…von Braun, who was a metallurgist and highly honored in the court of Maria Theresa. This important man was a personal friend of Mozart, and it is believed that in the designing of the opera The Magic Flute, Van Boren supplied much of the material, at…

…symbolically speaking, for the creation of the character of Sarastro, the great priest of the mysteries of Isis and Osiris. Mozart himself was recommended for Freemasonry by Baron von Gemmingen, a distinguished member of the Order, and the lodge to which…

…Boren. And when this great chemist perfected his method for metallic amalgamation and certain formulas for the hardening and purifying of metals, Mozart wrote a piece of music to be played in the Lodge, which at that time held a festival in honor of von…

…of music to be played in the Lodge, which at that time held a festival in honor of von Bonge. So we find that Mozart, Goethe, the Prince of Sachs-Weimar, Kneger, Bohm, and later the man who was entrusted with the development of the story of the Magic…

…the secret societies of Europe. written for a distinct and definite purpose, this purpose very close to its ultimate adaptation by Mozart. These elements then seem to tell us something of the background of what has sometimes been referred to as Mozart's…

…less comic than the concept or the purpose behind it. I think we also have to bear in mind just a little something about Mozart himself. We know him as a musician. We know him as a man struggling for years against poverty. We know him as a genius…

…that inspired Weishaupt in the founding of the Illuminist movement. It has never been possible to prove by documentation that Mozart belonged to this order, but certainly his sympathies were strongly with it. He was a patriot. He was fighting desperately,…

…a musical poem, in the court of Austria, contributed to his impoverishment, probably his discouragement at early death. But we know Mozart was a person of great humanitarian convictions. And perhaps in the story of the Magic Flute, he has summarized or…

…there is not one single line of the opera that can be considered in any way an expose of masonry. Evidently, Mozart, being himself under the obligations of the craft, was exceedingly careful and conscientious in producing a fantasy that was essentially…

…This small amount of money, relatively nothing, constituted the major part of his estate. For even to this day, The grave of Mozart is unknown because he was buried in Potter's Field. The mourners were so few that even the spot remained unidentified, and…

…were so few that even the spot remained unidentified, and his wife was traveling in a distant region at the time. So Mozart, as far as his own physical life is concerned, lived a very difficult and sorrow-laden existence. but there was a tremendous spirit…

…Bonn, who was brought in in consultation on the development of the opera, and quite possibly was very close to the soul of Mozart himself. When on one occasion Goethe was told that the magic flute was little better than a fantasy, He replied quietly, it…

…of this restoration of the mysteries in Europe. It was not possible or considered desirable to wipe out the magnificent music of Mozart or the wonderful opera which he built around this concept. It was very simple, therefore, simply to ignore or to deny…

…of the human mind, but not to remember or to recall that it was founded upon a great political experiment and that Mozart himself was working for this very end, that man, humanity... The young prince and princess should be led together to liberty, led…

…the dream which could have been Austria, but which was finally destroyed in the fall and collapse of the Habsburgs. But in Mozart, Austria lives. In Mozart also, the Illuminati found a name and a patron who has conferred upon them eternal honor. I think…

…have been Austria, but which was finally destroyed in the fall and collapse of the Habsburgs. But in Mozart, Austria lives. In Mozart also, the Illuminati found a name and a patron who has conferred upon them eternal honor. I think that is the subject…

…with represent the four ritual degrees of initiation, which we will find much more simply presented to us in the opera by Mozart, The Magic Flute, where the initiation of the four elements is clearly set forth. But in the story of Sigurd, we find…

…nation. placing a common good above his own. The artist will go in poverty all his life, or the musician, perhaps like Mozart or Schubert, will come to an end through practical starvation or malnutrition in order to keep faith with great art, with great…

…unable to give sufficient sense of acceptance to other people. An outstanding example of that problem was the great composer Mozart. He was a most unprepossessing looking person. And although his genius was tremendous, he was never really accepted as persons…

…which he had to pass through himself. The fire destruction comes first. He has to pass through, as listed in the magic flute of Mozart, he has to go through the initiations of the elements. And this is what we all have to do, whether we know it about…