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abandonment, 245, 257
absolution, 81, 173. See also confession
abstinence, sexual, 71–72, 242
acts, of gratitude, 95; of healing, 113, 151, 152, 159–160, 209–210, 234–235, 353. See also will
Adam, 16, 49, 66, 105, 143, 185
Adams, Fr Walter Frederick, SSJE, 84–85, 93, 178, 210–211
adolescence, 284
Adonis, 28, 33
adultery, 141–142, 143–144, 179, 199, 247–248
Aesop’s Fables, 82–83
affections, 18–19, 82, 100, 167. See also love
Agape, 76–77, 233–234. See also Love
aging, 147, 149, 211, 337; and fears and ailments, 247, 277; of Lewis, 372; and Lewis’s friends, 15, 132–133; positive aspects of, 254, 261, 266, 313
agnosticism, 117, 118, 153, 219, 345
alcoholism, 139, 165–166, 259–260, 269
Alec Forbes of Howglen (MacDonald), 20
Allen, Belle, 248–249
ambition, 160, 246
Anderson, Hans Christian, 237–238
Angel in the House (Patmore), 13, 14, 256
Anglican Church, the. See Church of England, the
animals, and death, 48–49, 366–367; and God, 105, 266, 298, 316; and Lewis’s insomnia, 364; love of, 57, 123; therapy for, 342–343. See also cats; dogs
Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood (MacDonald), 20
anthroposophism, 117
anxiety: and death, 251; and the
Devil, 162; and family, 166, 173, 279; and Lewis’s brother, 302; and love and care, 193; as pain and weakness, 222; and unbelievers, 187; and war, 209
Apostasies, 205, 219, 248
Apostle’s Creed, 169, 289
archetypes, 49
Aristotle, 47, 74, 79, 154
Arnold, Matthew, 156
art, 69–70, 261, 292
asceticism, 13–14, 75, 105
Aslan, 206, 265–266, 265–266, 287, 303, 306
Athanasian Creed, 101, 148
Athanasius, Saint, 94, 95
atheism, 117, 118, 153, 219, 345
atonement, 30, 94, 248, 249, 373–374
Augustine, Saint, 95, 279, 309, 346
Aulén, Gustaf, 94
Aurelius, Marcus, 294
Austen, Jane, 181, 218
Austen, John, 76
avarice, 30, 204
Bacchus, 28
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 287
Baker, Leo, 5, 7
baptism, 106, 117, 135, 176, 177
barbers, 163, 189, 319
Barbet, Pierre, 262
Barfield, Owen, 5, 19, 23, 45, 55, 61, 78, 111, 117, 135, 136, 211
Barth, Karl, 62
being, 101–102
beliefs, 27, 63, 326, 353, and forgiveness, 168, 173; in the Incarnation, 129; as psychological states, 93; and religion, 29, 290; struggles with, 79, 144–145, 177; trying too hard with, 125; and wishes, 153, 156. See also faith
Belton Estate (Trollope), 20
Benecke, Paul, 104
bereavement, 112, 209, 308, 326, 334–335; and death, 162–163, 164, 264; feelings of, 245, 254–255, 256; pain of, 225–226, 227–228
Berkeley, Bishop George, 117
Bevan, Edwyn, 68, 94, 323, 346
Bible, 31, 47, 170, 282; authority of, 273–274, 317, 349; and beatitudes, 265; canonicity of, 273–274; commentaries of, 99; doctrine of, 106–107; gospels and epistles of, 28, 30, 67, 122, 151, 219, 261; historicity of, 200–201, 273–274; interpretation of, 33, 214–215, 268–269, 346, 357–358; and New Testament, 44, 68, 81, 106–107, 134, 148–149, 151, 196, 201, 351–352; and Old Testament, 62, 201; parable and allegory of, 336; and Puritanism, 30–31
Bide, Peter, 304
birth, 168–169, 199–200, 248, 267–268
birth control, 285
Bleak House (Dickens), 15, 250
Blood of Christ, 28, 33, 101, 121, 151, 154, 191, 275. See also Communion, Holy bodies: animal, 121; and health, 127–128, 255, 310, 326; not condemning, 171; resurrection of, 296; soul, spirit and, 105–106, 121; vilification of, 308
Bodle, Rhona, 125, 127, 129, 131, 134–135, 145–146, 184–185, 218, 237, 264–265
Book of Common Prayer, 72
Bouman, Gracia Fay, 332–333
Breckenridge, Miss, 139–140, 166–167
Broadcast Talks (Lewis), 155
Brontë, Charlotte, 68
Buber, Martin, 272–273, 333
Buddhism, 153
Bunyan, John, 107, 126, 168, 218, 346, 356–357
Calabria, Don Giovanni, 128, 142–143, 170–171, 172–173, 178, 184–185, 198–199, 215–216, 218–219, 316, 339, 358–359
Calvin, John, 62, 274
Calvinism, 117, 186–187, 214–215
Carnell, Corbin Scott, 200–201
cats: and dogs, 261, 360–361; and Lewis, 89, 343, 360–361, 366
Centuries of Meditations (Traherne), 18–19, 95, 146, 348
charity, 71, 77, 152, 233; and almsgiving, 89; beginning at home, 17, 26; divorce and, 179; Lewis’s, 20–21; mentioned, 128, 140, 141, 143, 147, 159
chastity, 17–18, 60, 92, 263–264, 308–309
Chesterton, G.K., 62, 68, 155; and The Everlasting Man, 68, 125, 134, 154, 218; his influence on Lewis, 50, 117
childbirth, 168–169, 199–200, 248, 267–268
children, 72, 123, 218, 292; and Aristotle, 74; and childhood, 193–194; and divorce and marriage, 136, 178–179, 267; and God, 83, 94; and god parenting, 132–134, 325; and Narnia, 161, 162–163, 206, 265–266, 287, 289, 306, 373; and parents, 65, 144, 227, 228; and school, 147; and the world, 73, 144; and youth, 211–213, 216, 219, 260–261, 283, 284
