Montsalvat After Richard Wagner's Parsifal

Those who should be bearers of grace cannot remember the path to the sacred mountain. In their dreams they see only leering skulls. Childish lovers flaunt their seductions before a broken temple; a simple wound strikes terror in an aged healer; sons abandon saving hopes their parents conceived; a beautiful woman distrusts her mirror... What is needed cannot be promised by a god who doubts his power. What is needed must be offered by a priest who yearns for godhead. What is needed will be achieved by a believer who waits for centuries... A warrior, wandering in the exhausted forest, drops his sword, kneels and prays by a lake. Oh, the stillness of this Friday morning!