tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180889286512921617.post6040798970734150504..comments2023-04-07T07:09:25.169-07:00Comments on The Story in a Spider's Web: The Otherness of the Otherworld in StoriesEmilyn J Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00892659942186331664noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180889286512921617.post-18037685499933932712013-12-09T21:09:25.163-08:002013-12-09T21:09:25.163-08:00Yes! (: I know... even reading the beginning of G...Yes! (: I know... even reading the beginning of Genesis feels like an otherworldly fairy tale. Maybe that's where that feeling came from. :DEmilyn J Cloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00892659942186331664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180889286512921617.post-44621596985910710862013-12-09T20:39:21.476-08:002013-12-09T20:39:21.476-08:00Yes! I was thinking about that quote. (: I haven...Yes! I was thinking about that quote. (: I haven't read Beowulf yet, but I probably should one day. Emilyn J Cloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00892659942186331664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180889286512921617.post-89940766377383149782013-12-09T06:48:03.228-08:002013-12-09T06:48:03.228-08:00I think I understand what mysterious thing you'...I think I understand what mysterious thing you're talking about. Books like the Chronicles of Narnia, and the modern-by-comparison Wingfeather Saga, spark that longing in my heart. It's like a longing for the ancient, good things that were far before we became. As if, even this great world that we are blessed with is merely a shadow of our Creator's glorious masterpiece. As if, through the ultimate corruption of sin, we have missed something deeper and lovelier than we could ever know. It makes me wonder what Eden was like. Perhaps the life that was there, fresh from creation, was richer and holier than what we live now, and had that "otherness" about it. :) I think that all stories are echoes of some part of the Great Story by life's Author. Maybe stories that bring us a sense of that otherness are echoes of an ancient time that we know not of. I wholeheartedly agree with you: we will find out when we reach Heaven. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358228328656773340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180889286512921617.post-5496980876377160842013-12-07T17:45:07.199-08:002013-12-07T17:45:07.199-08:00Reminds me of a C.S. Lewis quote... “If we find ou...Reminds me of a C.S. Lewis quote... “If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” <br />I'm reading the Faerie Queen right now too. Although I am finding it a little hard to understand... what with the v's being u's and the u's being v's and all. =) Have you read Beowulf? It's kind of like what you're talking about too... I think.Abbey Stellingwerffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10426609355118356332noreply@blogger.com