Christian Behaviour (Lewis), 284, 284–285
Christianity, 33, 91, 178, 317, and atheism, 345; and atonement, 30–31, 94–95; doctrine of, 71–75, 233; gospels and epistles of, 28, 30, 67, 122, 151, 219, 261; hardness and tenderness of, 208–209, 246–247; and Jesus, 67–68, 187, 231; Lewis’s conversion to, 11; and ministry, 220–221; and other religions, 152–155, 190; and paganism, 33, 53, 175, 267–268, 269, 279; and Protestants, 244, 259, 285; public and corporate side of, 152; and Puritanism, 30–31; and redemption, 27–28, 109–110, 170, 187, 299–300; and Reformation, 368; and salvation, 27–28, 259; and writing, 246. See also Blood of Christ; Christ Jesus; heaven; hell
Christianity (Bevan), 94
Christian Scientists, 248–249
Christ Jesus, 245, 249–250, 288, and atonement, 30, 94, 248, 249, 373–374; authority of, 75, 213; being drawn to, 131, 143–144; choosing people, 213–215; and crucifixion, 28–29, 100–101, 102, 122, 137, 223, 254; and death, 27, 107, 300; divinity of, 67, 90, 101, 106–107, 121, 125, 135, 261, 273, 316, 344; enjoyment of, 119; feelings of, 262, 312; forgiveness of, 81; and Gethsemane, 55–57, 190–191, 208–209, 300; and Hell, 175; in history, 273–274, 311; humanity of, 67, 100, 121, 208–209, 260–261, 273, 311, 315–316; Immaculate Conception of, 168–169; Lewis’s belief in, 27; mentioned, 63, 133, 137, 153, 157, 209–210, 233–234, 246, 251, 255, 368; and parables, 90, 187–188, 201–202, 213–214, 278–279, 351–352; personality of, 315–316; and redemption, 27–28, 109–110, 170, 187, 299–300; and resurrection, 101, 124, 128–129, 148, 169, 314, 373–374; as son of God, 25, 56, 131, 151, 187; and suffering, 136–137, 191–192, 247, 300; teachings of, 179, 188–189, 216, 226–228, 269, 286. See also Holy Trinity
Christus Victor (Aulén), 94
Chronicles of Narnia, The (Lewis), 161, 162–163, 206, 265–266, 287, 289, 306, 373
Church of England, the: adherents of, 54, 59; and American Episcopalian church, 151; high and low churches of, 106; and Lewis’s baptism, 117; theology of, 94, 179, 196–197, 374
Church of Ireland, the, 117
comfort, 48, 226, 231, and faith, 228–229; of Holy Spirit, 296, 328; and spiritual directors, 86. See also security
Communion, Holy, 73, 154; attendance at, 58, 227, 245; first, 132–133, 147; as God instituted rite, 128, 151; preparation for, 223
confession, 84, 85, 197; and confessors, 81, 142, 178, 239, 257; of sins, 83, 173, 201–202
Confessions (Augustine), 95, 346
confirmation rites, 117, 131–133, 146, 165
Confucius, 154
conscience, 62, 92, 95, 97, 103; of animals, 261; guidance of one’s, 169, 245; having a good, 126, 247–248, 257
consciousness, 102, 251, 273
Consolation (Boethius), 270
consolations: in bereavement, 254, 326–327; and the cross, 122, 231; of God, 190–191, 257–258; in resentment, 212; spiritual, 160, 193
Coronation of Elizabeth II, 209–210
creeds: Apostle’s Creed, 169, 289;
Athanasian, 101, 148
cross, 54, 249, 254, 293, 341; and consolations, 122, 231; and Jesus, 100, 275; meaning of, 55–56, 320
crucifixion, 28–29, 100–101, 102, 122, 137, 223, 254
C.S. Lewis: Apostle to the Skeptics (Walsh), 165
Cymbeline (Shakespeare), 227–228
Dakin, Arthur Hazard, 86
Dante Alighieri, 18, 19, 70, 99, 270
Davidman Gresham, Joy. See Gresham, Joy Davidman (Lewis’s wife) Death, 55–57, 161, 162–163, 270; of Charles Williams, 110–115; as God’s will, 369–370; hour of, 266–267, 278; of Joy Davidman Gresham, 331–332, 333, 335; of Lewis’s mother, 13–14, 117, 118, 228, 231; life after, 19, 111, 148–149, 155, 270, 335; life dependent upon, 123, 254, 367; love beyond, 100, 171, 189; and MacDonald idea, 24, 27; meaning of, 23–24, 162; and Necromancy, 314; of pets, 361; and prayers, 145–146, 185, 225, 327–328; proper attitude towards, 322–323; and spiritual work, 369–370; and suicide, 268; and war, 54; and the world, 148, 234
Deneke, Margaret, 104
denominations, 43–44, 53, 165
dependency on God, 144, 175, 277, 277–278, 293
depression, 12, 61, 111, 112, 114, 180, 261
De Rougemont, Denis, 68–70
Descent into Hell (Williams), 114, 292
desires, 13, 24, 41, 125, 153, 250, 322
desolation, 190–191
despair, 181, 266–267, 312, 352–353
despondency, 11, 191–192, 312
devil, 11, 122, 135, 308, 312, 353; and complexes, 66; in death and disease, 136, 248–249, 320; as enemy, 9–11, 18–19, 70, 103, 118, 165–166; and love, 70; near the alter, 240; and politics, 215; and temptations, 56, 299–300
Diary of an Old Soul (MacDonald), 9, 45–46, 168
Dickens, Charles, 15, 250
difficulties: and compassion, 204, 293, 331; of life, 325, 337, 340–341, 343, 345, 361–362, 371–373; and marriage, 171–172, 210; and ministry, 220–221, 277, 294; with people, 183–184, 236–237, 239, 272, 274, 295–296; and writing, 195
