Podcasts about Perelandra

We are continuing through the Fiction and Philosophy of C.S. Lewis course with an introduction to Perelandra by way of The Weight of Glory.Become a patron and/or enroll in a course at patreon.com/mythicmind.Plato, Stoicism, and Till We Have Faces begins at the beginning of August!Watch the video of this episode here: https://youtu.be/fPU7aiJOn3kListen to all THREE Mythic Mind podcasts:Mythic MindMythic Mind GamesMythic Mind Movies & ShowsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support.

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode.If you are looking for some summer reads, I've got you today. I want to share some of my favorites in several categories, so there will be something for everyone. I have recommendations for Classics, Cozy Mysteries, Historical Fiction, Children's Lit, Sci-Fi, and some non-fiction recommendations on Theology/Christian Living and Homemaking. Tell me your favorite summer reads so I can share them in the next newsletter! Text me using the link above. ⬆️NOTES & LINKSAround the World in 80 Days | Jules VerneThe Count of Monte Cristo | Alexander DumasEmma | Jane AustenLady Hardcastle Mysteries | TE KinseyIvy Hill Series | Julie KlassenBelgravia | Julian FellowesThe American Heiress  and Fortune Hunter | Daisy GoodwinMary Poppins Series | PL TraversMrs Piggle-Wiggle Series | Betty MacDonaldRedwall Series | Brian JacquesFive Little Peppers | Margaret SidneyStuart Little, Trumpet of the Swan, Charlotte's Web | EB WhiteThe Chronicles of Narnia | CS LewisOut of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength (Ransom Trilogy) | CS LewisJesus the King | Tim KellerEven Better Than Eden | Nancy GuthrieNone Like Him, In His Image | Jen WilkinEve in Exile | Rebekah MerkleMy Dear Hemlock | Tilly DillehayThe Hidden Art of Homemaking | Edith SchaefferNo Ordinary Home; The Uncommon Art of Christ-Centered Homemaking | Carol Jo BrazoThe Life-Giving Home, The Life-Giving Table | Sally ClarksonHomemaking | JR MillerSupport the showHOMEMAKING RESOURCES Free Weekly Newsletter, Homemaker Happy Mail Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum Newsletter Archive JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide Audio Newsletter available to Titus 2 Woman monthly supporters SUPPORT & CONNECT Review | Love The Podcast Contact | Voicemail |Instagram | Facebook | Website | Email Follow | Follow The Podcast Support | theartofhomepodcast.com/support

Since we've now finished all our Perelandra episodes, we thought we'd wrap-up with a book retrospective![Show Notes]

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I mean, I don't know you. Maybe you didn't grow up in an evangelical Christian subculture. But if you did, there's a high likelihood that the ideas you absorbed about how men and women behave—and what it even means to be masculine or feminine—were influenced heavily by C.S Lewis' famous Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength.On this fascinating episode, Kathryn Wagner (returning guest and medieval lit scholar) and Robin Harris (writer and incoming seminarian) stopped by to evaluate Lewis' takes on gender against both more modern feminist sensibilities and much older writers and theologians in the Christian tradition.You should absolutely join us.★ About Our Guests:Robin Harris is a North Carolina based freelance writer and editor who specializes in Bible curriculum. She is on the board of the Davenant Institute. Her writing has appeared in Mere Orthodoxy, Ad Fontes, and the Theopolis Institute. As of Fall 2025, she will be a student at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary (MATS, 2027). She writes at robinjeanharris.substack.com/ and can be reached at robinjeanharris [at] gmail.com.Kathryn Wagner is the Director of Academic Programming at the Center for Christianity and Scholarship at Duke University. She studies the literature and religious culture of the late Middle Ages and teaches courses that aim to form students in virtue through the practices of the liberal arts. She can be reached at kathryn [at] mogkwagner.net.—★ Timestamps(00:00) #62 - Evangelicals' Gender Ideas Came from C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy - with Robin Harris and Kathryn Wagner(04:20) Evangelicals who leaned on C.S. Lewis and the Space Trilogy(13:12) The Space Trilogy tackles gender(24:46) But can archetypes live in the real world?(38:44) God does not have a body: Metaphors in Christian scripture(53:28) Confusion and contraception are tied together(01:00:58) God as our mother?(01:06:39) Lewis's thinking evolution: widening the gender box(01:24:44) Replacing theoretical masculinity and femininity with real friendships(01:33:24) What would Lewis think of today's transgender conversation?(01:40:31) In the Christian tradition on gender, Lewis is the test run—★ Links and ReferencesThese well-read people dropped a lot of names and references. For your ease of Google searching, here are the ones we caught:John and Stasi Eldridge (books: Wild at Heart, Captivating), Jordan Peterson Jungian thinking, Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, Elisabeth Elliot (book: Let Me Be a Woman), complementarianism and egalitarianism, Michael Ward (book: Planet Narnia), apophatic theology, platonic forms and Aristotle's hylomorphism, Thomistic/ Thomas=Thomas Aquinas, Pope John Paul II (book/writings: Theology of the Body), Anselm of Canterbury talked about God as our mother, Julian of Norwich said a similar thing; Joy Davidman, Dorothy Sayers, philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe, Sister Penelope Lawson, Ruth Pitter, C. S. Lewis (books: The Four Loves, A Grief Observed), Kevin Vanhoozer (theologian).—★ Send us feedback, questions, comments, and support!Email: communionandshalom@gmail.com | Instagram: @newkinship | Substack: @newkinship | Patreon: @newkinship —★ CreditsCreators and Hosts: David Frank, TJ Espinoza | Audio Engineer: Carl Swenson, carlswensonmusic.com | Podcast Manager: Elena F. | Graphic Designer: Gavin Popken, gavinpopkenart.com ★ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit newkinship.substack.com

