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The Hanged Man is arguably the most enigmatic card in the traditional tarot deck. Divested of any archetypal apparel – he is neither emperor nor fool, but just a man, who happens to be hanging – he gazes back at us with the look of one who harbors a secret. But what sort of secret? In this episode, JF and Phil discuss the card that no less august a personage than A.E. Waite, co-creator of the classic Rider-Waite deck, claimed was beyond all understanding. The musical interludes in this episode are from Pierre-Yves Martel's recent album, "Bach." Visit his website (http://www.pymartel.com) for more. Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies). Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes 1 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1) and 2 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-2), on Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com) page. Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, Cosmophonia (https://cosmophonia.podbean.com/). Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies) Find us on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp) Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau (https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s)! REREFENCES Welkin/Gnostic Tarot (https://chrisleech.wixsite.com/mysite) Sally Nichols, Tarot and the Archetypal Journey (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781578636594) Rachel Pollack, Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781578636655) Yoav Ben-Dov (https://cbdtarot.com/) Our Known Friend, Meditations on the Tarot (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781585421619) Richard Wagner, ”Sigmund” from [Die Walkure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DieWalk%C3%BCre)_ Aleister Crowley, The Book of Thoth (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780877282686) Star Wars John Frankenheimer (dir.), The Manchurian Candidate (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056218/) Alejandro Jodorowsky, The Way of Tarot (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781594772634) MC Richards, “Preface” to Centering (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780819562005) Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780803298002) Alan Chapman, Magia (https://www.amazon.com/Magia-Alan-Chapman/dp/180049727X)
S4E4 The Ring Cycle: Die Walkure (2 of 4)David presents part 2 of 4 short episodes on the Ring of Power. A Jungian interpretation of Wagner's 4 part Opera inspired by the high German version of Saga of the Volsungs (Nibelungenlied - Song of the Nibelung).Opera 2, Die Walkure (The Valkyrie) presents the interplay of how the gods influence the lives of mortals. Odin wants to create a hero with free will who can obtain the ring of power for him. But if he influenced the lives of mortals, do they really have free will?The Valkyrie Brunhilde is introduced as the archetype of "the female warrior with love." She counters Odin's lust for power as she is inspired by Sigmund's love.But to betray the gods she must pay the ultimate sacrifice. Which is necessary for the birth of our hero…Acknowledgement to Jean Shinoda Bolen's book 'Ring of Power' as the inspiration for this 4 part series.Ways to support us:If you have been enjoying our show, please write a 5 star review on itunes to help spread our podcast to a wider audience: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/between-two-ravens-a-norse-mythology-podcast/id1604263830Follow us or leave a message on Twitter or Instagram:Twitter: (@TwoRavenPodcast): https://twitter.com/TwoRavenPodcastInstagram: (@BetweenTwoRavens): https://www.instagram.com/betweentworavens/Check out David's writing:Prosoche Project (www.prosocheproject.com). Walled Garden (https://thewalledgarden.com/davidalexander)Our podcast is part of The Walled Garden Podcast Network. The Walled Garden is committed to the pursuit of Truth, Wisdom, Virtue, and the Divine, wherever it might be found.Visit thewalledgarden.com to learn more about weekly meet-ups and the other Walled Garden contributors.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5910787/advertisement
“Unconsciously, or sometimes just without really focusing on it, we're always responding to the musicality of the patient's voice. I think that careful listening and study of opera really hones our ability to do that. We pay more attention to it and we can potentially make not just unconscious use of it but also conscious use of it. As we listen to how the music itself is conveying the story that the patient is telling, it's not necessarily the same story as the words are telling. What is often interesting is that the musicality of the voice, whether in opera or in the consulting room, often is at variance with the spoken text and that opens up interesting opportunities for generating meaning.” – S.G. “The tendency is first to think that the text that is being sung is all important and that the melody and the orchestration behind it are supporting the purpose of the aria. That is generally true in popular Italian operas where the music for the orchestra and the melody seems to support the overall message. Because of Wagner's influence in wanting to have an orchestration that actually comments on the action on