By Joshua Typos,

The Magician’s Nephew follows two children, Digory and Polly, who discover magical rings that transport them to different worlds. They accidentally awaken the evil witch Jadis in the dying world of Charn and bring her back to London, leading to chaos before they ultimately witness the creation of Narnia by Aslan1 and embark on a quest to protect it…

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour [1 Peter 5:8]

“Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again” -C.S. Lewis2

For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. [2 Peter 1:16]

The C. S. Lewis Version of Christ: New Age Perfected Man

The Narnia Chronicles are plain celebrations of white magic and its power to defeat black magic. They are occult throughout. And the number of magical ideas and pagan deities which they portray is quite extraordinary.

What most Christians don’t seem to realize is that this ‘Christ’ – the C. S. Lewis version of Christ3 – is not the Messiah Redeemer, but an archetypal figure revered by pagans since ancient times, the perfected man or god-man, the pinnacle of human evolution.

Overview of The Magician’s Nephew

The Magician’s Nephew is a fantasy novel by C.S. Lewis that serves as a prequel to The Chronicles of Narnia4 series. It follows the curiosity (and we know what happens to the cat) of two children, Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer, as they explore magical worlds.

Totally Christian thing here: Why is magic supposedly a key theme to explain the Things of God? NO, the use of White magic over Black Magic is a literary theme that Lewis and his good friend J.R.R. Tolkien used with Theosophy5, and it appears in New Age Stores!? Ask yourself, ‘Why are they selling so-called Christian-themed books in New Age Stores?’

Main Plot Points of How Narnia Was Created by C.S. Lewis

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This is the same nonsense our childish hearts refuse to outgrow. Since The Wizard of Oz came out and gave Witchcraft a makeover, Good witches (White Magic) vs. Bad/Ugly witches (Black Magic) is just not found anywhere in the Bible.

Hollywood has, for decades, implanted ungodly themes and ideas by using loosely Christianese words and themes to entice Christians and deceive them into occult narratives. Matrix comes to mind; it is a Gnostic gospel of sorts, with Neo outwitting the Demiurge and expanding his mind till he becomes a Christlike figure and savior-god himself. It’s a lie.

Discovery of Magic Rings

  • As the plot unfolds, Digory and Polly6 discover magical rings created by Digory’s Uncle Andrew.
  • The yellow rings transport them to the Wood between the Worlds, a serene forest with portals to various realms.
  • Mythological characters of many Myster Babylon appear in just the trailer! Like Pegasus of Greek Mythology?

    Pegasus is a winged horse from Greek mythology, born from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa when she was beheaded by Perseus, and he became the mount of the hero Bellerophon before joining Zeus as a constellation. He is often linked to poetic inspiration and is recognized by the Great Square of Pegasus in the night sky.7
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Awakening of Jadis the White Witch

  • The children accidentally enter the dying world of Charn, where they awaken the evil witch Jadis.
  • Jadis follows them back to London, causing chaos and threatening Digory’s sick mother.

Creation of Narnia

  • Digory and Polly, along with Jadis, are transported to Narnia during its creation by Aslan, the great lion.
  • They witness Aslan singing the world into existence, bringing life and magic to Narnia.
  • Narnia in Hebrew Gamatria8: 171 Has some very interesting results. Shekina, Amos, Hobbit, I Am Legion…
  • 171 is a natural number that is the 18th triangular number and a Jacobsthal number in mathematics. In numerology, 171 is considered a palindrome symbolizing victory as a central fulcrum between two beginnings, encouraging mastery and balance in life.9 Numerology is a pagan occult divination tool.

Quest for the Magical Apple

  • To protect Narnia from Jadis, Aslan tasks Digory with retrieving a magical apple from a distant garden.
  • He faces a moral dilemma but ultimately chooses to bring the apple back to Aslan instead of keeping it for himself.

