accursed Charn and other matters

Midge · 01-29-2011, 12:25 AM

Also in the Last Battle, even though the Pevensies are trying to dig up the Rings to use to get to Narnia, Peter and Edmund go to dig them up, but they aren't planning on using them because they know that Aslan has already decreed that they will never go back to Narnia. I think they saw the dream that Tirian had as a calling, and while they trusted Aslan, they didn't want to just sit around if they could be doing something.

EDIT: Actually, if you think about it, that's all they were doing: something to do. It had been YEARS since Digory and Polly were in the wood, and even if the puddle back to Earth was still marked, there was no way of knowing where the puddle to Narnia was. If they were to use the Rings, the entire premise behind the Rings would have had to change, or else they would have been blundering from pool to pool looking for the Narnia pool. [/EDIT]

You know, that whole planting the apple thing intrigues me. When Aslan says that if someone unbidden had taken an apple and planted it to protect Narnia, but that Narnia would have turned into another world like Charn, it almost makes you despair, thinking, "Well, Digory took it to plant!" Then you realize that he had permission from Aslan.

It's like that passage in Revelation where John is really upset because nobody was found to open the little scroll until in walks Jesus and He is found worthy. You start to freak out because you don't want Narnia to be like Charn, but then you realize that it won't because Digory WAS bidden to take a fruit by the OWNER of the fruit.

01-29-2011, 12:25 AM	#3
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	Also in the Last Battle, even though the Pevensies are trying to dig up the Rings to use to get to Narnia, Peter and Edmund go to dig them up, but they aren't planning on using them because they know that Aslan has already decreed that they will never go back to Narnia. I think they saw the dream that Tirian had as a calling, and while they trusted Aslan, they didn't want to just sit around if they could be doing something. EDIT: Actually, if you think about it, that's all they were doing: something to do. It had been YEARS since Digory and Polly were in the wood, and even if the puddle back to Earth was still marked, there was no way of knowing where the puddle to Narnia was. If they were to use the Rings, the entire premise behind the Rings would have had to change, or else they would have been blundering from pool to pool looking for the Narnia pool. [/EDIT] You know, that whole planting the apple thing intrigues me. When Aslan says that if someone unbidden had taken an apple and planted it to protect Narnia, but that Narnia would have turned into another world like Charn, it almost makes you despair, thinking, "Well, Digory took it to plant!" Then you realize that he had permission from Aslan. It's like that passage in Revelation where John is really upset because nobody was found to open the little scroll until in walks Jesus and He is found worthy. You start to freak out because you don't want Narnia to be like Charn, but then you realize that it won't because Digory WAS bidden to take a fruit by the OWNER of the fruit. __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more! Last edited by Midge : 01-29-2011 at 12:29 AM.