directors. See spirituality, and spiritual directors discernment: and decisions, 240; five sources of, 182–183; and judgment, 220; in knowing next steps, 297; and rules, 245, 277, 286–287, 288, 299–300, 310
disciples, 99, 122, 352
diseases. See Illnesses
divorces, 72–73, 179, 256–257, 258, 304. See also Marriages doctors, 372
dogs: analogies with, 39, 82, 289, 345; and cats, 261, 360–361; and God, 40–41, 57, 298; of Lewis’ family and friends, 23–24, 48–49, 89, 360–361; prayers for, 113
Donne, John, 82
Donnelly, Cynthia, 246–247
Drewe, Victor (Lewis’s barber), 163, 189, 319
Dunbar, William, 128
Dunn, Mrs., 367
duties, 39, 133–134; of Christians, 246, 264; decisions regarding, 240, 316; domestic, 94; and illnesses, 119; ordinary, 299–300, 360; and prayers, 242–243; of spiritual life, 83, 152, 160, 167, 176, 271, 286
Dyson, Charles, 23, 27, 28, 62, 92, 111, 113
ecumenism, 51, 53, 313
Edwards, Michael, 299
egoism, 26, 86, 249, 275, 318
Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 156, 208
Emmert, Leon, 365
emotions. See feelings enemy, the, 9–10, 18–19, 70, 103, 118, 165–166. See also devil
envy, 82–83, 85, 116, 141, 242, 271, 299
Episcopalian Church, the, 151, 182–183, 256, 362
eros, 76, 233, 253, 319, 335. See also love
Essays and Addresses (von Hügel), 94
Essays Catholic and Critical (Selwyn), 94
Eternal Life (von Hügel), 94, 270
eternity, 18, 38–39, 118, 140
Eve, 66, 89
Everlasting Man, The (Chesterton), 68, 125, 134, 154, 218, 273
evil, 15, 38–42, 54, 70–71, 73, 75, 102, 105, 118
Faerie Queene (Spenser), 47–48
faith, 47, 79, 238–239; Christian, 117, 172, 195, 219; and free choice, 165; and fundamentalism, 273–274; healing, 113, 151, 152, 159–160, 209–210, 234–235, 353; Hebrew, 290; and introspection, 144–145; lack of, 20–21, 142, 205, 219, 248; purification and motives of, 135–136; real meaning of, 238–239; strengthening, 104, 114, 177; and temptations, 54, 93–94; and trust, 51, 125, 155
Fall, the: and Adam, 105; doctrine of, 118–119, 136–137, 139–140; and Eve, 89
fasting, 216, 249, 272, 357
fear, 54, 55–57, 238–239, 358–359; of aging, 247, 337; and anxiety, 193–194, 251, 276; and bullying, 236–237; and death, 231, 322; and feelings, 169, 323; getting rid of, 238–239, 352–354; of God, 282, 296; and hopes, 240, 323; and Jesus, 262; and peace, 148; and repentance, 90
feelings, 70–74, 157, 179–180, 308, 329, and being, 101, 169–170; and faith, 20–21, 104, 320; of God, 121–122; good and bad, 27, 78, 82–83, 111, 127, 132–133; of grief, 112, 164–165, 326, 334–335; of love, 102, 374; and prayers, 95, 257, 266; and religion, 25, 81, 89, 287; and Romantics, 48; and willpower, 244. See also specific feelings
Figure of Beatrice, The (Williams), 99
Firor, Warfield M., 147–148, 163–164, 272–273
flesh: as body, 105–106, 151–152, 271; man and woman as one, 73–75, 225, 267, 270; as weak, 54, 359
Foord-Kelcey, Edward, 59–60
forgiveness: of anger, 291; difficulties with, 331; of enemies, 76; of God, 81, 107, 131, 168, 204, 219, 340, 369; of Lewis’s schoolmaster, 371–372; real meaning of, 168; of self, 166; of sins, 40–41, 172, 173, 201–202, 290, 312–313, 322–323, 361–362
fornications. See sexuality
Four Loves, The (Lewis), 319, 346
Francis of Assisi, 107, 171
Francois de Sales, Saint, 58, 277, 308
freedom, 56, 137
free will, 124, 136–137, 165, 186
Freud, Jill, 262
Fridama, Mr. N., 117–178
fundamentalism, 273–274
Garrett, Mrs. Ray, 334
Gates, Edith, 101
Gaurdian, The (newspaper), 109
Gebbert, Vera, 320
George MacDonald: An Anthology (MacDonald and Lewis), 112, 247
Gestapo, 77, 115, 118
Gethsemane, 53–57, 121–122, 191, 209, 222, 262, 300, 320
ghosts, 111
God, 240, 269, action of, 124, 159–160, 228, 245, 298; authority of, 65; and choice, 159–160, 213–214; dependency on, 144, 175, 277, 277–278, 293; and divine skill, 41; enjoying, 304; existence of, 20–21; and faith, 142; and the fall, 118; the father, 38, 125, 131; and Holy Spirit, 81, 106, 121, 203–204, 258, 274; of love and mercy, 9, 14, 62, 247, 269, 297, 374; omnipotence and omniscience of, 200, 214, 263; patience of, 239; presence of, 94, 245, 257–258; and redemption, 27–28, 109–110, 170, 187, 299–300; and salvation, 27–28, 152, 312; will of, 136–137. See also Christ Jesus; grace; Holy Spirit
God-Man (Mascall), 87, 125, 134
Goelz, Genia, 165, 167, 176, 182, 202, 217–218, 234–235, 253, 261, 315, 324
Golden Key (MacDonald), 3
Golden Rule, 321
Golden String, The (Griffith), 282
good, 55, 68, 246; and evil, 41, 54, 71, 102, 294; of God, 38, 298; and the grave, 79; and perfection, 66; and rapture, 40
