This put me in mind of a quote from Marilynne Robinson:
Ordinary things have always seems numinous to me. One Calvinist notion deeply implanted in me is that there are two sides to your encounter with the world. You don't simply perceive something that is statically present, but in fact there is a visionary quality to all experience. It means something because it is addressed to you...You can draw from perception the same way a mystic would draw from a vision.
This is a wonderful description of what I mean by an "apocalyptic spirit," a revelatory spirit. As I describe in Hunting Magic Eels, we can draw from perception the same way a mystic draws from a vision, perceiving numinous meaning and transcendent value in the everyday. You look upon the world with a sacramental vision as spiritual truths are revealed through material reality. To possess an apocalyptic spirit is to understand that there is a visionary, mystical quality to all experience.
As Paul prays in Ephesians, may the eyes of your heart be enlightened.
