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he does not move unless he is attracted; he is not attracted until after he has<br />
been inclined towards or turned away; he is not inclined towards unless he<br />
desires or wants; he does not desire unless he knows; he does not know<br />
unless the object contained in a species or an image is presented to the eyes<br />
or to the ears or to the gaze of an internal sense. Bonds are brought to completion<br />
by knowledge in general, and they are woven together by feelings<br />
in general. I say ‘knowledge in general’ because it is sometimes not known<br />
which sense has captured the object, and I say ‘feelings in general’ because<br />
sometimes that is not easy to define.<br />
30. The gates through which the bonding agent attacks. There are three gates<br />
through which the hunter of souls ventures to bind: vision, hearing, and<br />
mind or imagination. If it happens that someone passes through all three<br />
of these gates, he binds most powerfully and ties dowm most tightly.<br />
He who enters through the gate of hearing is armed with his voice and<br />
with speech, the son of the voice. He who enters through the gate of vision<br />
is armed with suitable forms, gestures, motions and figures. He who enters<br />
through the gate of the imagination, mind and reason is armed with<br />
customs and the arts. After that, the first thing that happens is the entrance,<br />
then the joining, then the bonding, and fourthly the attraction. The<br />
one who is bound encounters the bonding agent through all the senses, up<br />
to the point that a perfect bond has been made such that the former is<br />
totally immersed, and desires to be totally immersed, in the latter. And<br />
thus, a bond of mutual desire is established. Parallel to this, there are,<br />
indeed, also unpleasant bonds, which we will discuss later when we talk<br />
about natural bonds. For example, the toad attracts the weasel with a<br />
hidden power in its breathing; the cock overwhelms the lion with its voice;<br />
the mullet, by its touch, stops a ship; in his fantasy, the fanatic devours<br />
the demon; and a melancholic and unstable humour acts like a magnet on<br />
evil spirits.<br />
In conclusion, there are thirty topics which relate to the general theme<br />
of the bonding agent, namely:<br />
1. Types<br />
2. Effects<br />
3. Art<br />
4. Rank<br />
5. Steps<br />
6. Multitude<br />
A general account of bonding<br />
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