"Imagination is the faculty of the soul."
____ Caitlin Matthews, Singing the Soul Back Home
Our imagination is the eye of our soul, the retina of the psyche where are reflected the truths that our soul experiences. To be without contact with our imagination is to be truly blind.
The imagination perceives the imaginal realm, the reflected image of the otherworld that we cannot see with our physical eyes. Our imagination is commonly stimulated when we make connections based upon this perception: like a ready needle that pierces one piece of fabric and emerges through the other side of another piece of fabric, pulling them together, so does our imagination penetrate the veil between the worlds and show us likenesses of what is eternally true. For some people, these perceptions are very vivid and accurate; for others, they are misty or short-sighted, though they provide a glimpse of something very important.
If we begin to honor the imagination as a faculty of the soul by taking our problems and dilemmas (as well as our visions and desires) to its threshold, we will be asking the soul for a wider view, a solution that we cannot personally envision but that will enrich our lives.
"Meditate upon a dilemma or creative project, actively allowing the imagination to provide perspectives, solutions and answers. These may come as visual images or nonvisually (in sudden insights and intuitions) provided immediately or over the next few days. Record your findings and test them for truth and helpfulness, without discounting what you experience."
[From: The Celtic Spirit by Caitlin Matthews]
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