Parsifal

It is a Mystical Drama and describe in three part The Parsifal of Richard Wagner was not only the last and loftiest work of his genius, but it is also one of the few great dramas of modern times, --a drama which unfolds striking and impressive spiritual teachings. Indeed, Parsifal may be called Richard Wagner's great confession of faith. He takes the legend of the Holy Grail, and uses it to portray wonderfully and thrilling the Christian truths of the beauty, the glory, and the inspiring power of the Lord's Supper, and the infinite meaning of the redeeming love of the Cross. The legend of the Grail, as Wagner uses it, has in it the usual accompaniments of mediaeval tradition, --something of paganism and magic. The sources of Wagner's story deserve a few words. The legend of the Holy Grail took many forms during the Middle Ages. The present telling of the story will be found to use all that Wagner has given in the words, but with the addition here and thereof interpretative phrases, suggested by the drama itself at Bayreuth.