El fantasma del deseo : "Ulrica" de Borges desde la ventana de la eternidad

Abstract

In the present work an approximation is made to the work Ulrica, by Borges, hides an enigmatic meaning and a complexity that deserve attention. Its symbols refer to a higher reality and deep desires of transcendence. Deprived of sight, Borges lived in a world of paranormal vision, like other visionaries. His blindness forced him to focus attention on the inside, for hostile causes, like Kafka. Borges is inserted in the hermetic tradition and shows influences of the Kabbalah, alchemy, Tarot, Neoplatonism and Jung's deep psychology. Its power is mythical and archetypal. He dramatizes a ritual action, psychodrama or psychomake and evokes a Nordic Ulrica that made a great impression on him.