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“Though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know.”

— C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950), Ch. 15

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About C.S. Lewis

1898 – 1963

British author and theologian best known for The Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity. A master of analogy who made complex theological ideas accessible and beautiful.

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