Episode Details
Back to Episodes
101 - Introduction to Perelandra: Venus, Temptation, and Unfallen Eve
Published 1 year, 2 months ago
Description
Watch the video:
https://youtu.be/fPU7aiJOn3k
Before Ransom lands on Venus, Lewis wants you oriented: desire as echo, glory as telos, and a story driven by the end it aims at rather than by plot twists alone. This Mythic Mind introduction opens Perelandra by way of The Weight of Glory. Dr. Andrew Snyder (professor of philosophy and theology) frames secondary reading, names the major themes to watch, and keeps spoilers light so first readers can receive the floating islands without a map of every turn.
Topics include love as willing the good of the other, pleasure ordered toward its fulfillment, and why Perelandra trains desire before the Un-man arrives.
Related:
• Perelandra: Paradise, the Un-man, and the Great Dance (Mythic Mind, ep. 103): https://youtu.be/90QFX72HsMs
• Perelandra and The Weight of Glory: Longing for the Real: https://youtu.be/1pnPDys9lnQ
• The Philosophy of Perelandra, Pt. I: Paradise Under Assault: https://youtu.be/F7r0bDhMesE
• Out of the Silent Planet: Cosmic Hierarchy and Human Bentness (Mythic Mind, ep. 99): https://youtu.be/0mLWBTYRhy0
Join the Mythic Mind Fellowship:
https://mythicmindfellowship.c...
Listen to/watch the Mythic Mind podcasts:
- Mythic Mind
- Mythic Mind Games
- Mythic Mind Movies & Shows
#MythicMind #CSLewis #Perelandra #WeightOfGlory #SpaceTrilogy #Theology #Philosophy
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support.
https://youtu.be/fPU7aiJOn3k
Before Ransom lands on Venus, Lewis wants you oriented: desire as echo, glory as telos, and a story driven by the end it aims at rather than by plot twists alone. This Mythic Mind introduction opens Perelandra by way of The Weight of Glory. Dr. Andrew Snyder (professor of philosophy and theology) frames secondary reading, names the major themes to watch, and keeps spoilers light so first readers can receive the floating islands without a map of every turn.
Topics include love as willing the good of the other, pleasure ordered toward its fulfillment, and why Perelandra trains desire before the Un-man arrives.
Related:
• Perelandra: Paradise, the Un-man, and the Great Dance (Mythic Mind, ep. 103): https://youtu.be/90QFX72HsMs
• Perelandra and The Weight of Glory: Longing for the Real: https://youtu.be/1pnPDys9lnQ
• The Philosophy of Perelandra, Pt. I: Paradise Under Assault: https://youtu.be/F7r0bDhMesE
• Out of the Silent Planet: Cosmic Hierarchy and Human Bentness (Mythic Mind, ep. 99): https://youtu.be/0mLWBTYRhy0
Join the Mythic Mind Fellowship:
https://mythicmindfellowship.c...
Listen to/watch the Mythic Mind podcasts:
- Mythic Mind
- Mythic Mind Games
- Mythic Mind Movies & Shows
#MythicMind #CSLewis #Perelandra #WeightOfGlory #SpaceTrilogy #Theology #Philosophy
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support.