Friday, September 5, 2008

Deep Magic, Covenants and Star Trek Voyager

Spoiler Alert*, Aslan dies. Now, that we have that out of the way. After Aslan dies he returns from the dead he explains what has happened to Lucy as this:
“that though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back, into the stillness and the darkness before Time dawned, she would have read a different incantation. She would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards. . .” (Lewis 185).
So this piece definitely shows an evil leader (possible devil allegory) who was not equal to the good creator in the story, having been made not begotten.
In class we talked about if God had tricked Satan, and this brought to mind a couple of questions as I was driving today. So here are my questions and the possible answers I came up with.
1.) Did God create Satan before or after God’s covenants with humankind?
Before, so this is not a direct allegory since Satan is then aware of all of God’s promises, including the promise God makes to Eve in Genesis 3:15 “One of her (Eve) descents will crush your head. And you will bite his heel.” This covenant implies that Satan would lose, even if he accomplished a little. (Head crushing is better then heel biting) And this comment was said directly to Satan himself.
2.) Did God Trick Satan into killing Jesus? Was Satan just not paying enough attention to detail when he did it?
I actually have a third option, what if Satan wanted to be defeated? Mind you this is just a crazy idea, and I’m no were near believing it myself. But bear with me as I have fun running out a crazy idea. In Star Trek Voyager there is an Episode called “The Thaw”. In this episode there have been 3 people asleep in an interactive cryostasis unit that interlinked their brains. Quite by accident they create in this fake world in their minds a character that seems quite real and is very powerful and personifies fear. Well Captain Janeway comes to the conclusion that Fear’s greatest wish is to be defeated. And she was correct this personification was looking for someone strong enough to defeat him, and so I am wondering, did Satan want to be defeated? Is that his entire purpose? Because if not he is the biggest idiot ever that didn’t think through all the known facts.

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