▁( Oct ober ▁ 1 8 8 0 ) ▁and ▁Hero ism ▁and ▁Christian ity ▁( Se ptember ▁ 1 8 8 1 ). ▁From ▁ 1 8 8 0 ▁to ▁ 1 8 9 6 ▁the ▁journal ▁carried ▁extract s ▁from ▁the ▁detailed ▁re collections ▁by ▁Heinrich ▁P org es ▁of ▁Wagner ' s ▁re he ars al ▁and ▁st aging ▁techniques . ▁ ▁The ▁Bay re uther ▁Bl ätter ▁remains ▁an ▁important ▁source ▁of ▁information ▁about ▁the ▁Bay re uth ▁Festival ▁in ▁Wagner ' s ▁last ▁years ▁and ▁about ▁the ▁opinions ▁of ▁his ▁devoted ▁follow ers . ▁ ▁The ▁critic ▁Edu ard ▁Hans lick ▁wrote ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 2 : For ▁a ▁later ▁age , ▁which ▁will ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁look ▁back ▁at ▁the ▁Wagner ▁ep ide mic ▁of ▁our ▁days ▁in ▁a ▁spirit ▁of ▁calm ▁evaluation , ▁if ▁also ▁one ▁of ▁incred ul ous ▁aston ishment , ▁the ▁Bay re uther ▁Bl ätter ▁may ▁yet ▁prove ▁to ▁be ▁of ▁no ▁little ▁cultural - histor ical ▁significance ▁[...] ▁ ▁The ▁future ▁cultural ▁historian ▁of ▁Germany ▁will ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁give ▁authentic ▁testim ony , ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁five ▁volumes ▁of ▁this ▁journal , ▁of ▁how ▁strongly ▁the ▁del iri um ▁trem ens ▁of ▁the ▁Wagner ian ▁into xic ation ▁ra ged ▁amongst ▁us , ▁and ▁what ▁sort ▁of ▁ab normal ities ▁of ▁thought ▁and ▁feeling ▁it ▁occasion ed ▁in ▁the ▁' c ult ured ' ▁people ▁of ▁its ▁time ▁ ▁Further ▁reading ▁▁ ▁Thomas ▁S .