▁sketch ▁of ▁Ap oc aly ps is . ▁There ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁new ▁circle ▁of ▁intellectual ▁friends , ▁including ▁Se xt us ▁K rid w iss , ▁the ▁art - ex pert ; ▁Cha im ▁Bre is acher ; ▁Dr . ▁Eg on ▁Un ru he , ▁the ▁p ala e oz o ologist ; ▁Georg ▁Vog ler , ▁a ▁literary ▁historian ; ▁Dr . ▁Holz sch u her , ▁a ▁D ür er ▁scholar ; ▁and ▁the ▁sat urn ine ▁poet ▁Daniel ▁zur ▁Höhe . ▁In ▁their ▁discuss ions ▁they ▁declare ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁the ▁ren unci ation ▁of ▁b our ge ois ▁soft ness ▁and ▁a ▁prepar ation ▁for ▁an ▁age ▁of ▁pre - med ieval ▁har sh ness . ▁Ad rian ▁writes ▁to ▁Zeit bl om ▁that ▁collect iv ism ▁is ▁the ▁true ▁ant ith esis ▁of ▁Bour ge ois ▁culture ; ▁Zeit bl om ▁obser ves ▁that ▁a est h etic ism ▁is ▁the ▁her ald ▁of ▁bar bar ism . ▁ ▁Ap oc aly ps is ▁is ▁performed ▁in ▁Frankfurt ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 6 ▁under ▁Otto ▁K lem per er ▁with ▁' Er be ' ▁as ▁the ▁St . ▁John ▁narr ator . ▁Zeit bl om ▁describes ▁the ▁work ▁as ▁filled ▁with ▁long ing ▁without ▁hope , ▁with ▁hell ish ▁laugh ter ▁trans posed ▁and ▁trans fig ured ▁even ▁into ▁the ▁se aring ▁t ones ▁of ▁spher es ▁and ▁ang els . ▁ ▁Ad rian , ▁producing ▁the ▁con cer to ▁which ▁R udi ▁solic ited