Charles Williams was a member of the famous Inklings literary circle, which included figures like C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. He was also a lay theologian and a longtime member of a Christian magical order. In the years since his death, awareness of his unusual imaginative fiction has steadily increased.
In the present volume, Gareth Knight shows how Williams’ fiction and poetry reaffirm "a definition of magic as acts of the spiritual will and imagination induced by the power and wisdom of the Holy Spirit," as opposed to the fallen magic of the corrupt human will.
Further, he provides a lucid guide to Williams’ deeply magical Arthurian poetry, and an examination of his book on "The Figure of Arthur," which was left unfinished at his death.
Knight’s work will prove enlightening both to those seeking a deeper literary understanding of Williams works, and to those (not unlike Williams’ own "Companions of the Coinherence") with a practical concern for the "holy business" of magic.