stage as a second opinion, you get into more complex music where often the orchestra is playing something that reminds the listener of a previous theme, a motif, that complexifies the actual aria being sung.” – L.R. Episode Description: Our conversation revolves around the idea that appreciating opera can “correct the historical tilt towards the verbal text” that often simplifies analytic listening. Steve and Lee use opera to understand universal unconscious themes that are often represented in opera. They suggest as well that it can alert the analytic listener to multiple levels of meanings that can be represented in the orchestration and melodies in addition to the manifest libretto. The ‘case example' is The Magic Flute where the trajectory of male development is demonstrated through the evolution of maternal and paternal imagoes over the course of the storyline. They use musical excerpts to demonstrate different character's affect states that enable the listener to experience their increasing complexity. We close with Steve and Lee sharing some of their own life journeys that have brought them to a place of finding great pleasure in this art form. Our Guests: Steven Goldberg, M.D. is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis and a Personal and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. He is currently an Associate Editor of The Psychoanalytic Quarterly and has for many years co-chaired Opera on the Couch, a collaboration between the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis and the San Francisco Opera. He has published on a variety of theoretical and technical issues in psychoanalysis as well as on psychoanalytic approaches to opera. Lee Rather, Ph.D. is on the faculties of the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis and the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California, where he is also a personal and supervising analyst. He has published and presented on a wide range of topics including the integration of psychoanalytic theories, the existential dynamics of desire, mourning, and acceptance, and the unconscious aspects of creativity in drama, literature, and music. He is in private practice in San Francisco. Recommended Readings: Bollas, C. (1999). Figures and their functions. In The mystery of things (pp. 35-46). New York: Routledge. Britton, R. (1989). The missing link: Parental sexuality in the Oedipus complex. InJ. Steiner (Ed.), The Oedipus complex today: Clinical implications. London: Karnac. Chailey, J. (1992). The Magic Flute Unveiled: Esoteric symbolism in Mozart's Masonic Opera. Vermont: Inner Traditions International. Goldberg, S. (2011). Love, loss, and transformation in Wagner's Die Walkure. Fort Da 17:53-60 Grier, F. (2019). Musicality in the consulting room. International Journal of Psychoanalysis,100: 827-885. Frattaroli, E. J. (1987). On the Validity of Treating Shakespeare's Characters as if They Were Real People. Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Thought, Volume 10(3):407-437. Freud, S. (1914). The Moses of Michelangelo. In J. Strachey (Ed. and Trans.) The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud, (Vol 13 pp. 210-241). Freud, S. (1928). Dostoevsky and Parricide. In J. Strachey (Ed. and Trans.) The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud, (Vol21, pp. 175-198). Knoblauch, S. (2000). The Musical Edge of Therapeutic Dialogue. Hillside, N.J. and London: The Analytic Press. Nagel, J. (2013). Melodies of the mind: Connections between psychoanalysis and music. New York: Routledge. Purcell, S. (2019). Psychic Song and Dance: Dissociation and Duets in the analysis of trauma. Psychoanalytic Quarterly 88: 315-34 Rather, L. (2008). Reuniting the psychic couple in analytic training and practice: Theoretical reflections. Psychoanalytic Psychology. Vol 25, Number 1, pp. 99-109.
The heroes battle soldiers in the streets of Gela, tussle with airplanes overhead in the skies, and diffuse anti-tank mines along the beach. As the invasion of Sicily continues according to plan, little do the heroes know that tragedy is speeding toward them. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/PxbfcpTJu2 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mistconceptionspod Cast: David (he/him; @MrBananaSocks) as the Editor in Chief, Mitch (he/they; @mitchbustillos) as Omission (he/him), Marlo (she/her; @boggwitch) as Crystal Gazer (she/her), Phil (he/them; @BMCPHILANTHROPY) as Torchbearer (he/him), Kari (she/her) as Sister Solstice (she/her) Music in this episode: C Jam Blues by Brocksi Quarter, Copenhagen by Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra, Jumpin' At The Woodside by Count Basie, Volcano by Count Basie, Cherokee by Charlie Barnet, Die Walkure, Act 1: Prelude by Wilhelm Furtwängler Attachments
Paul tackles the granddaddy of Norse Sagas with the story of Sigurd the Dragon-slayer, role of Odin and the lovely Brunhild; Attila the Hun drops in, and there's also the discussion of this saga's adaptation by Richard Wagner, and it's lamentable appropriation by the Nazis. Byock, Jesse L. (Translator). The Saga of the Volsungs. Berkley: U. Of California Press, 1990.Jones, Chuck. What's Opera, Doc? USA: Warner Bros. Cartoons, 1957.Tarantino, Quentin. Django Unchained. USA: Columbia Pictures, 2012.Wagner, Richard. Die Walkure. 1870.
