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   From: hayesmstw@hotmail.com   
      
   On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:04:08 GMT, "Christopher Kreuzer"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Steve Morrison  wrote:   
   >> Huan the hound wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Well, I honestly can't recall Tash being the epitome of evil, and I   
   >>> always felt like Satan wasn't fully depicted in the Narnia books.   
   >>> Now I'm pretty sure I'm missing something, and I'd love to dig into   
   >>> _The Last Battle_ but I don't have it in my apartment.  Do you have   
   >>> it handy, and would you (or anyone) mind quoting something to   
   >>> refresh my memory?   
   >>   
   >> How about the passage in which Aslan, speaking to Emeth, says of Tash:   
   >>   
   >> "Not because he and I are one, but because we are opposites, I take to   
   >> me the services which thou hast done to him. For I and he are of such   
   >> different kinds that no service which is vile can be done to me, and   
   >> none which is not vile can be done to him."   
   >>   
   >> (I hope I have the quotation right, since I don't have a copy of TLB   
   >> handy either; I pulled this from a Google search for Tash+Emeth).   
   >   
   >The quote is right. To put it in context, Aslan then says this another   
   >way (though I am paraphrasing here) by saying that any good deed,   
   >whether done in the name of Tash or Aslan, is accepted by Aslan, and   
   >that any bad deed, whether done in the name of Tash or Aslan, is   
   >accepted by Tash.   
   >   
   >I _think_ that is different from the Manichean heresy that Stan was   
   >talking about, but I don't know for certain. As for Stan's idea that   
   >Tash was a creation of Aslan, I always got the impression that Aslan in   
   >some sense was as much a part of Narnia as any other creature. Aslan,   
   >Tash, the White Witch, are all part of the magic of Narnia. This   
   >discussion really makes me want to re-read the Magician's Nephew now,   
   >but still have two more books to read before that one...   
      
   In "The magicians nephew" Aslan *creates* the magic of Narnia, but I'm not   
   sure that he creates Tash.   
      
   It's not Manichaean though. There are different forms of evil in Narnia -- the   
   white witch, the green snake, Shape and Tash. Some arise within Narnia, som   
   are imported from outside, but they are not equal and opposite to Aslan (or   
   the Emperor-beyond-the-sea).   
      
      
      
      
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