Originally posted on A Phuulish Fellow: Last December, I ran across an interesting essay by Tom Shippey on C.S. Lewis’ treatment of magic: Magia_Goeteia_and_the_Inklings I would recommend reading the thing in its entirety, but as a quick summation, Shippey constructs a tentative four-way Lewisian model: Religion: Literal and genial Scientism: Literal and mechanical Magia: Metaphorical…
Magia and Goeteia: Shippey, Lewis, and Tolkien
An interesting essay…