Revelation, Mythology, Correspondences

About this book

What could a tree, an animal or an episode from scripture mean beyond its obvious appearance? James John Garth Wilkinson follows Swedenborg's idea of correspondences into the language of myth and revelation.

For Wilkinson, material things can disclose spiritual relationships if their symbolic grammar is understood. His interpretations move easily between biblical stories, classical imagery and observations of nature. It is a demanding method, often dependent on associations that other readers will contest. The persistent effort to make different parts of experience speak one language gives the book its particular strangeness.