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Borrowed Light
Some time ago I stayed in a cottage overlooking a valley in a remote location. One midnight I turned out the lights to retire and was struck by an intensity of light that was burning through the curtains. Once outside I was struck first by the shadows cast by the trees and then by a luminous mist which filled the valley below and was lighting up the hillsides surrounding the valleys. However, it was the full moon that caused the luminescence in the mist. I felt so fortunate, being the only person about, to have seen this, as it really was quite incredible to behold. Not infrequently, I wonder at the many things that human eyes will miss and things that pass unseen.
The light of the Moon is, of course, but a reflection of the Sun, hence the title. Perhaps the luminous deer has been substituted for the mist to allow poetry a higher position than mere laborious description. However, in certain traditions the deer was venerated for it’s magical properties, which may go some way to explain why, in certain drawings and paintings from the East, we see holy men sitting in meditation on deer skins.
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