Re-enchanting your world
I have lived all my life in a city, but in my heart I yearn for the wild.
I want to see the incandescent lights of the aurora borealis dance through darkness, I want to hear wolves howl, and be surprised by the sudden rush of muffled wings as a snowy owl swoops past. I want to look up at a sky thick with stars, and walk through forests where the trees have been talking to each other for a thousand years. I want to imagine a time before enchantment was lost.
The word ‘enchantment’ has its roots in an ancient word that means ‘to sing’. Other words that share this root are ‘chant’ and ‘incantation’ and ‘charm’, which mean to cast a spell, and ‘cantata’ and ‘canticle’, which mean to worship by singing. To be enchanted is to
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