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   From: tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us   
      
   Steve Hayes wrote:   
      
   > 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).   
      
   The White Witch came from another universe, from a planet named Charn.  She had   
   put down a rebellion on that planet by uttering a Word (as her last resort)   
   that   
   killed everthing but herself!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)