Open AccessTopic of metempsychosis in the poetry of Jela Spiridonovic-Savic
Author(s) -
Nemanja Radulović
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
prilozi za književnost, jezik, istoriju i folklor
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0798
pISSN - 0350-6673
DOI - 10.2298/pkjif1884149r
Subject(s) - reincarnation , poetry , mysticism , literature , transcendental number , mount , christianity , philosophy , art , character (mathematics) , atmosphere (unit) , theology , epistemology , computer science , physics , geometry , mathematics , thermodynamics , operating system
Topic of metempsychosis in the poetry of Jela Spiridonovic-Savic (1890-1974) remained under-researched so far, although it seems to be crucial for better understanding of her entire work. For example, short story ?Miss Georgina? , usually seen as a study of madness, can be understood as a fantastic one, if the reader accepts the metempsychosis of the main character. In a long poem ?The Pergaments? reincarnation is preached by a monk of Mount Athos. The poetess, however, does not oppose metempsychosis to Christianity, but merges them in her idiosyncratic version of Christian mysticism. Jela Spiridonovic-Savic was in contact with a group of female intellectuals interested in occultism, and inclined toward belief in reincarnation, but what matters more is that she uses metempsychosis s a poetic tool to create the transcendental atmosphere in her poetry.