In this 12-week study, we move through almost all of Lewis's major works of fiction, including:
Out of the Silent Planet
Perelandra
That Hideous Strength
The Great Divorce
Till We Have Faces
The Chronicles of Narnia
Each weekly module includes lessons on the reading, lessons on secondary material, such as Lewis's related non-fiction books and essays, and recorded live meetings. Join us on this whirlwind adventure through the very first course of the Mythic Mind Academy.
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This course explores the major works of C.S. Lewis through a philosophical and theological lens, pairing his fiction with key essays and recorded discussions.
Module 1 – Introduction
Recommended Secondary Texts (PDF)
It’s All in Plato: The World of C.S. Lewis
Module 2 – Out of the Silent Planet
Religion and Rocketry (PDF)
The Planets (PDF)
Introduction to Out of the Silent Planet
Out of the Silent Planet Main Lesson
Out of the Silent Planet Recorded Live Discussion
Module 3 – Perelandra
Is Theology Poetry? (PDF)
Meditation in a Toolshed (PDF)
The Weight of Glory (PDF)
Myth Became Fact (PDF)
Introduction to Perelandra
Perelandra Main Lesson
Perelandra Recorded Live Discussion
Module 4 – The Screwtape Letters
Screwtape Proposes a Toast (PDF)
The Man Born Blind (PDF)
Introduction to The Screwtape Letters
The Screwtape Letters Main Lesson
The Screwtape Letters Recorded Live Discussion
Module 5 – That Hideous Strength, Preface – Ch. 6
The Inner Ring (PDF)
Answers to Questions on Christianity (PDF)
Introduction to That Hideous Strength
That Hideous Strength Main Lesson 1
That Hideous Strength Recorded Live Discussion 1
Module 6 – That Hideous Strength, Chs. 7–11
Equality (PDF)
Democratic Education (PDF)
The Necessity of Chivalry (PDF)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (PDF)
The Abolition of Man, Part 1
That Hideous Strength Main Lesson 2
That Hideous Strength Recorded Live Discussion 2
Module 7 – That Hideous Strength, Chs. 12-17
Wittgenstein’s Lecture on Ethics (PDF)
Jean-Paul Sartre – Existentialism is a Humanism (PDF)
A.J. Ayer – Language, Truth, and Logic (PDF)
George Orwell’s Review of That Hideous Strength (PDF)
Ayn Rand’s Notes on The Abolition of Man (PDF)
The Abolition of Man, Part 2
That Hideous Strength Main Lesson 3
That Hideous Strength Recorded Live Discussion 3
Module 8 – Till We Have Faces, Part One
Introduction to Till We Have Faces
Till We Have Faces Part 1 Main Lesson
Till We Have Faces Part 1 Live Discussion
Module 9 – Till We Have Faces, Part Two
Is Theology Poetry? (PDF)
Is Theism Important? (PDF)
Myth Became Fact (PDF)
Myth Became Fact (video)
Till We Have Faces Part 2 Main Lesson
Till We Have Faces Part 2 Recorded Live Discussion
Module 10 – The Great Divorce
A Grief Observed (PDF)
Introduction to The Great Divorce
The Great Divorce Main Lesson
The Great Divorce Recorded Live Discussion
Module 11 – The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
On Three Ways of Writing for Children (PDF)
On Stories (PDF)
It All Began with a Picture (PDF)
Farmer Giles of Ham (PDF)
Introduction to Narnia
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Narnia 1–3 Recorded Live Discussion
Module 12 – The Silver Chair and The Horse & His Boy
Letter of Saint-Louis IX (PDF)
A Slip of the Tongue
Introduction to The Silver Chair and The Horse & His Boy
The Silver Chair
The Horse and His Boy
Narnia 4–5 Recorded Live Discussion
Module 13 – The Magician’s Nephew and The Last Battle
Ainulindalë (PDF)
Introduction to The Magician’s Nephew and The Last Battle
