Related Readings- "The Seventh Seal"

On this day our topic had to do with the idea of mysterium and how it ties into the notion of ominous. Our film today was “The Seventh Seal” and had to do with a man named Antonious Block who is under the impression his entire life has been believed to have been hijacked by bad omens. The entire notion of mysterium and ominous goes along with the idea of choosing logic over faith. Given that logic seems to hold the more concrete answers. These concrete answers are what give the notion of mysterium purpose given that it is a characteristic of the wholly to be unfathomable. Mysterium is a characteristic of the holy given that the notion of death and what comes after death is something that mortal humans are simply unable to comprehend. The faith of what’s meant to be will be through the mysterious acts of the holy are meant to be represented through our particular topic of Antonius Block.