As an aside, it occurs to me that this ("eternity...loves all the productions of time") could be a fairly reasonable way to understand what highly attained people are talking about, and perhaps what theistic traditions are trying to cultivate (in the myriad forms of the East and West), when they talk about "Love".
This is an interesting point and it's something I've been contemplating for a while now, the main problem when it comes to reconciling these things is understanding the metaphors and maps of each tradition and what they actually refer to experientially. If the person involved comes from a theistic background then they're likely to relate their experience in "god language", whereas a person from a non-theistic background would likely choose more scientific or psychological metaphors.
Although both may be describing the same experience, the way in which they're described will be different depending on the underlying belief system involved. This appears to be the main reason for pretty much all of the hassle over AF and Buddhism, while we might be talking the same language, perhaps even describing the same experiential territory, our understanding and interpretation of the material will be coloured by the belief systems we have/had prior to encountering them.
Ah, the joys of language...