George MacDonald
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George MacDonald

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George MacDonald

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An 365-day anthology of readings from one of the most influential writers of all time, George MacDonald, compiled by CS Lewis himself

MacDonald was a major Christian writer of the late nineteenth, early twentieth centuries.
He influenced nearly everyone who was a major twentieth century writer (including Lewis Carroll, WH Auden, JRR Tolkien, Walter de la Mare, and CS Lewis. Not only was he a pioneer in the fantasy fiction genre, laying the path for people like Tolkien to write Lord of the Rings, but also a major Christian thinker, which influenced Lewis profoundly.
Lewis, in fact, wrote that MacDonald was his 'master', and said 'I know hardly any other writer who seems to be closer, or more continually close, to the Spirit of Christ Himself.'
These words will challenge and uplift you, and illuminate the faith which underpins all of CS Lewis's popular and enduring writing.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. 1. Dryness
  7. 2. Inexorable Love
  8. 3. Divine Burning
  9. 4. The Beginning of Wisdom
  10. 5. The Unawakened
  11. 6. Sinai
  12. 7. No
  13. 8. The Law of Nature
  14. 9. Escape Is Hopeless
  15. 10. The Word
  16. 11. I Knew a Child
  17. 12. Spiritual Murder
  18. 13. Impossibilities
  19. 14. Truth Is Truth
  20. 15. The White Stone
  21. 16. Personality
  22. 17. The Secret in Man
  23. 18. The Secrets in God
  24. 19. No Massing
  25. 20. No Comparing
  26. 21. The End
  27. 22. Moth and Rust
  28. 23. Caverns and Films
  29. 24. Various Kinds of Moth
  30. 25. Holy Scriptures
  31. 26. Command That These Stones Be Made Bread
  32. 27. Religious Feeling
  33. 28. Dryness
  34. 29. Presumption
  35. 30. The Knowledge of God
  36. 31. The Passion
  37. 32. Eli, Eli
  38. 33. The Same
  39. 34. Vicarious Desolation
  40. 35. Creeping Christians
  41. 36. Dryness
  42. 37. The Use of Dryness
  43. 38. The Highest Condition of the Human Will
  44. 39. Troubled Soul
  45. 40. Dangerous Moment
  46. 41. It Is Finished
  47. 42. Members of One Another
  48. 43. Originality
  49. 44. The Moral Law
  50. 45. The Same
  51. 46. Upward toward the Centre
  52. 47. No One Loves Because He Sees Why
  53. 48. My Neighbour
  54. 49. The Same
  55. 50. What Cannot Be Loved
  56. 51. Love and Justice
  57. 52. The Body
  58. 53. Goodness
  59. 54. Christ’s Disregards
  60. 55. Easy to Please and Hard to Satisfy
  61. 56. The Moral Law
  62. 57. Bondage
  63. 58. The Rich Young Man
  64. 59. Law and Spirit
  65. 60. Our Nonage
  66. 61. Knowledge
  67. 62. Living Forever
  68. 63. Be Ye Perfect
  69. 64. Carrion Comfort
  70. 65. The Same
  71. 66. How Hard?
  72. 67. Things
  73. 68. Possession
  74. 69. The Torment of Death
  75. 70. The Utility of Death
  76. 71. Not the Rich Only
  77. 72. Fearful Thinking
  78. 73. Miracles
  79. 74. The Sacred Present
  80. 75. Forethought
  81. 76. Not the Rich Only
  82. 77. Care
  83. 78. The Sacred Present
  84. 79. Heaven
  85. 80. Shaky Foundations
  86. 81. Fussing
  87. 82. Housekeeping
  88. 83. Cares
  89. 84. God at the Door
  90. 85. Difficulties
  91. 86. Vain Vigilance
  92. 87. Incompleteness
  93. 88. Prayer
  94. 89. Knowledge That Would Be Useless
  95. 90. Prayer
  96. 91. Why Should It Be Necessary?
