the iĄaculty oÍ' Graduate Ątudies April, L96[ - MSpace at the ...

gs.
Intelligence. 'I'he câncer in su-ch a forinuiaiion is
its ;nanifesi concentr"aiion upon a sin¿;le ai;tribute
of tiie Ultimate creative force which thereby fcrces
hj-i,r to C,eny the others. rt j-s no mere :oresumpt,ion
tira[ oi;her aûtributqs are iriip]ied. i¿íth-in the poerÌ,
íor these lines ai'e irrophretically qualifiecl by the
t","ord-s: îrYet Gocj. is goocl:....rT 7 The prophecy of
ihese words revolves rnosi obviously arounC ihe
und.e::staniling of the r.rord rgoodr; alI soph.ì stry
asicl-e, it is su-f-irc:Leiri l,o noie iiia.û -¡¡j-i;hii'r -r,he Lerms
of ihe historical source, ihe supretne good i-s love
iiself . Ihus bhe poe'ûic Paracelsu.s has defined his
olür vortex of spirii:ual plea-sure a"uci pain. Iie Lias
given süreirgcir bo lij-s .,oreciisposition Í'or che r-eLL-ì onal
arrd ai the sanie iir"ne has illuminaied his oi.üfl iilsuÍ'fi-
ciency. FIis r'rord-s in Canto IIï bear furiher" witriess:
ri. . ..irrom God
i]oi.¡-n t,o ihe lo','iest spirit rninisl,rant,
Intelligence exi sbs i'^,¡hiclt cascs ou.r" mind
tnbo -i¡lrirreasureaìrle shade " iiro, no:
l,ove, hcoe, T.'ear', farth ,chese rnalte humani-r:¡r;
i-hese are the signs ai:.d. 4otes anu character,
and these .l- have lostlrr t0
The counLer''pa-rc l,o rhese c'esperaie exclaritaiiotrs
is ihe characûer of i:-estus, the fictional friend of
Faracelsus" IIis orienfa-iion has ever Ìreeir. tofi¿ì.rd
that faculty of man v,rhich Paracelsu-s had cienied ancr
it is he who is io rea-ffirm Paracelsu.sT conclusíons.