October 27th

"The veil, or something that encloses, that wraps around, or belts on, a ribbon, a sash, a band, is the last object we meet in Greece. Beyond the veil, there is no other thing. The veil is the other. It tells us that the existing world, alone, cannot hold, that at the very least it needs to be continually covered and discovered, to appear and to dissapear. That which is accomplished, be it initiation, or marriage, or sacrifice, requires a veil, precisely because that which is accomplished is perfect, and the perfect stands for everything, and everything includes the veil, that surplus which is the fragrance of things."
 - Page 368

I found this quote to be very fitting for my final blog about Calasso and The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony.  It is simply suggesting that which we have learned and talked about in class. It's the apocolypse. It's not the end of the world physically, but the end of the world in which you view it. In other words you will see things differently. At the end, you come across a veil, and that veil has to be lifted and you have to see the world and all its aspects in a different sense. The end is to arrive at the beginning and to know the place for the first time. What's also interesting about this quote is the part in which it talks about how the veil being taken off has to be continually covered and discovered. It's suggesting that the truth cannot be handled. It is too overwhelming to leave the veil off and exposed forever. It ruins it. One must continally strive and understand and accomplish to fully discover, then it must be covered again.