In the process, many questions will be answered: What does Christ have to do with Jupiter? Why does Lewis care so much about the medieval conception of the heavens? Why should we? And, perhaps the most puzzling question of all: why is Merlin in That Hideous Strength?Īvailable on Audible and Kindle via Amazon.Ĭhapter 1: Mapping the Universe: What is the Medieval Cosmos?Ĭhapter 2: Kindly Enclyning: The Influence & Personality of the PlanetsĬhapter 3: Whatness and Whichness: Donegality & AtmosphereĬhapter 4: The Pedestrian & the Pilgrim: Dante’s InfluenceĬhapter 5: “By Jove!”: Lewis’s Use of LanguageĬhapter 6: The Heavens Declare: Ransom’s RevelationĬhapter 7: Strange Fiction: Wells, Lindsay, & the Sci-Fi GenreĬhapter 8: Learning to Re-See: Imaginative Training & the CosmosĬhapter 9: Grey-Eyed & Keen: The Martial InfluenceĬhapter 10: The Lost Poets: Memory & PleasureĬhapter 11: Strange Counsel: Maleldil & the Great WarĬhapter 12: Devils in Disguise: Hell on MalacandraĬhapter 13: The Ocean of Eternal Noon: Ransom’s Imaginative TransformationĬhapter 14: World from Beyond the World: The Medieval Principles of the Triad & PlenitudeĬhapter 15: Foreknowledge & Mission: Ransom the ProphetĬhapter 16: The End of Silence: Principalities & PowersĬhapter 17: Along the Beam: Enjoyment, Contemplation, & LoveĬhapter 18: Lady of Love: The Influence of VenusĬhapter 19: The Tree & the Fixed Land: Real Loss & the Consequences of the FallĬhapter 20: Garden of the Hesperides: True MythĬhapter 21: The Language of Paradise: Poetry on PerelandraĬhapter 22: A Fit Receptacle: Weston as the Anti-RansomĬhapter 23: Kindling Love in Man: Purgatory for the PilgrimĬhapter 24: Mars & Venus: Mark and Jane StuddockĬhapter 25: Joy & Jubilee: The Jovial CharacterĬhapter 26: Men Without Chests: The Abolition of ManĬhapter 27: As Sparks Fly from an Anvil: Ransom as Jovial Priest-KingĬhapter 28: Hard, Bright Splendour: Merlin & Ransom the Elf-FriendĬhapter 29: Coming to a Point: St. It has captivated and bewildered readers since its publication, and though hundreds of books about Lewis have been written, few seek to navigate the maze that is Lewis’s “space-travel story.” These books are a distillation in novel form of one of Lewis’ favorite subjects, a subject whose melody is woven into almost everything that Lewis ever wrote: the medieval model of the cosmos.ĭeeper Heaven is a guide and companion through the magical web of medieval cosmology, ancient myth, and critique of modern philosophies that makes up the oft-maligned “Space Trilogy.” A student and teacher of literature and history herself, Christiana Hale will walk you through the Trilogy one step at a time, with eyes fixed where Lewis himself fixed his: on Deep Heaven and beyond.

Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy, better known as “the Space Trilogy”, is a much-neglected and yet critically important part of Lewis’ works.

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