I think this is what religion does, it reveals to us an intertwined spiritual reality.

Specifically, I think that's precisely what the Catholic sacraments do. So to me, it's both possible to see this "enchanted" spiritual reality, and it is something we must do.

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I tend to resist all "magikal" wording. That's an inversion, gross, and anathema to God's ways of doing things.

"Enchantment" has less to do with magic and more to do with receiving a thing as it truly is. If you are enchanted by an experience, or even a person, it's because you are experiencing something so true, good, and beautiful that it is utterly captivating.

Enchantment with the world, the way I'm using the word, is seeing the same tree you walk by every day as if it were newly-created, and recognizing God's creating and sustaining hand in it, and returning thanks to Him.

I've never once looked into Catholicism, the closest Ive ever gone is I went to a catholic wedding about ten years ago. I have been listening to Orthodox podcasts though so I kind of get that but I still believe in the power and presence of God's Holy Spirit working in and through His people.

We believe in that too. The Holy Spirit is always at work in the Church.

Sacraments such as Baptism are specific moments where God allows the use of a sign to enact a spiritual reality through the power of the Holy Spirit.