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Mechanical Help Understanding Charles Williams

Posted on 27 April 2024 by Sørina Higgins

I’m the first to admit that I don’t understand most of what Charles Williams wrote. I rely on Sørina Higgins to figure out the hard parts and explain them. So when even she has a puzzle, where is there to … Continue reading →

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Was Charles Williams an Anthroposophist? An Interview with Owen Barfield’s Grandson

Posted on 4 January 2023 by Sørina Higgins

A Guest Post by G. Connor Salter G. Connor Salter has a Bachelor of Science in Professional Writing from Taylor University. He has presented on the Inklings to Inkling Folk Fellowship, and contributed his thoughts to Mythlore, A Pilgrim in Narnia, Fellowship … Continue reading →

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Ghosts & Clairvoyants Galore: Notes on Endings to Edwin Drood

Posted on 28 December 2022 by Sørina Higgins

In 1870, the great novelist Charles Dickens was fifty-eight years old and quite ill, having suffered a stroke the previous year. Nevertheless, he began work on a new novel and arranged for it to be published serially by Chapman & … Continue reading →

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CW’s Nativity Plays

Posted on 21 December 2022 by Sørina Higgins

Although Charles Williams is known more for obscurity and difficulty than for compelling drama, he was capable of the latter, and wrote a few “unusually intelligible” Nativity plays. These include Seed of Adam (1936), The Death of Good Fortune (1939), … Continue reading →

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CFP: “Gardeners of the Galaxies: How Imaginary Worlds Teach Us to Care for This One” by Sørina Higgins and Brenton Dickieson (Academic Deadline Extended to May 30th)

Posted on 20 May 2022 by Sørina Higgins

A Pilgrim in Narnia I am about to talk about gardening while my own garden is suffering from busy-related neglect. Even my little seedlings, planted with plenty of time for our last frost day (usually about June 10th in Prince … Continue reading →

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A Strange Bugle Call

Posted on 15 May 2022 by Sørina Higgins

Originally posted on The Oddest Inkling:
On this day in 1945, Charles Williams died suddenly. C.S. Lewis wrote this little poem out of his grief: Your death blows a strange bugle call, friend, and all is hard To see plainly…

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Repaying the Debt

Posted on 6 April 2022 by Sørina Higgins

Guest post by John Mabry: The Rev. Dr. John Mabry is the owner of the Apocryphile Press, a small publishing company specializing in edgy spirituality. A retired United Church of Christ pastor, he currently serves as the director of the … Continue reading →

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Charles Williams & Dennis Wheatley: Writing of Dark Forces Part 1

Posted on 21 March 2022 by Sørina Higgins

Guest Post by G. Connor Salter G. Connor Salter has a Bachelor of Science in Professional Writing from Taylor University. He has presented on the Inklings and related figures to Inkling Folk Fellowship, and contributed his thoughts to A Pilgrim … Continue reading →

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Posted on 11 March 2022 by Sørina Higgins

I need you to help me choose a title, friends. This has nothing to do with Charles Williams (as far as I know), but hey: My blog, my rules. Anyway, I’m working on books one through four of my Sixteen … Continue reading →

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A Strange Bugle Call

Posted on 15 May 2019 by Sørina Higgins

On this day in 1945, Charles Williams died suddenly. C.S. Lewis wrote this little poem out of his grief: Your death blows a strange bugle call, friend, and all is hard To see plainly or record truly. The new light … Continue reading →

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