(Some reflections on the hierarchical nature of Christianity)
Even the perfect soul is imperfect when compared with divine action.
-Iamblichus, De Mysteriis
Sometimes I just get an intellectual itch that I have to scratch. Since I read the Pope’s catechesis on St. Dionysius the Areopagite a couple of weeks back, I have been chewing over a particular passage over and over again:
Now then, [Proclus] made a distinction between the paths for the simple — those who were not able to elevate themselves to the heights of truth, for whom certain rites could be sufficient — and the paths for the wise, who on the other hand should purify themselves to arrive to pure light.
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