Bøger af Frank Ruppert

The Journey explores the ascent of a wanderer, everyman, toward a better world. The journey is facilitated by unique epistemological understandings of life that have a rich history and found important expression in German genius 200 years ago. This genius reached a highpoint in the art of Franz Schubert, most notably in his major instrumental compositions, epic works each of which was inspired by poetry.In the face of the opposites of love and sorrow, hope and despair Schubert created a synthesis that reflects the sometimes hidden best of Christianity, constituting a unique kind of liturgy for The Journey. Seekers will be rewarded by this unique, in-depth experience of the ascent towards the transcendental Source and Goal of our dream.

Franz Schubert and the Rose Cross Mystery introduces the reader to the incredibly rich symbiosis of Jewish cabalism and German genius that flourished in Germany and Austria at the beginning of the nineteenth century. In the music of Franz Schubert, heaven and earth intertwine in a blend of Catholic and Judaic mysticism. The romance is expressed in some of the most sublime art our civilization has produced. The pathway leading to an experience of this art is poetry.Franz Schubert was called by Franz Liszt "the most poetic of all composers." Poems inspired Schubert's operas and Lieder. Poems also inspired his instrumental masterworks. It is this poetry that gives us sure insight into the mystical depths of his art.¿The poetically inspired works of Schubert tell the mythical tale of a wanderer experiencing life as a great romance, a romance between heaven and earth, a romance between earthly opposites. His instrumental works in particular reveal an artist caught up in the deadly torture and earth-transcending ecstasy of that romance. His artistic commitment seems to have been to the celebration in profound sensitivity and utter honesty of his life-transcending adventure. These celebrations reach their apex in the last eighteen months of his life, months some call the most important in the history of music. For those intrigued by this romance, there can be no better introduction then Rupperts's thoughts on Schubert.

Beyond OppositesBy: Frank RuppertBeyond Opposites is an analysis of the malaise suffered by western civilization today. It fixes the blame upon the philosophy of rationalism. Rationalism denies the importance and even the existence of transcendence as a determinant of both reality and our knowledge of it. Author Frank Ruppert develops a philosophy in which reality consists of tensions between transcendence and immanence and our knowledge of those tensions includes an experience of transcendental attraction that has an impact upon problem solving. About the AuthorFrank Ruppert has written on the art of Franz Schubert as the artistic culmination of the post-Kantian response to the Enlightenment. His conviction is that this reaction has been overlooked with disastrous consequences for the West. Here, the philosophical foundation of this conviction is explored. Ruppert studied philosophy at Saint Mary's Seminary in Baltimore and theology at the Gregorian University in Rome.