{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"STRONGWILLED","title":"Interview with Paul Pastor (Ep 10 of The Lion, the Witch & the Evangelicals)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3086,"description":"Paul Pastor is an editor and writer, and has published a collection of non-ficiton essays about the Holy Spirit called The Face of the Deep and some books of prayers & meditations called The Listening Day Volume 1 and Volume 2. You can find him on Twitter. Or go to his website and write him a letter!\nBecome a patreon of the podcast at www.patreon.com/dlmayfield and join us for a Narnia Q&A Wednesday night, Dec 16 (6pm pacific / 9pm eastern). \nThe Highlights:\nAslan’s How: a house put together by Dr. Garry Friesan for male students attending Multnomah University (Multnomah Bible College when we went there).\nPaul mentions the best box set being this one and we agree. \nLewis’ favorite author/theologian was named George McDonald. He was a Victorian era preacher and fantasy writer known for his heretical views. \nPhantastes by MacDonald, Lewis said, “baptized his imagination”. \nThe Silver Chair synopsis. The Silver Chair also includes one of the best characters in Lewis’ canon, Puddleglum\nMichael Ward wrote a book on the Narnia stories being linked to medieval conceptions of various planets. Check out his website, Planet Narnia. \nWhy hasn’t The Silver Chair been made into a major motion picture?\nThe Silver Chair corresponds to Luna, or the moon. \nThe Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of the Cross is an initiatory moment.\nHoly Darkness is different and holds richness because they dwell in obscurity or shadow, which is present in Godself. The Scriptures say that God dwells in deep darkness.\n ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Sz_rwa4IWYSOblBBkYDv80Y8sDXbQzIxqsgegtcbTkk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wZWRj/MmM4ZGQwODUyNjc4/NWZmMDc2OTg1MjVm/ZGFjNS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}