Escaping the shadows

‘…what is unseen is eternal.’

The ENd word Jeremy McQuoid

In 375 BC the great philosopher Plato wrote an allegory that has an uncanny connection to the gospel. The allegory describes a group of people who have lived chained to the walls of a cave all their lives. These prisoners see shadows, as objects pass by a fire behind them, and are projected onto the wall of the cave. They name the shadows, but don’t realise that the shadows aren’t accurate representations of the real world. They’re just shadows.