Chapter Three: The Seven Heavens

[1] “The Planets”: This poem appears in C. S. Lewis, Poems, 12–15.

[2] influenza: See C. S. Lewis, The Discarded Image, 110.

[3] winter passed and guilt forgiven: C. S. Lewis, “The Planets,” in Poems, 14.

[4] just and gentle: Lewis, “Planets,” 14.

[5] Planet Narnia: Planet Narnia was the subject of the BBC documentary The Narnia Code, which is now available on DVD. For more information, see www.narniacode.com.

[6] tingling with life: See C. S. Lewis, English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama, 4.

[7] Gods and goddesses could always be used in a Christian sense: Ibid., 342.

[8] The gods are God incognito and everyone is in the secret: Ibid., 342.

[9] I have made no serious effort . . . It was not true: Lewis, Discarded Image, 216.

[10] the highest point that poetry had ever reached: C. S. Lewis, “Shelley, Dryden, and Mr. Eliot,” in Selected Literary Essays, 203.

[11] The “space” of modern astronomy . . . satisfying in its harmony: Lewis, Discarded Image, 99.

[12] In our world a star . . . only what it is made of: C. S. Lewis, The Voyage of the “Dawn Treader,” 209.

[13] Lewis refers to this verse in his book Out of the Silent Planet: See C. S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet, 127.

[14] The spheres transmit . . . much more, on plants and minerals: Lewis, Discarded Image, 103–104.

[15] the lucrative . . . astrologically grounded predictions: Ibid., 103.

[16] since the Bible strictly forbids that practice: See, for example, Deuteronomy 4:19; 2 Kings 17:16; 21:3; 23:5; Job 31:26ff.; Jeremiah 8:2; 19:13.

[17] The characters of the planets . . . have a permanent value as spiritual symbols: C. S. Lewis, “The Alliterative Metre,” in Selected Literary Essays, 24.

[18] I give you the stars and I give you myself: C. S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew, 128.

[19] sun and moon and stars and Aslan himself: C. S. Lewis, The Silver Chair, 182.

[20] If Aslan were really coming . . . would be assembled in his honor: C. S. Lewis, The Last Battle, 19–20.

[21] perpetual Gloria: See C. S. Lewis, That Hideous Strength, 324.