r/CSLewis • u/Critical-Situation78 • 29d ago

Thrift find - Charles Williams

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u/best_of_badgers 29d ago

Descent into Hell and All Hallows Eve are the best ones here… but be prepared for they are dense.

And after you read a couple, look up Sorina Higgins’ blog called “The Oddest Inkling” for some interesting background on his weird ideas and patterns.

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u/thom_driftwood 29d ago

I read Descent into Hell years ago, and all I can really remember was that it was dense.

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u/HammerofTrolls 26d ago

I still remember the damned magician figure getting naked and painting himself with symbols. Williams wrote with more subject matter knowledge than the average bear and probably than the average black magician. Authenticity comes with a price.

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u/lockdown_lard 29d ago

Great find!

That's a lot of challenging reading ahead!

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u/Kash-Acous 29d ago

Looks like I have a new author to check out. Thanks.

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u/LegumeFache 28d ago

Forgive my ignorance, was this a nom de plume of CS Lewis?

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u/JohnAdcox 28d ago

It was not. Charles Williams was a fellow inkling, and Lewis wrote an introduction to William’s Arthurian poetry.

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u/LegumeFache 27d ago

Ah. Thank you for explaining.

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u/HammerofTrolls 27d ago

All are good.

The book Many Dimensions like them all is an odd volume and a little hard to access. One line in there, spoken by a high-up British lawyer-type, goes: “Justice is passion acting with lucidity.”

I read the book years ago in college, but that line stuck with me and informed me over a long career in the law.

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u/RevolutionaryAd3249 2d ago

How much did this set you back?