Rogerson makes a few
key points in these lectures which suggest that the prophets have
generally been misunderstood.
The first
misunderstanding is to see prophets as fortune-tellers, it was not
some magical knowledge of future events but the close and careful
observation of the present that gives the prophets words they power –
Rogerson terms this speaking of the “eternal now” - the depth of
truth the prophets saw in their own ages allows their words to speak
to the truth in our age too.
Linked to this, once
you have freed the prophets for the fortune-tellers is the
opportunity to recapture their poetry, and their poetic reading of
the world. Rogerson sees a greater poetic relationship with the world
as key to gaining a proper understanding. Poetry is, for Rogerson,
the most effective medium to speak of depth truths.
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