The Importance of Metaphysical Desire in Spiritual Theology

Gerard Blondell: All desire is metaphysical desire, meaning it's a desire for being or for the fullness of being. He says that we can't grow in the spiritual life locked in a room alone. We need others to mediate Christ's presence to us. And this is part of his argument for the truth of Christianity,. Is that Christ both reveals the scapegoat mechanism and undermines it at the same time.