[Milton-L] Heaven

[John Geraghty]

A place where elect members can share unmembered bliss... 
 
-John
 
CAN either sex assume, or BOTH; so soft 
A   nd uncompounded is their essence pure, 
N   ot tried or manacled with joint or limb, 
 

S   idonian virgins paid their vows and songs; 
I   nSion also not unsung, where stood 
HER  temple on th' offensive mountain, built





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Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 11:32:59 -0400
From: ROY at uscb.edu
To: milton-l at lists.richmond.edu
Subject: [Milton-L] Heaven


Milton seems to have a pretty clear notion of what Heaven is supposed to be
like, before and after the Fall.  Angels live there, and they eat real food,
and they have sex.  But what will happen after death in the fallen world:
will Milton meet a perfected Mary Powell Milton?  Will his daughters talk to
him?
 
These aren't merely frivolous questions, though the humor calls attention to
some of the inconsistencies in any depiction of Heaven, which is usually
static, harmonious, and well, a little dull, at least in visual art.  Even
Michelangelo still has more fun with damned souls, putting his own effigy in
a flayed skin.
 
How do the list-members conceive of Milton's Heaven, in 25 words or less, as
compared with any "evolved" modern perspective of Heaven?  Is the general
attitude, "Well, I don't know what it is, but it must feel good, and I am
sure I'm going there"?
 
Roy Flannagan   

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