This paper provides an analysis of the writings by Pedro Prado from a mystical perspective, an approach that the author himself understands as having religious as well as socio-ethical foundations. This is why Prado’s characters rise towards ultimate levels of reality, but they never lose touch with the “land of men” to the point of turning into seers who yearn for beauty and justice. In “La barca”, the characters undertake a vertical as well as a horizontal journey in order to face the mystery. In Alsino, on the other hand, the vertical journey also serves to approach the divine, whereas the horizontal one is used to judge the Chilean rural world. The mediation between that which is above and what is below is represented by a ship that sails and flies, as well as by a man who walks and flies, both of which are to be seen as allegories of the artist.
Lizama, P. (2012). Manifestos and utopias, journeys and clairvoyance: a mystical reading of Pedro Prado. Revista Chilena De Literatura, (82). Retrieved from https://revistaliteratura.uchile.cl/index.php/RCL/article/view/24865
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