Article Title
The Wonder of Passage, The Making of Gold: Alchemy and Initiation in Out of the Silent Planet
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Artist
Sarah Beach
Abstract
Sees Out of the Silent Planet as a narrative of Ransom’s spiritual development, using the imagery of shamanic initiation, alchemy, and medieval hermeticism. In Out of the Silent Planet, though not in later books in the series, Ransom’s initiation and function are almost exclusively masculine.
