First a quote from  Adriel Peregrine.  Adriel writes in his book,  The Art of Art:

“Having a well-formed imagination does not necessarily mean that one is an impractical dreamer who denies what is right in front of his face at the expense of his or another’s welfare.  A truly imaginative person can make the distinction between the reality of the everyday world and flights of fancy and give to each its due space.  He is to be pitied who has no ability through the imagination to look into the vast realms of the human mind and of the world that help one understand and appreciate what is, especially the human universe of meaning.  Imagination deals with the great themes of human  existence in legend, fairy tale, fable, mythology, epic, fantasy and so on.  Elves under the toadstool can mean a lot more than one thinks.”  Michael G. Tavella, Adriel Peregrine

Christians are an imaginative people who know that behind the world of the senses is the Lord God Himself.  They know that human experience can not be reduced to the senses.  A good part of our modern impoverishment is the common notion that what we see is what we’ve got; but,  the riches lie in the unseen.  In The First Article of the Nicene Creed, we acknowledge the unseen:   “I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And of all things visible and invisible:” (Book of Common Prayer, p. 89)  Now and at the end of time, the invisible has and will be the most important aspect of human life.  This invisible, especially the true God and Lord, is the ground of our witness.  Fairies and elves may or may not exist; but, they point us to the truth found in the invisible.

 

Michael G. Tavella

August 27, 2024

Monica mother of Saint Augustine