Philosophers and theologians have long understood God as the 'unmoved mover', it is just one more small step to realise that, from the point of view of nous, the unmoved mover is the imagination
Glad you mentioned the alchemists at the end. The way you described this made me think of how they would communicate their knowledge implicitly through art. Only those who also shared the knowledge would know the meaning of the work, and intellectual analysis would ultimately fail.
Very stimulating Andy. Your last paragraph reminded me of my Catholic conditioning and how difficult it is to see through it and not with it
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Glad you mentioned the alchemists at the end. The way you described this made me think of how they would communicate their knowledge implicitly through art. Only those who also shared the knowledge would know the meaning of the work, and intellectual analysis would ultimately fail.