Was Mozart a Shaman?

Orpheus and the Cult of Genius in the 18th Century

“Gradually, Mozart became known all over the globe as “the living Orpheus”, the mythological figure that the eighteenth century had come to consider the shaman par excellence. The seven-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus was already believed to be the reincarnated enchanter of all nature who successfully cast his spell over its innumerable creatures. He was furt…