The Enchanted Initiate
A Journal of Traditional Symbolism, Hermeticism & the Occult Sciences

Rhetoric

Rhetoric involves the art of persuasion and is central to the Liberal Arts.

Concordance & Cross-References

Primary Correspondences & Figures

CliωConcept

Clio, one of the Muses, is connected with Rhetoric, as it deals with historical and poetic truth.

Poetry→Substance

Poetry and Rhetoric are intertwined in the Liberal Arts, both addressing the arts of language and persuasion.

LogicSubstance

Logic and Rhetoric are closely related, both dealing with the principles of persuasive argumentation and reasoning.

Mediate Correspondences

Sympathetic Chains & Distant Affinities

RhetoricthroughPoetryilluminatesTheology →
I. Rhetoric & Poetry

Poetry and Rhetoric are intertwined in the Liberal Arts, both addressing the arts of language and persuasion.

II. Poetry & Theology

Poetry and Theology both explore themes of divinity and spiritual understanding, as seen in the path of wisdom in Le Monde and the journey in Le Jugement

RhetoricthroughPoetryilluminatesFortitude →
I. Rhetoric & Poetry

Poetry and Rhetoric are intertwined in the Liberal Arts, both addressing the arts of language and persuasion.

II. Poetry & Fortitude

Poetry and Fortitude both involve the power to endure and overcome, as seen in the themes of La Lune and the journey of Le Monde

RhetoricthroughLogicilluminatesEuterge
I. Rhetoric & Logic

Logic and Rhetoric are closely related, both dealing with the principles of persuasive argumentation and reasoning.

II. Logic & Euterge

Euterpe, one of the Muses, is associated with logic, as it encompasses literary and rational thought.