RIP in Immanent Transcendence

[Anonymous No.7456742]

Paul Laffoley is dead. Anyone out there who might direct me to a PDF of his "The Phenomenology of Revelation"? Cursory search turned up nothing useful. Otherwise let those who would see fit eulogize this philosopher-artist here.

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[Anonymous No.7456899]

From "The Phenomenology of Revelation":

The Normative Structure of Symbol-Myths

Symbol-Myths reveal mystery; they do not act as devices that decode mysteries into something else. A conundrum, such as the revealed logical plot of a mystery novel, is something that can be solved, and when it is solved it ceases to exist. The true mysteries of existence---from the nature of a color or sound that is experienced directly all the way up to the mystery of pure being itself---cannot be eliminated by experiencing those dimensional portals of Symbol-Myths that have as their subject of focus the mysteries in question. Instead we find ourselves at the portal of an infinite abyss of mystery. Often we are not prepared for direct revelation of mysteries such as sex, death, good, or evil, and as a method of self-protection against their infinity we either trivialize them by inducing boredom or escape them through insanity. But this is where an artistic tradition of creating structured singularities emerges. The creation of structured singularities is not a strategy aimed at diverting the full impact of mysteries, but rather a step in a process of initiation. Structured singularities build ritual to allow us to withstand mysteries until we can pass the critical barrier of infinity and live in their presence."

[Anonymous No.7456936]

it looks delightfully convoluted