Ser Camaris
Knight of Dark Renown
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(1/1/03 5:22 am)
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The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis
Thankyou very much, Linda 
Just finished this book and all I can say is wow! Either C.S. Lewis and I arrived at many of the same points independently, or I have been shaped by his writings more than I knew. Of course, all great minds think alike 
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C. S. Lewis takes us on a profound journey through both heaven and hell in this engaging allegorical tale. Using his extraordinary descriptive powers, Lewis introduces us to supernatural beings who will change the way we think about good and evil. In The Great Divorce C. S. Lewis again employs his formidable talent for fable and allegory. The writer, in a dream, finds himself in a bus which travels between Hell and Heaven. This is the starting point for an extraordinary meditation upon good and evil which takes issue with William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. In Lewis's own words, "If we insist on keeping Hell (or even earth) we shall not see Heaven: if we accept Heaven then we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell."
This book was mind bending, and really made me think. I really don't know where to start describing things with this book, but I would recommend that anyone who has ever questioned how to reconcile a loving God with Hell should read this. It was scary how many of the ideas I already had and agreed with, in a much cruder form of course. He explores the idea of Hell being a consequence of choices, not of a vengeful God, the nature of Eternity, free will veresus the sovreignity of God.....
I really look forward to discussing this book with others as I thought it was excellent. The only thing I didn't like was the sometimes "good old English" style. It is hard to explain, but it is something he often does and I fear that snobbish intellectuals might overlook the book because of it, missing the true depth.
God is the Lord, of Angels, and of Men, - and of Elves. -J.R.R. Tolkien
We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade, the presence of God.- C.S. Lewis
Ser Camaris, if you were a woman, I'd take you out myself.-Lord Manwoody 3/27/02 |
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