But in another sense the same doctrine which empties Nature of her divinity also makes her an index, a symbol, a manifestation, of the Divine...[he then references Ps.19 & 36]...It is surely because the natural objects are no longer taken to be themselves divine that they can now be magnificent symbols of Divinity. There is little point in comparing a sun-god with the Sun or Neptune with the great deep; there is much in comparing the Law with the Sun or saying that God's judgements are an abyss and a mystery like the sea.
Reflections on the Psalms, p81
(I feel bound to note here, that this book of Lewis' is the least theologically helpful I have read (and I've read a lot) and is a reminder that we turn to Lewis not fir purity of theology but for brilliance of thought and expression)
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