Unancestral Voice

A representative selection from the major writings of the man C. S. Lewis called “the wisest and best of my unofficial teachers.”

The first book to offer an overview, at once introductory and comprehensive, of the philosophical thought of Owen Barfield, sometimes known as the “first and last Inkling” and as the “British Heidegger.” Beginning by placing Barfield's early poetics in the context of the critical hurly-burly of modernist London of the 1920s, Owen Barfield's Poetic Philosophy: Meaning and Imagination shows how Barfield's subsequent development of a philosophy of history, metaphysics, and ethics culminates in his development of a poetic cosmology. Hipolito situates Barfield's poetic philosophy in relation to his significant contemporaries (and predecessors) including T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, I.A. Richards, Jean Paul Sartre, Martin Heidegger and Ernst Cassirer, bringing to light for the first time many important aspects of Barfield's thought. The book concludes with an analysis of the Burgeon trilogy, in which Barfield recapitulates the themes and arguments of his poetic philosophy by exemplifying them in three genre-defying works of fiction. Structured chronologically and giving a systematic examination of Barfield's thought, Owen Barfield's Poetic Philosophy paints a much-needed picture of a major thinker and poet, who was entirely engaged with his times and who remains crucially relevant to our own.

In this book Michael Di Fuccia examines the theological import of Owen Barfield's poetic philosophy. He argues that philosophies of immanence fail to account for creativity, as is evident in the false shuttling between modernity's active construal and postmodernity's passive construal of subjectivity. In both extremes subjectivity actually dissolves, divesting one of any creative integrity. Di Fuccia shows how in Barfield's scheme the creative subject appears instead to inhabit a middle or medial realm, which upholds one's creative integrity. It is in this way that Barfield's poetic philosophy gestures toward a theological vision of poiēsis proper, wherein creativity is envisaged as neither purely passive nor purely active, but middle. Creativity, thus, is not immanent but mediated, a participation in God's primordial poiēsis.

"Because of the combination of information, understanding and insight on which it is founded, The Magical World of the Inklings is more than outstanding. It is not in the same league with anything else I have come across." - Owen Barfield The works of J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Charles Williams and Owen Barfield have had a profound impact on the contemporary world. Together they were The Inklings, a small literary group of friends who set out to explore the 'mythopoeic' or myth-making element in imaginative fiction. The Magical World of the Inklings reveals how each of these writers created a 'magical world' which initiated the reader into hidden and powerful realms of the creative imagination.

"A stirring group biography of the Inklings, the Oxford writing club featuring J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis."--

The life and mind of C. S. Lewis have fascinated those who have read his works. This collection of his personal letters reveals a unique intellectual journey. The first of a three-volume collection, this volume contains letters from Lewis's boyhood, his army days in World War I, and his early academic life at Oxford. Here we encounter the creative, imaginative seeds that gave birth to some of his most famous works. At age sixteen, Lewis begins writing to Arthur Greeves, a boy his age in Belfast who later becomes one of his most treasured friends. Their correspondence would continue over the next fifty years. In his letters to Arthur, Lewis admits that he has abandoned the Christian faith. "I believe in no religion," he says. "There is absolutely no proof for any of them." Shortly after arriving at Oxford, Lewis is called away to war. Quickly wounded, he returns to Oxford, writing home to describe his thoughts and feelings about the horrors of war as well as the early joys of publication and academic success. In 1929 Lewis writes to Arthur of a friend ship that was to greatly influence his life and writing. "I was up till 2:30 on Monday talking to the Anglo-Saxon professor Tolkien who came back with me to College ... and sat discoursing of the gods and giants & Asgard for three hours ..." Gradually, as Lewis spends time with Tolkien and other friends, he admits in his letters to a change of view on religion. In 1930 he writes, "Whereas once I would have said, 'Shall I adopt Christianity', I now wait to see whether it will adopt me ..." The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Volume I offers an inside perspective to Lewis's thinking during his formative years. Walter Hooper's insightful notes and biographical appendix of all the correspondents make this an irreplaceable reference for those curious about the life and work of one of the most creative minds of the modern era.

Highly recommended . . . prophetic and relevant for this time. Elihu Edelson, Both Sides Now ________________________________________ From the Mind Leap series, one Book in two Parts . . . [1] Age of Metamorphosis: an invitation to expanding consciousness From that first leap in your mind, the door to spirit opens leading on toward direct experience of other realities. It is an entirely different experience to fly! Join the authors widely shared channeling sessions in chapters like these: ?First Meetings with Moita a variety of newcomers and their diverse reactions ?Finding Your Own Path through our mistakes, we grow to become our own teacher ?A Universe of Presences Moita states her difference from Seth and Edgar Cayces source ?The Art of Discretion the lesson Dr. Elisabeth Kbler-Ross learned, after seeking Moitas help with the scandal that ultimately threatened her courageous life. [2] The World Conspires: an adventure in psychic/spiritual exploration The unfolding of a visionary journey, as David and Kelly (Siofra) learn to flow with new energies. As communications with Moita and yet higher levels evolve, experiences range . . . ? from depths: Objects become fuzzy. Instantly Moitas presence is much stronger. She tells me that I am in danger. I am losing the thread of my consciousness. . . ?to heights: The Earth is new, filled with the wonder of its discoveries. He speaks to the Sun and I speak to the Ground. We weave together what we are told and make it whole. ?from personal: There is much fear of joy in this world; and when people fear something, they want to destroy it. In order to release it, you must be very strong and know yourself very well. ?to cosmic: It is the arrival of the High Ones on your plane. The texture of the world is changing. We are preparing you for the inevitable shock of seeing us as we really are. from A Channeling for December 20, 2012 Something is happening tomorrow, to everyone on the planet. There is a great deal of energy bent in this direction. It requires my complete presence. We have watched for a great many years, and now there is a drawing together of worlds, a time when the two worlds may touch, when they may integrate and understand. Life will never be the same again.