An essay on the 'Enchanted Forest' as it appears some classic fantasy literature.
The Enchanted Forest is a dimension all forests. It is the fusion of the rich possibility of life, secrets, growth, enchantment, danger, and mystery that seem to fill the very air of a living forest. In the world of Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea the Immanent Grove, the heart of enchantment on the Isle of Roke, is “center of all the earth’s powers." It is a place of wonder and of refuge, and those who have been there remember “the glades and aisles of that wood, the sunlight and starlight in its leaves.” One character, Tanar, recalls being told that “the forests here on Gont are that forest...All forests are.”
The Enchanted Forest is a dimension all forests. It is the fusion of the rich possibility of life, secrets, growth, enchantment, danger, and mystery that seem to fill the very air of a living forest. In the world of Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea the Immanent Grove, the heart of enchantment on the Isle of Roke, is “center of all the earth’s powers.” It is a place of wonder and of refuge, and those who have been there remember “the glades and aisles of that wood, the sunlight and starlight in its leaves.” One character, Tanar, recalls being told that “the forests here on Gont are that forest…All forests are.”
