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Hannah Rose Williams's avatar

Very insightful! I will pedantically point out that Lewis also denied his works were allegorical, but said they were rather supposal fiction. "SUPPOSE Jesus came to another world in another form. What would that look like?" In that sense it's pretty literal :)

JRR Jokien's avatar

haha, exactly! He actually wrote an allegory: The Pilgrim’s Regress. So he knew very well what it would take to do it and was actively doing something else with Narnia in general and Aslan in particular.

MaryAnn McKibben Dana's avatar

Brilliant... my only friendly amendment is to move that we swap out Tolkien's "harumph" for a "hoom-hom"... 🌳🧔‍♂️

Mike Richard's avatar

Jamie, enjoyed your writing! Best, Michael