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Then sings my soul

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@FredNietzky Its real good

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@gothicman50 His mercies are renewed each morning, playa.

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@Jonathantreal8 It is sufficient!

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What was language like in the days when the world was wonderful?

In one of his letters, Tolkien says that in the whole of The Hobbit, there is only one philological remark. The words describing Bilbo’s astonishment at the hoard of gold in Smaug’s lair:

“To say that Bilbo’s breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.���

The Inklings believed that the language we use now is a dim echo of the primal, original language. That ancient tongue was the language of the Elves. It was a language in which the world itself was different. Because of that language, the world was full of wonders.

But how is it possible? Will a tree change if I call it something else? Does the world change depending on the words I use?

It is curious that in the same letter Tolkien refers to Owen Barfield:

“The only philological remark (I think) in The Hobbit is on p. 221 (lines 6-7 from end): an odd mythological way of referring to linguistic philosophy, and a point that will (happily) be missed by any who have not read Barfield (few have), and probably by those who have.” — Letter 15, August 31, 1937

According to Tolkien, few would appreciate this line in the story. It contains an echo of Owen Barfield’s idea of participatory consciousness, or what Barfield called “ancient semantic unity”— an idea that deeply resonated with Tolkien.

In Saving the Appearances, Owen Barfield argues that in ancient times, consciousness was participatory and, as a result, phenomena themselves — such as a rainbow or a tree — were not merely seen differently; they were different because they were seen differently.

Once, the world was wonderful — made alive by the language of the Elves. Then something happened, and the language broke. The world ceased to be wonderful.

Phenomena always follow the language, not the other way around. Broken language produces fragmented consciousness, and fragmented consciousness produces fragmented perception and then fragmented world. We find that words fail us — and the world around us no longer enchants. https://t.co/KrAItaNEcX

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@gothicman50

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@FredNietzky Pooperative

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@tendollardanny Whilst on a ship or vessel

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@olives_777 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men

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@attackackack To prove* 😅

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@attackackack If you start, the only way out is through. Like walking around the earth improve it’s round.

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@allamericanrube We are a fountainhead state b/c of the continental divide, so regardless of how big everyone is trying to talk about the future of water rights there’s nothing they can do to change the fact that whatever falls starts here and we will ultimately determine its allocation.

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@Turbo_Fucker Yo but be careful I bet it splits more than wood and remaining intact is always the move.

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@FredNietzky Who care

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@olives_777

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@gothicman50 It’s a matter of your level of awareness of His immanence vs His transcendence, but both are always correct.

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@FredNietzky Growth is like the one counterpoint to this but yeah I feel you twin