- events can have symbolic meaning;
- reality can be read;
- recurring patterns may reveal deeper order;
- history and myth can interpenetrate;
- synchronicity can function as clue;
- landscape can externalize soul;
- genre changes perception;
- narrative can be false or true;
- the ego and Spirit can narrate the same events differently;
- salvation can involve rereading;
- the reader can become aware of being inside the Story.
This is essentially an answer to:
How does the Royal Artist know anything?
through:
- symbol;
- pattern;
- myth;
- analogy;
- correspondence;
- imagination;
- revelation;
- narrative coherence;
- synchronicity;
- contemplative recognition;
- lived participation.