Dr. James Como returns to discuss his book "Mystical Perelandra" and the reluctant mysticism of C. S. Lewis.[Show Notes]

Did you know that Perelandra was conceived first in verse? Did you know that Lewis' friend and poet, Ruth Pitter, converted the final chapter into poetry? In today's episode, Dr. Don W. King explains all...[Show Notes]

David chats with theologian Dr. Junius Johnson, unpacking some important ideas in the final chapter of "Perelandra".[Show Notes]

Ransom is swept up into The Great Dance...[Show Notes]

Ransom speaks to the ruling angels of Mars and Venus.[Show Notes]

Ransom escapes his subterranean prison, and gets some much-needed R&R before ascending the mountain.[Show Notes]

Ransom's battle with the Un-man draws to an end, and our hero finds himself in disorienting darkness...[Show Notes]

As the Un-man flees, Ransom follows in hot pursuit of his nemesis...[Show Notes]

Ransom and the Un-man finally engage in combat![Show Notes]

Ransom wrestles with his inner self as he tries to discern his next move. [Show Notes]

Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB's Patreon!Credits:Guest: Jared PechačekTitle: Mistress of Mistresses by E.R. EddisonHost: Jake Casella BrookinsMusic by Giselle Gabrielle GarciaArtwork by Rob PattersonOpening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John BroughReferences:Jared's book, The West PassageBy-the-Bywater, a podcast about TolkienAnya Johanna DeNiro's OKPsycheCaroline Hagood's Death And Other Speculative FictionsEddison's The Worm OuroborosThe InklingsBarbara Remington, artist and illustrator. Hard to find good scans of her works; here's a page with the Eddison covers.Anna Vaninskaya's Fantasies of Time and DeathLord DunsanyGriemas SquaresC.S. Lewis's Perelandra, we did an episode on that!Eddison's A Fish Dinner in MemisonC.S. Lewis's Till We Have FacesSapphoJohn Webster's The Duchess of Malfi & The White DevilChaka Khan's “I'm Every Woman”Jean-Paul Sartre's Being and NothingnessJohn Crowley's AegyptBaruch SpinozaPre-Socratic philosophers such as HeraclitusFriedrich Nietzsche's concept of “The Will to Power”Godspeed! You Black Emperor's “Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven”William Shakespeare's MacbethHope Mirlees' Lud-in-the-MistMichael Swanwick's Stations of the TideJared's Bluesky, Instagram, Tumblr

With Matt away, it's left to Andrew and David discuss the truth and lies of the Unman's arguments. [Show Notes]

