-John- > It's too heavy for me. But then I have a hard time with > symbolism. I am too literal minded.
I think you are not giving yourself enough credit. You deal very profoundly with symbolism every time you type an email. These little black squiggles don't mean anything at all by themselves; they are merely symbolic of meaning, and the fact that they can inspire inside your brain roughly the same thoughts as the workings in my brain that gave them genesis proves that you're adept at symbolic manipulation. Same with spoken language, of course. I might venture to say that every bit of communication you do with every other being, even God, is symbolic. On a less fundamental level, you partake of the sacrament every week, yet you don't believe the Catholic doctrine of transsubstantiation. You commonly read and use figures of speech, such as that God upholds the universe, yet I bet you don't picture God, Atlas-like, with the universe perched upon his shoulders. Symbolism pervades your life. You eat and breathe it (symbolically, if not literally). As for the symbolism of the veil, I was just throwing out some musings. I feel quite sure that the one thing a "veil" always symbolizes, religiously speaking, is separation. But isn't "separation" itself symbolic of something deeper, namely, our not *being* the type of person we strive to be? Whether that's separation from God, from a wife, or from our body, we regret not having the intimacy or contact that we once had, or perhaps we work to gain contact we have never had but wish to. Stephen ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
