Only The Brilliant Fantasy Triumphs In The Most Difficult Tour Of The World

The man who proves his closeness to an “exemplary deed” also proves his closeness to God.

There is nothing better to prove that Magellan was a master of the art of navigation than the fact that he, who was the first to cross this sea route, remains for a long time the last one who managed to cross this route without losing a single ship. If we think about how basic the means of investigation of his ships were, they had to search each of the hundreds of arteries and side canals, always advancing and returning, to meet every time in certain places. If we think that they could only float with the help of the wind that blew their sails, that they had only a wooden rudder to maneuver them, and that all this happened in an unfavorable season, with an exhausted crew, only then we understand why Magellan’s lucky passage through that strait was seen as a miracle that so many generations of sailors have glorified.

But, as in all fields of human activity, Magellan’s true genius was – as well as in his nautical art – patience. He showed unwavering patience, prudence, and foresight. For a whole month he persevered in his search, with new confidence and a sense of responsibility. He does not hurry, he does not chase forward under the whip of an uncontrollable impatience – although, in his depth, his soul trembles, of course, at the desire to finally reach the other end, to finally see the radiant immensity of the South Sea. At every crossroads, at every fork, he divides his fleet; each time two ships explore a fjord heading north, the other two set out south at the same time to explore another channel.

This lonely man, born in a bad sign, seems to know that he should never trust in luck. Of the many paths that open before him, he never chooses one at random, as so many others do, leaving it up to a coin toss: heads or tails. He searches and searches all paths, only to find one in the end: the right path. And so, with his brilliant fantasy triumphs and the most prosaic and modest, the most personal of his virtues: heroic perseverance. *

Can you complete the physiognomy of approaching an “exemplary deed” that only the brilliant fantasy makes triumph in the most difficult tour of the world, looking at things not only from very high and very far, but also from very deep?

Proof of closeness to the “exemplary deed” is also proof of your closeness to God. This is the power that makes man transgress, by belonging to the most living faith, all the obstacles of space and time. It is Magellan’s exemplary deed that has been the hallmark of the power that makes man immortal and eternal, it is the authority of the power to be unique in a space whose pillar of resistance is the dream that makes you move forward, even if there is a crisis in the whole world.

So to complete the physiognomy of this insurmountable phenomenon of approaching the “exemplary deed” that only the brilliant fantasy makes triumph in the most difficult tour of the world, we can say that Magellan looked at things not only from very high and far, but also from very deep. He was like God who, before performing the “Great Work”, carefully unravels his words: “My will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

First is the belief in the accomplishment of a miracle, then this miracle can unite the earth of heaven. As Jean Paul said: “What is a miracle on earth is a rule in heaven.” Only in this way do we understand why an exemplary deed like that of Magellan, the first man to ever go around the world, is like the accomplishment of God’s work on earth. Because faith is not born of a miracle, but of a miracle is born the glorious deed that certifies the faith in a superhuman power that controls everything.

Leadership is based on the spiritual plan of the unseen world, which can be expressed by the following recurrence: “God is shown only to those who fulfill a great destiny by an exemplary deed.”

I believe that this is God’s will, to be close only to the one who manifests his colossal will to perform miracles. Operating with these concepts, the faith and deed contained in the “Great Work”, we must examine man from within, from the deep, to give the revelation of his “inner genesis”, the original phenomenon of the expression identified in the language of the dream: “I am the dream that God had upon mankind before creation, surpassing every possible desire and imagination of the common man.”

Only The Brilliant Fantasy Triumphs In The Most Difficult Tour Of The World if we consider Magellan’s deed. And, with help from the words of Stefan Zweig, the writer most faithful to important facts, I will allow for his words to say it all:

“A man always achieves the maximum possible only when his deed becomes exemplary. And in this respect, Magellan’s example – his almost forgotten deed – has always proved that an idea, if carried by the wings of genius, if always carried determined before a passion, proves to be ultimately stronger than all the elements of nature. His great deed has shown that a single man, with his short and fleeting life, can turn into a reality and an immortal truth what had been only a wish, just a dream for hundreds of generations.”

* Note: Stefan, Zweig - Magellan, Youth Publishing House, 1955.