The Christian Outlook – January 4, 2025 Eric Metaxas talks with James Como, of the New York C.S. Lewis Society, about his book, Mystical Perelandra: My Lifelong Reading of C.S. Lewis and His Favorite Book. Metaxas and Como discuss how Perelandra represents some of the very best prose ever penned and how it stands out from the many other masterful works C.S Lewis wrote. Como shares the personal impact C.S. Lewis' writings made on his mind and soul and how his hope was rekindled because of the vision C.S. Lewis had to see what was awaiting those who trust in Christ.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ransom follows an unnerving and bloody trail to Weston, and upon doing so, discovers his quest. An intellectual battle of cosmic consequence begins... [Show Notes]

Separated from the Green Lady and Weston, Ransom travels to another island where he hears riddles in the dark... [Show Notes]

Ransom's unlikely encounter with an old foe takes a disturbing turn… [Show Notes]

Ransom and the Queen discuss planetary rules, go for a cruise, and encounter an old enemy who fell out of Deep Heaven... [Show Notes]

Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength would pose unique challenges for even the most Christ-exalting filmmakers.

We complete the first conversation between Ransom and the Green Lady. [Show Notes]

Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength make up the lesser known C.S. Lewis space trilogy, covering the adventures of Ransom, the demoniac Weston and how the alien narrative might fit into the notion of the fall and there demonic. This analysis is public, while the full analysis will be available for subscribers to jaysanalysis.Send Superchats at any time here: https://streamlabs.com/jaydyer/tip Get started with Bitcoin here: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/jaydyer/ The New Philosophy Course is here: https://marketplace.autonomyagora.com/philosophy101 Set up recurring Choq subscription with the discount code JAY44LIFE for 44% off now https://choq.com Lore coffee is here: https://www.patristicfaith.com/coffee/ Orders for the Red Book are here: https://jaysanalysis.com/product/the-red-book-essays-on-theology-philosophy-new-jay-dyer-book/ Subscribe to my site here: https://jaysanalysis.com/membership-account/membership-levels/ Follow me on R0kfin here: https://rokfin.com/jaydyerBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/jay-sanalysis--1423846/support.

In the first of two episodes on this chapter, Ransom and the Green Lady speak about "growing older", as well as the impact of the Incarnation. [Episode Notes]

Ransom meets a dragon, has a shower, eats some food, and makes contact with a green lady on a floating island... [Show Notes]

In this episode we Ransom describes his first impressions of Venus... [Show Note]

Lewis packs Ransom into his coffin-like container and sends him to Perelandra. A little over a year later, Ransom returns... [Show Notes]

We begin "Perelandra", following C. S. Lewis as he makes his tormented journey to Ransom's cottage. [Show Notes]

Hello listeners and welcome to Season 8! This this season we will be returning to the Ransom Trilogy as we read the second book in the series, "Perelandra". [Show Notes]

Don W. King joins Chris to talk about Ruth Pitter's Perelandra Spenserian Stanzas! More episode description to come!

Well, the glass coffin spaceship is sitting there in front of him, giving him that look, but Chris isn't ready to leave Perelandra just yet. In this episode, he ropes Christiana Hale, author of Deeper Heaven: A Reader's Guide to C.S. Lewis' Ransom Trilogy, into coming on the show to discuss contemplation, enjoyment, poetry, literary allusions, myth, and the figure of Ransom as Martial prophet. Her book is as interesting and edifying as it is clear and accessible--but don't take my word for it. (And by that I mean, get it for yourself.) In two weeks, the Perelandra extravaganza continues as Chris welcomes Don W. King back on the show to discuss the cycle of Spenserian poems Ruth Pitter wrote about Perelandra. Again, I can only really afford to put these out every two weeks. This might change if I pick up a larger audience, so please do recommend the show to your friends and leave five-star reviews, for (Deep) Heaven's sake. See you all next time, and as always, feel free to email me at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com.  

Some of the participants in the recently completed "Fiction and Philosophy of C.S. Lewis" course have reassembled to discuss a high-level view of C.S. Lewis's Ransom series - Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength.You can purchase the entire course here: https://andrewsnyder.podia.com/, and be sure to use the code RANSOM before the end of October 2024 for 50% off the cost!Recommended book: Tom Shippey's Translation of Beowulf Shop Middleborn Arms and use the code "MYTHIC" for 10% off your order!Join the Mythic Mind Fellowship at patreon.com/mythicmindBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind-legacy-podcast--5808321/support.

