Scriabin’s Unfinished End-of-World Symphony

In 1893, a Russian composer named Alexander Scriabin made an unsettling claim:

he wasn’t just writing music he was writing the end of the world. Scriabin believed sound could reshape

reality. He said that if his final composition were played at the precise cosmic moment,

it would trigger a spiritual awakening so powerful that the physical world would dissolve into

something higher. The piece was called Mysterium. As he worked, the music grew stranger.

The score abandoned traditional notes and rhythms, filling with symbols, colors,

and instructions no musician could fully interpret. It wasn’t meant for a concert hall

Scriabin imagined it performed at the foot of the Himalayas, with light,