From what I understand, far from being a "religious freak", Lewis didn't turn to Christianity till later in life, after years of mingling with the hipsters of his day, the "cool set" of Oxford. He was probably tired of the whole game. He thought the man on the bus was more interesting. My friend, mentioned

Hello all... Well it seems that a few of us our on the same wave length... Just when I thought it was a good time to start a little C.S. Lewis discussion, everybody else goes at it during my absence. And before I get into it a few mundane questions. I remember reading in that lovely, but somewhat inaccurate, article about B&S in Puncture a while back about there being C.S. Lewis' quotes in a few songs. Which ones? Any C.S./B&S experts out there? (And on a totally unrelated to CS Lewis topic. A friend of mine claims to have been given a American promo copy of IYFS, and he says its a slightly different mix from the subsequent American CD. The vocals sound different, he says. Anyone clear this up?) Dear C.S. Lewis. I have to admit that I've only read his most famous book, Lion, Witch, etc., but I have been quite captivated by this man for quite a while. He figured large in the spiritual development of a dear friend of mine. And Stuart's comments in the press, have just added fuel to fire. Christian Rock? Indeed, sometimes I wonder what goes through this boy's head. But lets get back to C.S. Lewis, the Greater Stuart Murdoch, as it were. Or is it the other way around. Sorry if that made no sense. So I'm reading this editorial about Lewis, talks about his religious leanings, conversion, etc. when this line pops out at me... "Lewis had a mystical sense of divine presence while on a BUS." (Capitals mine) Something to do with Lewis being led to Christianity "by a sense that the everyday-ness of life is permeated by glory." Did this this whole fascination with buses start with our dear Mr. Lewis? previously, told me last night that far from being puritanical about things, he was still very much intrigued with the more sinister side of life. One of his buddies, Evelyn Waugh, is also quoted in this article. A quote from one of his stories... "I think it would be a very wicked thing indeed to do anything to fit a boy for the modern world." This same guy wrote another book, with a character named Sebastian. A sad fellow. Very devoted, usually drunk. I think he even crashed his car in the rain. I'm not sure if it was raining, though. But Martin said...

Much has been written about Belle and Sebastian's religious interests, but how do we square this apparent spirituality with their voyeuristic bent (prisoners with Arab straps and the like). Discuss.

This could turn into a post of Gateau/Ried porportions, so I hold that discussion off for some other time. Like tomorrow. Yikes! No smut, no humor! No "Keith" name dropping! Almost all C.S.Lewis/religion. Uncrushworthy. Love Carrick ps a little bird told me, that the book currently on top of Stuart Murdoch's C.S. Lewis Recommended Reading List, is "That Hideous Strength" _______________ ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+