Thanks to all who have left reviews and feedback! Due to a very busy schedule (with school starting, etc.), I can no longer afford to edit/publish this podcast more than twice a month.  This may change if we pick up more listeners, so keep the positive reviews coming and share with your friends!  Charlie Carter (Thinklings Podcast) and Joseph Weigel (Men with Chests Podcast) join Chris to talk about the conclusion of Perelandra! Among other things, they discuss: The "three tracks" of a Lewis novel Culmination in Dante's Paradiso and the influence of the Divine Comedy  Tor, Ransom, and Christ The Green Knight and "The Anthropological Approach" Flora and fauna Why it's a coffin Venus as a place where God brings non-dying people Venus as Third Heaven The Two Witnesses Changing Room Montage of the Gods Gender and Spirits Seven Genders The Truth of Myth Two Ways of Looking at Myth Repetition of Stories Besides the usual Descript audio, I've included Faure's In Paradisum Requiem Next time (in two weeks), we'll continue talking about Perelandra with scholar Christiana Hale, whose Deeper Heaven I highly recommend. Thanks, as always, for listening, and please do drop me a line at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com.    

Taylor Driggers joins us to talk about the second volume in C.S. Lewis's SPACE TRILOGY. A richly-described and philosophical science fiction story, PERELANDRA has a lot that's interesting and a lot that's pretty weird when you think about it. A Meal of Thorns is a podcast from the Ancillary Review of Books. Credits:Guest: Taylor Driggers Title: Perelandra by C.S. Lewis Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John BroughReferences:Queering Faith in Fantasy Literature: Fantastic Incarnations and the Deconstruction of Theology by Taylor Driggers The Ursula Le Guin Archives Laurie Marks' Elemental Logic novel series Philophantast conference The Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic at the University of Glasgow Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman (and our episode on it) The Two Doctors Górski by Isaac Fellman The other two novels in the Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet and That Hideous Strength Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia The Inklings (wiki link) Lewis's A Grief Observed Lewis's final novel Till We Have Faces Ursula Le Guin's review of Lewis's The Dark Tower Lewis's The Great Divorce, Pilgrim's Regress, and The Screwtape Letters Stephen Metcalf, “Language and Self-Consciousness: The Making and Breaking of C.S. Lewis' Personae” in Word and Story in C. S. Lewis: Language and Narrative in Theory and Practice ed. Peter J. Schakel & Charles A. Huttar Lewis's debate with Elizabeth Anscombe J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Ridley Scott's Alien “Sehnsucht”, the concept of inconsolable longing The Transformers franchise Aamer Rahman on defeating Nazis Satan (Milton's version) Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness and specifically the religion/philosophy of the Handdara Sofia Samatar's The Practice, The Horizon, and the Chain Casella's essay on (not) defending science fiction against criticisms of complicity Taylor's seminar for his work with the Le Guin Fellowship on historicizing queerness in fantasy and “queer hiddenness in the archive”, available online this fall/winter. Greg Egan's “Oracle”, available on his site (and in the collections Oceanic and The Best of Greg Egan) ContactRSS feed | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | +lots of other platforms (let us know if it's not on your favorite)You can follow A Meal of Thorns on Twitter and Bluesky.Email us at mealofthorns@gmail.com.Support the Show!You can support the podcast (and the Ancillary Review of Books) by joining our Patreon. For $5 and up, you get access to ARB's exclusive monthly newsletter, our Discord community, and more to come.Interested in purchasing a book we mentioned on the show? Check the show notes for Bookshop links; we get a cut if you buy them through our Bookshop!It seems small, but it really does help: like and share our posts! Leave a comment or review wherever you find us. The internet's kind of broken, but that kind of thing really does help people hear about the work we're doing.

