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a pause wi'[h knor',¡Iedge, and a inoraente-ry arres'c of
Ði.ogress. It is rhrou-gh the uninterrup.bed process of
ma..bu-rin¿alonethatFar'acelsusconcludestiraut,Ire
funda.menta_I law of exisrence is progress itsel-f , a
continum of infl-uences converging in inan throu-gh
iriature. Yet being a nari of arr 'intros.oective ,crocesS,
the clevelopment of Faracelsus is nof one of a.,igressive
acbion but r"a'bher of successive states of mind and
conclitions of soul. There is e subtlety of exÐression
wherein sirivin¡¡ is not cond.itioned by exca.nsive
l-onging but resfrai-ned bY:
11À resclessness of heart, a silent yearning;,
A sense of sornel,hing wanting, incornplete
irlot to -be pu'b in r,'¡oids, Berha-ps avoidedi3y
mute consent---...,1r o
I{erein Lies the ci"u.ci.al poin'r, of a finite rnind at
war i¡¡j_'üh its ol.rrn spiritual po.bential, for Ehe humatr
hea.ri is raised bo a symbol of a personal, al-most
private, battle¡5rou-nd for bhe evil anci -uhe divine"
The v,,orcis lrevilrl and lldivinerT belong to the language
of the finite, ancì- as such carl only reflect a ceeper
l_anguage rn'hich is ihe expression of the potcntial for
;oerfection anc-l ihe iendency to de¡¡y" ti'or this,
ParacelsuLs is aII too painÍully a\¡Iare ihat -cire hu-ntan
ireart has been cursecl by ilocl anä cl¿imed- by cievils;
ii is his re-expression oi a human fra-ilt,¡i lvhich finds