The Fellowship: Lewis, Tolkien, and The Inklings #26
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S2E17 – TGD 11 – “The Mother and The Lizard”
This week we meet two different ghosts, both of whom have disordered loves. The first is a mother who “loves” her son so much that it obscures everything, even God. The second is a man who struggles with lust, represented by a lizard on his shoulder. Fortunately, we finally have a ghost who chooses Heaven! Yay! Today’s episode we continue discussing disordered loves and how certain kinds of love can be mistaken more easily for the real thing and, in setting themselves up as gods, become demonic.
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The Fellowship: Lewis, Tolkien, and The Inklings #25
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S2E16 – Bonus – “Praise Him all His hosts!”
We’re taking a brief break from The Great Divorce to give the listeners an opportunity to ask the question: “Who exactly are Matt and David?
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The Fellowship: Lewis, Tolkien, and The Inklings #24
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S2E15 – TGD 10 – “The Controlling Ghost”
Lewis and MacDonald overhear the conversation between a Ghost whose husband is in Heaven. She initially says she wants nothing to do with him, but ends up demanding that he beg given to her. In between, we get a vivid picture of their marital life together…
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The Fellowship: Lewis, Tolkien, and The Inklings #23
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S2E14 – TGD 9 – “The Grumbler and The Artist”
Last week we began looking at Chapter 9. It’s an action-packed chapter so we decided to discuss it over the course of two episodes. As we finish the chapter we discuss two of the ghosts whom Lewis sees: The Grumbling Ghost and The Artistic Ghost…
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S2E13 – TGD 9 – “Meeting George”
The chapter today is really the pivot of The Great Divorce. In it, we meet George MacDonald, a writer whom Lewis had read on earth, but who is now a Bright Spirit. MacDonald explains much to Jack, particularly concerning the troubling accusations raised by the Hard-Bitten Ghost.
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