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Subject:      Re: Chronicles banned?
From:         Andrew Rilstone <andrew@aslan.demon.co.uk>
Date:         1997/04/15
Message-Id:   <wqCqnEAB2+UzEwwc@aslan.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups:   alt.books.cs-lewis
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In article <335315CA.3150@postoffice.worldnet.att.net>, Paul Clay
<PaulClay@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> writes
>What Pamela has said about talking animals, witches, and magic match my
>experiences for banning CoN as being un-Christian.  But also, the
>allegory of Aslan representing Christ, the sacrifice of blood, and the
>mythical creatures participating in all this are also listed as being
>offensive.  My impression is that the juxtaposition of a mythical land
>to the Christian story is also upsetting to fundamentalists.

I saw one tract that argued that Aslan was not, in fact, a Christ figure
at all. O no no no no. You see, we know that Lewis was at one time
interested in the occult. And anyone who is ever interested in the
occult is ipso facto a pagan/occultists/witch/humanist/catholic (these
tracts use their hate words pretty interchangably) and therefore
suspect. So, clearly, Narnia is only pretending to be Christian. In
fact, Lewis wanted to promote paganism. Hence the dryads and what-not.
And hence the fact that the main character is a sun-god. Quite
obviously. I mean, he is yellow. And has a mane. And warm breath. So
obviously, a sun-god. I mean, how could we have missed it all these
years. 
-- 
Andrew Rilstone  andrew@aslan.demon.co.uk   http://www.aslan.demon.co.uk/
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