I have been seeing a lot about C.S. Lewis lately and I want to warn against following any of his spiritual philosophy. In my opinion, he was heavily interested in the occult and not actually a Christian. I’ve linked a paper below that goes into this, but I first want to detail why I came to question his faith.
I was reading the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe and found this quote describing the Witch as odd:
> “She comes of your father Adam's" -here mr Beaver bowed- "your father Adam's first wife, her they called Lilith. And she was one of the Jinn. That's what she comes from on one side. And on the other she comes of the giants. No, no, there isn't a drop of real human blood in the Witch."
I thought this was odd. And then later he mentions Bacchus (Dionysus), a major figure in occult theology.
I then looked up C.S. Lewis and the occult and found this quote from him (post conversion to Christianity) regarding Apollo:
>At Daphne it was hard not to pray to Apollo the Healer. But somehow one didn't feel it would have been very wrong — would only have been addressing Christ sub specie Apollinis.
Very strange to call a false god or demon a sub specie of Christ.
I delved into it more and found this paper that outlines the problems with Lewis’ theology:
https://www.scionofzion.com/csl.html
While I like his writings, we should beware that the man was not a Christian. In fact, I have seen it argued that Aslan was a symbol of Lucifer and solar worship, since lions are associated with the Sun and his arrival marks the end of the Witch’s winter. Very insidious, if true, since the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is such a beloved children’s book.
Why?
Because they are evil. The Angels will not have you worship them. The Saints (souls who have gone to Heaven) will only appear in visions. The spirits are metaphysical and only manifest themselves through the soul.
The Sumerian and Babylonian mythology is the devil's perspective of creation (the primordial Ocean, man of clay, the deluge. This is also where Lillith comes from.) While GOD was creating the elements, these foolish entities were bickering amongst themselves the most unintelligible stupidities. These gods do possess retarded abilities. The ancients did not consult oracles for thousands of years because oracles were unreliable, they did it because they were reliable. But, where the evil will speak truth, they will poison it with their lies.
The worship of lesser gods leads only to one thing. Nearly EVERY SINGLE pagan religion has done this.. Human sacrifice, mainly the divination of children. The Persians, the Greeks, the Germans, the Babylonians, the Carthaginians were particularly egregious butchers, the Iberians.
It is okay to Exalt the Angels and Ancestors. EXALT. You can command the seven spirits of God. He will send these Spirits when you request and they will exhibit their characteristics in your soul. You can burn incense to the God of Creation. You can offer him meat sacrifices on the fire, though he responds most favorably to spiritual sacrifices such as charity, and almsgiving. What does the God of all care for incense and meat? Nothing, really, but He appreciates the effort and will send the Spirit among you. Build him a shrine, but realize that nothing you make of your hands is a manifestation of God. God does not live in statues.
When you say "THE devil" I think you are obscuring a fact that there isn't just one devil but a very large number. I think in Greek the word you use for devil would be translated as demon. Jesus cast out literal evil gods from people, thousands at a time in one instance.
The trick with Christianity isn't just recognizing Jesus as THE God, but distinguishing good angels from evil beings. It's not a simple task, and people get confused.
GOD is not HIS name, it is an underwhelming description of a piece of his nature.