ML410.M9 B349 2004		AVAILABLE

Author	Berk, M. F. M. van den (Matheus Franciscus Maria), 1938-
Title	The magic flute : Die Zauberflote : an alchemical allegory / by M.F.M. van den Berk.
OCLC	52980793
ISBN	9004130993 (pb. : alk. paper)
	9789004130999 (pb. : alk. paper)
Publisher	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.
Description	xxi, 650 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm + 3 audio discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
LC Subject heading/s	Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Zauberfl�te.
	Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 -- Symbolism.
LC Genre heading/s	Music and magic.
	Alchemy in literature.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [629]-642).
Contents	On the trail of Hermes -- On the trail of Hermes -- Hermes is also a buffoon -- Hermes-Papageno has a hermetic nature -- Die Zauberflote, an alchemical allegory -- The hermetic art -- The magnum opus -- The Philosophers' Stone -- Practical and contemplative alchemy -- Hermes Trismegistos -- Die Zauberflote, a hermetic work of art -- Die Zauberflote's contemplative alchemy -- Papageno receives the philosophers' stone, the living water and the secret seal as a gift -- Tamino receives a portrait of the great work -- From four elements man is born -- A metallic root full of musical enchantment -- The peacock's tail -- Historical Background -- Hermes in Vienna towards the end of the eighteenth century -- Under the guise of Freemasonry -- Aufgeklarten and Erleuchteten in Vienna -- Requiem for Freemasonry -- Renaissance of the Hermetic stream -- Two illustrious men: Von Born versus Thun -- The Rosicrucians: alchemists in word and deed -- Origin an evolution of the Rosy Cross movement -- The Rosicrucian doctrine of the three principles -- Die Zauberflote and the Chymische Hochzeit -- The 'chemical wedding' -- The three temples -- The Moor -- Ladies, lads, armoured men -- Music -- Other Rosicrucian symbols in the opera -- The Rosy Cross -- The number 18 -- Mythological Background -- Black Isis-Hecate -- Virgin, mother and widow -- Hecate the virgin -- Demeter the mother -- Isis the widow -- Isis the universal -- Isis the 'flaming star' -- Black Isis -- Horus-Orpheus -- Orpheus -- Parallels between Orpheus and Tamino.
Language note	Translated from Dutch.

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ISBN	9004130993 (pb. : alk. paper)
	9789004130999 (pb. : alk. paper)
Author	Berk, M. F. M. van den (Matheus Franciscus Maria), 1938-
Title	The magic flute : Die Zauberflote : an alchemical allegory / by M.F.M. van den Berk.
Publisher	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

Title

The magic flute : Die Zauberflote : an alchemical allegory / by M.F.M. van den Berk.

Author

Berk, M. F. M. van den (Matheus Franciscus Maria), 1938-

ISBN	9004130993 (pb. : alk. paper)
	9789004130999 (pb. : alk. paper)

Description

xxi, 650 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm + 3 audio discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

OCLC

52980793

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [629]-642).
Contents	On the trail of Hermes -- On the trail of Hermes -- Hermes is also a buffoon -- Hermes-Papageno has a hermetic nature -- Die Zauberflote, an alchemical allegory -- The hermetic art -- The magnum opus -- The Philosophers' Stone -- Practical and contemplative alchemy -- Hermes Trismegistos -- Die Zauberflote, a hermetic work of art -- Die Zauberflote's contemplative alchemy -- Papageno receives the philosophers' stone, the living water and the secret seal as a gift -- Tamino receives a portrait of the great work -- From four elements man is born -- A metallic root full of musical enchantment -- The peacock's tail -- Historical Background -- Hermes in Vienna towards the end of the eighteenth century -- Under the guise of Freemasonry -- Aufgeklarten and Erleuchteten in Vienna -- Requiem for Freemasonry -- Renaissance of the Hermetic stream -- Two illustrious men: Von Born versus Thun -- The Rosicrucians: alchemists in word and deed -- Origin an evolution of the Rosy Cross movement -- The Rosicrucian doctrine of the three principles -- Die Zauberflote and the Chymische Hochzeit -- The 'chemical wedding' -- The three temples -- The Moor -- Ladies, lads, armoured men -- Music -- Other Rosicrucian symbols in the opera -- The Rosy Cross -- The number 18 -- Mythological Background -- Black Isis-Hecate -- Virgin, mother and widow -- Hecate the virgin -- Demeter the mother -- Isis the widow -- Isis the universal -- Isis the 'flaming star' -- Black Isis -- Horus-Orpheus -- Orpheus -- Parallels between Orpheus and Tamino.
Language note	Translated from Dutch.

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