God confronts me with terror and love - for I am His only hope - and says: 'This Ecstatic, who gives birth to all things, who rejoices in them all and yet destroys them, this Ecstatic is my Son!'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- God shows terror and love, revealing the ecstatic Son who creates and destroys.
- In plain terms
- God is both scary and loving, showing the Son who makes and breaks things.
- What can you take from it?
- Embrace the dual nature of creation and destruction in God.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you reconcile good and evil?
- What does God feel like?
Another view
The concept of an ecstatic Son may confuse those seeking order.
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