A friend referred me to the work of the theologian, Walter Wink. Have read his Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992. His view of Jesus's miracle working power reminded me of Blake. "The eye altering alters all." We are redeemed from the powers, the demons of this world, the domination system, from Wealth Bondage, by seeing through it. There may be no other salvation, though as to that, as Robert Frost said, "the strong are saying nothing." Of the dying and reborn gods, Jesus vies for me with Dionysus. I would hate to have to give up lust, drunkeness, rapine, plunder, and dominion, let alone madness and poetry. I hope to be saved, but with St. Augustine, not yet.
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Dionysus had more class than that. See Ovid. But for the domination system, see Kia.
Posted by: Tom Matrullo | June 07, 2011 at 12:39 AM
"See Ovid" has to be the best two word comment on gifthub. Thank you for the link to kia, blogged it.
Posted by: Phil Cubeta | June 07, 2011 at 05:10 PM