Saturday, December 11, 2010

C.S. Lewis and the Narnia



Maybe because im a Christian now that I could now understand how ASLAN tried to speak to Lucy, Edward, Peter and Susan and the whole Narnia.. Ive just seen the movie in a 3d with hubby, rob, and it has amazingly touched my heart.. the moment lucy embraced Aslan to bid goodbye, my tears just keep pouring as if I am longing to finally meet God and hug him tightly..

"Oh, Aslan," said Lucy. "Will you tell us how to get into your country from our world?"
"I shall be telling you all the time," said Aslan. "But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear that, for I am the great Bridge Builder."

"It isn't Narnia, you know," sobbed Lucy. "It's you. We haSn't meet you there. And how can we live, never meeting you?"
"But you shall meet me, dear one," said Aslan.
"Are — are you there too, Sir?" said Edmund.
"I am," said Aslan. "BUT THERE... I HAVE ANOTHER NAME. YOU MUST LEARN TO KNOW ME BY THAT NAME.. This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there."


As Lewis wrote in a letter to a Mrs Hook in December 1958:

If Aslan represented the immaterial Deity in the same way in which Giant Despair [a character in The Pilgrim's Progress] represents despair, he would be an allegorical figure. In reality, however, he is an invention giving an imaginary answer to the question, 'What might Christ become like if there really were a world like Narnia, and He chose to be incarnate and die and rise again in that world as He actually has done in ours?' This is not allegory at all

The whole series works out like this.

The Magician's Nephew tells the Creation and how evil entered Narnia.
The Lion etc the Crucifixion and Resurrection.
Prince Caspian restoration of the true religion after corruption.
The Horse and His Boy the calling and conversion of a heathen.
The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader" the spiritual life (especially in Reepicheep).
The Silver Chair the continuing war with the powers of darkness
The Last Battle the coming of the Antichrist (the Ape), the end of the world and the Last Judgement.

excited and wondered if the producers of the movie will intend to finish the whole series until the Last Battle so that other people can see the end of the world and how GOD's glory truly works in our lives just to save us until the last Judgement..

oh im so thrilled... now i think i would like to watch it again and probably might buy the book to read it too.. :-)

ALL GLORY TO GOD as this provision has enlighten me again and again.. oh Lord your provisions are just endless... salamat po!

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