[Juenger-list] EJ. DIE SCHERE #70: Note 2: Poetry, metaphysical speculation, mysticism, religion?

[Rebing@t-online.de (G. Rebing)]

If the first lines of this text were of different lenghts most readers would
take it as a poem and accept its content as a poetical statement. The
reaction of birds, flowers, rocks to the rising of the sun is worship-a
poetic idea indeed. But no way: this text is printed as prose and comes in
the shape of a statement of fact. Any verbal indication of subjectivity is
excluded, there is nothing like »I, EJ, sense or see veneration where others
will only see physical reactions which can be explained by empirical science
in materialistic terms.«

It would hardly help to produce evidence, say a letter or memoir by the
discoverer of the planet Pluto. Let us assume that text stated unequivocally
that this particular name was chosen by simply adhering to the usage of
astronomers. EJ would know better. For him the naming would be an act of
worship, the deliberate intention of the person who names notwithstanding.
For him there is in all matter in the universe an irresistible drive to
venerate. Even if you deny it you share it. For to be is to pray. Says the
nonagenarian sage of Wilflingen.