Abstract
The divine forces in Gombrowicz's world do not relate to Virtue, but to cruelty and devilishness. These forces must be grasped within the specific structure of his universe. A key concept is the category of “form”. Further, there is his concept of “the interhuman church”, which implies human interaction with the Other through Form. The Other makes the subject suffer, or even provokes its death. At first sight it might seem that the divine can be conjured up by a youthful body, charming the spectator, spreading the magic of its beauty. However, the body of flesh and blood that triumphs over the power of the Spirit, is devilish by its very nature. Only the existence without Form seems to create a space for liberty. Thanks to the disruption of devilish interaction with the Other, the individual is overwhelmed by a sentiment of victorious joy. But almost immediately he tastes the bitterness of this infinitesimal moment of emptiness. In his nakedness man faces his own obscure, dishonourable devilishness. Since every concept and element considered sacred in the fictional universe of Gombrowicz is in the end bound by Evil, the real space of transcendence (if there is one), must be found outside the human world.
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