The Field Guide to Narnia is a complete guide to one of the most beloved fantasy settings of all time. With Narnia, C.S. Lewis has brilliantly built a world that feels like it lives and breathes. This guide will take you through all the major aspects of this enchanted setting: explore the history through a beautifully crafted timeline; leaf through pages of information about its many inhabitants; ponder the intricacies of the rules that govern its magic; and dive deep into its geography with a brand new map, carefully crafted from rigorous examination of the primary texts.
This course offers two ways to engage this rich material: in the guided tours, Lewis scholar and theologian Junius Johnson leads you in video lectures through the details of the land. This is recommended for your first time through the guide. You also have the freedom to explore the materials on your own, zooming in and out of the map, exploring the parts of the timeline that interest you most, or revisiting favorite creatures or races.
Whether it is your first time to Narnia or a return journey to a favorite land, the Field Guide to Narnia helps you get the most out of your next visit!
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Until I find a magical wardrobe, exploring with Dr. Johnson is probably the closest I’ll get to the world of Narnia.
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It was one thing to read the Chronicles of Narnia to my children: a sheer delight. It has been altogether quite another to journey alongside my children with Junius as our ‘Virgil’, through the True Magic and Myth of the Chronicles unto an awakening of both the True Narnia, upwards and onwards . . . a vision of our true inheritance, as well as of the pitfalls and snares that keep us from being the children we must all remain . . . from Eustace ‘endragoned' to Eustace ’the King’s man', from self-pitying and homeless Shasta to Shasta the Kingly Prince. We are shown the way, neither easy nor safe, but the essentially True Journey towards our True Home— and we are never alone.
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Exploring the theological and literary themes of C.S. Lewis was a treat, and Junius guided the class masterfully.