Further NOTES;
NOTES on the Libretto; A) the body and the soul 1) in regard to The Grand Man a) " I Am Alpha & Omega, the Beginning & the End, the First & The Last, Who is & Who was, & Who is to come ". b) this is the foundation of the first scene, a representation of The Grand Man as understood and presented by New Church doctrine c) the Grand Man exists in the Infinite Eternity, above the Celestial, yet encompasses the Finite of the three-fold essence represented by the Celestial, the Spiritual and the Natural, in its ultimate Dualistic Sense, encompassing Heaven & hell, both outside of and within Space and Time , while those aspects of Creation correspond to and reflect the Grand Man yet being and remaining Finite. d) The Infinite is conjoined to Eternity as one ...