  97. 92. The Conditions of a Good Gift
  98. 93. False Spirituality
  99. 94. Small Prayers
  100. 95. Riches and Need
  101. 96. Providence
  102. 97. Divine Freedom
  103. 98. Providence
  104. 99. The Miracles of Our Lord
  105. 100. They Have No Wine
  106. 101. Intercessory Prayer
  107. 102. The Eternal Revolt
  108. 103. They Say It Does Them Good
  109. 104. Perfected Prayer
  110. 105. Corrective Granting
  111. 106. Why We Must Wait
  112. 107. God’s Vengeance
  113. 108. The Way of Understanding
  114. 109. Penal Blindness
  115. 110. The Same
  116. 111. Agree with the Adversary Quickly
  117. 112. The Inexorable
  118. 113. Christ Our Righteousness
  119. 114. Agree Quickly
  120. 115. Duties to an Enemy
  121. 116. The Prison
  122. 117. Not Good to Be Alone
  123. 118. Be Ye Perfect
  124. 119. The Heart
  125. 120. Precious Blame
  126. 121. The Same
  127. 122. Man Glorified
  128. 123. Life in the Word
  129. 124. The Office of Christ
  130. 125. The Slowness of the New Creation
  131. 126. The New Creation
  132. 127. Pessimism
  133. 128. The Work of the Father
  134. 129. The End
  135. 130. Deadlock
  136. 131. The Two Worst Heresies
  137. 132. Christian Growth
  138. 133. Life and Shadow
  139. 134. False Refuge
  140. 135. A Silly Notion
  141. 136. Dryness
  142. 137. Perseverance
  143. 138. The Lower Forms
  144. 139. Life
  145. 140. The Eternal Round
  146. 141. The Great One Life
  147. 142. The Beginning of Wisdom
  148. 143. ‘Peace in Our Time’
  149. 144. Divine Fire
  150. 145. The Safe Place
  151. 146. God and Death
  152. 147. Terror
  153. 148. False Want
  154. 149. A Man’s Right
  155. 150. Nature
  156. 151. The Same
  157. 152. Doubt
  158. 153. Job
  159. 154. The Close of the Book of Job
  160. 155. The Way
  161. 156. Self-Control
  162. 157. Self-Denial
  163. 158. Killing the Nerve
  164. 159. Self
  165. 160. My Yoke Is Easy
  166. 161. We Must Be Jealous
  167. 162. Facing Both Ways
  168. 163. The Careless Soul
  169. 164. There Is No Merit in It
  170. 165. Faith
  171. 166. The Misguided
  172. 167. The Way
  173. 168. The First and Second Persons
  174. 169. Warning
  175. 170. Creation
  176. 171. The Unknowable
  177. 172. Warning
  178. 173. The Two First Persons
  179. 174. The Imitation of Christ
  180. 175. Pain and Joy
  181. 176. ‘By Him All Things Consist’
  182. 177. ‘In Him Was Life’
  183. 178. Why We Have Not Christ’s ‘Ipsissima Verba’
  184. 179. Warning
  185. 180. On Bad Religious Art
  186. 181. How to Read the Epistles
  187. 182. The Entrance of Christ
  188. 183. The Same
  189. 184. The Uses of Nature
  190. 185. Natural Science
  191. 186. The Value of Analysis
  192. 187. Nature
  193. 188. Water
  194. 189. Truth of Things
  195. 190. Caution
  196. 191. Duties
  197. 192. Why Free Will Was Permitted
  198. 193. Eternal Death
  199. 194. The Redemption of Our Nature
  200. 195. No Mystery
  201. 196. The Live Truth
  202. 197. Likeness to Christ
  203. 198. Grace and Freedom
  204. 199. Glorious Liberty
  205. 200. No Middle Way
  206. 201. On Having One’s Own Way
  207. 202. The Death of Christ
  208. 203. Hell
  209. 204. The Lie
  210. 205. The Author’s Fear
  211. 206. Sincerity
  212. 207. First Things First
  213. 208. Inexorable Love
  214. 209. Salvation
  215. 210. Charity and Orthodoxy
  216. 211. Evasion
  217. 212. Inexorable Love
  218. 213. The Holy Ghost
  219. 214. The Sense of Sin
  220. 215. Mean Theologies
  221. 216. On Believing Ill of God
  222. 217. Condemnation
  223. 218. Excuses
  224. 219. Impossibilities
  225. 220. Disobedience
  226. 221. The Same
  227. 222. The God of Remembrance
  228. 223. Bereavement
  229. 224. Abraham’s Faith
  230. 225. The Same
  231. 226. Perception of Duties
  232. 227. Righteousness of Faith
  233. 228. The Same
  234. 229. Reckoned unto Us for Righteousness
  235. 230. St. Paul’s Faith
  236. 231. The Full-Grown Christian
  237. 232. Revealed to Babes
  238. 233. Answer
  239. 234. Useless Knowledge
  240. 235. The Art of Being Created
  241. 236. When We Do Not Find Him
  242. 237. Prayer
  243. 238. On One’s Critics
  244. 239. Free Will
  245. 240. On Idle Tongues
  246. 241. Do We Love Light?
