Day 13: When Archetypes Fight: Hierophant vs. Fool.
Warning for the violent misuse of religious iconography.
Warning for the violent misuse of religious iconography.
Water he rejects – he vomits it forth, breaks the hand with the towel. Afternoon rain, drumming on Nottamun's rectory roof, sends him to the corner, rocking, cursing.
“Get out!” he screams at tear-blurred shapes, then claws his eyes. “OUT!”
“Pity inoffensive eyes!” Father Jeremiah rushes to restrain the madman. “Stop this, friend!”
The howl's a demon's cry; outside, men cower, then run to look. Jeremiah lies neck acrook, and the stranger...
“Jesu!” they murmur, staring at the priestly crucifix in one mutilated orb.
... as a hundred leagues hence, he opens new eyes – again – and wails...
Notes:
1.Daimon: “They are messengers who shuttle back and forth between [gods and mortals]...” (Symposium, 202 e).
1.Daimon: “They are messengers who shuttle back and forth between [gods and mortals]...” (Symposium, 202 e).