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LOGOS
Winter 2023/24
“Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable to make certain mistakes. We all, therefore, need the books that will correct the characteristic mistakes of our own period. And that means the old books.”
—C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock
“Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.”
—C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
“I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.”
— C.S. Lewis, Letters (9 April 1951)
“Nothing, not even what is lowest and most bestial, will not be raised again if it submits to death.”
— C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce (Chapter 11)
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In This Issue:
- Freud’s Last Session released in December, 2023
- Article and Discussion of Orthodoxy from C.S. Lewis Society of California board member José Yulo, EdD.
- Famous Eagle and Child Pub in Oxford bought for renovation and reopening
- Recently Published Books on Lewis’s Perelandra and his brother Warren’s Letter Writing
- Stage Production related to C.S. Lewis in 2024
- Spotlighting New Videos
- Subscribe FREE to the YouTube Channel of the C.S. Lewis Society!
- Join with Us as a Member of the C.S. Lewis Society and Receive a FREE Book or Video
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1. Freud’s Last Session released in December 2023
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 Freud's Last Session is a 2023 drama film starring Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Goode, Liv Lisa Fries, Jodi Balfour, Jeremy Northam, and Orla Brady. It is based on the stage play of the same name by Mark St. Germain, which itself is based upon the book The Question of God, by Armand Nicholi. The film was directed by Matthew Brown and written by St. Germain. It premiered at the 2023 AFI Fest on October 27, 2023. Sony Pictures Classics released the film in the United States on 22 December 2023.
It tells of a fictional meeting between C. S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud and the debate on God that follows, and discusses the nature of their relationships with other people such as Freud's daughter.
- Irish Times article (Feb 13, 2023) describing the film location and recreation of Freud’s London home
- Interview with actor Matthew Goode who plays C.S. Lewis
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2. Article and Discussion of Orthodoxy from C.S. Lewis Society of CA board member José Yulo, EdD.
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Excerpt of an article by C.S. Lewis Socirty board member José Yulo, EdD.
“Maritain, Brann, & Raphael: Seeking Bridges to Beauty in Art”
From the Imaginative Conservative, May 22, 2023
Beauty is found in art when there is connectedness to something beyond novelty and originality. This connectedness must exist between the artist and the source of what inspires the particular medium of art.
“Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.”
“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.”
These quotations, the first by G.K. Chesterton, and the second by C.S. Lewis, illumine an argument concerning art and beauty. This argument would hold that beauty is found in art when there is connectedness to something beyond novelty and originality. This connectedness must exist between the artist and the source of what inspires the particular medium of art… [read more]
Paired with these wise words on beauty and splendor, Professor Yulo led a discussion on G.K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy for the C.S. Lewis Society of CA during the month of November, 2023.
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3. Famous Eagle and Child Pub in Oxford bought for renovation and reopening
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 Theonering.net Press Release (October 27, 2023):
“Famed pub The Eagle and Child, frequented by J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and the Inklings group, closed three years ago during the pandemic; but a new investment group plans to bring it back to life. Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle Systems based in California, has purchased the long-empty pub from Oxford’s St. John’s College. The Ellison Institute of Technology plans to renovate and reopen the famed pub, nicknamed The Bird & Baby, with a new restaurant, meeting rooms, and a new study area for students and faculty.”
Other headline articles:
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4. Recently Published Books on Lewis’s Perelandra and his brother Warren’s Letter Writing
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 A. “In Mystical Perelandra, Como draws us into the mysterious heart of the reader’s experience, living within rather than merely analyzing Lewis’ literary vision. The result is alchemical, poetic, and mercurial, a narrative spiritual theology where we imbibe the transcendent nature of Ransom’s planetary journey through Como’s imaginative, sacramental, life-integrated, mystical experience as a reader. And we are all the richer for his efforts. Como’s reflections on Perelandra transport us, like Ransom, to a world of myth and meaning much greater than a book.” ~Brenton Dickieson (www.pilgriminnarnia.com)
Book Review: August 28, National Review, “C.S. Lewis against the darkness”
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 B. The Major And The Missionary After the death of his brother, Warren Lewis lived at The Kilns in Oxford, edited his famous brother's letters, and did a little writing of his own. Then he got a letter from a stranger on the far side of the world. Over the years that followed, he and Blanche Biggs, a missionary in Papua New Guinea, shared a vibrant correspondence. These conversations encompassed their views on faith, their politics, their humor, the legacy of C. S. Lewis, and their own trials and longings. Their letters paint a colorful portrait that illuminates not only the particulars of distant times and places, but the intimate contours of a rare friendship. (Rabbit Room Press)
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5. Stage Production related to C.S. Lewis in 2024
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 C.S. Lewis Onstage: Further Up and Further In (Fellowship of the Performing Arts) Award-winning actor Max McLean’s tour de force performance captures C.S. Lewis’ magnetic personality, astonishing eloquence and laugh-out-loud wit to create an onstage experience venturing deep into the soul of one of the most influential thinkers of the past century.
Full schedule and ticket booking
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| Fort Meyers, FL |
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| Charlottesville, VA |
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| Birmingham, AL |
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6. Spotlighting New Videos
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Look for these new videos on our YouTube channel as well as other creative content:
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7. Subscribe FREE to the YouTube Channel of the C.S. Lewis Society!
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Our YouTube Channel features over 280 excellent videos organized into twenty-one playlists by topic. Our Channel also includes 30 original C.S. Lewis Society videos, including The City of God with 96,100+ views and C.S. Lewis on Mere Liberty and the Evils of Statism with 30,800+ views. There are more videos coming!
Subscribe FREE to the C.S. Lewis Society’s YouTube channel and receive notices of new videos.
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8. Join with Us as a Member of the C.S. Lewis Society and Receive a FREE Book or Video
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