At the end of Chapter 2, Charles Wallace uses Patrick's Rune out loud in the pasture by the star-watching rock. "In this fateful hour, I call on heaven with its power!" This section of the rune summons no less than Gaudior, a unicorn. What I can't understand is why Charles Wallace didn't have the common sense to keep quiet. Logically, if he had witnessed the power of the rune before and seen the elements respond to it, he would know that anything could happen when these words were said. He was lucky it didn't summon his end.
In the beginning of Chapter 3, Charles Wallace and Gaudior (and Meg, kything with Charles Wallace through Ananda the dog) witness the creation of Earth. This moment is not unlike the death of the star in A Wrinkle in Time, but then again, it is dissimilar. There seems to be no Good against Evil battling it out. There is only Evil, swallowing the Good. The three see the extinction of the dinosaurs and the Ice Age, possibly all resulting because of the absence of harmony.
Yet there is still hope. Charles Wallace and Gaudior visit a tribe of completely peaceful people, in absolute innocence. Charles Wallace goes Within a tribe member named Harcels. Harcels learns about a neighboring tribe that participates in ritualistic murder. I am often amazed at how far people may go in the basis of religion of belief.
Unfortunately, Harcels is intrigued. Charles Wallace understands what he is supposed to do, and brings Harcels out of his temptation. In this, I see an unexpected tie to L'Engle's Christianity. Charles Wallace's potition within Harcels is similar to the Holy Spirit. Gaudior explains that this experience was meant to be a warm-up. There is no telling how hard things are about to get.
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