The Effulgence Within: The House of the Seven Gables

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

The House of the Seven Gables

The theme of Hawthorne’s novel The House of the Seven Gables is that the sins of the fathers are passed on to the children in succeeding generations. The seven gables are symbolic representations of the seven deadly sins. The old colonial Pyncheon House in Salem, Massachusetts with its seven gables... Sign in to see full entry.

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Embarking on a journey in spiritual quest is fraught with the dangers of doubt, tension and anxiety, disbeliefs, misgivings, and a whole lot of uncertainties. Still, it is that one most integral aspect of life that humankind can rarely ignore or do without. Scientific minds are at loggerheads with what constitute religious truths; likewise, there are close-minded believers that give no credence to scientific facts. What I intend and invite you to discuss here is an intelligent amalgamation of the two seemingly diabolically opposite understandings: whether there exists an interrelationship that can help man to evolve and bloom like the perennial lily?

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