From Arcadia to Elysium in The Magic Flute and Weimar Classicism: The Plan of Salvation and Eighteenth-Century Views of Moral Progression

Authors

John B. Fowles

Keywords

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Zauberflöte;, Plan of salvation, Mormon theology, Salvation, History of doctrines, 18th century, Christianity, literature, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Doctrines

Abstract

The painful sighs are now past.

Elysium's joyful banquets

Drown the slightest moan—

Elysium's life is

Eternal rapture, eternal flight;

Through laughing meadows a brook pipes its tune.

..........

Here faithful couples embrace each other,

Kiss on the velvet green sward

As the soothing west wind caresses them;

Here love is crowned,

Safe from death's merciless blow

It celebrates an eternal wedding feast.

—Friedrich Schiller

Recommended Citation

Fowles, John B. (2004) "From Arcadia to Elysium in The Magic Flute and Weimar Classicism: The Plan of Salvation and Eighteenth-Century Views of Moral Progression," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 43: Iss. 3, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol43/iss3/8