Enchanted islands are hard to understand, ' he said. 'I've always thought that. It worried me even as a child. The trouble is that you can never be sure where the enchantment begins and where it ends.

Robert Aickman
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When a person is enchanted, they are lost in a world that's of their own creation. The idea is that they can't see reality clearly because of the magic they've been exposed to. In the same way, the idea of an enchanted island is that it's hard to see where the enchantment ends and where it begins. In other words, it's difficult to tell whether an island you're visiting is really a magical wonderland or just a regular island. While some people think that the idea of an enchanted island is a children's fairytale, it goes back to a time when people actually believed that there was a real invisible land somewhere out there that could influence people's thoughts and actions.

Source: The Winedark Sea

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