David Thornton - Lewis and Magic

Something that struck me as I was reading the Magician’s Nephew was how Lewis describes magic. For Lewis, magic is something that is alive and apart of life, despite its tendency to only be recognized by few individuals. Digory’s uncle is a magician, but he treats magic as a scientist. He uses it for himself and the power and prestige he dreams of. Lewis brings together things that are spiritual and magical. This marriage is powerful because of all the different notions and descriptions we hold to each word and concept. The combination of these two things brings out an even more powerful description of that which is outside of normal human experience. In the book Digory and Polly experience magic and the good and evil and may or may not cause. The imagination of Lewis is unparalleled compared to what I have read in my lifetime because his stories convey things that are deep and meaningful, while at the same time being simple and addicting stories.