LOST and Narnia

We've talked a few times on here about our new Freightor friend Charlotte Staples Lewis and her connected name to author CS Lewis. It's come to our attention that the directors of LOST gave her this name to indeed connect her to the author and to Narnia.

So I've been pondering back on when I read the entire Chronicles of Narnia books a few years ago, thinking about Narnia and how it could relate to our little island.

Narnia is a fantasy world. Our island, as we understand it, is not.
Narnia is a beautiful country. So is our island.
Narnia has a lot of talking animals and beasts. Our island has Karl and Mr. Friendly.
Narnia deals with the struggle of a lion king and an evil witch. Our island has a big theme of good vs evil, we just don't know for sure who is playing which role.
Narnia has it's own time, independent of the outside world. It seems this could be true on our island.
Narnia has limited portals into it's world. I think we're going to learn tonight this is also true of our island (also see: Michael and Walt given a particular path to follow to get off the island, Faraday's warning to only go back the way they came, and Desmond's inability to make it away from the island).
Narnia has a lot of magic. Our island has a disappearing cabin, healing powers, and infertility.

I don't know what this tells us, but I think we might be able to glean a little from Narnia. Mostly what I find interesting is that time is different in Narnia than outside. When you enter Narnia, you leave your time and enter into it's time. Time feels the same on Narnia (like a day is still about 24 hours), and you age on Narnia. But when you leave again, you go back to the age and time you were when you left.

Also, there are particular portals to travel back and forth. You can't just get there willy nilly. You have to find the path or else you'll get, wait for it, LOST!

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