Celebrating Easter with Scenes from Goethe’s Faust
A seasonal journey of reflection through literature, art, and music
So schreitet in dem engen Breterhaus
Den ganzen Kreis der Schöpfung aus,
Und wandelt, mit bedächtger Schnelle,
Vom Himmel, durch die Welt, zur Hölle.
Thus, in our booth’s contracted sphere,
The circle of Creation will appear,
And move, as we deliberately impel,
From Heaven, across the World, to Hell!
— Goethe’s Faust Part I