Thanks to all who have left reviews and feedback! Due to a very busy schedule, I can no longer afford to edit/publish this podcast more than twice a month. This may change if we pick up more listeners, so keep the positive reviews coming and share with your friends!   Joseph Weigel, of the Men with Chests podcast, joins Chris to talk about the fight between Ransom and the Un-man in Perelandra.   Maybe it's all the gimmicky '80s fight songs we feature in this episode, but Chris is feeling rather combative this podcast. He questions many of Lewis' premises in this portion, sending the two down a number of theological dark alleys. Among other things, we talk about: The realistic awkwardness of this fight Would it have been morally acceptable to kick the Un-man in the unmentionables? What about to shoot him? Is it morally (or theologically) lawful to take the course Ransom does, even in a hypothetical setting? Would it really have been gnostic to refuse to finish off a man who was begging for his life? Why wouldn't the Un-man have had superior strength like the demoniac in Acts? And why not exorcise him? Does it help us to hate the Devil? Is that the same thing as hating evil? And if we're meant to hate something, what does that say about our own origins? Realizing that humans aren't central to creation versus "The Empirical Bogey" Dante's damned and the false appeal to pity "The Rind" and John Askins; is the possibility that everything is meaningless harder to refute than Weston's original philosophy? Awe at the numinous, fear of tigers, loathing of bugs, and hatred of devils The disquieting idea that perhaps the Prelude to Act III of Wagner's Lohengrin would have made a better soundtrack than the many 80's anthems we feature here, including: "Eye of the Tiger," by Survivor "Gonna Fly Now," by Bill Conti "I Have Decided," by Don Potter "The Final Countdown," by Europe "Tonight," from West Side Story "You're the Best Around," by Joe Esposito Apologies for the extra week it took to edit this episode! If you'd like these to come out more frequently, please do leave a review and recommend the podcast to your friends. At this point, I can't justify publishing every week, but if I build up listenership, this will become more feasible. Until then, look for this podcast to come out every two weeks for the foreseeable future! We have plenty more podcasts in store for you.

If you like this podcast, please give it a five-star review on iTunes and share it with your friends.  If you have questions, comments, or advice, email Chris at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com If you want, feel free to follow us on Instagram: @inklingsvarietyhour   Charlie Carter from the Thinklings podcast and Joseph Weigel from Men with Chests rejoin Chris to talk about Perelandra, Chapters 8-11 (or thereabouts). Among other things, we discuss The nature of deception The division between dark and light in Perelandra The ever-present Center Diabolical psychology (or lack thereof) The rind and the core How Perelandra's vivid beauty reinforces the stakes of the dialogue Where, exactly, did Weston get his pack...it looks suspiciously like Ransom's, Precious, yes it does.... How did Lewis interpret Genesis 1? (we don't really have enough time to discuss this fully, but we take a stab at it) Next week: The fight.  

Charlie Carter from the Thinklings Podcast, and Joseph Weigel, from Men With Chests, join me to talk about Chapters 4-8 of Perelandra.  We do a lot of reading on this episode--we certainly enjoyed ourselves, anyway!  Enjoy the conversations between Ransom and the Green Lady, as well as Ransom and Weston (shudder). Among other things, we discuss: The human desire to have things over again, and whether it is truly the root of all evil How someone who is sinless could be tempted to sin The ambition of Lewis' portrayal of the Lady The precariousness of the Lady's sinlessness The Force Spiritual sins Mer-people, myth, and evolution See you all next time!   Email me at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com, rate the podcast on Apple Music, follow us on instagram (@inklingsvarietyhour), and share us with other people who like the Inklings

This episode is the second in a trilogy where Andrew Snyder, from The Mythic Mind Legacy Podcast, and I discuss each book in C. S. Lewis' "Ransom Trilogy." In this episode, Andrew and I discuss the second book, Perelandra. We cover multiple themes including Lewis' thoughts on pleasure, demonic possession and temptation, and Myth Becoming Fact. Sometimes, words fail and are too vague for reality. Ransom learns this lesson very well in this book. Follow Andrew Snyder on Twitter.com @Andrewsnyder Check out Andrew's website here: https://andrewsnyder.podia.com/ ************************************************************************************************************* Follow me on Twitter @AaronIrber Subscribe to my Substack - https://aaronirber.substack.com/ for updates on the show, essays, and more! Donate to my Patreon - I Might Believe in Faeries https://www.patreon.com/imightbelieveinfaeries Like my Facebook page - I Might Believe in Faeries Battle Of The Creek by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Logo Art by Linnea Kisby *************************************************************************************************************

