Tag: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 16th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published book of Narnia stories was published today in 1950.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Safe?” said Mr. Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.”

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(Published 10/16/1950)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

The names of characters in Narnia include every letter in the alphabet except one letter; what letter is missing?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 18th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe began being dramatized on the BBC in six weekly installments on this date in 1959.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The value given to the testimony of any feeling must depend on our philosophy [belief system], not our whole philosophy on a feeling.”

Religion: Reality or Substitute?
(Published in September-October, 1941 issue of World Dominion)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Three Narnia books came out this month…which came out the latest in the month, regardless of the year?
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RETROSPECT: June 22nd – 30th

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

Highlights for the final third of June (22nd – 30th) include: Sharing The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with his close friends four months before it was published, being awarded an honorary Doctorate of Divinity and more talk from Screwtape about the “law of Undulation.”

As you may recall, Lewis met frequently with a group of friends called the Inklings. They gathered at a variety of places, but on the 22nd in 1950 it happened to be at the Eagle and Child. When they came together at this location it was unusual for them to actually read any of their works. Nevertheless, this was a special occasion, as Lewis brought the galley proofs of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 22nd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis showed the galley proofs for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to the Inklings on this day (6/22) in 1950.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“It is not really you who are holding fast to Him but He to you: and He will bring you to wherever He wants.”

Letter to Rhona Bodle 6/22/1948
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“Joy is the serious _____ _____ _____ .
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 12th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

An expanded version of “Bulverism” by Lewis was printed in the June, 1944 issue of The Socratic Digest.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“…Good images of what we really desire…the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard, news from a country we have never yet visited.”

The Weight of Glory
(Sermon preached on 6/8/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What animals helped to freed Aslan in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe?
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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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RETROSPECT: March 1st – 11th

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

Highlights for the first third of March (1st – 11th) include: First book collecting quotations and shorter passages, how Charles Williams became a friend and a former student previews The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Less than five years after C.S. Lewis died a collection containing brief excerpts from a wide range of his writings came out on the 4th of March in 1968. A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C.S. Lewis would be the first of many books featuring quotations or shorter selections. This debut work was edited by Clyde S. Kilby, the person who began what we know today as The Marion E. Wade Center. The book is arranged into ten major sections and nearly all of those divisions are further divided into sub-themes.

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: December 9th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“After Priggery – What?” is an essay by Lewis first published on December 7, 1945 in The Spectator. Available now in Present Concerns.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“To avoid a man’s society because he is poor or ugly or stupid may be bad; but to avoid it because he is wicked—with the all but inevitable implication that you are less wicked (at least in some respect)—is dangerous and disgusting.”

After Priggery – What?
(Published in The Spectator on 12/7/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

When you read The Chronicles of Narnia in their published order what object first mentioned in LWW (The Lion…) is not fully explained (i.e., it’s origin) until The Magician’s Nephew?
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Special Gifts from Father Christmas (CSLM-34)

William OFlaherty CSL Minute

Everyone likes gifts at Christmas, but the Pevensie children didn’t know how useful certain presents would be.

In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Narnia is under a spell that makes it always winter, but never Christmas. Aslan’s appearance breaks the spell, but as this is happening Peter, Susan and Lucy become part of an unusual scene. Father Christmas shows up to greet them and provide gifts.