Richard Wagner
 
“To begin with, I wish to say that inspiration is a very evasive, a most illusive subject, which is not easily defined and about which we know very little.
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Few indeed there be who know how to tap the source whence it flows,
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and this undoubtedly is the reason why there has been so little written about it.

I am convinced that there are universal currents of Divine Thought vibrating the ether everywhere
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and that anyone who can feel those vibrations
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is inspired,

provided he is conscious of the process
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and possesses the knowledge and skill to present them in a convincing manner,
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be he composer, architect, painter, sculptor, or inventor.

While working on my scores, I have had many wonderful and exhilarating experiences in that invisible realm, which I can define to some extent at least.
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I believe first of all, that it is this universal vibrating energy that binds the soul of man to the Almighty Central Power from which emanates the life principle to which we all owe our existence.
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This energy links us to the Supreme Force
of the universe,
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of which we are all a part.
If it were not so, we could not bring ourselves
into communication with it.

The one who can do this,
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is inspired.”
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Richard Wagner
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