God and Poe

So, I have been reading the works of Poe, and just tonight I read a story of his entitled, "Mesmeric Revelation." Although I do not agree with all of Poe's ideas, this was one of many instances where I was struck by his brilliance. Allow me to just leave a few quotes and a thought.

"V: There are two bodies - the rudimental and the complete; corresponding with the two conditions of the worm and the butterfly. What we call 'death,' is but the painful metamorphosis. Our present incarnation is progressive, preparatory, temporary. Our future is perfected, ultimate, immortal. The ultimate life is the full design.
P: But of the worm's metamorphosis we are palpably cognizant.
V: We, certainly - but not the worm. The matter of which our rudimental body is composed, is within the ken of the organs of that body; or, more distinctly, our rudimental organs are adapted to the matter of which is formed the rudimental body; but not to that of which the ultimate is composed. The ultimate body thus escapes our rudimental senses, and we perceive only the shell which falls, in decaying, from the inner form; not that inner form itself; but this inner form, as well as the shell, is appreciable by those who have already acquired the ultimate life."

"V: ... The pain of the primitive life of Earth, is the sole basis of the bliss of the ultimate life in Heaven."

"V: But to the inorganic beings - to the angels - the whole of the unparticled matter is substance - that is to say, the whole of what we term 'space' is to them the truest substantiality; - the stars, meantime, through what we consider their materiality, escaping the angelic sense, just in proportion as the unparticled matter, through what we consider its immateriality, eludes the organic."

Now, imagine this; close your eyes if necessary. Empty space, the areas we generally consider free of physical matter...the space between planets, the space between electrons...this is where God resides. All things physical reside within God, and are God's thoughts.

"In him we live and move and have our being." Acts of the Apostles

I would highly recommend reading Poe, and this particular story, if you have not.

Peace.