0083 Here is an alternate analogy, pertinent to the crisis of the 1950s and 1960s, as well as the crisis of the 2010s and 2020s. Vigano does not envision this analogy, even though he raises the topic of motivation. The following analogy is latent in his argument. It will take a few steps to set it forth.
0084 I start with the vertical axis.
Sacrament is the contiguity between two real elements. Similarly, the term, “commodity”, is a contiguity between two real elements, which I will call, primal matter and human labor.
0085 Here is the first analogy.
0086 For the horizontal axis, the term, “money”, labels the contiguity between two real elements, products for sale and social arrangements that the products engender.
Here is the second analogy.
0087 The normal contexts of production3V and transaction3H mirror the distinction between the Catholic Church3V and Vatican II3H.
The potential1V that is analogous to the charism of Christ1V is utility1V, defined as the potential of ‘the charism of a product’1V.
The potential1H that is analogous to the alchemic transformation conducted by experts1H is price1H, defined as the potential to ‘transmute a commodity into money’1H.
The single actuality2 composed of construction2V and sales2H is the market2.
0088 Here is a picture.
0089 So, now I have an intersection that is analogous to Vigano’s eclipse2.
0090 The alchemic flows are also analogous.
0091 The exploitation is also analogous.