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), WWV 86B, is the second of the four music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, (English: The Ring of the Nibelung). It was performed, as a single opera, at the National Theatre Munich on 26 June 1870, and received its first performance as part of the Ring cycle at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 14 August 1876. Purchase the music (without talk) for only $2.99 at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1093/Wagner%3A_Die_Walkure_%28The_Valkyrie%29%2C_WWV_86B.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you! http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com
Music is the inarticulate speech of the heart, which cannot be compressed into words—because it is infinite. Richard Wagner Great music will forever speak to our hearts for this very reason. I have done a lot of talking and writing about music, having written at least 1,000 articles over the past 10 years. I’m doing even more talking about it now in the formats of YouTube, podcasting, and social media, along with the print versions. None of the words I use will ever come close to the experience of simply listening to music with an intelligent ear and an open heart. Even this quote by Wagner, as succinct as it is, pales in comparison to the music he wrote. The whole point of quotes such as Wagner’s and the hundreds of thousands of words I’ve written is to help in the creation of an informed ear and develop an open heart through which to experience music to the fullest. The words we use about music are meant to help us explore music as opposed to trying to replace the musical experience with a literary one. What I love about this quote from Wagner is the concept of the inarticulate speech of the heart being eternal. Has anyone ever reached the edge of their heart and identified its limits? Whenever and however we turn inwards, after we traverse the well-worn paths of our heart, we often come around a corner, so to speak and are presented with a new and unexplored vista. It’s difficult to put into words because, as Wagner said, the speech of the heart is eternal. The whole point of this entire project here at Classical Rebellion is to develop our intellect in order to master the inner-self. Listening to music with an open heart is, for many of us, a learned skill. We must have a thought to which our hearts respond with “openness.” I must insist we admit that not all music is the inarticulate speech of the heart. Only music that comes from the heart speaks to the heart. The music for this quote is Wotan’s Farewell from Die Walkure. In this music, we hear the father’s heart breaking as he is forced to be separated from his beloved daughter forever. The piece of art for this quote is The Last Farewell of Wotan and Brunhilde by Ferdinand Leeke. Siegfried Wagner, the son of the composer Richard Wagner, commissioned Leeke to paint a series of paintings showing scenes from ten operas by Wagner
An INtro to night two of the Mets Ring Cycle - DIE WALKURE
mexico.sae.edu Referencias: Various Artists - Watchmen Soundtrack (Warner Bros., 2009) - Die Walkure, Act. III: Ride of the Valkyries (Richard Wagner) - All Along the Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix) Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross - Watchmen (HBO) Soundtrack (Warner Bros., 2019) - End Credits
The opera singer Stuart Skelton meets the comedian, actor and director Chris Addison. The tenor Stuart Skelton was born in Australia, and has appeared in leading opera houses and concert halls around the world. His most notable performances include the title role in Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten, and Tristan in Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde, with the conductor Sir Simon Rattle . He recently made his debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, playing Siegmund in Wagner’s Die Walkure. Chris Addison started out as a solo comedy performer and writer. He played Ollie, a hapless junior advisor, in Armando Iannucci’s political satire The Thick of It, and also appeared in the spin-off film In the Loop. He has directed numerous episodes of the Emmy award-winning comedy Veep, set in the office of the Vice President of the United States, and is familiar as a panellist on shows such as Mock the Week. Producer: Clare Walker
Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) DIE WALKURE, by Richard Wagner, at Union Avenue Opera, (2) TIME STANDS STILL, by Donald Margulies, at Insight Theatre Co., (3) THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN, by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, at St. Louis Shakespeare, (4) THE SUNSET LIMITED, by Cormac McCarthy, at Theatre Lab, (5) RED, by John Logan, at Encore! Theater Group, and (6) BIG LOVE, by Charles Mee, at Moonlighting Theatre.
A guide to Die Walkure, the second opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle, featuring the Royal Opera House’s music director Antonio Pappano, singers Susan Bullock and John Tomlinson, opera historian Sarah Lenton, and Wagner experts Laurence Dreyfus and Mark Berry.
A selection of arias from commercial discs, 1939-1943 by the legendary Hans Hotter. The arias and scenes (in this order) are from Hans Heiling (Marschner),The Flying Dutchman, Die Meistersinger, Die Walkure, Aida (with Hilde Scheppan),Otello, Falstaff, and Pagliacci. All material such in German. (68 min.)
