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A Spell for Refreshment of the Spirit
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When I need refreshment of spirit, there are certain stories I return to again and again. When Lucy found she could not go back to the story-spell in the Magician's Book, she begged Aslan to tell it to her instead; and he replied, "Indeed, yes, I will tell it to you for years and years." And this is how the Great Lion tells that Story: by letting us catch glimpses of it, through a glass darkly, in other stories that we experience or encounter in our lives. Let Peter Pan and Wendy chant "I do believe in fairies! I do! I do!" But as for me, my chorus is "I do believe in stories! I do! I do!"
- Author: Donna Farley
- Listed in: Books Fiction
- Tags: heroes tolkien fairy tales c.s. lewis narnia inklings
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