The Collected Poems of Arthur Edward Waite, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) Book

OF THE MORALITY OF THE LOST WORD In respect of the surface sense, it will be obvious and possibly intelligible that the poem pictures, in its form of dramatic mystery, the declension of a Great Church, or Ecclesiastical System, from which the Divine Gift and Leading have been taken; and, decaying gradually through {l cycle of human thought, its doom is sealed at last by confession to a false deliverer and the sacrifice of spiritual aspiration, the intuition and the vision, symbolised as a Daughter of the House. Such symbolism may wear an aspect of anachronism, as these gifts and faculties can perhaps be regarded more truly as the origin of religious forms, and the Daughter is in this case older than the House itself or the imputed Mother and Widow. ret, from another standpoint, it is out of particular religious forms and instituted Houses of Faith that the characteristic aspirations, vision and intuition of each age are born, therein are nourished and maintained. So onTable of Contents CONTENTS; VOL II; OF THE MORALITY OF THE LOST WORD; In respect of the surface sense, it will be obvious and; possibly intelligible that the poem pictures, in its form; of dramatic mystery, the declension of a Great Church,; or Ecclesiastical System, from which the Divine Gift and; Leading have been taken; and, decaying gradually through; {l cycle of human thought, its doom is sealed at last by; confession to a false deliverer and the sacrifice of spiritual; aspiration, the intuition and the vision, symbolised as a; Daughter of the House Such symbolism may wear an; aspect of anachronism, as these gifts and faculties can; perhaps be regarded more truly as the origin of religious; forms, and the Daughter is in this case older than the; House itself or the imputed Mother and Widow ret,; from another standpoint, it is out of particular religious; forms and instituted Houses of Faith that the characteristic; aspirations, vision andRead More