Chronicles From The Future: The amazing story of Paul Amadeus Dienach

But regardless of the vast differences in style and character from those of ancient Greece, the common aesthetic consciousness had risen to a level similar to that of Classical Athens. Except then the population was 10,000 and now it is millions…

THE GIANTS OF ART: LARSEN AND VALMANDEL

I remember the names of a few artworks. I hope I’m spelling them correctly: Melsam’s Marble Braids, up on the hill of Spring, the famous painting by Dora Vilen Back to the Old Path, and another highly mentioned artwork, Among the Roses by Svansen. But the true gods of art were two: Larsen and Valmandel: their equivalents to Homer and Beethoven.

Larsen, the “Homer of lyric poetry”, who with his magical lyre made the “masterpiece of poetic creation of all ages” and who left this world in 857 in Skanes, passing into immortality, showered with endless fame and deep love from his fellow citizens. Two and a half million people stood around his scented, hexagonal pyre—I saw pictures of the mournful ceremony myself on the Reigen-Swage

. I remember that when the body was burnt and the ashes gathered, the crowd spontaneously broke out into endless cheers, crying full of gratitude “Larsen, Larsen,” in unison.

And three years later, on one of the first days of the summer, during a concert in the Garden of Lilies of Valmandel’s oratorio Prayer Among the Stars’ Golden Spheres, something unexpected and unprecedented in the history of symphonic music took place—something that no one had ever thought would happen: the music of leading figures such as Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Wagner was surpassed!

Unfortunately, I can remember only a few of the names, events, ideas and works of art that changed the history of human culture. I seriously should sit down one day and put everything I remember on paper. I’ll rack my brain in order to remember, I promise!

COMPARISONS WITH THE 20th CENTURY

Stefan told me something else that made me rejoice: that they accepted that this incredible spiritual and intellectual creation was not solely a product of the past few decades. The foundations were set by our ancestors four and a half thousand years ago! At first in the Mediterranean and then all around the world, in every corner of the world, every generation made its contribution, whether small or big, depending on their strength and capabilities, to this incomparable achievement that the human race now considers as its most valuable ornament. From the self-sacrifice of leader-heroes and the unparalleled preaching of Christ to the millions of humble and anonymous hearts within which lived the spirit of selflessness and altruism: they all contributed to this miracle! That’s what they believe.

Nowadays, the great majority of those people who don’t possess the gift of creation in any specific field find their life purpose in feeling and experiencing as intensely as possible the most important cultural acquisitions of their times. They want to make it their own and are extremely obsessed with self-cultivation.

Naturally, they have elevated their values and ideals to a great extent. They literally adore them: religion, the planet, freedom, family, humanity, education and justice echo in their hearts like the trumpets of the Revelation! And along with the old ones, they have their own, new ethical systems as well: the current perception of beauty, the spiritual sermons of the past centuries, the new waves of ideas, their institutions, their new meritocratic beliefs and their amazing achievements in the field of humanism. All these make them very sensitive and I think that’s how they have earned the faith, loyalty and trust of their fellow men.

I’m positive that every each and one of them would gladly give their lives in order to defend the global brotherhood and protect the coherence of the Universal Commonwealth. I believe that the Volkic idea and the new and wonderful meaning they have given to the deeply human moral saying: “All this pain cannot and will not go to waste, but will be justified sooner or later,” are the basis of their mentality.

They “live” the joy of nature, the joys of travel, love, music and dance, of kindness, friendship and the thrill of beholding the aesthetic. They enjoy the unimaginable, for our times, pleasure of working on what they really want, on what their souls desire, without anyone pressuring them! In this way, their inner world becomes enriched. They say that when you follow your inclinations, the aversion to evil is created automatically inside you. And the more you climb this spiritual mountain, the clearer you see life.

If one is to accept what Stefan says, it seems that this high level of inner superiority that these people have reached through their exquisite civilisation may even justify the childlike cheerfulness I have written about so many times.