Vision et expression chez Syméon le Nouveau Théologien
Vision and Expression of Symeon the New Theologian

Summary/Abstract: Being a theologian recognised for his deep thinking and also a spiritualleader in Byzantium, Symeon the New Theologian is in the same time atrue Christian, one of the most important mystical Christians of all times.His poetic work, Hymns of Divine Love, reflect visions that are far beyondimagination and terrifying states of mind that have accompanied theunifying experience. The vision of the indefinable, supernatural andparadoxical, is transposed in a language of great poetic delicacy, inimages with a totally unusual expressiveness. The mystical experiencegives birth to a vision in which revelation, innefable in its content, isexpressed due to a poetic language of distinct quality

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