Spirit and Matter, God and Chaos, or infinitude Finite Essays -- Phil

The Kingdom of brotherhood and Joy can only be attained through the upper side and expansion of spirit which is influenced by its intricate relationship with study. They reflect, inverse and spay one another depending on the nature of their alliance and challenge the pervading acquaintance that one entertains concerning hierarchy, the superior and the inferior, rising and falling. Throughout the poem, the prophetic persona enlightens the commentator on the manner to ascend to the uncanny realm via tales on stolid spirits, on praising and praised bodies -- thus, purveying a dynamic dramatisation of the fall. Mammon and the male child are two spiritual figures that typify the convoluted relation between matter and spirit. In their description, the persona invites the reader to compare the attitudes of these characters towards the material world and the means in which they apply their spirits to it. Mammon is the least erected Spirit that fell / From Heavn (1.679-80). Possess ed by a boundless desire for The riches of Heavns pavement, trodn Gold (1.682) -- towards which his thoughts are bent -- he already manifests a tumid movement in his heavenly status as he sinks base within the highest realm of the universe. The narrators speech transcribes the discontinuity of Mammons spiritual rank through the juxtaposition of inversely connotative words much(prenominal) as the sequence least - erected - fell - Heavn. Being the classical symbolic representation of greed, he aspires to elevation by means of material abundance. Even when fallen, he persuades himself and his fellow companions of a possible good life in sanatorium provided they exploit its treasures. From thence, directed by Mammon, the crew proceeds to violently holler the earth whos centre they Ransack and with ... ... his Humiliation shall exalt (3.313). The Sons Grandeur shall ensue from his submission as the bounds found on matter shall, in due course, allow for the Kingdom of totality an d Joy. While Mammon perceives obedience as a divine deception, the Son rationalises it by coupling subservient actions with gratifying results through grammatical conjunctions. Though, he first-year Lies vanquisht, yields to Death and suffers, he ultimately will rise Victorious, cross / His Vanquisher and disarm him. The Son portrays this outcome as inevitable by overusing conjunctions, such as though - yet - but - then as well as by the repetitive use of shall, thus expressing the potential of his assertion (3. 234-65). Therefore, temperance leads to the profusion of spirituality as it mirrors creation and recognises the conversant(p) connection between matter and spirit.