Resolution

  • Digory plants the apple core (seeds) in his backyard, which grows. Occult deception began in the garden of Eden with the lie of the New Age today that with hidden knowledge to make one wise and become gods…

    In [Genesis 2:17] “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” to which the Serpent decieved Eve [Genesis 3:1-7] …”And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”

Christian-like Themes in The Magician’s Nephew “Muddying the Water”

  • Creation and the origin of Narnia10
  • Temptation and moral choice
  • The dangers of unchecked power and ambition
  • The conflict between good and evil (white magic vs black magic is not good and evil: it’s a misnomer)
  • The importance of loyalty and friendship
  • The relationship between humans and nature
  • Consequences of one’s actions

A Word About Magic and God Like Powers

It is amazing how little magic practices have changed over the centuries, and it is remarkable how persistent and popular it has been. Terminology has changed, but the heart of magic remains the same. I think the largest reason for the enduring popularity of magic is its appeal to the flesh. In [Galatians 5:17-23] that sorcery or witchcraft is one of the works of the flesh.

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies…they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Magic ultimately exalts self and makes humble trust in God unnecessary. When one is in control of forces and powers (or techniques to manipulate the gods), one does not have to depend upon the sovereign and unearned benevolence of any deity. The magician acts as his or her own little god with god-like powers.11 (hmmm maybe C.S. Lewis liked the appeal also like fairy tales)

Anyone with a deep familiarity with New Age philosophy, or with a grounding in Theosophy or the occult generally, knows that C. S. Lewis was about as Christian as the Dalai Lama. Religious, yes. Philosophical, yes. But Christian? Never.12

C.S. Lewis and His Academic Leanings

C. S. Lewis13 … Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925-1954), and Magdalene College, Cambridge (1954-1963).

Children doubt that magic can happen in everyday life, but they recognize that magic can take place in fairy stories. Indeed, when presented with a novel story, children use the presence or absence of magic in the story to assess its status. If the story includes no magic, children accept it as an historical narrative about real people, but if the story includes magic, children judge it to be a fairy story about fictional characters. Religious narratives straddle this simple dichotomy.

Religious narratives include miraculous events but children do not treat them as fictional. An explanation is offered for this paradoxical combination; that is, children’s skepticism about magic and their credulity toward miracles. The explanation of this paradox underlines an important theoretical point about the imagination: It is used to represent events regarded as true as well as those regarded as fictional. -Fairy Tales, History, and Religion14

An Interesting Peek at Myth of Fair Tales: C.S. Lewis The Four Loves

The Four Loves15 is a work of philosophy heavily inflected by Lewis’ Christian faith. For a fictional treatment of the same themes explored in The Four Loves, however, Lewis also wrote (in collaboration with his wife, Joy Davidman) Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold (1956), which is a novelistic reimagining of the myth of Cupid and Psyche, as told by Apuleius in The Golden Ass.

A Tell of C.S. Lewis a Magician? The Golden Ass Summary

The Golden Ass16 is to some extent semi-autobiographical. Like Apuleius, Lucius is a wealthy well educated Greek-speaking man from North Africa with the means to travel the empire at his leisure. They both share a deep fascination with the mystical arts, an interest that takes both men to trial where they successfully defend themselves against accusations of witchcraft. (kinda interesting he wrote on this with his wife, just saying…)

“How many of you read [books by] C S Lewis? How many of you read [books by] JRR Tolkien? Burn them. I’m going to repeat this – Burn them, burn them! Lewis was supposed to have been once allured [charmed into witchcraft] by Tolkien. Tolkien was supposed to be a Christian. And witches call all those books [i.e. the books of Tolkien and Lewis] their bible. They have to read them before they can be initiated, and it is well known in England and published in occult books that they both belonged to Rothschild’s private coven…They are not Christian books. We have found books that are outside of the Screwtape Letters where Lewis talks of the gods Diana, Kurnous and others as beings, as real gods. C. S. Lewis, who was supposed to be a Christian and his books are sold in Christian stores. Burn ‘em. They’re witchcraft books.” -Todd Former Witch17

Too Many Links to the Mythology and the Occult to Dismiss

The Bible rejects mythology (which are richly represented in the works of C.S. Lewis and his buddy J.R.R. Tolkien), presenting itself as a record of real historical events rather than as a collection of myths or fables. Biblical authors explicitly deny teaching mythology, emphasizing that their accounts are based on eyewitness testimony and historical facts. Also I keep asking why Disney, and Netflix bought the rights to C.S. Lewis writtings?

For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. [2 Peter 1:16]

“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” [James 1:5]

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