CS Lewis was and still is Satan's tool. Give me some time here to definitively demonstrate what I am saying here...
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. Proverbs 18:13
One cannot take things, in this case words and concepts, that God abhors and justify them as an imaginative method in telling or in this case the retelling of "Godly" and/or "Biblical" concepts.
If God hates something, we ought not play with it, even in our imaginations. No, especially in our imaginations. Out of the heart the mouth speaks...(Mathew 12:34). We are to think upon only pure and good things (Philippians 4:8).
Think about this, pornography, is technically “imagination”. A lot of people try to justify it as it is 'only in the person’s mind' and as long as they do not act on the thoughts physically then they are “OK”. Jesus emphatically declared quite the contrary!
“But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.” Matthew 5:28
I am currently doing a deeper dive and study on CS Lewis’ work, the Chronicles of Narnia where I am pulling out all the occult vernacular that he uses to tell this story. People want to justify as spiritually OK as in their assessment they see it as an innocent retelling of the Biblical story of the battle between God's ultimate good verses Satan's evil schemes. Only Satan would agree that this assessment is OK.
The following snippet was taken from chapter 14 of the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. CS Lewis apparently attempts here to be humorous in stating that he supposedly held back describing certain things because if he did then “the grownups would probably not let you read this book”. He actually included more than enough where any Bible believing, born again, sincere follower of Jesus Christ, should not allow their children to read not just this work but any work from this ungodly man that the world tries to pass off as a supposed great theologian of sorts....It is not ad hominem here to say that one should look into what his closest associates described him as including his habits, etc. When discussing whether something or someone is of a Christian nature their personal walks and works are very much in need of examining (yes, judging...!). By their fruits you will know them...
But the important thing to remember here is that his works alone demonstrate enough in that he had an ungodly fixation with the darker worlds of mysticism (the occult)...
“Ogres with monstrous teeth, and wolves, and bull-headed men; spirits of evil trees and poisonous plants; and other creatures whom I won't describe because if I did the grownups would probably not let you read this book - Cruels and Hags and Incubuses, Wraiths, Horrors, Efreets, Sprites, Orknies, Wooses, and Ettins. In fact here were all those who were
on the Witch's side and whom the Wolf had summoned at her command. And right in the middle, standing by the Table, was the Witch herself.”
Some definitions (from occult related resources, etc on the internet) of some of the occult vernacular that CS Lewis uses are in order here for the uninformed. Keep in mind that this collection of works uses the occult vernacular throughout:
Ogre in folklore: a man-eating giant.
An incubus is a demon in male form who, according to mythological and legendary traditions, lies upon women in order to engage in sexual activity with them. Its female counterpart is a succubus.
A hag is a wizened old woman, or a kind of fairy or goddess having the appearance of such a woman, often found in folklore and children's tales such as Hansel and Gretel. Hags are often seen as malevolent, but may also be one of the chosen forms of shapeshifting deities, such as the Morrígan or Badb, who are seen as neither wholly beneficent nor malevolent.
A Wraith is a ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly before or after their death.
Efreets are unpredictable creatures with fiery forms and spectacular magical powers. They are a type of genie native to the Elemental Plane of Fire. The efreet are genies from the Plane of Fire. An efreeti stands about 12 feet tall and weighs 2,000 pounds.
A sprite is a supernatural legendary creature. They are often depicted as fairy, ghost and/or elf-like creatures.
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the Ettin is a giant-like creature. The creatures' name derives from Old English eoten 'giant', a word cognate with the Jötunn giants of Norse mythology.
The point here is that we do not need to use the tools of the occult to tell God’s story as we already have the Bible. Using things that God says are an abomination to Him in order to retell His story in any capacity is an insult to God and goes contrary to His character. He hates these things.
As per God speaking through the profit Haggai, we cannot take something dead or unclean and just call it good because we want it to be good. If it is dead and we mess with it we are dead (unclean) ourselves...
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. Haggai 2:11-14
As already mentioned, if God abhors something, we ought not to mess with it whether in our imaginations or at any level for that matter. Anything that God calls as an abomination we are not at liberty to use no matter what we try to pass it off as. For the true Christian the ends do not justify the means in this manner...
When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. Deuteronomy 18:10-13
Sadly enough, whether intentional or not, what CS Lewis has done is introduced generations of souls (whom Jesus Christ died for...) to the occult through his literature very much in the same that Francis Bacon, Shakespeare and others in the past introduced political ideals to the masses within their works...
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