The Pneuma: between the trinitarian unveiling of the being in the entity and the symbolic language according to E. Stein

Abstract

This article reflects an effort to elucidate the connection between a trinitarian ontology and aesthetics. It consists of a search for the role of the Pneuma in Edith Stein’s cosmovision. The trinitarian structure of Creation emerges quite evidently from an analysis of some passages of Endliches und Ewiges Sein. Because of the Spirit, this structure takes on a symbolic function that makes the paschal journey possible all the way to a personal encounter with Crucified Love.