The miraculous Kirsten Flagstad, born July 11, 1895, is heard in her debut as Sieglinde with Paul Althouse (1935) and then in a scene from 1937 with Marjorie Lawrence as Brunnhilde in act three. Both are conducted by Arthur Bodansky. We then move to her Brunnhilde in 1940, with Lawrence as the Sieglinde, Lauritz Melchior and Julius Huehn, under Erich Leinsdorf. (68 min.)
Two of the greatest singers of Wagner, Birgit Nilsson and Hans Hotter,perform scenes from Die Walkure and the Flying Dutchman,plus a bonus of Hotter singing Schubert's "An die Musik" and "Meeresstille" accompanied by Gerald Moore. (67 min.)
Highlights from acts and ond two from a historical 1940 Buenos Aires Walkure under Erich Kleiber. The cast includes Marjorie Lawrence, Irene Jessner, Rene Maison, Herbert Janssen, Emanuel List, and,in a rare early performance of Fricka near the start of her illustrious career, Rise Stevens as Fricka. ( 71 min. )
From Covent Garden, 1937, a live performance of the third act of Die Walkure under Wilhelm Furtwaengler, featuring Kirsten Flagstad, Maria Muller, and Rudolf Bockelman. (64 glorious minutes)
Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, and Kristina Flanagan Goddess Archetypes in the Ring Cycle and in Us: Psychological, Political, and Spiritual Parallels ~Co-presented with Point Reyes Books~ Join Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, and Kristina Flanagan in a lively discussion with Michael Lerner for lovers of archetype, myth, opera, and Jung. This year’s SF Opera presents a powerful interpretation of Die Walkure, showing Brunhilde’s evolution from an archetypal Athena into a “true hero,” a woman with courage and compassion, free of being an extension of her father. Fricka and Freya have qualities that connect them to a diminished Hera and Aphrodite. There are strong parallels between patriarchy’s effect on the planet, and the end of the World Ash Tree and Erda’s wisdom. Wagner’s genius is in the multiple levels of meaning. Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD Jean is a Jungian analyst , psychiatrist, and author. Her book, Ring of Power: Love vs. Power in the Ring Cycle and in Us, connects archetypal psychology, dysfunctional family psychology, and patriarchy. The archetypes she described in Goddesses in Everywoman and Gods in Everyman—based on Greek myths—transfer readily from Zeus on Olympus to Wotan and Valhalla. The symbol of the World Ash and the deeper significance of it is in her new book, Like a Tree: How Trees, Women, and Tree People Can Save the Planet. Find out more at her website. Find out more about The New School at tns.commonweal.org.
Each August 30th, I present my special tribute to Regina Resnik, one of the greatest artists in the world of music. As I have previously stated, not only had Mme.Resnik sung as both soprano and mezzo with remarkable success.(This year is the 65th anniversary of her Met debut), but as teacher,coach,filmmaker,producer, director, she has distinguished herself in the opera world in a totally unique way. In this podcast I present to you some extended scenes from some of her greatest roles: Klytaemnestra in Elektra with Inge BorgkhSieglinde in Walkure with Ramon Vinay and Astrid VarnayFricka in Die Walkure with Jerome HinesUlrica in Un Ballo in Maschera I am happy to present this podcast in honor of dear Regina Resnik"s birthday, and I know you will enjoy it as you have enjoyed my previous celebrations of her art. (70 min.) http://handelmania.libsyn.com
A tribute to Marilyn Horne, one of the greatest artists of our time (and any time!). The selections are from: Pagliacci,Wozzeck, The Damnation of Faust, Die Walkure, Semiramide, Capuletti ed I Montecchi, Rinaldo, Partenope, Semele, Rosenkavalier, and other selections. (72 min.) I HAD TO UPGRADE!!!!! Your responses have been so tremendous, I needed more space, so I will send you a bill in the morning!!!!! It is my great pleasure to serve you...Love Charlie (poorer)
A brief summary of the opera, followed by a discussion of the hidden meaning. Read a synopsis of the opera. Read a transcription of the lecture. Quoted from the lecture: "So, in this part of Wagner’s opera, Die Walkure, is hidden a marvelous doctrine of Alchemy, which is always shown through the different myths of different religions. The Nordics are precisely the descendants from the Hyperboreans, and the Hyperboreans are the manifestation of an ancient past, which in esotericism is called the Mahamanvantara of the Sun, or the Solar Round."
