I agree completely (though I love the Grimm Brothers and never want to get rid of them!). Utilizing the local folktales in stories also helps preserve them. Have you ever read Manly Wade Wellman and his stories set in Appalachia?
It could be that people, lost or saved, are drawn to the dark, the paranormal, the eerie, not because such things are a reflection of God, but rather because those things are a reflection of the darkness in the carnal heart of every man.
True, but also, sometimes things that are good for us are apprehended as dark and dangerous... like a dentist. It is us that must change our vision, because we only see through a glass darkly.
I agree completely (though I love the Grimm Brothers and never want to get rid of them!). Utilizing the local folktales in stories also helps preserve them. Have you ever read Manly Wade Wellman and his stories set in Appalachia?
The Grimm Brothers are amazing. No, I have heard of Wellman but I’ll be adding him to my to-read list!
There is another possible explanation, you know.
It could be that people, lost or saved, are drawn to the dark, the paranormal, the eerie, not because such things are a reflection of God, but rather because those things are a reflection of the darkness in the carnal heart of every man.
True, but also, sometimes things that are good for us are apprehended as dark and dangerous... like a dentist. It is us that must change our vision, because we only see through a glass darkly.
I think some of it can be, but I wouldn't wholesale catalogue it as such.
Fair enough.
Maybe I’m just talking from personal experience.