The Other Voice - An Introduction to the Phenomenology of Transformation

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The Other Voice - An Introduction to the Phenomenology of Transformation by Hussein Barghouthi... The heart is not a mirror, but a creator. Romeo, for Juliet, is not in himself the object of a recreated, imaginary love, ordinary for any woman. But not for his goddess. Everyone who has loved once knows that even the beloved's place becomes an enchanted place, a temple, sacred ground: in love, things cease to be themselves. Even Gilgamesh fears being transformed into a wolf or a mole, "desire always beyond his capacity," because of his love for Ishtar. When our love becomes unrecoverable, we discover that our love is a pure, objective vitality so overwhelming that it overpowers our will. It appears as an external intervention by Cupid's arrow into Apollo's heart. Only fools and behaviorists believe that experiments with white mice can grant them the golden keys to the temple of the human heart. These are the followers of precision, of 1+1=2, of Ptah knowing best, and Enkidu knowing best too.