The Axis of Being, part II—Emotions

Rocamadour, France

Photograph by the author

When I think of our emotions, I think of Bosch’s Temptation of St. Anthony, which lays out a visual map of an inner emotional landscape. Temptation, after all, is always an emotional experience; the word is derived from the Latin temptare, meaning to be tested. 

What is tested is our desire; what we wish for. 

So …