A lesson of Tolkien's Numenor: Mortal life can only be partly enchanted, even in Faery

Over at my Notion Club Papers blog; with reference to the Numenor story by Tolkien, I discuss the implications of the tragic fact that an "enchanted life" is only partly or temporarily available to Men - and how this interacts with ideas of elves and fairies; and the hope, or delusion, that a Faery life of continuous and complete enchantment might be a full answer for Men's existential yearnings.