Welcome to Lesson 2!
In this lesson we will discuss:
- how the medievals turned their contradictory cultural inheritance into the harmonized medieval model of the universe
- the structure, nature, movement, and music of the medieval model
- the characteristics and influences of each planet, which planet Lewis used to write each Narnia book, and how these planets continue to influence our culture
- why Lewis thought it was so important to know the medieval model of the universe even though it is astronomically incorrect
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Homework for Next Lesson
That’s it for this lesson! Before starting the next lesson, be sure you do the following:
- Share your thoughts and questions in the comment section below.
- Read all of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Click here to download a copy of the reading guide. Remember that the reading guides should enhance your reading, not get in the way of it. Use it in the best way you see fit.
- Email me any questions you have!
Further Reading
Here’s a link of the books mentioned in this lesson. The content of this lesson consists of my notes from the first two sources:
- The Discarded Image, C.S. Lewis
- “Imagination and Thought in the Middle Ages” in Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature, C.S. Lewis
- “On the Reading of Old Books” in God in the Dock, C.S. Lewis