Ep 2 - Lewis's Ransom Trilogy and Deeper Heaven with Christiana HaleEverybody knows Narnia, but fewer have ventured into C.S. Lewis's science fiction series, wrongly called "The Space Trilogy". Teacher, author, and Lewis scholar, Christiana Hale shares her knowledge of Lewis, the Discarded Image, and the deeper meaning behind the trilogy.
Ep 2 - Deeper Heaven & Lewis’ Ransom Trilogy
Deeper HeavenSilent Planet, Perelandra, Hideous Strength 1. Foreword from Douglas Wilson
2. Christiana’s introduction to Lewis
3. Why does the Ransom Trilogy need a reader’s guide?
4. Why Lewis wrote the Ransom Trilogy
5. Copernican vs. Ptolemaic universes & medieval cosmology
6. The cosmos & story arc of the ransom trilogy
7. The influence of the planets & astrology
The Discarded Image 8. in the Trilogy
9. “Donegality” in Ransom Trilogy & Narnia
(Planet Narnia + The Narnia Code) 10. Deeper Heaven’s audience & outline
11. Christiana’s
“Recovering the Discarded Image” 12. from Digressio Magazine 2019
13. Why is
That Hideous Strength 14. so different from the first two?
Abolition of Man , 15. education, and enlightenment rationalism
16. Conclusion
Questions and Suggestions Form