Back to AtD, the Transfiguration light in Macedonia

[Ian Livingston]

Very possibly, I'd say. It follows Cassirer, among others. But, the light
of Greece has long been an item of popular marvel. The Greeks are as struck
by it as any visitor. Remember, too, that Greece is the real cradle of
Christianity, especially after the diaspora of 70 C.E.

On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 4:28 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

>  p. 963....."light so saturated with color, brought hovering to such
> tension, that it could not be borne for long, as if it were
> dangerous to be out in country filled with such like like this, as if
> anyone beneath it were just about to be taken by it, if not over into death,
> then some transformation at least as severe. Light like this must be
> received with judgment---too much, too constantly, would
> exhaust the soul. To move through it would be to struggle against time,
> the flow of the day, the arbitrarily assigned moment
> of darkness."...Reef then wonders if this light is the residue of
> triggering the *Interdict!!*
> **
> Coming right after the Transfiguration stuff, anyone see a kind of
> philosphy of the creation of religious belief here?
>
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