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Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

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C. S. Lewis And The Occult Temptation, Thomas Garrett Isham May 2023

C. S. Lewis And The Occult Temptation, Thomas Garrett Isham

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Twice in his life C. S. Lewis encountered—and greatly admired—authors involved in occult theory and practice.1 The first such figure was William Butler Yeats, the second, more than two decades later, Charles Williams. Lewis reacted to their occult preoccupations in quite different ways, even while acknowledging his continuing fascination with the subject.


The Story Of A Half Sovereign, Albert James Lewis Apr 2023

The Story Of A Half Sovereign, Albert James Lewis

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

An imaginative tale, reminiscent of Dickens, by C. S. Lewis's father, Albert J. Lewis.


"A Dreadful Thing": C.S. Lewis And The Experinces Of War, Timothy J. Demy Apr 2023

"A Dreadful Thing": C.S. Lewis And The Experinces Of War, Timothy J. Demy

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

From a Christian perspective, war entails the death and killing of people who are all created in the image of God and therefore have inherent dignity and incalculable worth. And yet, even after experiencing war at firsthand, C. S. Lewis believed that war is sometimes justifiable and necessary.

Like others of his generation, Lewis was deeply affected by the experience of war. He lived through the First and Second World Wars, serving as an officer on the Western Front between November 1917 and April 1918. His brother Warren (“Warnie”) was a career officer serving in the British army in both …