| I would be grateful for donations of any size, small or large, to help defray the cost (1) of maintaining this website, (2) and to finance my
past and present research which produced my book posted here, Volume One of "The Wound That Will Never Heal," and my forthcoming revision of Volume One (to be submitted for publication), and completion of Volume Two on Wagner's six other canonic operas and music-dramas. I sacrificed at least seven years of paid employment and incurred debts to complete this project, and am currently unemployed, so I thank you in advance for any financial help you can provide. Your friend, Paul Heise. |
Oedipus and Jocasta, who, once conscious of their formerly unconscious crime, allowed their collective social conscience to make them ashamed of it, Siegmund and Sieglinde openly, consciously celebrate their sibling incest because they have transcended the limitations of society and its mores.
