A cold coming we had of it, just the worst time of year for a journey.
TS Eliotâs journey to faith began with doubt. Just as many hardships challenged the Magi, many difficulties assailed Eliot as he attempted to leave his past life behind and seek spiritual truth. Eliotâs earlier works, such as âThe Hollow Menâ, refer to the afterlife as âdeathâs other kingdomâ and imply that we are all living meaningless lives. But after converting to Christianity, Eliotâs works took on a more hopeful tone. âThe Four Quartetsâ has been cited as being âovertly religiousâ while âJourney of the Magiâ centers on the Birth of Christ and the meaning it gives to humanity.
Eliot always contended that he had no âconversion experienceâ but quietly became a believer.
REFLECT: While he considered his salvation a very private matter and kept this conversion secret, it had such an impact on him that he wrote a poem as an allegory. How do you honor and recall your own salvation?
