Unveiling C.S. Lewis's Archetype: Lost in the Fog and Encountering the Divine

When we see God, all images vanish. Our masks are gone, and we know as we are known.

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In C.S. Lewis’s The Horse and His Boy, Shasta is lost in the thick fog and feels a Presence. The first time I read it, it seemed curious. After the tenth reading, I thought: “What an archetype!”

We enter a heavy fog and feel lost, but then, we feel a Presence. My mind shot back to all the Old and New Testament instances where God spoke out…