The Inklings Variety Hour

From the vaults! More of C.S. Lewis' underrated final novel!

Original description:

In which Anika and Chris reveal the fairly shallow reason we had for doing Till We Have Faces this year and accidentally endorse human sacrifice.

Mostly, we talk about Chapter 7, in which Orual and Psyche say goodbye, and Chapter 8, in which Orual decides to journey to the mountain and recover Psyche's body. At issue are whether or not selfish love is still love and whether sacrifice (especially human sacrifice) is effective.

Other highlights:

Ash Wednesday Anecdotes

Anika reads Lewis' poem, "As the Ruin Falls"

Till We Have Faces as a text that changes its narrator

Finally, inspired by WandaVision, the hosts ask whether Till We Have Faces would make a good sitcom--and what kind of sitcom it would be?

Have your own thoughts? Email us at [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you.

Music credits:

• The "Our Father" in Aramaic


• The Hurrian Hymn


• "Aase's Death," by Edvard Grieg


• "The Toy Parade," by Dave Kahn, Melvyn Leonard and Mort Greene


• "Everywhere You Look," by Jesse Frederick


• "With a Little Help From My Friends," by Joe Cocker