Gavin Ortlund reflects on Perelandra by C.S. Lewis and whether hatred can ever be good. Truth Unites exists to promote gospel assurance through theological depth. Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville. SUPPORT: Tax Deductible Support: https://truthunites.org/donate/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/truthunites FOLLOW: Twitter: https://twitter.com/gavinortlund Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TruthUnitesPage/ Website: https://truthunites.org/  

I hope you enjoy this, the first of a few (I think about five) episodes on Perelandra, commonly considered the best of Lewis' Ransom Trilogy books.  It's late, so I won't say much here, except: Joseph Weigel, of the Men with Chests podcast is my guest. He's great, and his podcast is well worth checking out. Share, rate, and follow this podcast if you like what you hear. Instagram is @inklingsvarietyhour. Email is inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com. That's all for now!  I may be back next week, but it may be in two weeks.  Summer has been unexpectedly busy.  Charlie Carter will be joining Joseph and me for Part 2 of Perelandra!

The Christian Outlook – July 6, 2024 Eric Metaxas talks with James Como, of the New York C.S. Lewis Society, about his book, Mystical Perelandra: My Lifelong Reading of C.S. Lewis and His Favorite Book. Metaxas and Como discuss how Perelandra represents some of the very best prose ever penned and how it stands out from the many other masterful works C.S Lewis wrote. Como shares the personal impact C.S. Lewis' writings made on his mind and soul and how his hope was rekindled because of the vision C.S. Lewis had to see what was awaiting those who trust in Christ.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charlie Carter from the Thinklings podcast talks with Chris about the rest of Owen Barfield's dystopian novella, Night Operation.  More description to come.  Do check out Harry Lee Poe's The Making of C.S. Lewis and Diana Glyer's The Company They Keep and Bandersnatch. Next time: Perelandra.

Dr. Michael Gleghorn explores the spiritual dimensions of Dr. Ransom in C.S. Lewis's space novel "Perelandra." Part 2 of a series on Lewis's space trilogy.

As always, if you enjoy this program, please leave us a five-star review on iTunes.     Dr. Katherine Wyma joins Chris to talk about how Lewis' writing reflects his experiences in World War I.  In particular, she suggests that his writing about World War II may be a form of narrative therapy that helped him cope with psychological wounds from the previous war. Katherine mentions a few books listeners might want to check out: The Maisie Dobbs mystery series A Morning After War, by K.J. Gilchrist C.S. Lewis and the BBC, by Justin Phillips If you want to drop us a line, or join us for an episode (we're recording on Perelandra just now), email us at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com.  We'd love to hear from you.  

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Overcoming Pre-Event Desolation - Spiritual Desolation: Be Aware, Understand, Take Action with Fr. Timothy Gallagher Fr. Timothy Gallagher and Kris McGregor discuss "pre-event desolation," a form of spiritual discouragement before significant spiritual activities. They highlight its tactics by the enemy to deter individuals from growth opportunities. Drawing from C.S. Lewis's "Perelandra," he tells us of the importance of recognizing and countering this desolation with prayer and trust. The post SD9 – Overcoming Pre-Event Desolation – Spiritual Desolation: Be Aware, Understand, Take Action with Fr. Timothy Gallagher – Discerning Hearts Podcast appeared first on Discerning Hearts Catholic Podcasts.

Welcome to Episode 173 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, we start by sipping great coffee in some awesome coffee mugs. Thinkling Stearns walks us through a recent Electronic Ink work he has written (others call these sorts of writings "blogs"). Also introductory, we interact with a listener email regarding "learning your rules." Thinkling Stearns also kicks off Books & Business in this episode, discussing This Momentary Marriage by John Piper. Thinkling Carter discusses finally finishing The Intellectual Life by A. G. Sertillanges (after a quick mention of Perelandra), and Thinkling Little rounds out B&B discussing Rediscovering Eve by Carol Meyers and a few commentaries on the book of Numbers! The main content of the episode features a recent Electronic Ink of Thinkling Stearns that draws its inspiration from Hebrews 11. We all have "the Cloud" of witnesses to encourage us in our walk of faith, and we also each have a "Crowd" walking the Christian road with us here on earth. We hope you enjoy thinking through these ideas in conjunction with Hebrews 11! Thanks for listening! Key Ideas in Episode 173 - The Cloud & the Crowd Books Coffee BrickHouse Coffee Co. Porch Light Coffeehouse Books & Business (4:55) This Momentary Marriage by John Piper The Intellectual Life by A.G. Sertillanges Rediscovering Eve by Carol Meyers Commentaries on the book of Numbers: Numbers - New American Commentary by Dennis R. Cole The Book of Numbers - New International Commentary of the OT by Timothy R. Ashley Numbers - Wycliffe Exegetical Commentary by R. K. Harrison Main Content (18:13) More information and resources from Thinkling Stearns can be found at andystearns.net.

