Comments | saoirse_lily: Lessons from Narnia: Introduction

saoirse_lily

Lessons from Narnia: Introduction

Aug 22, 2008 15:24

Recently, someone told me that he thought that The Chronicles of Narnia were just children's books and had no spiritual significance whatsoever. !!!! After I picked myself up off the floor and started breathing again (well, not really, but close), I clarified what he said because I didn't think that anyone actually believed THAT. He did however ( Read more... )

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anonymous August 22 2008, 23:06:57 UTC

Oh great! I'm looking forward to this...

John Dekker

saoirse_lily August 22 2008, 23:08:59 UTC

We'll have to see how it goes...

anonymous August 23 2008, 23:28:58 UTC

good books! : )

saoirse_lily August 24 2008, 02:50:37 UTC

They are indeed!

ext_118790 August 25 2008, 03:01:21 UTC

That's funny - my journey into fantasy literature is nearly identical. Magic and fantasy were anathema in our home growing up. I wouldn't have anything to do with them as a teenager, and secretly (sometimes openly) condemned those who did ( ... )

saoirse_lily August 25 2008, 03:20:57 UTC

That's funny - my journey into fantasy literature is nearly identical.

I wondered as much from things you had said on some of your blog posts...it's nice to know I'm not the only one who was an adult before reading Narnia!

I'm very much enjoying Tolkien after being "emancipated" as well...being a girl, I'm not too "into" all the battles and such, but his writing...! So amazing...I love words...