Agenda
Whatever gods there be act through man's mind and perceptions and are revealed in (1) his intelligence, (2) his ethical sense and his thirst for perfectibility, (3) his power to love (amo ergo sum), (4) his perception of beauty (to kalon), (5) his sense of mystery, (6) his power and urge to be a maker (in music, painting, sculpture, poetry, prose), and (7) his aspiration to create a paradise on earth. These are the major ways divinity is manifested in the mind, spirit, and heart of man. But there are obverse cues: (1) hatred of injustice and tyranny over people, (2) disgust with moneymongers and those who lust for possessions ("hoggers of harvest are the curse of the people"), and (3) revulsion from the ooze of the material hell many men create and happily wallow in.
-- Carroll Terrell, “A Companion to the Cantos of Ezra Pound”
-- Carroll Terrell, “A Companion to the Cantos of Ezra Pound”