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The first key to wisdom is this—
constant and frequent questioning . . .
for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at truth.
—Peter Abelard (12thCentury)

This is a story by Christopher Rutty, about Music, Love & Politics,
and the folly of the male ego. Set within the 2nd Renaissance of the human intellect,
Vienna in the 1920's.

There are no good marriages or happy families in classical mythology.
The chief God acts out of self interest, imposing his will & desires on others;
he is a model of an authoritarian narcissistic personality.
   Women, as mortals, Goddesses; as feminine symbols, are with few exceptions
oppressed, sacrificed, or humiliated. Power rather than love is the ruling principle.
 —Jean S. Bolen. M.D 'Love v's Power in Wagner's Ring Cycle'.