Sign, Symbol, Word, Experience

In the Mystical Life, We Encounter the Mystery in Many Ways

The symbol participates in that which it expresses. Words are experiences… Symbols are not God, who cannot be imagined, but neither are they constructed products of reason. They are forms of real energy that transmit what they themselves are pointing us toward. — Jeffrey J. Kripal

There is a famous story about Flannery O’Connor, a gifted author but a…