Episode Details
Back to Episodes
113 - Introduction to Till We Have Faces: Lewis's Greatest Novel
Published 1 year ago
Description
Watch the video:
https://youtu.be/CSaprLzGIO8
Lewis thought Till We Have Faces was his best novel. Critics shrugged; readers still finish Book One standing at the edge of a mystery. This Mythic Mind introduction opens his retelling of Cupid and Psyche: Orual's veiled face, jealous love, and a myth that aims at the heart before it yields its meaning.
Dr. Andrew Snyder (professor of philosophy and theology) frames why this book feels less like allegory than the Ransom novels, what "bareface" was meant to name, and how to enter Orual's case against the gods without demanding a tidy moral on first pass.
Topics include myth versus on-the-nose allegory, imagination before explanation, and secondary reading that helps without replacing the story.
Related:
• Till We Have Faces, Part One: Orual Behind the Veil (Mythic Mind, ep. 114): https://youtu.be/1KhXO9V0PRw
• Till We Have Faces, Part 2: Orual Unveiled (Mythic Mind, ep. 115): https://youtu.be/DIQVoUnfx6o
• Myth Became Fact: The Incarnation as True Myth (Mythic Mind, ep. 116): https://youtu.be/gNI3hTdgXB8
• The Great Divorce: Heaven, Hell, and the Choice That Divides (Mythic Mind, ep. 117): https://youtu.be/bHfA0S1KzxM
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 #TillWeHaveFaces #Orual #Myth #Theology #Philosophy
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support.
https://youtu.be/CSaprLzGIO8
Lewis thought Till We Have Faces was his best novel. Critics shrugged; readers still finish Book One standing at the edge of a mystery. This Mythic Mind introduction opens his retelling of Cupid and Psyche: Orual's veiled face, jealous love, and a myth that aims at the heart before it yields its meaning.
Dr. Andrew Snyder (professor of philosophy and theology) frames why this book feels less like allegory than the Ransom novels, what "bareface" was meant to name, and how to enter Orual's case against the gods without demanding a tidy moral on first pass.
Topics include myth versus on-the-nose allegory, imagination before explanation, and secondary reading that helps without replacing the story.
Related:
• Till We Have Faces, Part One: Orual Behind the Veil (Mythic Mind, ep. 114): https://youtu.be/1KhXO9V0PRw
• Till We Have Faces, Part 2: Orual Unveiled (Mythic Mind, ep. 115): https://youtu.be/DIQVoUnfx6o
• Myth Became Fact: The Incarnation as True Myth (Mythic Mind, ep. 116): https://youtu.be/gNI3hTdgXB8
• The Great Divorce: Heaven, Hell, and the Choice That Divides (Mythic Mind, ep. 117): https://youtu.be/bHfA0S1KzxM
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 #TillWeHaveFaces #Orual #Myth #Theology #Philosophy
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support.