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Tuesday 20 December 2016

Blavatsky and Scriabin



Coady Green and Christopher Wayne Smith performing in Ladakh (Picture courtesy of Scriabin in the Himalayas)
Enchanted Modernities exhibition has multi-media theosophical Scriabin piece (and a Dane Rudhyar recital)
Painting Music: Enchanted Modernities - Ali Snow
“Alexander Scriabin, a Russian pianist and composer who was deeply influenced by Theosophy, visualized a grand magnum opus, or large and important work, which he entitled “Mysterium.” This week-long, multimedia performance would have taken place in the Himalayas incorporating music, incense, dance, and light.”
 
“Before dwelling further on "Mysterium," it is essential to mention that Scriabin was a firm believer of Theosophy. Theosophy, an occultism founded by H. P. Blavatsky and H. S. Olcott in New York in 1875, strongly influenced many great artists, writers, thinkers, and politicians alike. To talk about the world between 1870s and 1950s without the presence of Theosophy is as unjustifiable as leaving Christianity out of the medieval period.”
 
Two recent books on Scriabin’s theosophical influences:
Review: Skryabin, Philosophy and the Music of Desire. By Kenneth M. Smith. (Royal Musical Association Monographs, no. 19.) Farnham, Surrey, Eng.: Ashgate, 2013
 
Book Nietzsche's Orphans: Music, Metaphysics, and the Twilight of the Russian Empire - Rebecca Mitchell – Yale -2106
 
Scriabin in the Himalayas – Final unfinished epic theosophy-inspired Mysterium gets staged:
 
Scriabin and Theosophy Slideshow
https://prezi.com/krxnplixm7tm/alexander-scriabin-symbolism-and-theosophy/
 

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