{"id":992,"date":"2023-05-11T00:59:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T00:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/?p=992"},"modified":"2025-11-19T02:07:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T02:07:46","slug":"stupor-mundi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/?p=992","title":{"rendered":"Stupor Mundi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"877\" src=\"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The_Last_Judgement_18th_century_Alto_Peru_Phoenix_Art_Museum.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The_Last_Judgement_18th_century_Alto_Peru_Phoenix_Art_Museum.jpg 640w, https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The_Last_Judgement_18th_century_Alto_Peru_Phoenix_Art_Museum-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Last_Judgement,_18th_century,_Alto_Peru,_Phoenix_Art_Museum.JPG\"><em>The Last Judgement<\/em>, artist unknown, 18th century, Alto Peru, oil on canvas, Phoenix Art Museum<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To those who love me, I am their cruelest friend<br>How many adore and love me, and how many believe and hope in me!<br>Yet in turn I provide trifles in life, and misery in the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the veil is lifted and my folly shown, happy shall they be<br>Who in life denied themselves and took up their Cross!<br>For on that day of destiny all shall stand, yet none shall plea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All sin shall be turned to its final loss,<br>While all justice turned to its final reward.<br>Wise then are those who have rejected my dross!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like Perseus who struck foul Medusa with sword,<br>They have saved their hearts from turning to stone.<br>For they have set their sight on the little pearl they scarce afford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus these unknown few take their seats by Heaven\u2019s throne,<br>While my wise ones are found unworthy, and into Hell are thrown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When the Judge His seat shall gain,<br \/>\nAll that&#8217;s hidden shall be plain,<br \/>\nNothing shall unjudged remain.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Excerpt from the &#8220;Dies Irae&#8221;<\/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],"class_list":["post-992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-faith","tag-history"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992","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=992"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1285,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992\/revisions\/1285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}