SONG OF THE WEEK: “We’re Getting Closer to the Sun”
https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/were-getting-closer-to-the-sun
#sun #uhura #nichellenichols #captainkirk #williamshatner #startrek #bread #circus #angels #cosmos #astronauts #psychedelic #twilightzone #CSLewis #johnnyjblair #chrisvonsneidern #spymovie #surfguitar #surfrock #singeratlarge #singersongwriter #spacetrilogy
MY SONG OF THE WEEK “A Place Across The Sky” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/a-place-across-the-sky
#johnnyjblair #sky #alexanderkey #forgottendoor #cslewis #spacetrilogy #beachboys #moodyblues #10cc #surfrock #glencampbell #mikeroe #michaelroe #seventysevens #tapevaultstudio #sanfrancisco #chrisvonsneidern #hydestreetstudios #wallyheiders
https://www.patreon.com/posts/anyone-up-for-130811082?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link #sun #uhura #nichellenichols #captainkirk #williamshatner #startrek #bread #circus #angels #cosmos #astronauts #psychedelic #twilightzone #CSLewis #johnnyjblair #chrisvonsneidern #spymovie #surfguitar #surfrock #singeratlarge #singersongwriter #spacetrilogy
MY SONG OF THE WEEK: “We’re Getting Closer to the Sun” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/were-getting-closer-to-the-sun
#sun #uhura #nichellenichols #captainkirk #williamshatner #startrek #bread #circus #angels #cosmos #astronauts #psychedelic #twilightzone #CSLewis #johnnyjblair #chrisvonsneidern #spymovie #surfguitar #surfrock #singeratlarge #singersongwriter #spacetrilogy
#sun #uhura #nichellenichols #captainkirk #williamshatner #startrek #bread #circus #angels #cosmos #astronauts #psychedelic #twilightzone #CSLewis #johnnyjblair #chrisvonsneidern #spymovie #surfguitar #surfrock #singeratlarge #singersongwriter #spacetrilogy #christianrock #mikeroe #michaelroe #seventysevens #prairieprince #inklings #JRRTolkien
SUNDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO “We’re Getting Closer to the Sun” short promotional video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FwujlMUyb4
#sun #uhura #nichellenichols #captainkirk #williamshatner #startrek #bread #circus #angels #cosmos #astronauts #psychedelic #twilightzone #CSLewis #johnnyjblair #chrisvonsneidern #spymovie #surfguitar #surfrock #singeratlarge #singersongwriter #spacetrilogy #christianrock #mikeroe #michaelroe #seventysevens #prairieprince #inklings #JRRTolkien #twilightzone
Fascinated by early interplanetary sci-fi (War of the Worlds, etc) and spiritual thrillers (Charles Williams), but unhappy with what was available to date, C.S. Lewis wrote to his friend J.R.R. Tolkien:
"We shall have to write books of the sort ourselves. Supposing you write a thriller that's a time-journey—you have such a strong sense of time—and I write one that's a space journey."
Tolkien's story The Lost Road turned out to not be so great, but Lewis' effort gave us his Space Trilogy (The Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength). What a gift!
On a cross-country flight today, I spent some time with Perelandra today, the second in C.S. Lewis' space trilogy. It's a special book for me because of the beliefs that the author and I share. Unlike most sci-fi, Lewis actually believed in angels and demons, and the eternal consequences of human actions (as do I). His fiction is just a cover, a mechanism to help us to better understand reality.
I feel that the first book in the series, The Silent Planet, is more purely sci-fi and explores the core idea of the series, that angelic beings rule the planets of our solar system and use human agents as part of a cosmic struggle.
The third is Lewis just having fun for the most part, bringing Merlin back as a sort of powerful druid who is also a Christian and exploring Satanic influences in modern institutions.
But Perelandra is different. It's more theological. It's like a theological sci-fi devotional. I read it meditatively. Lewis explores many profound theological questions, such as how demonic possession would work, the obliteration of a person's humanity when they finally turn away from God, and the purpose of the command not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. There's something for me to pause and ponder over every few pages.
Remember how the N.I.C.E. leadership in That Hideous Strength are always in-fighting and then finally destroy one another?
Thinking about that today while reading the news of a #RussiaCoup.
