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.
I actually missed the article the first time around, so I just got around to reading it. It raises some interesting points (some of which I was aware of, like Lewis being an Atheist earlier in life, and some of which I had suspicions of, like the involvement of the "Church" of England in the occult), but I have a few problems with it. One, it is clearly written from a Zionist perspective, and two cites the known Kookifier John Todd as a viable source of information (the chick style attacks during the Satanic Panic on the Church and D&D, both of which are as Christian as can be, were blatant misdirection from the actual Satanism of the jews and their goy cults). Another issue I have with it is that it suggests the use of pagan set dressing in fiction is somehow a sure sign of the occult, because a good deal of fictional works by Christians from the so called "dark ages" to the renaissance do exactly that. Christians have acknowledged from the start that the pagan "gods" are real, theyre just not actual gods, but either men deified by other men and lost to myth, or devils aping God to lead mortal men astray. Lewis' works are *meant* to be fictional, so him including some pagan concepts in them is not an immediate sign of un-orthodoxy because they arent meant to be taken literally. However, they are so blatantly Christian in their basis that I would argue any occult-seeming set-dressing is merely that, set dressing. Anyone who has read his Sci-Fi books, could tell you that Lewis was not a modernist either, because those books are excoriating critiques on modernism and scientism.
Also, this misquote of Lewis is especially egrigous:
>. According to Lewis “He [the devil] always sends errors into the world in pairs – pairs of opposites.” (p.186) They believe the universe comprises both good and evil in equal measure and that it is the task of the initiate to learn how to balance these two aspects of The Force and thereby create one’s own reality. This concept, that everything exists in pairs of opposites, is not found or even suggested anywhere in the Bible, but it permeates occult philosophy. For example, it is why witchcraft comprises both ‘good’ witches and ‘bad’ witches
The author is literally agreeing with what Lewis is saying and yet is claiming Lewis is wrong for saying it. This is my biggest issue with Evangelicals, they look for Devils where they arent and yet completely ignore (((them))) where (((they))) are.
I agree that pagan set dressing does not mean a work is evil or occult, it just made me curious about Lewis’ beliefs.
I won’t argue with you about Christian themes in his works since I’ve only read 3 or 4 of the Narnia books. But, I do find many of his quotes regarding his faith and especially his lack of respect for the Word of God to be telling. It is very strange to talk about worshipping something other than God.
And yes, that quote was very deceptive, which is too bad because it was not necessary given the other quotes about Lewis’ beliefs.
It depends on what type of "worship" is being talked about, because there are multiple forms, some of which can be applied to things outside of God. For instance, a respectful greeting to your superiors is actually a form of worship, but it isnt the Divine Worship that is reserved for only God.