Now the Valar took to themselves shape and hue; and because they were drawn into the World by love of the Children of Ilúvatar, for whom they hoped, they took shape after that manner which they had beheld in the Vision of Ilúvatar, save only in majesty and splendour.
Moreover their shape comes of their knowledge of the visible World, rather than of the World itself; and they need it not, save only as we use raiment, and yet we may be naked and suffer no loss of our being.
今天早上使用手機聽音樂時忽然覺得頗有可能對應到 Rudolf Steiner《奧密科學大綱》第四章〈宇宙演化與人類〉或第五章〈更高層世界的知識—— 入門〉的某個段落，大概豎琴本身的魔力加乘長笛之喚醒效果佐以大提琴的共振頻率觸發了一些什麼吧。