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The Dispassionate Sybil and the Cosmic Dance
Almost forty years ago I read my first novel by Charles Williams. I do not recall why I chose it. It was not the first or even the second novel that he wrote, nor is it one that most readers … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Williams, cosmic dance, dispassion, tarot, The Greater Trumps, theosis, unitive way
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“Every self-assertion, every form of self-seeking however small or poor, world-noble or grotesque, is a separating and scattering force”
These two promises, of seeing God, and being filled with righteousness, have place between the individual man and his father in heaven directly; the promise I now come to, has place between a man and his God as the God … Continue reading
“The glory in Christ becoming glory in us, his glory changing us to glory”
When we take into our understanding, our heart, our conscience, our being, the glory of God, namely Jesus Christ as he shows himself to our eyes, our hearts, our consciences, he works upon us, and will keep working, till we … Continue reading
Hymn of the Eldilla
The Great Dance does not wait to be perfect until the peoples of the Low Worlds are gathered into it. We speak not of when it will begin. It has begun from before always. There was no time when we … Continue reading
Riding the Waves of Providence
Imagine a world in which you live not on a body of fixed land, whether continent or archipelago, but on a floating island that moves on the waves, driven by current, tide, and wind. One might describe the island as … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam and Eve, C. S. Lewis, divine providence, Eden, free will, gluttony, Perelandra, sin
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C. S. Lewis and the Fall: Must Death Always be Evil?
“For God is life, and the privation of life is death,” writes St Basil the Great. “Therefore Adam prepared death for himself through his withdrawal from God, in accord with what is written, ‘Behold, those who remove themselves from you … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, C. S. Lewis, death, evil, original sin, Satan, sin, the Fall
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“If there be a Father, verily he will hear, and let the child know that he hears!”
If there be a God, and I am his creature, there may be, there should be, there must be some communication open between him and me. If any one allow a God, but one scarce good enough to care about … Continue reading
