{"id":1813,"date":"2024-04-08T02:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T02:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:20:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:20:59","slug":"amfortas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/?p=1813","title":{"rendered":"Amfortas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Wagner_-_Parsifal_-_Amfortas_-_Etching_by_Egusquiza_-_The_Victrola_book_of_the_opera.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Wagner_-_Parsifal_-_Amfortas_-_Etching_by_Egusquiza_-_The_Victrola_book_of_the_opera.jpg 675w, https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Wagner_-_Parsifal_-_Amfortas_-_Etching_by_Egusquiza_-_The_Victrola_book_of_the_opera-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Wagner_-_Parsifal_-_Amfortas_-_Etching_by_Egusquiza_-_The_Victrola_book_of_the_opera.jpg\">Amfortas &#8211; Etching by Egusquiza<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am cleaved like Charles of Burgundy,<br>For my desires have rent me in two.<br>Why must I lack certainty?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This I know the answer to:<br>I am a man feeling nature\u2019s shove.<br>Is this what I must rue?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet I yearn for the freedom of angels above<br>Who pray and play without intrusion<br>Is this inner burning true love?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besieged by inward confusion<br>To remain here, yet also to see Heaven\u2019s rays\u2014<br>Is this of God, or an illusion?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeking neither pity nor praise<br>Let me await happier days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;And they came to him, and awaked him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Matthew 8:25<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8,22,59],"class_list":["post-1813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-faith","tag-history","tag-relationships"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1813"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1816,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions\/1816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}