I meant to do a post about "The Narnia Code" - a programme on the BBC last week. It was really rather good, presenting Lewis' Christian beliefs in a good context and supporting them with some very eminent scientists openly discussing their belief in a creator God. Not your usual BBC fare!
A brief summary:
Lewis was a fan of medieval cosmology (the sun goes round the earth - there are seven 'planets' - sun, moon, mercury, venus, mars, jupiter, Fundamentally, the medieval cosmology was a complex narrative of a created universe. Lewis acknowledged that it does not correspond to reality, but believes it can tell us a lot about God)
The Narnia books work on three levels -
1) a fun children's story
2) a Christian allegory
3) each book is based on the characteristics of one of the planets as seen by the medieval cosmology - hence the books are there primarily for this reason.
Apparently 'the Narnia Code' is also a book. I can only recommend that you get a copy.
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