Ring of the Nibelungen Explained 02 The Meanings of Die Walkure

A brief summary of the opera, followed by a discussion of the hidden meaning.

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Quoted from the lecture:

“So, in this part of Wagner’s opera, Die Walkure, is hidden a marvelous doctrine of Alchemy, which is always shown through the different myths of different religions. The Nordics are precisely the descendants from the Hyperboreans, and the Hyperboreans are the manifestation of an ancient past, which in esotericism is called the Mahamanvantara of the Sun, or the Solar Round.”