The Shoreline

When we name things in a small way, we cripple them. Often our way of naming things is driven by our addiction to what is obviously visible. Celtic spirituality is awakening so powerfully now because it illuminates the fact that the visible is only one little edge of things. The visible is only the shoreline of the magnificent ocean of the invisible. The invisible is not empty, but is textured and tense with presences. These presences cannot be named; they can only be sensed, not seen.

~ John O’Donohue, Eternal Echoes

Elf Garden, Iceland – photo by Ragnhildur Johnsdottir, used with permission