“In nature all things are close to or distant from each other. The psychological world knows first the intermediate region of distance seducing to nearness, nearness pressing towards distance, of an irreconcilable closeness-distance.” SoulMysteryDistanceIntimacySeductionAvoidance Book:Grenzen der Gemeinschaft Source: Grenzen der Gemeinschaft
“We want ourselves to be seen and to have been seen as we are; and we want just as much to veil ourselves and remain unknown, for behind every determination of our being lies dormant the unspoken possibility of being different.” SoulDistanceIntimacyAvoidanceBeing Known Book:Grenzen der Gemeinschaft Source: Grenzen der Gemeinschaft
“The aura of what is veiled seduces the person to break its magic and disclose the secret. But if it is only distance and foreignness that is seductive, this has the effect of drawing the person in the direction of absolute intimacy and familiarity, a direction which destroys the aura. The stimulus of psychological distance lies in a repulsion that attracts and an attraction which ultimately repulses - a movement never in balance. We enjoy such a stimulus not only in art and the regions of contemplative silence, but above all, in life with things and persons. It forms the air of a genuine milieu without which we would atrophy. Magic that wishes to be and, yet, not to be decoded; promises that promise everything and promise nothing - whoever understands this comprehends the being of the soul in its ultimate questionability.” MagicMysteryLongingDistanceAttractionIntimacySecretsAura Book:Grenzen der Gemeinschaft Source: Grenzen der Gemeinschaft