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Literature and Theology Advance Access originally published online on December 3, 2007
Literature and Theology 2008 22(2):151-161; doi:10.1093/litthe/frm051
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The Daimones of C. S. Lewis

David H. Sick

Greek and Roman Studies, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN 38112, USA.

sick{at}rhodes.edu


  Abstract

The eldila of C. S. Lewis's science fiction trilogy hold a unique position in the author's cosmology. Lewis derived these spirits, angels or daimones chiefly from Apuleius’ De Deo Socratis, although the authorial voice cites medieval sources. He, moreover, acknowledged their existence in the material universe. His willingness to accept a pagan divinity results from his understanding of Graeco-Roman myth as a distorted revelation of truth and his own spiritual and intellectual relationship with Apuleius over many years.


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