Magyar Filozófiai Szemle, 2021
2021 / 2. szám - Zsuzsanna Tóth-Izsó: Human and Divine Time in the Comedy as Viewed by Psychosynthesis
HUMAN AND DIVINE TIME IN THE COMEDY AS VIEWED BY PSYCHOSYNTHESIS 195 Dante moves on, and instead of “sensing God”, in the end, he will also “see” God, he will admire the Empyrean. His description suits completely the psychological sensations listed by Assagioli when talking about the superconscious experiences (citing himself Dante): It is then that the normally superconscious region, or sphere, is reached in full consciousness. At this stage, one may experience the various psychospiritual qualities and activities which have play in the superconscious. They are not something abstract, vague, and evanescent, as those who are unfamiliar with them might think. They are rather something living, intense, varied, and dynamic, which are perceived as more real than ordinary experiences, both inner and external. The principal characteristics of this stage are as follows: 1. A perception of light, an illumination, both in a general sense and as light on problems and situations which are thereby rendered comprehensible and whose significance is revealed. 2. A feeling of peace, a peace independent of any external circumstance or inner state. 3. A feeling of joy, of happiness, the state of happiness so well expressed by Dante in the words: “0 Joy, ineffable gladness, 0 Inner life of love and peace, Full of richness untainted by avidity. ” 4. A feeling of harmony and beauty. 5. A feeling of power, of the power of the spirit. 6. A sense of magnitude, of boundlessness, of universality, of the eternal. All these qualities interpenetrate one another. Dante pictures their inseparability in his admirable tercet: “Intellectual light full of love. Love of truth overflowing with joy, Joy which transcends evety sweetness.” Naturally, there can be no permanence in such a lofty contemplative experience; but even in departure, it leaves behind effects and changes, often profound, in the ordinary personality. Among other things, it fosters a gradual stabilization of the centre of personal consciousness and little by little raises the area of normal consciousness to higher levels.36 Furthermore: Numerous poets have had and attempted to express these enlightenment experiences. The greatest of them is Dante: Dante’s “Paradise” is full of expressions of 36 Assagioli 1988b. 34; Assagioli 1976.