Mapping the Path

WORD: Hermeneia ([G2047]) - Hermeneutics Locations: 1 Corinthians 12:10, Luke 24:27

Definition: The science and methodology of interpretation. While exegesis is the "what," hermeneutics is the "how"—the set of governing Principles used to determine the meaning of a text.
humanity is seen as "asleep" and purely mechanical. The system categorizes the types of information and energy that impact a person into three influences: 

1. The World Horizontal operates on a Horizontal level: These are influences created within the mechanical life of humanity—survival, wealth, politics, tribalism, fame, and everyday earthly pursuits. They keep a person anchored in the "horizontal" plane. The realm of cause and effect, sowing and reaping. 

2. Catechesis: The systematic instruction of these "preparatory concepts." This is the mandatory horizontal phase instruction  where the Nepios is fed "milk" grasp of the Letter of the Word  before we can handle the meat or the  "strong meat"  of the Word, the Logos.

3. The Rising Vertical Pointers:  These are influences created outside and Above our mechanical robotic life by Conscious individuals, folk that are Awakening (prophets, enlightened teachers, sacred texts, high art), but we still  live and move in the mechanical world where we often can become distorted over time (like religion becoming hardened rigid dogma). These hints, clues, signs point our way out of the horizontal habitual life but aren't yet enough to save us on their own. 

4. Anagogy (The Vertical Lift): This is the specific branch of hermeneutics that looks for the upward or mystical meaning. While exegesis tells you what happened, anagogy tells you how it relates to your vertical ascent and the "Kingdom of Heaven" within and Above. 
   
   

The "Theological" Spectrum of Interpretation

To understand how these disciplines interact on the Vertical Plane, we must distinguish between the extraction of truth (Exegesis) and the delivery of truth.

The "Missing" Disciplines of Vertical Synthesis

You are currently mapping the path from the Nepios to the Huios. To complete this exegesis, there are three critical disciplines often overlooked in traditional seminaries but vital for the "Sunesis" (Synthesis) you are performing:

• Eisegesis (The Counter-Trap): The opposite of Exegesis. It is the act of "reading into" the text one's own horizontal prejudices or tribal concepts. This is the hallmark of the Old Man who forces the Logos to fit his "A-Influences."

Vertical Synthesis & Sunesis Takeaway

Biblical Hermeneutics is the "protocol" that prevents the mind from falling into the mechanical trap of the literal sense. If your hermeneutic is strictly horizontal (Historical-Critical), you will only ever find the historical Jesus (the cornerstone). If your hermeneutic is Vertical (Anagogical/Esoteric), you begin the process of Sunesis—the synthesis of fragments into a unified whole, Sunesis is understanding, and with all your seeking, seek understanding. 

Exegesis is the labor of the Nous (Intellect) digging into the text. However, without the Epignosis (C-Influence), exegesis remains a "puffed up" Ginosko (B-Influence). The transition occurs when Hermeneutics moves from a study of the book to a study of the Self through the mirror of the book. As you have noted, when the "15 aspects of 1 Cor 13" are crystallized, the Ainigma (Darkly seen reflection) is clarified. You no longer interpret the text; the text interprets your level of Being.

(1Cor 13:12) For now [in this time of imperfection] we see in a mirror dimly [a blurred reflection, a riddle, an enigma], but then [when the time of perfection comes we will see reality] face to face. Now I know in part [just in fragments], but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known [by God]. Amplified Translation

The Ladder that Leads to perfection, which is simply fulness, completion of a stage and preparation for the next stage.

Remember, we cannot climb up some other way, John 10:1.  So the next step also serves as the Guardian of the Threshold. You cannot meditate nor "affirm" your way over or around the Cross, Matt 10:38.

These steps are listed in 1 Corinthians 13 verses 4-11 culminating or perfecting in verse 12. Literally becoming Equally Yoked with Jesus, See Matthew 11:29,30 and being Rooted and Grounded in Love, Ephesians 3:17 a prerequisite to comprehension..v18. Next see Finding the Good Ground, Click Here