According to Pseudo-Dionysius, symbols offer the primary access to God, as they are condescendences that render God accessible to incarnate intelligences. The angels then take on forms, figures and schemata that can fall to our senses and be more readily grasped and interpreted... the symbols provided by the celestial intelligences have an educative role for those seeking greater knowledge of God. This process of contemplation is a simultaneous act of resistance to a complacency attached to matter... read more
