The subject in the nocturnal spacetime – the mystic experience in the poem by Janusz Stanisław Pasierb Avila the Monastery of The Incarnation Cover Image

Podmiot w czasoprzestrzeni nokturalnej – doświadczenie mistyczne w wierszu ks. Janusza Stanisława Pasierba Avila klasztor Wcielenia
The subject in the nocturnal spacetime – the mystic experience in the poem by Janusz Stanisław Pasierb Avila the Monastery of The Incarnation

Author(s): Marta Bącała
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Poetry, Metaphysics, Polish Literature, Philosophy of Religion, Hermeneutics
Published by: Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne w Łodzi
Keywords: poetry; Janusz Pasierb; mysticism and poetry; mystical experience;

Summary/Abstract: The author of the article confronts Polish Priest Janusz Stanisław Pasierb selected poems with the Carmelite masterpieces of two great catholic mystics: St John of the Cross and St Teresa of Jesus. The main aspect of analysis is the implication of the economical use of words in these Pasierb`s poems that refer to mystical experience, which was however only his great spiritual desire. The impossibility of unequivocal verbalization of aspiration for ‘union with God’ makes the necessity to limit the decorative figures in the poetics. Therefore, the poetic limitation of words is the key to understand the poetic value of soliloquium that is the sign of the particular dialog between the Priest Janusz Stanisław Pasierb, recognizing his spiritual vocation, and God.

  • Issue Year: 18/2009
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 19-34
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish