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A journey through darkness to cure the blind. ... --
T.S. Eliot a member of the anglican church debates the journey of the magi and their definition of Christ the Messiah. We join the magi in their regrets, their search for the newborn king, their observation of life and death and their fulfillment of God’s will. ... Funny enough the poem is utterly physical in describing “the journey. ...
We arrive at a retrospect of the journey. ... html) which debates the journey of the magi with a special focus on the star of Bethlehem and the astrological side of the story. ...
(First Stanza)
A cold coming we had of it,
Just the worst time of the year
For a journey, and such a long journey:
The ways deep and the weather sharp,
The very dead of winter. (T.S Eliot, “The journey of the Magi”)
“A cold coming they had of it at this time of the year, just the worst time of the year to take a journey, and specially a long journey. ... “To take a journey, and especially a long journey” deduced into “for a journey, and such a long journey.” “The days short, the sun farthest off, in solsitio brumali” are also let out of Eliots poem. ... htm) signs that lead the three wise men to Christ and is more profoundly proving the journey to actually have taken place. Eliot is more concerned about the following events, the wise men appear more prophetic, well aware of God’s judgement of an innocent child. ... Destiny is God’s will! ... Among others one could suggest the journey to be life or even a description of the Great War. ... However these alternative perceptions if not irrelevant to the poem are irrelevant to the Biblical reading of “the Journey of the magi. ...
Eliot is dangerously down to earth in his description of the journey. ... This part of the travel however not strange to the magi is strange to me because I don’t see camels and desert everyday. ...
“The times we regretted” is an introduction to what they left behind for the journey. ... We are lead inside the Magi’s imagination rather than being cameras on their setting. ... ” Further complaining and describing the journey. ... The 2 last lines of the first stanza may also refer to meaninglessness and the loss of belief in God’s prophecy. ...
(Second stanza)
Then at dawn we came down to a temperate valley,
Wet, below the snow line, smelling of vegetation;
With a running stream and a water-mill beating the darkness,
The Magi reaches dawn with little sleep. ... Besides the line is also underlining the subduing element of destiny in the form of God’s will. ... The Jew betrayal of Christ indeed often confused with God’s will. ... Through the Bible we are all lead into this deep void, this endless philosophical instrument, this road that never ends but continues in circles.
Approximate Word count = 2389
Approximate Pages = 9.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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