Like the spire, he is otherwise empty, and acutely vulnerable to the world’s ‘weather.’ Vision demands the ultimate sacrifice of oneself as a prayer. The visionary knows only work, effort to achieve. The visionary causes organisational chaos and political discord, and is proud of it. The visionary must repress everything not relevant to achieving his vision - family, friends, workmates, intimacy and contentment of any kind, and, especially, the idea of reality. And not just for the visionary a religious visionary with authority is a civil menace. Combined with religious faith, a vision can be lethal. And his insanity is contagious.Ī vision is a dangerous thing. Jocelin finds more of himself in each higher level, as the pillars and his supports deteriorate below him. As the spire is supported by four pillars of stone, so Jocelin is supported by the Master Builder, the Verger and their wives. Jocelin is the spire, absorbed by it into its stone and timber. A vision is a dangerous thi "Work! Work! Work!"Īs the spire of the cathedral rises, the state of Jocelin, its Dean, declines - a sort of inverse Dorian Grey. "Work! Work! Work!" As the spire of the cathedral rises, the state of Jocelin, its Dean, declines - a sort of inverse Dorian Grey.
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