C.S. Lewis and Madeleine D’Engel were both born on November 29. In some ways it is hard to believe that this is a coincidence.<\/p>\n
Both created memorable fantasy worlds that have been beloved by children for generations. And in both cases, those worlds had a very strong spiritual component.<\/p>\n
To my young mind, there were two great ways to get from here to there: You could either crawl through the back of a wardrobe or you could tesser.<\/p>\n
Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against tornadoes, platforms 9 3\/4, or dilithium crystal powered transporters. Those are all fine in their way.<\/p>\n
But as for me, just give me an old fashioned British dresser or a mathematical metaphor of four dimensions in a folded handkerchief.
\nThose are all I need to travel to worlds unknown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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