The Pantheist Index

Scriabin, Alexander (1872 - 1915): Russian composer whose beliefs and output, although increasingly eccentric and self-obsessed, frequently hovered around the boundaries of Pantheism.

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• Alexander Nickolayevich Scriabin Overview of Scriabin's distinctive music and personality.

• Confessions of Alexander Nikolaevich Scriabin by John Bell Young Fantasy, post-death statement by Scriabin with particular reference to his unfulfilled magnum opus, the "Mysterium".

• Scriabin Defended Against His Devotees... An excerpt (included in the liner notes of the CD "Prisms" ) John Bell Young's critique of Scriabin and his aesthetic philosophy, and the impact upon it by the Russia's Silver Age Mystical Anarchists; and with a view towards exploding the myths surrounding the composer. Drawn from Young's moniker: "Scriabin Defended against His Devotees: A Critical Evaluation fo the Composer in the Context of Russian History, Religion and Philosophy"