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.
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.