How Owen Barfield Set the Tone for All the Fantasy Books by the Inklings

When we are confused about what’s happening around us and crave Meaning, fantasy comes to our aid.

A professor of philology at a Moscow university, whom I know personally, says there’s an overwhelming interest in fantasy among people of all ages in Russia nowadays. People sign up for her seminars on fantasy from all over the country.

She says the reason is not hard to guess - fantasy is the only language that allows people to make sense out of what’s…