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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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The Beave 2y ago

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

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MichaelJ 2y ago

"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.