Tag: Narnia

Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 26th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Dogma and Science” was published today (3/26) in 1943 in The Guardian; it’s now part of “Dogma and the Universe” in God in the Dock.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now…Come further up, come further in!”

The Last Battle
(Published on 3/19/1956)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (4 words):
“The ______ ______ _____ _____ is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs our gift.

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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 24th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Must of Image of God Go?” is an essay published by Lewis in The Observer today (3/24) in 1963 and is available in God in the Dock.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Any entity describable without gross abuse of language as God must be ultimate reality, and if ultimate reality is personal, then God is personal.”

Must of Image of God Go?
(Published in The Observer on 3/24/63)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What book from the Narnia series was published this month in what year?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 19th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The Last Battle was first published today (3/19) in 1956. This final Narnia story won the Carnegie Medal in Literature.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“‘Beloved,’ said the Glorious One, ‘unless thy desire had been for me thou wouldst not have sought so long and so truely. For all find what they truely seek.'”

The Last Battle
(Published on 3/19/1956)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (3 words):
“If you want a religion to make you feel comfortable, I certainly _____ _____ ____ .”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 10th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis, General

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this day (3/10) in 1949 Lewis shared two chapters of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with his friend (and former student) Roger Green.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Nothing, not even the best and noblest, can go on as it now is. Nothing, not even what is lowest and most bestial, will not be raised again if it submits to death.”

Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XVIII
(Published in The Guardian on 3/9/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the name of the north star in Narnia?
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NarniaFans.com

William OFlaherty Resource Spotlight

Several fans sites for The Chronicles of Narnia started showing up prior to the released of the movie version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe back in 2005. One that has remained active over the years is NarniaFans.com. While still its own site, it is also one of the featured partner sites of the Middle Earth Network (disclaimer: EssentialCSLewis.com is also a featured partner and I have written articles on NarniaFans). As you might guess, NarniaFans does focus a great deal on the movies that have been released of the Chronicles so far. However, there is also a variety of general Lewis information along with some related fantasy news from time to time.

Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 27th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The Screwtape Letters and Screwtape Proposes a Toast was published today (2/27) in 1961 and contained a new preface.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“There is no uncreated being except God. God has no opposite…Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.”

The Screwtape Letters and Screwtape Proposes a Toast
(From new preface first published on 2/27/1961)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Which Narnia book is the following passage from and who said it:
“A boy in the street made a beastly joke about Queen Susan…so I knocked him down. He ran howling into a house and his big brother came out. So I knocked the big brother down.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 20th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

John, the main character in “The Pilgrim’s Regress” was born in Puritania (on the western side of the Eastern Mountains)

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“First-hand knowledge is not only more worth acquiring than second-hand knowledge, but is usually much easier and more delightful to acquire.”

On the Reading of Old Books
(Published originally as a preface to The Incarnation of the Word of God in 1944)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

If you lived in the 50’s you had to wait almost twelve months for each of the next Narnia stories except the final two…how long was the wait for each of them?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 17th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The Cosmic Trilogy (a collection of all three Sci-Fi books) was released in February, 1990.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The Christian…does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”

The Practical Conclusion
(BBC talk given on 2/15/1942)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who was the most famous king of Archenland?
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Who Drew Narnia (CSLM-42)

William OFlaherty CSL Minute, Special Feature

Who illustrated The Chronicles of Narnia and how was the person selected?

If you love the stories about Narnia, you probably also greatly admire the illustrations found in the books. Pauline Baynes is the only one who drew them and we have J.R.R. Tolkien to thank in part for them. It was after Lewis saw the pictures she created for Farmer Giles, one of Tolkien’s books, that Lewis picked her.

Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 13th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

This month in 1963 “Onward Christian Spacemen” was published in Show. Lewis disliked the title and it is now known as “The Seeing Eye.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“God…is related to the universe more as an author is related to a play than as one object in the universe is related to another.”

The Seeing Eye
(Published originally as “Onward Christian Spacemen” in the February, 1963 edition of Show)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Which Narnia book is the following passage from and who said it:
“They say Aslan is on the move – perhaps has already landed.”
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