Vi trenger lewis, tolkien og andre verdener

Posted on 2. October, 2009 by Ørjan Hoyd Vøllestad

En utrolig bra tanke fra rabbitroom.com,

Tolkien believed the fairy story provided the reader with the gift of recovery. Recovery is about renewed, transformed vision – “regaining a clear view,” in Tolkien’s words.

How does this happen? By traveling to a new world, one which is different from our own, we are able to encounter many of the “permanent things” of our own world in a completely different context.

Seemingly trapped in the daily, mundane existence of our own worlds, it’s often hard to see the magic of life.

The fairy story allows the reader to travel in the land of Faerie, to go on adventures through the Perilous Realm, and to remember that our world is just as perilous and just as full of magic…les resten på rabbitroom.com

About Ørjan Hoyd Vøllestad

Etter å ha undersøkt det litt, kom jeg til samme konklusjonen som C. S. Lewis gjorde i 1929: “Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important."
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One Response to Vi trenger lewis, tolkien og andre verdener

  1. marit_ane says:
    2. October, 2009 at 17:37

    I love that you love the Rabbit Room. On Tuesday I was at a consert with Andrew Peterson, and got to talk with him. That was really cool. No idea why I write this in English, though.