Spiritual Sight: The Story of George MacDonald

De: Joyce McPherson

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

George MacDonald was one of the beloved storytellers of the Victorian era. He wrote for children and adults to point to the reality beyond what we see on earth. Sometimes he used fairy tales, and other times he used realistic fiction. His most popular fantasies were for children and include The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, At the Back of the North Wind, The Wise Woman, The Light Princess, and dozens of short fairy tales. He also edited and wrote for the Good Words for the Young magazine.
C.S. Lewis first discovered what he called “goodness” in a story by MacDonald, and when he later became a Christian, he credited the storyteller with opening his spiritual eyes. Lewis wrote, “I know hardly any other writer who seems to be closer, or more continually close, to the Spirit of Christ Himself.”
G.K. Chesterton wrote of The Princess and the Goblin that “I for one can really testify to a book that has made a difference to my whole existence, which helped me to see things in a certain way from the start.”
MacDonald’s son published the first biography of his father. Other scholars provided additional sources and insights that make this biography possible. They collected family letters, photographs, and lists of his published novels, poetry, writing about God, and lectures about books. The stories and conversations in this book are based on this material.
This story was written for children to inspire another generation of creative minds.

George Macdonald for all

We loved this biography of George Mac Donald by Joyce McPherson and are so thrilled to have this on audio. We enjoyed the narration. We loved how George lived out his faith amidst suffering. He had a glorious imagination in which he captured our gospel story in wonderful stories. We loved learning about his oldest daughter Lilia and all of his other children. He had a real life love story with his wife, Louisa. They got to meet and minister to many famous people of his day but lived a life of generosity and goodness and service to all they came in contact with.

Beautifully life

I have loved the works of McDonald for years, but never knew much about his life until recently. This biography was well told, moving, inspiring, and impactful.

Through this story, I am inspired and empowered to be a better husband, better, father, and better community member, as well as better at recognizing how much I’m loved by God.

I was also surprised by how good the automated narration was.

A valuable telling, despite use of virtual voice

A wonderful telling of the man George MacDonald and his exceptional of a good, good Father in the midst of a damaged world on a bumpy road toward restoration of every soul.
Virtual voice is less than a true voice and antithetical to MacDonald’s hunger for the real but, I suppose, is better than no voice, and allows for this worthy telling to be available.

Two parents who absolutely strove to understand their children and guide them in the right directions.

The beautiful family life that they shared together was so fascinating, especially how the parents guided and absolutely enhanced their children to think about deeper things, giving them the gift of higher intellect and moral capacity. The more child-like the parents were, the more mature became their children.

Learned so much

This was a wonderful biography! I only knew of George Macdonald because of Back of the North Wind. Then CS Lewis mentioned him in the Great Divorce and it piqued my curiosity. He was such a wonderful yet relatable person and hearing the story of his life and family has enriched and encouraged me greatly!