Having visited the Cardinal Newman sites at Littlemore, the next stop off on our itinerary was The Kilns, the C.S. Lewis house in the Risinghurst suburb of Oxford:
My travelling companion was a big C.S. Lewis fan but my knowledge and experience of Lewis is rather limited.
Thinking about things, I can vaguely recall having read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950), the first published of the seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950-1956) series, as a child.
Have just read that Lewis wrote all seven of his Narnia books (and other classics) at The Kilns, with the latter featuring in the seven-book series.
Over the years, I've also read many books and articles, plus watched YouTube videos and documentaries, that focus on or refer to Lewis' key Christian apologetic work such as The Screwtape Letters (1942) and Mere Christianity (1952).
Despite having dipped into both the above books over the years, I must make the effort to read both of them, especially The Screwtape Letters as it deals with the sly techniques that the devil uses to tempt people into sin and evil in the modern world.
Yeah, the great C.S. Lewis did not shirk away from offering deep insights into the pitfalls of spiritual warfare, especially relevant to the almost post-religious setting that many Westerners now find themselves in.
Having found The Kilns house, we had a stroll round the accompanying nature reserve:
Have just read that The Kilns was built in 1922 on the site of a former brickworks, with the large pond/small lake in the back garden being a flooded clay pit:
Having had a look at The Kilns:
We felt that we'd fulfilled a duty or obligation, but realised that we still had another C.S. Lewis site to take in ...
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