It will always be hidden, and kept occult. Though every now, and then, a glimmer of its light reveals itself. When it does, by theurgic union, "the body is drawn upwards and transformed into a fiery nature."
The FIRES Above are fed into the EARTH Below,
And Divine Power becomes an embodied Force.
As Faust said: "Ah! how all my senses trembled at the sight! Into my senses now, I feel it overflowing; the youthful sacred fountain of delight through my every nerve, my veins are glowing.
Was it a god who made these symbols be, that soothe my feverish unrest filling with joy my anxious breast, and with a mysterious potency, demonstrated nature’s hidden powers around me? Am I a god?
All has become so clear to me; I see in these simple lines the energy of nature revealing itself in my soul."
(Goethe's Faust Act I, 1790)
What is this Great Secret revealing all things to the soul? Is it a myth? an alegory?
...or can a human really be filled with godly power?
If there were such a thing, would it be a good thing? If Saturn were embodied beside you, would you enjoy it? If the suns rays shone from flesh, would they be fully pleasant?
"Ordinary people think he is disturbed and rebuke him for this, unaware that he is possessed by god.”
–Phaedrus, Plato/Socrates
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