Why I Love that C.S. Lewis Used Bacchus in Prince Caspian

Bacchus in Prince Caspian reminds me of things you find at a garage sale.

People have different attitudes towards garage sales. Some try to escape as soon as possible. Others scan and go while others carefully study each item with great thought on how it may be used or refurbished.

I belong to the scan and go group. The people who study each item thoroughly used to irritate me. But then I realized an important truth.

Where I see garbage, that person sees potential. 

Much like junk at a garage sale, I used to wish C.S. Lewis hadn’t written Bacchus into Prince Caspian. I prefer to dart off to another book to find more great value than to stop and consider how Bacchus may have potential.

I’ve never stopped long enough to consider how Bacchus could teach us.

But C.S. Lewis was very intentional in his use of Bacchus, even mentioning him in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe before the whole Narnia series was plotted out completely.

“the Faun… began to talk of… Bacchus himself, and then the streams would run with wine instead of water and the whole forest would give itself up to jollification for weeks on end.” The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

While some accuse C.S.

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