Amor Mundi: The Ecology and Praise of Transience in Rilke's Duino Elegies.

This article analyzes the ninth elegy of Rainer Maria Rilke's *Duino Elegies*, focusing on its paradoxical claim that the world’s transient things can only be rescued from disappearance by being made "invisible." Drawing on theoretical frameworks including Walter Benjamin’s concept of aura, Jean-Luc Marion’s apophatic theology, and Hannah Arendt’s notion of natality, the article interprets Rilke’s use of hymnic language as a means to illuminate and praise transience, thereby preserving the unique experiential presence of things. It argues that this poetic praise enacts an ecological vision of the world as an interconnected "oikos" (home), where human and non-human entities share a reciprocal relationship grounded in love through loss rather than possession. Ultimately, the elegy presents transformation through poetic language as a way to internalize and sustain the fleeting world within the human heart, fostering an authentic dwelling in both life and death amid ecological and existential impermanence.