do not understand what they are.

What I do begin to understand is what drew C.S. Lewis back towards the truth and power of Christianity.  “The idea of other planets exercised upon me…a peculiar, heady attraction, which was quite different from any other of my literary interests,” contemplates Lewis in Surprised by Joy. To Lewis and others the fairy tale spurred the sensation of “deep calling unto deep” (Psa. 42:7).  In the realm of make-believe, a truth that whispers and screams of the nature of God is communicated.  It is so loud that it is at first heard just as one hears his name being called to rouse him from sleep.  Later, when the whisper breeches on the consciousness and the realization of being called sets in, the called awakes and begins the pursuit for the caller. The ensuing event cannot be explained but must be felt and experienced to be truly known. Yet, even then, full comprehension is never gained, nor I suspect shall be, until “we know as we are known” (1 Cor. 13:12).
In Eragon however, I came to see a new level of connection; an allegory of the believer’s relationship with God took shape and began to soar.  Like Eragon, the believer finds himself standing in a dark forest in the midst of night.  He is called and found by something great and magnificent, the potential of which does not even cross his mind, though it sparks within him bountiful wonder and joy.  This is the moment of salvation, when the believer accepts the gift of grace and steps into the outer courts of God’s presence.
Eragon soon realizes that, though immensely beautiful and compelling, the thing that discovered him is masked by a veil separating him from a far deeper treasure.  Brom, Eragon’s teacher figure, later explains how when the destined rider comes along the dragon within an egg slowly breeches forth into the world of the new heir. It is the dragon who chooses when to break the shell.
In the same way, the true contact between the believer and God will only come when the veil separating the believer from the presence of God is rent.  As A.W. Tozer points out in his classic, The Pursuit of God, the believer must desire that God breech the veil that separates the child from his true inheritance and submit himself to the death of who he is.  When the believer allows himself to be fully crucified with Christ, a new and unmistakable bond is forged.  When the dragon hatched, Eragon touched her and was painfully jolted out of reality and when he awoke, although he did not yet fully realize it, he was a new creature; his former existence of inferiority had passed away.
When the believer steps into the Holy of Holies, the very presence of God, he is realized as something far beyond a normal human.  Eragon’s being was fused with that of his dragon just as the believer is fused with Jesus Christ.  Although this was the case, it was not immediate that the benefits of the fusion were experienced.  Eragon had to spend hours each day with his dragon before he could even begin to taste how the relationship would affect his life.  He was able to communicate with her, knowing her will and desires, hearing her calming, cautioning, scolding, strengthening voice, yet this communication took a good deal of time to master.
As Eragon’s relationship with Saphira increased, likewise

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