Fuck Yeah, Faust!

"Alas! You have shattered The beautiful world With brazen fist; It falls, it is scattered— By a..."

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 02:23:38 -0400

“Alas! You have shattered
The beautiful world
With brazen fist;
It falls, it is scattered—
By a demigod destroyed.”

- Choir of Spirits, Goethe’s Faust I

icebelow: The sigil of Mephistopheles.

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 02:23:22 -0400

icebelow:

The sigil of Mephistopheles.

mephistosastaire: Faust & Mephisto | Gösta Ekman & Emil...

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:02:58 -0400

mephistosastaire:

Faust & Mephisto | Gösta Ekman & Emil Jannings

funeral-wreaths: Illustration by Delacroix of Mephistopheles...

Sat, 12 May 2012 22:01:03 -0400

funeral-wreaths:

Illustration by Delacroix of Mephistopheles flying over Wittenberg, 1828

ariaoftheday: bass Boris Christoff sings Mephistopholes’ aria,...

Wed, 09 May 2012 08:37:44 -0400

ariaoftheday:

bass Boris Christoff sings Mephistopholes’ aria, Le veau d’or, from Gounod’s Faust.

"Do you not hear, I have no thought of joy! The reeling whirl I seek, the most painful..."

Tue, 08 May 2012 21:23:00 -0400

“Do you not hear, I have no thought of joy!
The reeling whirl I seek, the most painful excess,
Enamored hate and quickening distress.
Cured from the craving to know all, my mind
Shall not henceforth be closed to any pain,
And what is portioned out to all mankind,
I shall enjoy deep in myself, contain
Within my spirit summit and abyss,
Pile on my breast their agony and bliss,
And thus let my own self grow into theirs, unfettered,
Till as they are, at last I, too, am shattered.”

- Faust (Goethe’s Faust I)

"Well, if a god works hard for six whole days, my friend, And then says bravo in the end, It ought to..."

Tue, 01 May 2012 21:00:12 -0400

“Well, if a god works hard for six whole days, my friend,
And then says bravo in the end,
It ought to have a little worth.”

- Mephistopheles (Goethe’s Faust I)