From the book
The Sophic Hydrolith, Water Stone of the Wise
Anonymous and companion authors · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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The vale of tears names the earthly course through which a person passes before rising to new life. The passage says that the art presents this process, together with the articles of Christian faith, as in a mirror. The valley is therefore a figure for afflicted temporal existence, not a geographical location. Its endpoint is renewal and salvation rather than the mere end of distress. The image also links the author's promised theological exposition to the material account without making every earthly suffering a literal chemical operation.
Places to read
- Part III: benefits and their rank · unit 9Human life is an afflicted passage toward new life.
Attested forms
jammerthal