Susan James and I talk about the latest post from The Embassy - All the President’s Dogs. On the mortgage crash, the President’s Dogs and the spells we are under
Here is an excerpt …
In C.S. Lewis’ The Silver Chair, the good Prince Rillian of Narnia is captured and put under a spell by someone known as The Lady of the Green Kirtle while above ground and the Queen of Underland in her underground Queendom. Prince Rillian is made prince of this underground place - but rules in appearance only, held in the sway of the Queen of Underland. Each day, for one hour, the Queen binds the Prince in her darkly magical silver chair. The Queen tells the Prince that he goes mad during this hour and must be bound to protect himself and others. The truth is that he is himself and no longer under her spell during this hour and the Queen needs to renew the spell every day. During this hour, he sees things as they are and begs and struggles to be released. The Narnian children come to break the spell by interrupting the witch’s spell renewal. The spell keeps reality away, and the Prince only sees reality by breaking the spell.
It seems our whole culture is under a spell, or under any number of such spells. Each is different in their own way, some appearing opposite from some others. But each performs the same basic function - keeping us from seeing what is right there, keeping reality at bay, causing us to prioritize the trivial and trivialize the priorities. I’ll let you fill in the blanks for whatever spells you happen to see. But the spells you see probably afflict others, it is the spells we don’t see we should be concerned with.
Links
For Biden’s Dog, A Belated Exile: “How many bites does it take?” - Peter Baker, The New York Times
Secret Service: Biden dog would be ‘put down’ if not president’s pet - Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner
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