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Do you think they should have done the Magicians Nephew first as a film or not?

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I agree, but I only want them to make another film if they will make it right; that is, in line with the actual story and not a lot of added stuff that is contrary to CSL's vision...
 
Because of the masterful retcon it does to the Narnia-verse adding much more depth,complexity and making very grand implications it's honestly (almost) my favourite Narnia book. It's a very easy,pleasant and fun read that has all major characters that appear develop and play an important part. Maybe I'm partial,because I really like Jadis' character in this book and what Lewis did with her in it. Overall,it's really tied with Voyage of the Dawn Treader for my favourite since the concluding arc of that book was just amazing and touched me on a rather deep level,even though I read it when I wasn't that young. But then again the part in Charn in MN was also very well-written.
 
The Chronicles of Narnia is really great get-sleepy reading for me, so I finally got back into reading it the other night. This time I'm not tackling any specific book or following any specific plan. Likely I will just read any chapter from any book on a given night I wish to unwind.

Sunday night it was The First Joke and Other Matters. Oh, the wonders of laughter! The silly jackdaw made me LOL and the animal perception of Polly and Digory as lettuce seemed only a natural observation by the newly created critters. It was helpful to visualize the cabby and his horse talk out how working in London made them appreciate being in Narnia.

I will probably read again from TMN tonight, and it's rather nice giving myself permission to jump around.
 
I find it interesting how many people who have had credible NDEs say that there is a nexus of realms God created (such as Terra and Narnia) where they come together. A real live honest and truly cross my heart and hope to dance (nicer than die) wood between the worlds. The idea of other realms is particularly intriguing because I can't imagine an "always was" and "always will be" God who lived an infinitely long past (keeps going back never ends, so it's infinite) in the dark, alone, doing nothing. Then suddenly deciding there would be one and only one universe. You'll note I'm not talking about life on other planets in our reality, I'm talking about other realities, and perhaps even other TYPES of reality. Which would make Narnia all the more plausible, though I'm sure there's little to no chance it's called that. And yes I am a reverend deacon who accepts the Bible as the inerrant word of God, but also knows that the hebrew word "bereshit" (Ba-ra-SHEET) refers to how THIS began and does not exclude THAT, or THAT, or even THAT. In short, the Bible denies other so-called truths, but not other realities. I hope that prospect makes you at least go "hmm".
 
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I find it interesting how many people who have had credible NDEs say that there is a nexus of realms God created (such as Terra and Narnia) where they come together. A real live honest and truly cross my heart and hope to dance (nicer than die) wood between the worlds. The idea of other realms is particularly intriguing because I can't imagine an "always was" and "always will be" God who lived an infinitely long past (keeps going back never ends, so it's infinite) in the dark, alone, doing nothing. Then suddenly deciding there would be one and only one universe. You'll note I'm not talking about life on other planets in our reality, I'm talking about other realities, and perhaps even other TYPES of reality. Which would make Narnia all the more plausible, though I'm sure there's little to no chance it's called that. And yes I am a reverend deacon who accepts the Bible as the inerrant word of God, but also knows that the hebrew word "bereshit" (Ba-ra-SHEET) refers to how THIS began and does not exclude THAT, or THAT, or even THAT. In short, the Bible denies other so-called truths, but not other realities. I hope that prospect makes you at least go "hmm".
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I certainly agree and believe that we are not God's only creation. An artist does not paint just one painting, a musician does not write one song. These are not foundational issues to Christianity so I don't place any weight on these interesting ideas and it does not affect my faith, but I do enjoy thinking of them.

Space is only in more modern times considered cold, black and empty ie a void of nothingness. I love how Lewis describes space in The Cosmic Trilogy "He had thought it barren: he now saw that it was the womb of worlds." and then a little after that "No: Space was the wrong name. Older thinkers had been wiser when they named it simply the heavens."

A book by Lewis himself on my reading list is The Discarded Image. Lewis apparently argues that if you want to truly understand authors like Dante, Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton you need to understand the mental world they inhabited.

I don't believe the is a Narnia out there, that was created by Lewis, but there could be worlds like it. What holds true is the truth in his writings which makes it plausible in my mind that there could be worlds similar in nature.
 
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