Gore, Charles, 68, 94, 99, 179, 346
Gospels, 28, 30, 67, 122, 151, 219, 261
grace, 170, 181, 207, 219, 370; and the devil, 162, 240; as gift, 141, 180, 184, 214, 279; to overcome, 177, 204, 209, 234, 309
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (Bunyan), 356–357
gratitude, 95, 202, 261
Gray, Margaret, 345–346
Great Divorce, The (Lewis), 102, 113, 296, 307, 346
Great Expectations (Dickens), 15
greed, 30, 204
Greek, 44, 76–77, 86, 117, 134
Green, Roger Lancelyn, 114
Greeves, Arthur, 1, 2, 3, 9, 11, 12–21, 23–24, 25–31, 33–35, 45–46, 48–49, 97–98, 99–100, 106–107, 115–116, 124, 136–139, 333, 348
Gresham, Joy Davidman (Lewis’s wife): death of, 266–267, 331–332, 333–334; and God, 309; illness of, 300, 301, 304–305, 320, 325, 330–331; remission of, 310
Gresham, David and Douglas, 303–304
grieving. See bereavement
Griffiths, Bede, 47, 51, 53, 59, 69–70, 91, 102, 109–110, 118–119, 122, 135–136, 180–181, 250, 282–284
guilt, 199–200, 312, 319, 329, 358–359
Hail Mary (prayer), 183
haircuts, 163, 189, 319
Halvorson, Julie, 287
Halvorson, Mrs. R. E., 286–287
Hamilton, Augustus (Lewis’s uncle), 115–116
happiness, 24, 45–46, 51, 54, 260, 320; eternal, 70, 76–78, 104, 329; of Lewis and family, 116, 118, 226, 305; and psychoanalysis, 65–66, 69; and relationships, 72–73, 254–255, 332; spiritual danger of, 161–162, 164
Harvard, Robert Emlyn “Humphrey”, 82
Harwood, Laurence, 211
hatred, 42, 71
healing, 144; of animals, 113; of Lewis’ family, 131, 304, 310, 327–328; and peace, 222, 223; prayers for, 149, 185, 207–208; and psychoanalysis, 64, 65–66, 277; spiritual or by faith, 113, 151, 152, 159–160, 209–210, 234–235, 353
heart, 44, 58, 81, 129, 145, 149, 172–173, 250
heaven, 19, 48, 255; and animals, 57; and the Bible, 99, 269; and death, 162, 250, 254; and earth, 139, 155, 189, 296–297, 326; eternal, 102, 117–118; as kingdom, 83, 270–271; nature of, 129, 304; and relationships, 186, 270
He Came Down From Heaven (Williams), 181, 346
hell, 28, 100, 102, 118, 175
Henry VIII, 368
Herbert, George, 10, 68, 107, 164, 226–227, 346
Hesketh, Phoebe, 331
High History of the Holy Graal, The (Anonymous), 34
Hilton, Walter, 146
Hinduism, 153–154, 283, 295
History of the Crusades (Runciman), 284
Hitler, Adolf, 71, 76, 153
holidays, 135, 139, 165, 240–241
holiness, 13–14, 48, 85, 106–107, 147, 183, 210–211, 271
Holmes, Don, 317
Holy Communion. See Communion, Holy
Holy Graal, 33, 34
Holy Spirit, 81, 106, 121, 203–204, 258, 274
Holy Trinity, 106, 121
homemakers, 259–260
homosexuality, 180–181, 241–242
Hooker, Richard, 94
Hooper, Walter, 251
hope, 35, 136, 145, 170, 240–241, 323
House of the Octopus, The (Williams), 145
humanity, 86, 106, 121–122, 304, 313, 329
humility, 9, 26, 31, 54–55, 65, 70, 125, 152, 156, 161, 169, 173, 216, 239, 242, 273, 292, 342
husbands, 144, 217, 226
hypochondria, 234–235
Idea of the Holy (Otto), 94
illnesses, 171, 358; of Charles Williams, 110–115; and compassion, 119; and death, 320, 326, 369–370; of the flu, 97; and hypochondria, 234–235; of jealousy, 85–86; and Joy Davidman Gresham, 304–306, 320, 322, 327; psychological, 64–67, 104–105, 109, 220, 329; and sore throats, 135–136, 143, 235; and strokes, 103; and suffering, 137
imagination, 67, 104, 105–106, 257, 292–293, 324–325; dangers of, 16; and mere fancy, 13–15
Imitation of Christ, The (à Kempis), 81, 109, 122, 128, 146, 288, 323, 348
Immaculate Conception, the, 168–169
immortality, 111, 147–148
infidelity, 141–142, 143–144, 179, 199, 247–248
insecurity, 156–157, 216, 235
Introduction to the Devout Life (de Sales), 58
introspection, 144–145, 244–245
James, Henry, 218
“Jane”. See Moore, Janie King Askins “Minto”
Jane Eyre (Brontë), 194
jealousy, 82–83, 85, 116, 141, 242, 271, 299
Jenkin, A.K. Hamilton, 11
Jerome, Saint, 274
Jessup, Mrs. D, 190–193, 224, 231, 232–233, 238–239, 256–257, 258, 301–302
Jesus Christ. See Christ Jesus
Jesus Christ (Gore), 94
Jews, 269, 298
John, the Baptist, 233, 359
John of the Cross, Saint, 208, 348
Johnson, Mrs., 208–209, 233–234, 259–260
Johnson, Samuel, 17, 58, 72–73, 76, 89, 107
Jones, Mrs. Frank L., 121–122
joy, feeling of, 104, 148, 250, 282, 360
Judaism, 33, 134
judgments, 62, 65, 67, 299
Julian of Norwich, 63, 71, 78–79, 95, 146
Kant, Immanuel, 79
Karlsen, Harvey, 347–348
Kemper Hall, 184
Kempis, Thomas à, 81
Kilmer, Hugh, 341, 344
Kilns, the, 137
kingdom, 83, 270–271
Knox, Msgr. Ronald, 270–271
Krieg, Laurence, 289, 303, 306
Krieg, Philinda, 265, 281, 284
Ladborough, Richard, 221
L’Amour el l’Occident (de Rougement), 69
Last Battle, The (Lewis), 289
Latin, 109, 117, 243
Law, William, 148–149, 272
Lawrence, Brother, 12–13
Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (Hooker), 94
Lawson, Penelope, 54–55, 57, 87–90, 95, 103, 104–105, 109, 113, 156–157, 168, 303
laying on of hands, 159
Lazarus, 121, 294, 370
Leaves from the Trees (Lawson), 57
Letters to Malcolm, Chiefly on Prayer (Lewis), 370
Lewis, Albert James (Lewis’s father), 13–14, 15, 59–60, 237, 284
Lewis, C.S. (Clive Staples), and aging, 15, 132–133, 372; and agnosticism, 117, 118, 153, 219, 345; baptism of, 117; barber of, 163, 189, 319; charity of, 20–21; Christianity and spirituality of, 220–221, 228, 233, 245, 246–250, 251, 253–254, 294, 313; The Chronicles of Narnia by, 161, 162–163, 206, 265–266, 287, 289, 306, 373; conversion of, 11, 27; and David and Douglas Gresham, 303–304; and family healing, 131, 304, 310, 327–328; fears of, 216, 247, 262; and friends, 43–44, 50, 99–100; and happiness, 116, 118, 226, 305; and his brother,” Warnie”, 7, 24–26, 139, 163, 164, 189, 302; and his father, 13–14, 15, 59–60, 237, 284; and his housekeeper, 23–24, 48–49, 88–89, 97–98, 103, 104–105, 107, 109, 113, 132, 156–157, 164, 218; and his mother, 13–14, 117, 118, 228, 231; and holidays, 135, 139, 165, 240–241; and Joy Davidman Gresham, 300, 301, 304–305, 309, 310, 320, 325, 330–331, 331–332, 333–334; and smoking, 285; uncle of, 115–116; and war, 53, 53–54, 54, 95, 103, 118, 128; and writing, 246, 302). See also specific books by title
Lewis, Flora Augusta (Lewis’s mother), 13–14, 117, 118, 228, 231
Lewis, Warren Hamilton (“Warnie”, Lewis’s brother), 7, 164; and alcoholism, 139, 165–166, 259–260, 269; and friends, 50, 99–100; and haircuts, 163, 189; and Lewis’s conversion, 24–26
life, 166, 261, 283, 307, 322, 372; after death, 19, 111, 148–149, 155, 270, 335; and hypochondria, 234; living day to day, 209, 313, 323; main work of, 293; waking up from, 306, 370
light, 20, 38–39, 62, 81, 119, 125–126
Lilith, 16, 55, 91
lilies of the field, 216, 313
Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The (Lewis), 162
Litany of Humility (Merry del Val), 128, 129
Lockley, Mrs. (pseudonym), 141–142, 143–144
Loftstrom, Edward, 315, 317–319, 355
loneliness, 228, 245, 332
longing, 13, 24, 41, 250
Lord’s Prayer, the, 198
loss. See bereavement
love: and affections, 18–19, 82, 100, 167; and Agape, 76–77, 233–234; and being in love, 29, 34, 56, 71–74, 210; and Charles Williams, 91–92, 102; death and rebirth of, 100, 111, 254; and Denis de Rougemont, 69, 70; and divine love, 10, 13, 14, 47–48, 53, 81, 167, 210, 214; of Eros and philia, 76, 233, 253, 319, 335; and friendship, 23; of God, 101–102, 123, 226, 297; and infidelity, 144; of oneself, 45, 77; of one’s neighbor, 17, 76, 101–102, 123
Love is Enough (Morris), 24
Love’s Victory (Patmore), 256
Lucifer. See devil
lust, 11, 34, 204, 219, 247–248, 264–265, 270–271, 308
Luther, Martin, 214
Lyell, Mr., 105–106
MacDonald, George, 79, 91, 117, 172, 224, 259; anthology of, 112, 247; and Barfield, 45; books by, 68; and death, 20, 24, 27, 161; and God, 40, 41; and love, 101, 167, 168; and praise by Lewis, 1, 3, 9–10, 16, 50, 54–55, 94
Magdalen College, Oxford, 76, 104, 250
Magdalene College, Cambridge, 250
Malory, Thomas, 34
Man: His Origin and Destiny (Mascall), 87
Manship, Keith, 359
Marcel, Gabriel, 272–273
marriages, 13–14, 71–76, 86–87, 113, 143–144, 171–172, 178–179, 210, 242, 248, 256–257, 258, 270–271, 303, 304–305. See also divorces
Marx, Karl, 62
Marxism, 110
Mary, the Blessed Virgin, 89, 183, 286
Mary Magdalen(e), Saint, 250
Mascall, Eric Lionel, 87, 125, 146
Masson, Keith, 292–293
masturbation, 12–13, 25–27, 292–293, 307–308, 347–348
materialism, 154, 156, 162, 179–180
maternity, 74, 83, 167, 199–200, 217–218, 248, 267–268. See also children; Lewis, Flora Augusta (Lewis’s mother); Moore, Janie King Askins “Minto”; parents
matrimony. See marriages
Mauriac, François, 68
McClasin, Mary Margaret, 245, 300
McClay, Emily, 213–215
mediums, 313–314
melancholia, 12, 61, 111, 112, 114, 180, 261
Melchisedech, 70, 269
memory, 12, 13–14, 19, 21, 26–27, 31, 261
mental faculties, 102, 143, 164
mental illnesses. See illnesses, psychological
Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare), 227–228
Mere Christianity (Lewis), 30, 90, 284–285, 329
Milford, Theodore Richard, 68, 84–85
Milton, John, 19, 60, 91–92
Milward, Peter, 279, 330, 367
mind, 102, 143, 164
“Minto”. See Moore, Janie King Askins “Minto”
miracles, 56, 110, 168–169, 200–201; and faith healing, 113, 151, 152, 159–160, 209–210, 234–235, 353; and nature, 109–110, 134; and salvation, 27–28, 274; and visions, 166, 209, 287 Miracles: A Preliminary Study (Lewis), 324
Moberley, Robert Campbell, 94
Moffatt, James, 68, 134
Mohammed, 153
