Saved by Keely Adler
A Grief Spell for Cultivating Enchantment in Disenchanting Times
Instead, I simply want to posit one idea for your consideration: Enchantment is just the measure of the quality of our attention.1
In other words, what if we experience the world as disenchanted because, in part, enchantment is an effect of a certain kind of attention we bring to bear on the world and we are now generally habituated against this req... See more
In other words, what if we experience the world as disenchanted because, in part, enchantment is an effect of a certain kind of attention we bring to bear on the world and we are now generally habituated against this req... See more
L. M. Sacasas • If Your World Is Not Enchanted, You're Not Paying Attention
Enchantment is kept from reappearing because our day-to-day order is detached from the divine. The institutions and structures we live in, whether private or public, make no presumptions that they reflect God’s act—the chain of being has been broken.
Andrew Root • The Pastor in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #2): Ministry to People Who No Longer Need a God
there is magic in sacrifice. Life is calling you toward it, and your severance of the tethers that bind you to outgrown forms is the answering of that call. Your willingness to step into the emptiness from which all life springs is a show of devotion to your own belonging.
Toko-pa Turner • Belonging: Remembering Ourselves home
But enchantment cannot be destroyed. It waits patiently for us to remember that we need it.