The wonderful Margarete Klose is presented in arias and scenes from: Orfeo,Tristan und Isolde, Alceste, Samson et Delilah, Don Carlo, Gotterdamerung, Il Trovatore, Un Ballo in Maschera, Lohengrin, Elektra, Die Walkure (64 min.)
NOT FOR PURISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lowlights from the Die Walkure performance at the legendary La Puma Opera Company, circa 1965. The great Olive Middleton stars as Sieglinde and the inevitable bass-baritone Mario Leone is the Wotan. REMEMBER! I WARNED YOU!!!! (33 glorious minutes)
A comparison of various performances of the finale of Act One of Wagner's "Die Walkure." The pairs of lovers are: Lauritz Melchior and the late Rose BamptonRamon Vinay and Regina ResnikMax Lorenz and Martha MoedlRene Maison and Marjorie LawrencePlacido Domingo and Deborah PolaskiPaul Althouse and the Met debut of Kirsten FlagstadSet Svanholm and Birgit NilssonRene Verdiere and Germaine LubinLauritz Melchior and Lotte LehmannMax Lorenz and Margarete TeschemacherJohn Vickers and Leonie Rysanek (82 minutes) NOTE:Libsyn was down for 2 days but is working now.
ACHTUNG!!!!!! If you are faint of heart and/or have digestive problems, I recommend you do NOT listen to these lowlites from a performance of Wagner's Die Walkure from the La Puma Company in the 1960's. Cast: Olive Middleton (Sieglinde), Mario Leone (Wotan), Walter Ulrich (Siegmund), Marjorie Brown (Brunh.) Conducted(?) by Ralph Zeitlin (56 glorious minutes)
A comparison of ten fine sopranos singing the Sieglinde"Hallucination Scene' from Act two of Wagner's "Die Walkure." Featured are: Regine Crespin, Kirsten Flagstad, Julia Varady, Leonie Rysanek, Astrid Varnay, Birgit Nilsson, Lotte Lehmann, Regina Resnik, Martha Moedl, Natalie Secunde. (75 minutes)
The celebrated dramatic soprano Astrid Varnay died earlier this week in Munich. She was 88 years old. A few highlights from her 55 year career can be heard in this podcast. Included are scenes from Die Walkure, Tannhauser, Elektra, Der Fliegende Hollander, Der Rosenkavalier, Parsifal, Siegfried, and...
Golden-voiced Stimmdiva Helen Traubel dons the Valkyrie helmet. New York, November 1945. Wotan - Herbert Janssen; Sieglinde - Irene Jessner; Helmwige - Doris Doree; Gerhilde - Maxine Stellman; Ortlinde - Irene Jessner; Rossweisse - Doris Doe; Grimgerde - Martha Lipton; Waltraute - Jeanne Palmer; Si...
Enter Brunnhilde, in the person of Martha Modl. Wotan: Hans Hotter; Fricka: Georgine von Milinkovic; Sieglinde: Gre Brouwenstijn; Siegmund: Wolfgang Windgassen; Hunding: Josef Greindl. Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, April 4, 1955. Conductor: Josef Keilberth.Die Walkure at Wagneroperas.com.
Come in, collapse on the hearth, have a sip of mead, and listen to Part 2 of Wagner's Ring cycle in a performance from Bayreuth, 1967. Conductor: Karl Bohm. Siegmund: James King; Sieglinde: Leonie Rysanek; Hunding: Gerd Nienstedt..Die Walkure at Wagneroperas.com.
Act 3 of Die Walkuere (Wagner) at the first postwar Bayreuth Festival (1951). Astrid Varnay, Leonie Rysanek, Sigurd Bjoerling / Herbert von Karajan.
The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is a Mitford girl - one of Lord Redesdale's six fascinating daughters. She married Sir Oswald Mosley, the man who was the leader of the British Union of Fascists. Since his death nearly nine years ago, his widow, Diana Mosley, has lived just outside Paris. Among other things, Lady Mosley will be talking to Sue Lawley about her own and her husband's imprisonment during most of the war years, her life in France since the war and her close friendship with the neighbours, who shared her exile, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Die Walkure by Richard Wagner Book: Books by Marcel Proust Luxury: Soft pillow
Roy Plomley's castaway is romantic novelist Denise Robins. Favourite track: Die Walkure by Richard Wagner Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Family photograph