Abstract
To explore the intersection of magic, imagination, and place as a buttress against continued disenchantment furthered by an over reliance on rational thought, we turn to the (re)enchanted rhetoric of Starhawk, an eco-feminist peace activist and witch, to analyze the House on the Rock. We focused on the ways in which some rhetorical spaces challenge the postmodern idea of the disenchanting overemphasis on moral perfection, logic, and technological rationalization. Intertwined with cultural and political institutions, disenchanted rhetoric ensnares individuals in stultified existence that eliminates diversity, reifies hierarchy, dismisses creativity, and limits individuality. In positioning the House on the Rock as a rhetorical text we suggest that liminal spaces liberate individuals from the fetters of societal expectations, hierarchies, and institutions, offer a safe vantage point by which to examine conflicting viewpoints, and ultimately blur the distinction between entrenched understandings and new ways of knowing and seeing.
Highlights
On December 25, 2012, NPR’s All Things Considered broadcast a story how E.T.A
In the five hours we were immersed in Alex Jordan’s world we felt both part of and removed from reality. This paradox is especially true of the Streets of Yesterday and our differing reactions
Imbued with the whispers ofenchanted space, a person returns to the hegemonic discourses of the broader culture and juxtaposes the vision of the world as it ought to be with the world that is
Summary
On December 25, 2012, NPR’s All Things Considered broadcast a story how E.T.A. Hoffman’s short story, “Nutcracker and Mouse King”. Enchantment may not always be a positive experience (as anyone who falls in love with the wrong person may realize) but it is necessary for a full life Enchanted spaces, like those of The House on the Rock, help us to celebrate imagination, bringing richness to our lives. Landy and Saler and Bennett [7,8] suggested the mundane is important, but unlike Bennett, they saw the need for the belief in miracles that challenge or alter the accepted order of things They claimed that these miracles, or secular epiphanies, are those brief moments when we discover something “quasi-mystical” about a world larger than ourselves. These magical experiences are what Jenkins referred to when he wrote, “Disenchantment has been the fate of the world, but this has only served to open up new vistas of possible (re) enchantment” [6]. These spaces manipulate us in some way and we, in turn, manipulate them which results in a transformation or embodied (re) enchantment
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