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You know of C.S. Lewis. You know of J.R.R. Tolkien. But do you know Owen Barfield? You may after this episode. Barfield was one of Lewis' key interlocutors on his journey from Materialism to Christianity. How to persuade such a mind as C.S. Lewis, listen to find out. In this episode, we discuss, Owens' writings How the imagination is the organ of meaning Why using a story to propagate a message is not something that Barfield, Lewis, or Tolkien would agree with the audio is this is a bit rougher than normal

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