Talk:Charles Williams

I always found paradox how Williams was an occultist and also a devout Christian and theologian and also friend of Tolkien. We know that Tolkien was a bit disappointed that Lewis did not became a Catholic, but does any biography ever brings into consideration whether Tolkien disagreed or overlooked Williams' occultism? Sage 16:50, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

The blog "A Mule In The Chapter House" has the following interesting sentence:

"Even JRR Tolkien lamented Williams’ influence over Lewis, and referred to him as “that witch-doctor”, although he admitted that Williams appeared to operate under an unusual degree of [Divine] protection, given the intellectual precincts he frequented."

Sadly, there isn't a source, perhaps from The Letters? --Morgan 18:38, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

The source for the blog post doesn't seem to be from The Letters. I posted a comment on the blog and asked for a reference. However, I searched through The Letters, and added some quotes on the Charles Williams page. --Morgan 19:34, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

It seems like Tolkien was unaware of his background, or else he would mention his thoughts. I also thought that all the Inklings were connected by mutual friendship and respect. I see now that they were only loosely affiliated scholars. Sage 08:15, 16 May 2010 (UTC)