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CCXLVII explained

An awakened soul asks 'Who am I?' and is told by a smiling angel that this knowledge is denied in Heaven.

What happens

An awakened soul asks 'Who am I?' and is told by a smiling angel that this knowledge is denied in Heaven.

Key passages

  • Who am I?

    An awakened soul asks for its identity.

    The soul seeks self-knowledge.

  • That is the only knowledge that is denied to you here; this is Heaven.

    A smiling angel explains that in Heaven, the one thing withheld is the answer to the soul's identity.

    Heaven denies self-knowledge.

Poetry — CCXLVII Explained