Another Halloween has passed and how fitting that we should be discussing Ravens, one of many iconic images synonymous with the night of fright. However, the past few months of this year we have witnessed the manufacture of the most frightful image known to us mortal souls, or at least among us Americans since we seem to over indulge ourselves on the occasion of all hallows eve.
A burgeoning conspiratorial specter has reared its ugly head, lurking about, silhouetted by the silver light of the gibbous moon, waxing on about the many masks of Mozart. It is a poltergeist continually poking and prodding us while we try to remain “comfortably numb”, wrapped in our quilt of simple knowledge imparted to us by the sisterhood of the 12 inch ruler. The tick marks by which we measure the facts of Mozart have been embedded in our palms and the realm our skulls.
Throughout the night the Mozartgeist and the great Sith Lord-Ignatius of Azpeitia and their disembodied cronies; Gluck, Voltaire, Jacques de Molay, Diderot, The brothers Grimm, Vanhal, Josef Mysliveček (aka “The Moravian Monster”), von Paradis, Luchesi, JC Bach, Niemetscheck, Cagliostro, Casanova, Don Juan, Lorenzo da Ponte and last but certainly not least-Rousseau (aka St. Germain, Abbe Raynal, Abby Hoffman, Grimm, Jim Morrison, Chastellux, Cocchi),… whew…encircle our homes, ransack our closets, infiltrate forums and ooze out of faucets.
I awoke this morning to witness the rose fingered dawn shedding its serene and peaceful light upon my lawn, bearing witness to the fact that I survived the night. Heading out to greet the sun, I stepped on a Mozartkrugel that fell out of my son’s burlap booty bag. While gnawing on the manufactured delight, my attention was drawn to a mysterious image attached to the front door.
On the back were the words “Mozartgeist war hier” :
Here is a little Halloween fugue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSAvI...eature=related
Yanni,
Now back to the Raven interlude.
I will answer yes to nos. 2 and 3 based on the following:
Following the death of Poe’s mother, the father having died prior, Poe was adopted by a John Allan and his childless wife. “Allan” refers to the adopted surname of John Allan ?
The Ellis and Allan Trading company archives include Box No. 1-438 which includes “poems, letters and other items pertaining to Edgar Allan Poe”. ? Congress did not want the documents to fall into the hands of neo enlightenment sympathizers?
Incidentally, I let an important date in history slip by without a mention; October 22, 1836 was the official date that the Raven took the reigns of presidency over the new Republic of Texas. The Raven’s term ended on April 16, 1839.
Gilliatt