ÒLet him kiss me with the kisses of his mouthÓ opens the Hebrew Old TestamentÕs most enigmatic mystery: SolomonÕs Song of Songs. Solomon and his Bride share their intensely passionate expressions of love, ascetic and sexual, poetically framed as a chiasm, i.e. in two anti-symmetric halves.
The SongÕs lovers are forever imprinted as timeless emblems for this flawless - yet godless - love; and the Divine Hand enriches the Song symbolically, creating an allegorical overlay pregnant with spiritual truths. The literal story-line and interwoven allegory coexist effortlessly: rooting the Song on Earth does not limit it reaching to Heaven.