[848W-{9/15/73}CD Vol. I, p. 676]
[P. 676] “R. plays the third act of Tristan … . When I speak of it to R., he says, {anti-FEUER} ‘In my other works the motives serve the action: in this, one might say that the action arises out of the motives.’ “[848W-{9/15/73}CD Vol. I, p. 676]
[849W-{10/4/73}CD Vol. I, p. 682]
[P. 682] {SCHOP} “While we are talking about the old Nordic sagas, R. says he knows what Odin whispered in Baldur’s ear, that insoluble riddle; resignation, the breaking of the will – the ethical theme of ‘Der Ring des Nibelungen.’ “ [849W-{10/4/73}CD Vol. I, p. 682]
[850W-{11/18/73}CD Vol. I, p. 699]
[P. 699] “It is this love [“searing love”, as in Tristan or Antony and Cleopatra] which Bruennhilde exalts, and it was very remarkable that in the middle of my work on the ‘Nibelungen’ I felt the need to deal exhaustively with this one aspect, which could not be dealt with fully in my huge poem, and so I worked out ‘Tristan.’ All of it subconscious, just always driven on.” [850W-{11/18/73}CD Vol. I, p. 699]
[851W-{11/18/73}CD Vol. I, p. 699]
[P. 699] {FEUER} “Among the Rhinemaidens love is just a phenomenon of Nature, to which it returns in the end, after, however, having been turned through Bruennhilde into a world-destroying, world-redeeming force.” [851W-{11/18/73}CD Vol. I, p. 699]
[852W-{11/25/73}CD Vol. I, p. 702]
[P. 702] {FEUER} “Once more talked with R. about the Indians. The idea in Scandinavian mythology of a new world to follow the downfall of the gods is maybe a stray offshoot of the Indian religion.” [852W-{11/25/73}CD Vol. I, p. 702]
[853W-{5/2/74}CD Vol. I, p. 753]
[P. 753] “Only ’48, the spring of the people, had constant fine weather from March onward; and in spite of all the stupidities, the foundations of German unity were then laid. I believe I myself should never have conceived the ‘Ring’ but for that movement.” [853W-{5/2/74}CD Vol. I, p. 753]
[854W-{7/1/74}CD Vol. I, p. 770]
[P. 770] {FEUER} “R. spoke recently of the heresy of the Marcionites, which consisted in recognizing a primal being who was neither completely good nor completely evil; admiration for this sensible form of cognition.” [854W-{7/1/74}CD Vol. I, p. 770]