Moore, Janie King Askins “Minto”, 23–24, 48–49, 88–89, 97–98, 103, 104–105, 107, 109, 113, 132, 156–157, 164, 218
morality, 13–15, 178–179, 220, 299, 365
More, Paul Elmer, 86–87
Morland, H., 94
Morris, William, 24, 50
mortality. See Death
mortification. See humility
motherhood, 74, 83, 167, 199–200, 217–218, 248, 267–268. See also Children; Lewis, Flora Augusta (Lewis’s mother); Moore, Janie King Askins “Minto”; parents
mystical phenomena. See miracles
mythology, 27–29, 33, 153, 187–188
nature, 47–48, 98, 101–102, 110, 289–290, 342, 344
Nazism, 60, 77, 109–110
necromancy, 314
Neo-Scholasticism, 47
New Commentary on Holy Scripture, A (Gore, Goudge and Guillaume), 99
Newman, Hila, 206
New Testament, 44, 68, 81, 106–107, 134, 148–149, 151, 196, 201, 351–352
Neylan, Mary, 64–69, 71–76, 82–85, 93–94, 97, 112, 132, 300
Neylan, Sarah (Lewis’s goddaughter), 64–65, 82–83, 94, 132–134
Nygren, Anders, 253
obedience: and animals, 39; and disobedience, 232, 268; and God, 81–82, 101, 103, 147, 152, 172, 177, 207–208, 227; in life, 37, 47–48, 64–65
old age. See aging
Old Testament, 62, 201
Opie, Redvers, 76
original sin, 168
Orthodoxy (Chesterton), 68
Othello (Shakespeare), 155
Otto, Rudolf, 94
Out of the Silent Planet (Lewis), 235
pacifism, 54, 188
paganism: and Christianity, 33, 53, 175, 267–268, 269, 279; and God, 28–29, 282; and Venus, 89
pain, books by Lewis on, 170, 259, 332; and death, 54, 56–57, 111–112, 114, 164, 178, 366, 368; emotional, 141–142, 144, 222–223, 237; and God, 101, 149, 175, 248–249, 305; physical, 103, 135–136, 156–157, 248, 302, 322; and spiritual practice, 334. See also bereavement
pantheism, 48, 117
papacy, 53, 368
Papworth, Mr., 48–49
parables, 90, 187–188, 201–202, 213–214, 278–279, 351–352
Paradiso (Dante), 18–19
parents, Lewis’s father, 13–14, 15, 59–60, 237, 284; and Lewis’s goddaughter, 64–65, 82–83, 94, 132–134; Lewis’s housekeeper, 23–24, 48–49, 88–89, 97–98, 103, 104–105, 107, 109, 113, 132, 156–157, 164, 218; Lewis’s mother, 13–14, 117, 118, 228, 231; Lewis’s views of, 144, 205, 216, 227, 237, 241, 284, 315, 319, 365; Lewis’s wife, 266–267, 303–304; and maternity, 74, 83, 167, 199–200, 217–218, 248, 267–268; mother of Lewis’s goddaughter, 64–69, 71–76, 82–85, 93–94, 97, 112, 132, 300; and paternity, 268. See also children
Pascal, Blaise, 146
Passion of Christ. See Gethsemane
Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, The (Barbet), 262
paternity, 268. See also children; parents
Patmore, Coventry, 13–14, 53, 91, 256
Paul, Saint, 24, 28, 44, 75, 126; and biblical interpretations, 213–214, 244, 249, 307; and capital punishment, 188; job of, 160; and love, 145, 233–234
peace: and death, 79; of God, 31, 47, 109, 148–149; and right action, 45
Pedrollo, Don Luigi, 316, 319, 327–328, 339
Penelope, Sister. See Lawson, Penelope
Perelandra (Lewis), 89, 95, 235
perfection, 55–56, 65–66, 103, 344–345
pets. See animals; cats; dogs
Phantastes (MacDonald), 1, 55, 91
Philia, 76, 233, 253, 319, 335
philosophy, 47–48, 64–65, 66, 87, 117, 122
Philosophy of the Good of Life, The (Gore), 68, 94, 346
Pickwick Papers, The (Dickens), 70
Pilgrim’s Progress, The (Bunyan), 218, 346
Pitman, Mr., 307
Pitt, Valerie, 290–291
Place of the Lion, The (Williams), 49, 50, 92
Plato, 49, 70
pleasures, 30, 35, 58, 59, 83, 102, 135, 144, 149, 295
Poems (Patmore), 91
poetry, 117, 135, 164
politics, 62, 197, 215–216
pope, the, 53, 368
poverty, 54, 149, 216, 296
Practice of the Presence of God (Lawrence), 13
prayers: for animals, 113; answered, 165, 221, 243; for the dead, 100, 145–146, 225; dryness of, 309; efficacy of, 63, 159–160, 279; for enemies, 69–71, 236–237; for faith, 177; and feelings, 257–258; instructions regarding, 127, 141–142, 169, 172, 185, 187, 222–223, 244–245; of Lewis, 44, 71, 89, 93, 102, 103, 107, 134, 135–136, 168, 242–243, 257, 296, 372; Lord’s Prayer, 198; private and public, 151–152; problems of, 43–44, 371
Precious Bane (Webb), 16–17, 18–19
pregnancy, 199–200, 248. See also children; parents
Presbyterian Church, the, 169
present moment, 295, 305, 323, 334, 351
presumptions, 181, 257, 312
pride, 11, 42, 83, 90, 159, 180, 234, 279
priests, 59, 69–70, 84–85, 173, 210–211, 227, 232, 240–241. See also confessions
Princess and Curdie, The (MacDonald), 16
Princess and the Goblin, The (MacDonald), 16
Problem of Pain (Lewis), 92, 123, 170, 259, 332, 362
Prometheus [Unbound], 79
prophets, 62, 106, 269, 312. See also Christ Jesus
Protestants, 244, 259, 285
providence, 109, 170, 263, 278, 312–313
psychological illnesses. See illnesses, psychological psychology: for pets, 343; and psychiatry, 121, 122, 181–182, 235; and psychoanalysis, 64–66, 68; and psychotherapy, 203–205, 317–318; and religion, 329; skepticism of, 277, 278
