The Lamp-post Listener: Chronicling the Worlds of Narnia, Middle-earth and Others

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe concludes.

"For Mr. Beaver had warned them, 'He'll be coming and going,' he had said. 'One day you'll see him and another you won't. He doesn't like being tied down—and of course he has other countries to attend to. It's quite all right. He'll often drop in. Only you mustn't press him. He's wild, you know. Not like a tame lion.'"

Stay tuned for a Listener Feedback segment at the end of the episode. Thanks to Robert, Carrie, Eva, and Amanda for reaching out!

We will return to Narnia with Prince Caspian on January 9th!

Your Lamp-post Links:

• Talking Beasts | The Narnia Podcast
• Glumpuddle on YouTube

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Aslan, Susan, and Lucy arrive at the Witch's Castle.

"Everywhere the statues were coming to life. The courtyard looked no longer like a museum; it looked more like a zoo. Creatures were running after Aslan and dancing round him till he was almost hidden in the crowd. Instead of all that deadly white the courtyard was now a blaze of colors; glossy chestnut sides of centaurs, indigo horns of unicorns, dazzling plumage of birds, reddy-brown of foxes, dogs and satyrs, yellow stockings and crimson hoods of dwarfs; and the birch-girls in silver, and the beech-girls in fresh, transparent green, and the larch-girls in green so bright that it was almost yellow. And instead of the deadly silence the whole place rang with the sound of happy roarings, brayings, yelpings, barkings, squealings, cooings, neighings, stampings, shouts, hurrahs, songs and laughter."

Your Lamp-post Links:

• Restless Pilgrim - David's Blog
• The Eagle and Child Podcast
• Rumblebuffin Illustration
• Should Netflix Reboot Narnia? | Talking Beasts
• Battle Illustration 1
• Battle Illustration 2 (Feat. the Dragon vs. the Squirrel)
• Companion to Narnia, Revised Edition: A Complete Guide to the Magical World of C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, by Paul F. Ford

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The Stone Table is broken.

"At that moment they heard from behind them a loud noise—a great cracking, deafening noise as if a giant had broken a giant's plate."

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Aslan meets the Witch at the Stone Table.

"Then others—evil dwarfs and apes—rushed in to help them, and between them they rolled the huge Lion over on his back and tied all his four paws together, shouting and cheering as if they had done something brave, though, had the Lion chosen, one of those paws could have been the death of them all."

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Aslan and the Witch make a deal.

"Edmund was on the other side of Aslan, looking all the time at Aslan's face. He felt a choking feeling and wondered if he ought to say something; but a moment later he felt that he was not expected to do anything except to wait, and do what he was told."

Your Lamp-post Links:

Companion to Narnia, Revised Edition: A Complete Guide to the Magical World of C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, by Paul F. Ford

The Mystery Box - J. J. Abrams TED Talk

• "Then there's the thing of mystery in terms of imagination -- the withholding of information. You know, doing that intentionally is much more engaging."
• If you want to watch a shortened version, start at the nine minute mark.

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The Pevensies arrive at Aslan's Camp.

"People who have not been in Narnia sometimes think that a thing cannot be good and terrible at the same time."

Your Lamp-post Links:

The Narnia Code at Amazon.com

PlanetNarnia.com

Thinking About Aslan and Jesus with C. S. Lewis, by Professor Louis Markos

Loving Aslan More Than Jesus? by David Bates

The 8th Narnia Book C. S. Lewis Started Writing - Talking Beasts

The Eagle and Child Podcast

These last two links go directly to the podcasts' websites. You can also find them in your favorite podcast app!

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Spring comes to Narnia and Edmund begins regretting his betrayal.

"There also seemed to be a curious noise all round them, but the noise of their driving and jolting and the dwarf's shouting at the reindeer prevented Edmund from hearing what it was, until suddenly the sledge stuck so fast that it wouldn't go on at all. When that happened there was a moment's silence. And in that silence Edmund could at last listen to the other noise properly. A strange, sweet, rustling, chattering noise—and yet not so strange, for he'd heard it before—if only he could remember where! Then all at once he did remember. It was the noise of running water."

Your Lamp-post Links:

• Narnian Breakfast Illustration
• Lewis and Tolkien: Background and Method, Lecture by Dr. Ryan Reeves
  • "Evil needs to not be the dominant theme. The conquering of evil needs to be the dominant theme."
• Loving Aslan More Than Jesus? - David Bates
  • We'll be discussing the relationship between Aslan and Jesus more in Chapter 12. Keep an eye out for it!
• PeterKreeft.com
• Further Up & Further In: Understanding Narnia
• The Kilns - C.S. Lewis' Home
  • Robert also sent this great radio broadcast about the Kilns. Check it out!

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An unexpected guest arrives in Narnia.

"'It's all right,' he was shouting. 'Come out, Mrs. Beaver. Come out, Sons and Daughters of Adam. It's all right! It isn't Her!' This was bad grammar of course, but that is how beavers talk when they are excited; I mean, in Narnia—in our world they usually don't talk at all."

Your Lamp-post Links:

Companion to Narnia, Revised Edition: A Complete Guide to the Magical World of C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, by Paul F. Ford

Here are some articles that dive deeper into the intersection of gender and Narnia. They're interesting reads, but we don't necessarily agree with everything written in them:

1. Are The Chronicles of Narnia Sexist and Racist? by Dr. Devin Brown at NarniaWeb.com
2. C. S. Lewis Was No Sexist by Gina Dalfonzo at Christianity Today
3. I'm re-reading the Chronicles of Narnia – it's OK for something you love to be 'problematic' by Stephen Bush at "i"

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Edmund sneaks off to visit the White Witch's castle.

"As he got into the middle of it he saw that there were dozens of statues all about—standing here and there rather as the pieces stand on a chessboard when it is halfway through the game."

Your Lamp-post Links:

Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley, by Peter Kreeft

C.S Lewis's Surviving BBC Radio Address

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The Pevensies learn more about Narnia from the Beavers...

"'Safe?' said Mr. Beaver; 'don't you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you.'"

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