by Sven » September 15th, 2006, 7:22 pm
You're welcome, votary
We prefer to leave the Q & A forum for short questions like your orginal post, and do any prolonged conversations in the other forums here on the Wardrobe. Please consider registering and starting a thread to discuss
Sehnsucht, which Lewis called
Joy. We've had threads on it before, but not lately, I think. Always a good topic.
Plus, if your friend is interested, we have some musicians here who may find common ground with him in a discussion of the specific feeling of music as Joy.
Oh, and Novalis? Personally I find him quite tedious. I doubt I ever would have read anything of his if not for the Lewis connection.
Selah,
Sven
Rat! he found breath to whisper, shaking. Are you afraid?
Afraid? murmured the Rat, his eyes shining with unutterable love.
Afraid! Of Him? O, never, never! And yet -- and yet -- O, Mole, I am afraid!
Then the two animals, crouching to the earth, bowed their heads and did worship.