purgatory, 187, 216, 323, 358, 359
Puritanism, 30–31
Pythagorus, 294
radio talks, 155
Rambler, The (Johnson), 17, 76
Ransom, Elwin (fictional hero of trilogy), 89, 94
realisation, 87–88, 102, 232–233
redemption, 27–28, 109–110, 170, 187, 299–300
reformation, 368
Reidy, Mrs., 184
reincarnation, 187
religion, and apostasy, 205; and Christ, 90, 269, 288; and Christianity, 62, 282, 329–330, 367. See also Christianity; and Churches, 151–152; and criticisms, 184; and denominations, 43–44, 53, 165; and fundamentalism, 273–274; Lewis’s views of, 2, 117, 122; and psychoanalysis, 66; and spiritual practices, 207–208, 226; and world religions, 152–154, 285, 367
Resurrection, 101, 124, 128–129, 148, 155, 169, 314, 373–374. See also specific religions
Revelations of Divine Love (Norwich), 95, 146
Ridler, Anne, 114
rituals, 30–31, 153–154, 183, 209, 227
Roberts, F. Morgan, 244
Robertson, Stuart, 351–352
Rod, Root and Flower (Patmore), 91
Rolston, Mrs. John R., 354
Roman Catholicism, 43, 106, 117, 179, 183–184, 190, 201–202, 244, 256, 272, 285, 367
romanticism, 29, 48, 324
sacrifices, 28, 33, 123, 299–300, 309, 342
salvation, 27–28, 152, 312
Sandeman, Phyllis Elinor, 123, 193–194, 225–226, 227–228
Satan. See Devil
Sayer, George, 68
Sayers, Dorothy L., 304–305
Scale of Perfection, The (Hilton), 146
schools, 91, 107, 117, 118, 134, 147, 205, 324
Screwtape Letters, The (Lewis), 88, 90, 200, 251
Scriptures. See Bible
Seaboard Parish (MacDonald), 20
security, 86, 185, 228, 278; and insecurity, 156–157, 216, 235
self: approval, 234; birth of real, 267–268; care of, 105–106, 365; centeredness, 116, 191, 234, 292, 355; and change, 239, 277; control, 20; death of, 344; denial, 30–31; depths within, 272; detachment from, 101–102, 240; examination, 81, 282; filled by God, 251; knowledge, 82–83, 202; old and new, 171–172; pity, 27, 34; sacrifice, 123; as seed, 370; standards for, 294–295; and telescopes, 325
Selwyn, Edward Gordon, 68, 94
Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (Law), 272, 346
Sermon on the Mount, The (Gore), 346
seven deadly sins, 11, 143
Severe Mercy, A (Vanauken), 152
sexuality, 14, 18, 25–26, 73, 265, 308; and abstinence, 71–72, 242; and adultery, 141–142, 143–144, 179, 199, 247–248; and Denis de Rougemont, 69, 70; and homosexuality, 180–181, 241–242; and infidelity, 141–142; and lust, 11, 34, 204, 219, 247–248, 264–265, 270–271, 308; and marriage, 71–74; and masturbation, 292, 293, 307–308; and natural impulses, 167; and Virgin birth, 169
Shakespeare, William, 155, 227–228
sheep, 90, 149, 214, 238
Shelburne, Mary Willis, 235–236, 247, 293, 357–359, 365–367; and animals, 357, 360–361, 362; and death, 366, 368–370; and difficulties, 236–237, 239, 272, 274, 295–296, 325, 337, 340–341, 343, 345, 361–362, 371–373; and forgiveness, 310, 312, 322–323, 336; and God, 297, 298, 308–309; insecurities of, 216, 221–222, 276; and the Past, 347, 351; and prayers, 221, 257–258, 342; and present moments, 313, 323–324, 351; and Queen Elizabeth II, 208; and religion, 190, 205–206, 249, 261–262, 277–278, 279–280, 362–364; and standards, 294–295; and suffering, 288, 335; and temptations, 210–211; and the Trinity, 203; and work, 286
Shelley, Mary (student of Lewis), 37
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 19, 79
Shroud of Turin, the, 87–88, 262
sicknesses. See illnesses signs and wonders. See miracles
Silver Chair, The (Lewis), 154–155
sins: and absolution, 81, 173; confessing, 83–85, 182, 201–202, 347–348; forgiveness of, 131, 172–173, 310, 312, 356; and love, 123; original, 168–169; origins of, 203–204; and salvation, 27–28; seven deadly, 11, 143; sexual, 72, 73; and suffering, 136; and temptations, 38, 72, 94, 240, 309
Sir Gibbie (MacDonald), 55
sleep, 13, 56, 119, 221–222, 336, 372
Smoke on the Mountain (Davidman), 302, 303, 346
smoking, 285
Snickers, Elsie, 203–205
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (S.P.C.K.), 68, 99
sorrow. See bereavement
souls, 105, 121, 160
spirituality: and the Bible, 187; dangers of, 29–30; efforts of, 16; and friendship, 54–55; meaning of, 69–71; and pivotal events, 60; and pleasure, 34–35; raw material of, 20–21; servants of, 287; and spirit, 38, 59, 105, 296, 359–360; and spiritual directors, 81, 84–85, 86–87, 93, 97, 178, 210–211, 277, 311; and spiritual healing, 113, 151, 152, 159–160, 209–210, 234, 353; and spiritualistic practices, 100, 313–314; trials and tribulations of, 78–79, 141–142, 216, 245, 265, 307–308; and vocations, 160
Stalin, Joseph, 71, 76, 153
Stapledon, William Olaf, 153
