Musica Cosmogonica

En archē ēn ho Logos: “In the beginning was the Word”. This is the traditional translation of the Incipit of the Gospel of John. In Goethe’s “Faust” (Part I, Study Room), other possible interpretations of the term “logos” are suggested: “meaning”, “power”, “action”. The sentence could also be translated as: “In the beginning was the […]