Descent Into Hell by Charles Williams (Ch. 6-7)

17/05/2022 58 min Temporada 2 Episodio 38
Descent Into Hell by Charles Williams (Ch. 6-7)

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Episode Synopsis

Chris, Logan, and Sophie discuss Charles Williams' novel Descent Into Hell, chapters 6-7.
Among other things, we discuss

The Unusual Structure of Descent and Why it Defies Summary
 
 


Prayer for the Dead
 
 


Distinctions between Charles Williams secondary world and those of Tolkien/Lewis'
 
 


Influence of Williams' ideas on Lewis (and maybe Tolkien)
 
 


That famous "Weight of Glory" quote
 
 


Enchanted, Invisible Worlds: Williams' Unseen World versus Faerie
 
 


Isolation and Community as Hell and Heaven
 
 


Heaven in the Fresco at Voroneț
 
 
 


Echoes of Chapter 7 in Lewis' The Great Divorce
 
 


Heaven as fact and Hell as self-deception
 
 


The personality (or lack thereof) of the dead man; his supposed lack of moral agency
 
 


What to do if you ever see a ghost
 
 


The dead man's groan, the earthquake, and the harrowing of hell
 
 


All good actions as extensions of God's goodness
 
 
 


Dopplegangers in the movies


  
Thanks to Logan Huggins for producing this episode!