  247. 242. Shame
  248. 243. The Wakening
  249. 244. The Wakening of the Rich
  250. 245. Self-Deception
  251. 246. Warning
  252. 247. The Slow Descent
  253. 248. Justice and Revenge
  254. 249. Recognition Hereafter
  255. 250. From Dante
  256. 251. What God Means by ‘Good’
  257. 252. All Things from God
  258. 253. Absolute Being
  259. 254. Beasts
  260. 255. Diversity of Souls
  261. 256. The Disillusioned
  262. 257. Evil
  263. 258. The Loss of the Shadow
  264. 259. Love
  265. 260. From Spring to Summer
  266. 261. The Door into Life
  267. 262. A Lonely Religion
  268. 263. Love
  269. 264. A False Method
  270. 265. Assimilation
  271. 266. Looking
  272. 267. Progress
  273. 268. Providence
  274. 269. Ordinariness
  275. 270. Forgiveness
  276. 271. Visitors
  277. 272. Prose
  278. 273. Integrity
  279. 274. Contentment
  280. 275. Psychical Research
  281. 276. The Blotting Out
  282. 277. On a Chapter in Isaiah
  283. 278. Providence
  284. 279. No Other Way
  285. 280. Death
  286. 281. Criterion of a True Vision
  287. 282. One Reason for Sex
  288. 283. Easy Work
  289. 284. Lebensraum
  290. 285. Nature
  291. 286. For Parents
  292. 287. Hoarding
  293. 288. Today and Yesterday
  294. 289. Obstinate Illusion
  295. 290. Possessions
  296. 291. Lost in the Mountains
  297. 292. The Birth of Persecution
  298. 293. Daily Death
  299. 294. On Duty to Oneself
  300. 295. A Theory of Sleep
  301. 296. Sacred Idleness
  302. 297. The Modern Bane
  303. 298. Immortality
  304. 299. Prayer
  305. 300. Self
  306. 301. Visions
  307. 302. The Impervious Soul
  308. 303. An Old Garden
  309. 304. Experience
  310. 305. Difficulties
  311. 306. A Hard Saying
  312. 307. Truisms
  313. 308. On Asking Advice
  314. 309. No Heel Taps
  315. 310. Silence Before the Judge
  316. 311. Nothing So Deadening
  317. 312. Rounding and Completion
  318. 313. Immortality
  319. 314. The Eternal Now
  320. 315. The Silences Below
  321. 316. Dipsomania
  322. 317. Reminder
  323. 318. Things Rare and Common
  324. 319. Holy Laughter
  325. 320. The Self
  326. 321. Either/Or
  327. 322. Prayer
  328. 323. A Bad Conscience
  329. 324. Money
  330. 325. Scrubbing the Cell
  331. 326. The Mystery of Evil
  332. 327. Prudence
  333. 328. Competition
  334. 329. Method
  335. 330. Prudence
  336. 331. How to Become a Dunce
  337. 332. Love
  338. 333. Preacher’s Repentance
  339. 334. Deeds
  340. 335. Prayer
  341. 336. The House Is Not for Me
  342. 337. Hoarding
  343. 338. The Day’s First Job
  344. 339. Obstinate Illusion
  345. 340. The Rules of Conversation
  346. 341. A Neglected Form of Justice
  347. 342. Good
  348. 343. Thou Shalt Not Make Any Graven Image
  349. 344. How to Become a Dunce
  350. 345. Our Insolvency
  351. 346. A Sad Pity
  352. 347. On Method
  353. 348. Wishing
  354. 349. Fear
  355. 350. The Root of All Rebellion
  356. 351. Two Silly Young Women
  357. 352. Hospitality
  358. 353. Boredom
  359. 354. Counting the Cost
  360. 355. Realism
  361. 356. Avarice
  362. 357. The Lobster Pot
  363. 358. The First Meeting
  364. 359. Reminder
  365. 360. The Wrong Way with Anxiety
  366. 361. Deadlock
  367. 362. Solitude
  368. 363. Death
  369. 364. The Mystery of Evil
  370. 365. The Last Resource
  371. Footnote
  372. Sources
  373. Bibliography
  374. Books by C. S. Lewis
  375. About the Publisher

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