Duchowy wymiar twórczości Zbigniewa Herberta

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of literature spiritual dimension; Zbigniew Herbert’s writing served as the basic research material. The writer analysis Zbigniew Herbert’s output in reference to matters undertaken by spiritual theology such as: spiritual experience, transformation and spiritual maturation. The first part of article is an outline of literature researching method by spiritual theology. The second part is the analysis of Z. Herbert’s output. According to the led analyses, the experience has two grounds: with regard to the subject matter of experience, meaning of God, and with regard to a subject who experiences – a human. The first type of experience concerned God’s picture and it had four dimensions: general meaning of God, solidarity experiencing with Jesus Christ, faith in immortality and angelology. The third part, which is a record of experience of withering and human weakness, helps to see that the experience of suffering, doubting and death lead the poet to his spiritual growth. The last part of the article is an interpretation of the masterpiece in the context of a concept of spiritual maturation.