Stephen, Saint, 370
Storgë, 233. See also love submission. See sacrifices suffering, 175–176, 248; of animals, 57; and God, 170, 223, 300; and loss, 216, 256; maternity, 300; meaning of, 136–137; redemptive, 231, 239; of wicked and innocent, 248–249; and the world, 149
suicide, 268
Sunday schools, 281
Surprised by Joy (Lewis), 9, 25, 282
surrender. See sacrifices swimming, 93, 148, 176, 304
Symbolism and Belief (Bevan), 94, 323, 346
sympathy, 40, 45, 61, 98, 104, 109, 193–194, 231, 245, 303–304, 320, 326–328
Taliessin (Williams), 89
Taoism, 152, 153–154, 156
Taylor, William, 59–60
teetotalism, 139, 259–260, 269, 286–287
Tempest (Shakespeare), 227–228
temptations, 30, 38, 121, 139, 165, chronic, 94; confrontation with, 12–13, 40–41, 240; Jesus’, 55–56; sexual, 72, 142, 248, 347. See also Gethsemane
Teresa of Avila, Saint, 208, 255
Territorials, the, 53, 54
thankfulness, 95, 202, 261
That Hideous Strength (Lewis), 103, 113
Theism, 118, 155
Theologica Germanica, 81, 95, 146, 348
theology, 61–62, 160–161
Thomas Aquinas, Saint, 79
Thomson, Patricia Tyler, 90–91
Till We Have Faces (Lewis), 302
time, 33, 38, 69, 175–176, 319
timelessness, 18, 38–39, 118, 140
Tolkien, J.R.R., 23, 27, 28, 43, 50, 92, 99–100, 115
Traherne, Thomas, 68, 95, 146, 348
Transposition (Lewis), 346
Treasure on Earth (Sandeman), 193–194
trials and tribulations, 78–79, 141–142, 216, 245, 265, 307–308
trinity, 203
Trollope, Anthony, 20, 211–212
trust, 51, 125, 155
truth, 21, 38, 106, 266, 311
Turner, Lee, 310
unbelievers, 43, 90, 135–136
unchastity. See lust
Unitarianism, 106, 107
unity, 178, 190, 198
Unspoken Sermons (MacDonald), 68, 94, 101
Usherwood, Francis, 124
vacations. See holidays
Vanauken, Sheldon, 152–156, 160–161, 165, 241–243, 251, 255, 263–264, 266–268, 270–271, 298, 310–311, 335
Van Deusen, Mary, 181–182, 183–184, 243, 253, 260–261; and cancer, 275, 327; and coping, 320; and family issues, 165–166, 217–218, 240–241, 324; and fasting, 272; and forgiveness, 290; and God, 170, 175–176, 222–223, 238; and hypochondria, 234–235; and Jesus, 288; on love and joy, 278–279, 282; and moving, 362; and prayers, 140, 159–160, 176–177, 185–186, 192–193, 207–208, 232, 240–241, 276–277, 315, 349; and present moments, 323; and religion, 151–152, 196, 201–203, 207, 210, 220–221, 226–227, 294, 298, 324, 349; and spiritualistic practices, 313–314; and time, 319; and vocations, 297
vanity, 34, 77, 83, 86, 118, 204, 292, 295
Via positiva, negativa, 243–244
vices, 147–149
Vie de Jésus (Mauriac), 68
virgin birth, the, 168–169
virginity, 60, 168–169
virtues, 43, 53, 90, 135–136
Vision of God, The (Kirk), 146
visions, 166, 209, 287
vocations, 53, 160–161, 202–203, 224, 225, 238, 246, 299. See also work voice, 194, 321; of Benecke, 104; and Christ, 71; of devil, 312; and God, 149; of spiritual directors, 87, 97; of Williams, 91, 99
Voltaire, 128
Von Hügel, Friedrich, 94, 270
vows, 202–203
Vulgate. See Bible
Wadsworth Longfellow, William
Henry, 282
Wandering Jew, The (Heym), 276, 283
war, 75, 78, 178, 260; active duty in, 53, 54, 58; and evil times, 128; and God, 51, 136, 143; improvement in, 95, 103; and pessimism, 118; and politics, 62; post-war, 147–148; worries about, 53–54
War and Peace (Tolstoy), 137
Warnie. See Lewis, Warren Hamilton (“Warnie”, Lewis’s brother)
weaknesses, 66, 122, 144, 149, 294
Webb, Mary, 16–17, 18–19
Weight of Glory, The (Lewis), 100, 131
will, 39, 95, 127; and free will, 124, 136–137, 165, 186, 204; of God, 43, 105, 125, 136–141, 175, 177, 223, 291, 344, 360; and love, 77–78, 101; and spirit within, 105, 121–122
Williams, Charles: books by, 48, 49, 89, 145, 146, 181–182, 224, 292; illness and death of, 110–115, 187; Lewis’s opinions of, 55, 60, 91–92, 99, 102
Williams, Florence (Michal), 112–113
Willink, Henry, 326–327
wine, 233, 259–260, 269, 287
Wingfield Morris Hospital, Headington, England, 303
Winter’s Tale, The (Shakespeare), 227–228
wisdom, 31, 60, 233
Wise, Janet, 273
wishes, 26, 149, 153, 156
wives, 74, 144, 217, 227, 260. See also Gresham, Joy Davidman (Lewis’s wife)
Wolfe, P.A., 184
Wood, Arthur, 34
Wood That Time Forgot, The, 114
work, 86–87, 147, 216, 260, 316. See also vocations world, 49, 74, 200, 296–297; to come, 19–20, 54, 110, 335–336; and death, 148–149, 367; and evil, 38–39, 118–119; feeling miseries of, 61, 211–212; and God, 137, 219; and love, 72–73; modern, 135, 211, 322; passed away, 288; and
Ransom Trilogy, 89, 103; Saviour of, 76–77, 206; scientific views of, 117; state of, 70–71, 128
worrying, 119, 156–157, 209, 214
writing, 134–135, 195, 246, 302
youth, 211–213, 216, 219, 260–261, 283, 284. See also children
zeal, 215, 286