Category: C.S. Lewis
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"We Teach the World We Create"
Dr. Michael Ward author of Planet Narnia gave a lecture in 2010 at the University of Kansas, Lawrence on his discovery as to the imaginative theme of the the Chronicles of Narnia. To listen to the entire two-part lecture is a time commitment, but if you want to understand the…
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To Sea Like Lucy
Today is the feast day of Saint Lucy or Santa Lucia. Her feast day is celebrated by many denominations and traditions. Lucy’s martyrdom was most likely during the Diocletian persecution. Tradition tells us that she was blinded prior to her execution and so St. Lucy is the patron of the…
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Lewis: Out of the Silent Planet
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve read the ‘excursionary’ Space Trilogy numerous times since 1992. Only recently have I been clued into the influence of the medieval cosmology which Lewis loved so much. In the past I enjoyed the book on…
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Lewis: Out of the Silent Planet
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve read the ‘excursionary’ Space Trilogy numerous times since 1992. Only recently have I been clued into the influence of the medieval cosmology which Lewis loved so much. In the past I enjoyed the book on…
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Voyage of the Therapeutic, Moralistic Aslan
The Helm of the Dawn Treader I’ve given myself since Friday to comment on the new Twentieth Century Fox and Walden Media film adaptation of C. S. Lewis’, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Time’s up. Enough has been said about a number failings and justifications about the film adaptation.…
Backward Mutters 