As if the last few years were not strange enough, the United States Congress recently held hearings on the subject of UFOs. As NBC News reported, numerous claims were made by those called before the subcommittee, including by former military or intelligence personnel.  Perhaps the most surprising aspect of this otherwise earth-shattering story was how it has largely been greeted, at least on social media, with a collective “meh.” If so much information was kept hush-hush for so many years, why the sudden transparency now? Isn't this just another chapter in red herrings tossed out to distract us from what's “really” going on?   As tempting as it is to think of these hearings as an unaired episode of The X-Files, the virtue of stories like this, and of the whole genre of sci-fi, is that they bring up questions about the deeper things of life. Who are we? Are we alone in the universe? What would it mean if we weren't? What makes us special as human beings?   Noted sci-fi writer Arthur C. Clarke famously said, “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” Religious people are less likely than others to believe that aliens exist. Or, if they think something is “out there,” they are less likely to think of extra terrestrials as E.T. as they are to think of them as demons trying to deceive us for one reason or another. On the other hand, those with a materialist outlook tend to see the world as just a “pale blue dot” in the heavens and humanity as nothing more than the consequence of chance and chaos. In fact, it's become almost an article of materialist faith that if we are here, someone else must be too.  All of which suggests that there's more to how we view these matters than what we have seen or not seen. For instance, despite being supposedly a planet-wide concern, nearly all UFOs sighted tend to show up in the English-speaking world. Or, as someone on Reddit noted, “they sure love the US.”    A similar phenomenon can be seen in the variations of “bigfoot” stories, depending on from what region they are. The stories out of the Pacific Northwest tend to resemble a Harry and the Hendersons vibe. Sure, the creature might seem a bit scary but, in the end, they are one with nature, like a kind of extra furry Bill Walton. The stories out of Texas are all about these super aggressive creatures that are ready to fight and kill and steal your children. Tennessee bigfoots, on the other hand, are just downright neighborly, knocking on doors to ask for some garlic. These together suggest it's clear that, even when it comes to urban legends and outer space, the stories we tell ourselves make a big difference in what we see in the world.  Anyone who has read C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy can tell you that the great apologist used his own imagination to tell wonderful stories where very plausible aliens lived and interacted with his human heroes. The inhabitants of Mars and Venus, or as Lewis named them, “Malacandra” and “Perelandra,” were fellow creatures born of the artistry and care of the same God we encounter in the Bible.  Yet, in one of his last books, he noted the subjective element in people's belief in the extraordinary. Right at the end of his study of the medieval worldview, he wrote:   "Fifty years ago, if you had asked an astronomer about “life on other worlds,” he was apt to be totally agnostic about it or even stress its improbability. We are now told that in so vast a universe stars that have planets and planets that have inhabitants must occur times without number. Yet no compulsive evidence is to hand. But is it irrelevant that in between the old opinion and the new we have had the vast proliferation of “science fiction” and the beginnings of space-travel in real life?"   What we believe about alien life and other mysteries says more about our beliefs, or what Charles Taylor called our “social imaginaries,” than it does about their existence. The culture around us affects our view of the world in profound ways. Our worldview is a pair of belief “glasses” that help us understand the nature of reality, but it can also be a kind of blinder, too.   This doesn't mean we are completely lost in the fog of our own precognitive assumptions, only that we should follow Francis Schaeffer's advice about checking our presuppositions “after a careful consideration of which worldview is true.”  This Breakpoint was co-authored by Dr. Timothy D. Padgett. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.