The being of the butterfly - W. Schnepf – W. Schäfer – Peter Lange

Dettagli

From Schnepf's text:
[…] An entomologist who is already very advanced in years told me that on all his travels he takes with him some boxes of butterfly pupae, because he cannot live without this sight. Seeing these insects flickering would be almost an act of morning religious devotion for him. People like this thus testify that they possess secure intuitive knowledge of the reality of man's resurrection after death. The flickering insect is something more than a simple image for this reality [...].