Another one of the Magic Flute pieces I was to sing back in the day. But alas, the aforementioned cold prevented me from seeking the blessings of the gods, Isis and Osirus, upon Tamino and Pamina as they venture forth in their journey to join the Order of Wisdom.
While, I have seen productions of this which show the Order as Egyptian, it's not necessarily so in the liner notes. All it says that Tamino is a prince of a 'distant land'. Take that for what you will. However, the principles that Sarastro is known to sing for are in reference to the fact that Mozart's Freemasonry, which is in short; a brotherhood of sorts of worker class peoples, but even then, there's much to it than that and not entirely relevant to this post.
The deep and almost humble tone of this song has personal meaning to me, being a practicing Christian, and feel that song is almost a form of worship to the heavens itself.
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