Overcome, and Come Up
While I still watched, I noticed that the whole plain and forest were shaking with a sound which in our world would be too large to hear, but there I could take it with joy. I knew it was not the Solid People who were singing. It was the voice of that earth, those woods and those waters. A strange archaic, inorganic noise, that came from all directions at once. The Nature or Arch-Nature of that land rejoiced to have been once more ridden, and therefore consummated, in the person of the horse. It sang:'The Master says to our master, Come up. Share my rest and splendour till all natures that were your enemies become slaves to dance before you and backs for you to ride, and firmness for your feet to rest on.
From beyond all place and time, out of the very Place, authority will be given you: the strengths that once opposed your will shall be obedient fire in your blood and heavenly thunder in your voice.
Overcome us that, so overcome, we may be ourselves: we desire the beginning of your reign as we desire dawn and dew, wetness at the birth of light.
Master, your Master has appointed you for ever: to be our King of Justice and our high Priest.'
~C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce, Chapter 11 (1946)
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Ah, yes! Heaven, as seen by CSL. Great quote.
One of Lewis' best books, in my opinion.
I've only just discovered your site. I'm very fond of Lewis, and our church, over the last four or so years, has been presenting dramatised versions of the Narnia Stories. We're up to the Dawn Treader this year, which opens in about three weeks. They make wonderful plays - even if they are a little difficult to stage! (Surprisingly, the Lewis trust has allowed us to dramatise them, as long as we don't pass the scripts onto any other group.)
http://narniaproductions.co.nz/
Thanks for the note, Mike. I've been working full time now for awhile and haven't been able to devote myself to the blog like in the past. But I'm happy it's out there for people to enjoy.
Your production sounds wonderful!
wow - your site is amazing! CS Lewis is timeless because he rejoices in the Truth (who is Jesus!) adding you now to the feed reader! ^^
What a different perspective about interupting the pristine wilderness C.S.Lewis portrayed than the greenies that want to keep everyone and everything out of the wilderness. I enjoyed this post, it gives mankind a purpose! I know we don't go into the wilderness and destroy it, but we cultivate it, prune it and cause it's beauty to be enhanced so that others can see it more clearly! I love nature!
Arevanye: Hello. I really appreciate the many gold nuggets at this site. Question: Can you tell me where it is that Lewis says God tells us to worship Him because He wants to give us the very best - Himself? Lewis also argues that when you praise art, you enjoy it more; so also when you praise God. Where did Lewis write that? Thank you!!
Sorry, A.J., as you've discovered, I don't maintain this site, nor do I have an encyclopedic memory for C.S. Lewis quotations. Hope you found your answer somewhere.
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